David Cullen

Executive Editor, David Cullen offers his take on how actions taken by government agencies, industry suppliers and other trucking stakeholders impact truck fleet owners. Executive Editor of FleetOwner, Cullen has been covering trucking since 1981 and has been on the staff of FleetOwner since 1989. He does not claim to be an expert on trucking, but will admit to being a writer-- and hoping to be regarded a journalist.

Posts by David Cullen

in Hammer Lane Jan. 25, 2008

Back to... the past

Everybody pulled his weight. Gee our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days. --from "Those Were The Days," lyric by Charles Stouse and Lee Adams....More
in Hammer Lane Jan. 17, 2008

He thinks... he acts!

OK, now we can get off Ben Bernanke's back. According to The Wall Street Journal this morning, the Fed chairman has "endorsed a 'quickly' implemented....More
in Hammer Lane Jan. 15, 2008

A bridge too weak

Almost six months after the horrible collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, the finger of blame is being pointed at a design flaw--....More
in Hammer Lane Jan. 10, 2008

Ya think, Ben, ya think?

Sometimes you got to wonder what people, including high-powered eggheads in Washington, are thinking. News item: This afternoon The Wall Sreet....More
in Hammer Lane Jan. 4, 2008

The happy warriors

Oh to be in the Granite State this morning! For a political junkie like me, last night was what the World Series, the Super Bowl and the college ball....More
in Hammer Lane Dec. 17, 2007

Busy guy

Jim Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is no doubt a busy guy, especially these days what with a....More
in Hammer Lane Dec. 5, 2007

Nightmare before Christmas

Based on the cold hard economic news that is peppering us like ice pellets of late, Santa Claus must be planning on delivering nothing but coal this....More
in Hammer Lane Nov. 15, 2007

Hybrids happening

It seems only yesterday the only hybrid on any highway was a Toyota Prius or two. Now around where I live, you can see phalanxes of Priuses on any....More
in Hammer Lane Sep. 19, 2007

It's only competition

Believe it or not, I tried three times to respond to the well-reasoned comment made by Don to my previous post using this site‘s comment function (....More
in Hammer Lane Sep. 11, 2007

Free-- at a price

The problem with free trade is it's free. That's the part opponents of the Mexican truck demo program that got under way last week seem incapable of....More