Preparing for the snow

March 13, 2017
With a major blizzard expected to hit the U.S. East Coast this week, advice is being offered to trucking companies on how to deal with the poor roadway conditions – even as state department of transportation crews head out into the wintry conditions to try and keep bridges and roadways clear from ice and snow.

With a major blizzard expected to hit the U.S. East Coast this week, advice is being offered to trucking companies on how to deal with the poor roadway conditions; even as state department of transportation crews and National Guard units head out into that very same wintry environment to try and keep bridges and roadways clear from ice and snow, among other duties.

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean reports and comments on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry -- light and medium duty fleets up through over-the-road truckload, less-than-truckload, and private fleet operations Also be sure to visit Sean's blog Trucks at Work where he offers analysis on a variety of different topics inside the trucking industry.

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