For almost 65 years, truckers were allowed to drive for up to 10 hours at a time, but that changed in 2003 when the Bush Administration modified... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6456 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:17:49 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6454/t/Arrow-Trucking-closes-suddenly.html Arrow Trucking Co. abruptly closed Dec. 22, effectively stranding its company drivers across the country three days before Christmas, news sources report.

The company's website, www.arrowtrucking.com, is no longer operational, and the headquarters in Tulsa, Okla., could not be reached for a response by telephone.

KTUL News Channel 8, Tulsa, Oklahoma's ABC network affiliate, says employee payroll checks recently bounced.

A telephone... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6454 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:22:55 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6447/t/-Gov-t-Lied---Mexico-DOES--trucks--pass-DOT-Insp.html
Check these fleets out!... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TruckinBoy) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6447 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:57:59 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6417/t/Abandoning-the-HOS-Solution.html For the past three years under federal hours-of-service regulations, fatal crashes involving heavy trucks have declined, last year reaching the lowest level since the U.S. Department of Transportation began keeping the records.

Yet, last week we learned that DOT has decided to abandon the current rules and restudy the complicated issues of driver work-and-rest cycles for another nine months, before submitting a new proposal to the White... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6417 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:47:29 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6416/t/Fed-committee-to-meet-on-HOS.html A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's committee will meet publicly Monday, Dec.7, on hours of service, followed by three January public listening sessions on the subject.

The agency's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee's new task at this Washington, D.C., meeting is to gather HOS information and recommendations to provide advice on new requirements.

FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said the agency's goal is to engage... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6416 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:44:08 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6409/t/Cummins-to-lay-off-400.html Cummins Inc. will cut temporarily about 400 jobs in January at its Jamestown Engine plant in western New York that produces heavy duty diesel engines, according to a company spokesman.

The plant has been manufacturing about 500 ISM and ISX engines daily, which is close to capacity. Cummins expects that total to drop to 100 units daily in 2010's first quarter as heavy-duty engine orders decline in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emission... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6409 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:09:58 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6408/t/Truckers-take-more-sick-days.html While the number of truckers off work because of illness or injury remained stable between 2007 and 2008, the median number of days truckers were off work because of health issues increased from 15 to 17 days from the previous year.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also noted the rate of illnesses and injuries requiring truckers to take time off increased 4 percent. This rate is calculated by dividing all hours worked by full-time and part-time truckers in a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6408 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:00:23 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6403/t/Kenworth-To-Participate-in-2010-Mid-America-Trucking-Show.html BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 30, 2009 - Kenworth Truck Company announced today that it will participate in the 2010 Mid-America Trucking Show March 25-27 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.

"The Mid-America Trucking Show offers an excellent forum to showcase new Kenworth truck models, PACCAR engines, and new services from PACCAR Financial and PACCAR Parts for 2010," said Bill Kozek, Kenworth General Manager.

The top states... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6382 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:54:28 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6373/t/BE-ON-THE-LOOK-OUT-PLEASE-READ-.html http://tow411.yuku.com/topic/77610?page=1 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StateLineDeere) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6373 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:44:20 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6366/t/found-these-while-looking-at-some-old-pics.html First one is of my wifes work's old B ( she got to drive it be for me ) then the rest are from the opening of their dealership in
Eire Pa.

feeds@yuku.com (old dog 61) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6366 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:24 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6336/t/New-KW.html feeds@yuku.com (ACB88) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6336 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:30:27 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6327/t/Sitton-Motor-Lines-to-close.html Joplin, Mo.-based Sitton Motor Lines is closing, according to news reports. President and CEO Richard Sitton told the Springfield Business Journal he expects an orderly liquidation and made no other comments.

Officials at Sitton and the Missouri Motor Carriers Association declined to comment.

Nearly 50 employees in Joplin and up to 250 total employees could be laid off, including the drivers, according to news reports.

David L. Sitton and his two sons,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6327 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:23:00 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6326/t/Roanoke-truck-show.html feeds@yuku.com (ACB88) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6326 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:33 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6324/t/ECTN-pics.html
My favorite. Note; it is an ULTRACAB FLATTOP.
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2592212440103179244yvndQT
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2322505750103179244dhgaDJ
Jones hoods W900L with A style headlights
feeds@yuku.com (ACB88) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6324 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:58:25 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6310/t/Erb-Transport-and-K-Dac.html
This is FYI incase you see some miss matched units and trailers. K-Dac also has a yard in Baden, Ontario.

John
www.cancast.com ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CanCast) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6310 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:58:47 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6298/t/Trucking-Industry-Facing-a-Driver-Shortfall-.html In this economic climate, it is hard to believe any industry could be facing a worker shortage, much less the trucking industry. But the potential is there. According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry has been dealing with a driver shortage, one that could have a ripple effect on supply and the economy.

An ATA-contracted report... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6298 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:55:19 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6297/t/Mack-Volvo-to-do-Internal-Merger.html Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America, which already have common ownership under Volvo AB, will merge Nov. 1 into a single organization called North American Trucks.

A Mack spokesman said the company will continue to operate both the Mack and Volvo brands and maintain both sales organizations.

The company will be headed by Dennis Slagle, currently president of Mack Trucks. Per Carlsson, president of Volvo Trucks North America, will become chief operating officer... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StevensTransport) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6297 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:52:05 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6288/t/East-Coast-Nationals.html feeds@yuku.com (ACB88) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6288 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:51:12 GMT http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6252/t/Trying-to-start-my-truckdriving-career-.html feeds@yuku.com (peterbilt85) http://toytrucktalk.yuku.com/topic/6252 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:58:28 GMT