Category: Trucks

To prevent trailer movement, either a king pin lock or gladhand lock is most often used by trucking companies and…

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Truckers are not super-human. We need to get out and look at what’s around our trucks from time to time during backing…

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Many people are familiar with cable ties (aka “zip ties”), the nylon strips that are designed with an open-cased ratchet…

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Owner operators and truck fleets may use aerodynamic wheel covers to help reduce air resistance and improve fuel efficiency for…

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Do it yourself truck washing is a little more complicated than DIY car washing. That’s because you have to have…

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When researching how to save money on a truck wash, it was disappointing to us to find that most of the savings…

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All thrifty professional drivers and trucking companies aspire to maximize truck fuel economy on the commercial motor vehicles they drive…

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Most of the large trucks we have driven have had a truck cruise control installed. They can be wonderful devices but also…

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Whether they are called side skirts, air dams, air fairings, side fairings or truck fairings, we are referring to the devices that…

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Vicki Simons wrote and submitted her Comments to FMCSA on Broker Transparency.

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