This week, Pilot Company shared news about the company’s expansion and facility upgrade plans. On June 13, Pilot Company announced the opening of travel centers in Odessa, Texas, and Rialto, California.The Odessa store is located at 6051 S Highway 385 and features the following amenities: Six diesel lanes with biofuel, DEF and high-speed pumps39 truck parking spotsFour ...more
A unique oversized load is currently traveling on roadways in Iowa. This week, crews are moving the 130 year old George House from North Liberty, Iowa, to a new location in Oxford, Iowa.The Victorian-style George House was reportedly at risk of being torn down to make way for new developments, but will now be moved ...more
A scrap metal truck lost control and dumped its load all over someone’s yard in North Carolina on Wednesday morning. The wreck was captured on a doorbell camera on June 14th in Gastonia, North Carolina just before 8 a.m.The scrap metal included car engines and other metal refuse, and was left scattered across several yards. ...more
Content Sponsored by Cedar ElectronicsIf you’ve taken a look at the electronics aisle at your favorite truck stop lately, you might have noticed a big change — truck stops across the U.S. are now selling CB Radios that provide both AM and FM capabilities.The inclusion of FM mode on CB Radio was approved by the Federal ...more
In September of 2022 a judge ruled that RhodeWorks failed to fairly apportion its tolls among bridge users. (HummelReport via YouTube) Trucking and business groups have asked a federal circuit court to reject an appeal seeking reinstatement of Rhode Island’s trucks-only tolling plan, agreeing with a federal district judge who in September struck down the ...more
Buttigieg speaks at a press conference at the site of the collapsed bridge section. (governor.pa.gov) PHILADELPHIA — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the site in Philadelphia on June 13 where an out-of-control tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an Interstate 95 off-ramp, caught fire and destroyed a section of the East Coast’s main north-south highway. One ...more
A customer shops at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year’s steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured ...more
Freightliner claimed the largest market share with 9,368 trucks sold, accounting for 38.9% of all sales for the month. (Freightliner) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May rose 16.4% from a year ago and also saw a month-to-month gain, Wards Intelligence reported. Class 8 sales for the month reached 24,111 units, up from 20,713 in ...more
Donald Trump speaking at the Georgia Republican Convention in Columbus, Ga., on June 10. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via Tribune News Agency) Georgia sits at the center of a surge in electric vehicle manufacturing, with billions in promised investments and tens of thousands of jobs set to turn the Peach State into one of the nation’s ...more
(tomap49/Getty Images) Legislation to ensure access to restrooms for commercial drivers on the job recently was introduced in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan Trucker Bathroom Access Act, endorsed by stakeholders, responds to industry concerns. It was introduced this month by Reps. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.). “I am proud to reintroduce legislation ...more
