Equipment

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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices. 

Perspective, Business, Equipment

Opinion: Timing Your Equipment Financing

Given today’s growing equipment demand and ongoing economic uncertainty, many businesses are finding noncash equipment financing to be a key acquisition strategy.

January 7, 2013

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Business, Equipment

Wide-Base Tire Sales Expected to Rise in 2013 Despite Challenges, Manufacturers, Fleets Say

Despite challenges accompanying the use of wide-base tires on Class 8 trucks, experts, carriers and manufacturers said they expect to see substantial growth in their use in 2013.

January 7, 2013
Business, Safety, Equipment

Used Truck Sales, Trailer Orders Fall in November

Sales of Class 8 used trucks and orders for new trailers fell in November from the previous month, according to ACT Research.

December 27, 2012
Perspective, Business, Equipment

Opinion: Supply Chain Accountability

Over the past several years, government regulation that should be directed at every link of the supply chain has become increasingly focused on the trucking industry’s portion. If this continues, it quickly will become toxic to our industry and the economy as a whole.

December 17, 2012
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

FMCSA Plans Survey on EOBR Harassment Issue

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to survey trucking to determine how it could prevent driver harassment when it issues a rule mandating electronic onboard recorders.

December 14, 2012
Business, Equipment

Cummins Sets $1 Billion Stock Repurchase

Cummins Inc. said it will repurchase up to $1 billion in shares of its common stock.

December 12, 2012
Letters to the Editor, Business, Equipment

Letters: Fees Equal Taxes, Lowering Tire Costs

A few weeks ago, I received a call from the staff of U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.). My family operates a business with more than 750 pieces of equipment constantly on the road in America.

December 3, 2012
Business, Equipment

E&MU: Underinflation Seen as Main Cause of ‘Road Gators’

Last summer’s record heat scorched much of the United States, with evidence of the high temperatures visible on the nation’s highways in the form of chunks of broken tires and separated treads, so-called “road gators.”

November 21, 2012
Business, Equipment

Meritor’s 4Q Profit Falls; Plans to Cut 800 Jobs

Truck component maker Meritor Inc. said its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings declined from a year ago and that it will cut its global workforce by about 800 jobs due to weaker U.S. and international markets.

November 15, 2012
Business, Equipment

Tire Manufacturers Report Mixed 3Q Results

Three tire manufacturers recently reported mixed results for third-quarter profit and sales.

November 15, 2012