Deadline Looms for Implementation of ELD Mandate for Commercial Truck Drivers
After two years of debate and preparations, new federal regulations that require most interstate commercial truck drivers to use electronic logging devices (ELDs) or...
Safety Alert: Passenger Vehicle Collides with Backing Log Truck
BACKGROUND:
At the end of a late fall workday in the eastern U.S., a driver was backing his tractor and empty log trailer into his...
Modern Approaches to Prevent Cheating & Fraud at Truck Scales
Software expert identifies modern ways to prevent fraud at truck scales.
If you have lost profits due to dishonest truck scales and weighing, you need...
Safety Alert: Overloaded Log Truck Traveling Too Fast
The speed limit was 35 miles per hour, and the log truck was overloaded. As the truck went into the curve, the trailer began...
Legal Weight Loads Benefit Truckers
Truckers for forest products industry optimize loads with Vulcan On-Board Scales
There is nothing like a few extra pounds to attract attention — make that...
Government Advancing New Regulations for Truckers
US Department of Transportation that would erect huge obstacles to efficient log trucking
The U.S. Department of Transportation is moving ahead with a proposal to...
Big Wheels, Big Deals
Big Wheels, Big Deals
Forestry Tires: Proper Selection, Use, Care of Tires Can Reduce Costs, Increase Productivity; Suggestions from Firestone
New Firestone Tire Better Match for...