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  • May 22, 2013
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    Balancing quality and price 1

    It’s a battle any trucker, but mostly likely those on the smaller side of the scale, is intimately familiar with: how to delicately balance good quality service with a rate that bolsters a healthy bottom line yet that doesn’t dip too deeply into a customer’s wallet....More
  • May 9, 2013
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    Glum outlook offered by owner-operators 1

    I’m kicking myself this morning because I could dial in and listed to a presentation yesterday by Todd Spencer, executive VP for the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association (OOIDA) hosted by Wall Street investment firm Stifel Nicolaus....More
  • May 7, 2013
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    Of ethanol and gasoline

    There’s been a lot of debate recently about blending higher levels of ethanol with gasoline, not in the least revolving around how higher levels of ethanol could affect older model engine components....More
  • Apr. 30, 2013
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    Flywheels for fuel economy? 1

    Here’s a fuel-saving technology for a range of vehicles you probably haven’t heard about in a while: flywheels. Designed to capture and re-use braking energy, flywheels are now being tested not just in cars but in construction equipment, too....More
  • Apr. 25, 2013
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    Do-it-yourself IT: should you or should you not?

    So I recently reviewed some commentary by Richard White (below at right), CEO of logistics software provider CargoWise and its parent company WiseTech Global, debating the wisdom of “do-it-yourself” or “DIY” information technology (IT) development: that is, constructing your own software programs to meet the needs of both one’s business and one’s customers....More
  • Apr. 24, 2013
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    Getting ahead on the safety curve

    It should surprise no one that the energy boom now occurring across the U.S. – such as in the Eagle Ford shale in south central Texas, the Marcellus region in the Northeast and the Bakken formation in the upper Midwest – is fostering demand for truck capacity....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
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    A distraction to driving all the same

    Here’s something to chew over: a new report that claims voice-to-text applications or “apps” don’t help reduce distractive driving behavior – indeed, as with “manual texting,” driver reaction times double if they are communicating with others via voice-to-text while behind the wheel....More
  • Apr. 22, 2013
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    Recycling and reusing the roads

    Here’s a heartening development when it comes to finding ways to save money, cut oil consumption, and be “green” all at the same time: using recycled materials to maintain and construct new roadways....More
  • Apr. 18, 2013
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    Of savings and safety

    So I spent a couple of days with the good folks of Meritor and Meritor WABCO at a technical event they organized at the Atlanta Motor Speedway for 50 fleet customers dubbed the “Scientific Savings” Expo – ostensibly to show how a wide variety of products crafted by their respective companies can help fleets save money and boost safety, sometimes doing both all in one package....More
  • Apr. 15, 2013
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    Delving for the roots of terror

    Here we are again. Two bombs, set off within seconds of one another, left at last count three dead and over 100 injured at the Boston Marathon – with one of the dead an eight year-old child. And once again hanging over the entire frightening scene is a word our nation has become all-too familiar with over the last several decades: terrorism....More

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