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by Sean Kilcarr Dec. 3, 2007

The simple stuff

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Talked to Darry Stuart last....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 30, 2007

Three seconds to salvation

I know, I know: you‘ve heard the mantra “Always wear your seat belt” since you graduated driver‘s ed umpteen years ago. Problem is, many truck....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 29, 2007

Taking a stand for safety

"I'm going to rise today/and change this world." --from the song "Rise Today" by Alter Bridge. Couple weeks back, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 28, 2007

Importance of accounting

I‘m going to do something a little different today - I‘m turning my blog over to someone else, that person being Jerry Osteryoung, the Jim Moran....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 27, 2007

Pain at the pump

It's no secret that diesel prices are reaching new highs. The real unknown here, though, is how the trucking industry as a whole can deal with this....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 21, 2007

The future of engines

It's a study in contrasts, the truck engine production process today. On the one hand you have the foundry: the dark, smokey place where metal is....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 20, 2007

Adapting to change

"Keep on rolling; Keep on rolling; Roll with the changes." -- REO Speedwagon On my recent vacation in Ireland, we stopped in to play golf at the New....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 19, 2007

Courtesy on the road

It's a ubiquitous sight that greeted me this morning -- a squat concrete mixer truck, obviously fully loaded and heading for a job, inching ever so....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 16, 2007

Political muscle

A reporter named Patrick O'Leary from South Africa asked an interesting question at the recent "Shaping Future Transportation" meeting put on Daimler....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 15, 2007

The trucks of morning

It‘s a gray, cold dawn in Heidelberg, Germany - the air is heavy with impending rain and the few people up and about at this hour move quickly by on....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 14, 2007

Medium-duty hybrids

So Emanuel Groll and I are making our way around Daimler AG's test track at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, in the compnay's new Mercedes....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 8, 2007

Uh oh ...

“Took a shot to the chin. Looks like it‘s hard to win. In this do or die situation.” -from the song “Hang Tough” by Tesla. Here we go: the bad....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 6, 2007

The real free trade fear

"Forewarned is to be forearmed." --Benjamin Franklin We've spent a good part of the year in the trucking industry arguing about the impact of trade....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 5, 2007

Voting time

"Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better." --Jane Auer, novelist and....More
by Sean Kilcarr Nov. 1, 2007

SCR, or no SCR ...

That seems to be the big question today as engine makers focus on the 2010 emission standards: do you incorporate selective catalytic reduction (SCR....More
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