Care for animals drives Luckhart Transport’s success

Fifteen-year-old Angie Luckhart learned her family’s unofficial motto the hard way. “I’d been shovelling manure and washing trailers for a couple years,” she remembers. “But this one time I might…

Money Matters: Protecting your financing options in a down market

Sharply rising interest rates coupled with a stubborn freight recession and ever-increasing equipment-prices are creating a challenging market for fleets and their financiers, alike. “I’d say the market is probably…

The ABCs of ESG: Trucking’s role in Environmental, Social & Governance reporting

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) reporting is becoming increasingly important to large companies, particularly those that are publicly traded. As a small or mid-sized, privately held trucking company, this may…

DIY Maintenance for Owner-Operators: Chassis inspection

Over the past decade we’ve seen trucks inundated with electronics. Parts and components that were once happily mechanical, now have all kinds of wires dangling from them. That means you…

7 important tips from veteran drivers

A 22-year old Jim Park (yes, that Jim Park) remembers the precise moment he learned how fast was too fast when cresting a hill. “I’d been…

DIY Maintenance for Owner-Operators: Tire management

Tires are the second largest operating cost for owner-operators. Excluding your payment, tires are right behind fuel and wages in terms of per-mile cost. The exact number is tough to…

Decarbonizing trucking begins with today’s diesel and natural gas engines

Mike Roeth doesn’t want to hear that the trucking industry will need to transition en masse and immediately to electric and hydrogen-fueled powertrains if the industry wants to decarbonize. “That’s…

The Top 10 trucking innovations of 2023

Sluggish freight volumes, rising costs, ongoing parts shortages and supply chain disruptions, and falling rates resulting from excess capacity defined the trucking industry in 2023. But if you’re looking to…

Driver’s seat choices dampen vibrations and save your back

Who hasn’t twiddled away few idle seconds by repeatedly bending a paper clip back and forth until in breaks? It’s pretty hard to break it on the first try, but…

DEI strategies help fleets embrace an evolving workforce

Melinda Thornton appreciates the opportunity to learn about different cultures and traditions at her workplace. Especially when this experience comes with cake. The director of human resources at Ayr Motor…

Taking charge to eliminate battery failures

The electric trucks may be coming, but that won’t render the 12-volt batteries used to power today’s trucks redundant. In fact, it could render them all-the-more important as truck makers…

Under Attack: Trucking industry increasingly at risk of cyberattacks

After being a strong proponent and early adopter of electronic logs, it was back to paper logbooks and old-fashioned dispatch by phone for a portion of Bison Transport’s fleet in…

Bison’s stellar safety record is no accident

Every driver has at least one story about a drive they’ll never forget. And veteran Bison Transport driver Treana Moniz is no exception.  “This was years ago, long before I…

Cross dock efficiency comes with technology and touchpoints

Delivering freight from Point A to Point B is challenging at the best of times, but it can be evermore complex when cargo needs to be shifted from one trailer…

Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions involve more than emissions alone

Proof of Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions are already rolling in and around Gothenburg, Sweden. The track at the Volvo Trucks Demonstration Center is lined with battery-electric FM and FH…