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Aluminum Wheel Chocks

Wheel chocks are essential in the trucking business. You simply can’t do without high-quality wheel chocks if you want to ensure safety. One of the choices you have when it comes to wheel chocks is aluminum wheel chocks. Aluminum wheel chocks are a great option for many reasons. Read on to find out if this [...]

Dock Boards

One of the most important pieces of loading dock equipment for every loading dock business is dock boards. Dock boards are very important to the overall safety of doing loading dock business. And selecting the right dock board is essential if you want to ensure ease of use for everyone on the job. Let us [...]

AIMS – Hit The Loss Prevention Target Every Time

Fleet drivers and maintenance utility crews are constantly experiencing “near misses or incidences where “higher visibility lighting” could have made a significant difference in the outcome. The latest technologies provide back-up – special marker lighting coupled with reflectivity in high traffic volume areas to avoid accidents and protect company assets. Traditional warning triangles and traffic [...]

The Importantance of the Truck Driving Industry

Unbeknownst to many Americans, this nation relies heavily on the commercial trucking industry for our economy to function. With very few exceptions, nearly every product we have was transferred on a truck at some point. Many products that are made from multiple ingredients were hauled on a truck more than once before becoming an end [...]

Toyota Tundra Joining the List of America’s Most Popular US Made Vehicles

An automotive sales index online has identified the Toyota Tundra as one of the best-selling vehicles built in America and its partly attributed to the new Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc. plant in San Antonio. And for the first time, the Tundra which was built at the facilities in Princeton, Ind., and San Antonio with [...]

Preventing Truck Theft – What You Can Do

Every year, hundreds of air brake lock systems and other security measures are rendered useless and proven ineffective by thieves. In 2005 for example, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated that around $12 to $20 billion worth of cargo and equipment are stolen every year in the country. And with expensive goods (electronics, cards, etc.) [...]

Isuzu’s i-Series Trucks for 2007

Isuzu is still in the pickup truck business, selling their version of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon compact pickup. Isuzu’s version is a likeable truck, though the model range is limited. At the first glance, the Isuzu i-series is often perceived, not quite correctly, as a warmed-over General Motors product. While the i-series is [...]

Hybrid Trucks in the Military

The United States Army is in the process of introducing hybrid diesel vehicles into its military fleet. One such vehicle, designed by General Motors especially for the army and revealed in 2006, is a diesel-electric hybrid pickup truck with a body style based on GM’s Chevy Silverado. This hybrid military truck, belonging to the class [...]

Hand Held Diesel Programmers

There are many types of hand held diesel programmers out there, the ones we are going to talk about today are the Diablosport predator tuner, the Hypertech power programmer, and the Bullydog Triple Dog. These all have similar functions and power increases and a few unique features to each. The first one that we are [...]

What is a 50 Year Old Truck Driver Going to Do with No Retirement?

For those people who are 50 years old and driving a truck for a living and have no retirement plan they are probably pretty worried about what their future will be like. Saving for retirement is not easy but there are programs; “self-retirement plans.” Investing money is a smart thing to do, yet one problem [...]

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