A custom truck shop shared baffling video of an engine being purposefully dropped on the hood of a 379 Peterbilt. The video was shared on Thursday by One Of A Kind Customs, a shop located in Sigourney, Iowa, with the caption, “Detroit engine swap complete for this 379!”@oneofakindcustoms Detroit engine swap complete for this 379! ...more
A trucker was critically injured on Thursday after his load pierced his cab, pinning him in the truck. The accident happened on December 15th at 1300 West Hinkley Driver in Ogden, Utah just before 10 a.m.According to KJZZ 14 News, a snowplow was traveling east when it suddenly made a u-turn and started heading west. ...more
A trucker’s dash cam captured the moment that a pickup driver’s attempt to merge turned into a major road rage incident, complete with drink-throwing and a roadside confrontation. The dash cam clip was captured on I-20 in Canton County, Texas, and shared this week by TikTok user Kenny Coleman.In the video, Coleman is traveling in ...more
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced that a popular rest area located in Botetourt County has reopened after months of closure for upgrades. On December 16, VDOT announced the reopening of the Troutville Rest Area located on southbound I-81 near mile marker 158.The rest area was closed in May 2022 to allow crews to extend ...more
A winter storm that killed three people earlier this week has knocked out power in seven states and unleashed tornadoes near New Orleans. About 207,000 customers were without power in Michigan, Minnesota, West Virginia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Florida and hardest-hit Wisconsin Dec. 15 as the massive system brought heavy snow, rain and high winds across the ...more
Congress intends to work on fiscal 2023 funding legislation through the end of the month. The Senate is expected to consider a measure that funds the government through Dec. 23 and averts a federal shutdown. The House approved this short-term bill Dec. 14, mostly along party lines. Federal funding authority expires Dec. 16. Congressional leaders ...more
Congress intends to work on fiscal 2023 funding legislation through the end of the month. The Senate Dec. 16 approved legislation to fund the government through Dec. 23 by a vote of 71-19 to avert a federal shutdown. The House approved this short-term bill Dec. 14, mostly along party lines. Federal funding authority was to ...more
TOPEKA, Kan. — The operator of a pipeline with the largest onshore crude oil spill in nine years has reopened all of it except for the stretch in Kansas and northern Oklahoma that includes the site of the rupture. Canada-based T.C. Energy said in a statement the night of Dec. 14 that its Keystone system ...more
Ford Motor Co. and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. are considering building a battery manufacturing plant in Michigan in a complex arrangement designed to reap new tax benefits without running afoul of U.S.-China political sensitivities. The state has emerged along with Virginia as a potential home of the multibillion-dollar facility, according to people familiar ...more
Virginia has $97.6 million in two new low-interest federal loans to improve safety and traffic flows along its rolling Interstate 81 that cuts through rural mountain areas in a main trucking route linking southern economic areas and northeast markets. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the funding award Dec. 12 from its Build America Bureau, ...more
