Car Haulers Taking More Nissan's to Destination

National car shipping firms and drivers will be taking 2012 Nissan vans to dealers lots around the United States of America sometime during 2011, according to sources at Nissan. Nissan is preparing to launch its first entry into the United States commercial vehicle market and these vans will be called 2012 models, according to Nissan, once they arrive on dealer lots in 2011. Sources at Nissan have also indicated that the commercial vans in question will be built at Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant using components made in North America, which will keep Americans working and possibly provide more Americans with work during the months and years ahead.

This is good news for car transport service providers in the United States of America that will be tasked with making sure the commercial vans arrive at dealer lots on time and budget. This news also gives the firms in question something to look forward to and hopefully this is just the start of the news concerning new vehicles being taken to dealerships across the United States in 2011 and beyond. Transport firms and drivers conducing enclosed auto transport out on the roads and highways of the United States will certainly smile when they hear this news.

There are still quite a few months between now and the time Nissan expects to see the commercial vans in question start arriving at dealership across the United States. There could be additions to this news and even changes, before the time arrives for the vans in question to be delivered, and we'll keep you up to date as any news arrives.

Vehicle Shippers Need Safe Transport Roads

Transport workers and auto shipping firms will be happy to hear that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently announced the launching of a new United States Department of Transportation Buy America web page. According to sources at the Department of Transportation the agency is committed to maximizing the economic benefits of the money the country will be investing in improving and enhancing the transportation infrastructure during the years ahead, and this news is just part of this plan. Ray LaHood made this announcement to vehicle transport workers on hand during the Building America's Future Policy Forum in Charleston, South Carolina. Sources also indicate that the new web page can be accessed through the Buy America web site.

This news seems to go hand-in-hand with recent news of plans to spend more money on improving and enhancing the transportation infrastructure of the United States during the months and years ahead. The idea of making sure we get as much out of the money we invest in America's transportation infrastructure is hardly new news, though, but still a great idea that can often be assumed, and therefore at times overlooked. We want to make sure that all of the transportation projects built in America are done so as cost-effectively as possible, which will leave more money for other jobs.

This news will certainly put a smile on the faces of some transport drivers operating car carriers on the transport roads and highways of the United States of America. Hopefully, we are able to find a few new ways of both improving and enhancing the transport networks of America and saving a little more money along the way to take care of other jobs.

Express Auto Transport Drivers

Transport drivers providing auto transport services for customers in the United States of America looking for a new tool to help them stay in touch with how they stand with the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Carrier Safety Analysis 2010 during the miles ahead can smile. Vigillo recently announced the introduction of Roadside Resume driver scorecard, a transport tool that presents driver scores to allow vehicle shipping drivers to see how they're rated under the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Carrier Safety Analysis 2010, according to Vigillo.

The only transport tool that allows transport drivers to directly see Carrier Safety Analysis 2010 driver scores, according to Vigillo, Roadside Resume driver scorecard will allow drivers to see immediately where they need to improve, and might even make the job of transporting safer during the months and years ahead, according to some transport experts looking at this news. This is something that we'll be able to check once firms and drivers begin using Roadside Resume driver scorecard.

Transport drivers and car hauling firms that want to check out Vigillo's Roadside Resume driver scorecard will only have to wait until later this month, before being able to take a look at this new transport tool. Transport drivers will be able to sign up for a free copy of Vigillo's Roadside Resume, once it becomes available near the end of the month, at Vigillo's website.

Car Transport Companies Show Heart

Transport drivers working for a car transport firm planning on taking part in Wreaths Across America will be glad to hear that the support of the transport trucking industry for this great cause has never been stronger. The trucking industry has always shown strong support for America's veterans each year during the holiday season, by placing wreaths at the grave sites of America's heroes, and this year the cause is expected to place about 500,000 wreaths at the graves of our veterans. Firms that ship cars and trucking firms across the United States will be taking part in the program this year and adding momentum to a cause that was started 19 years ago by the Worchester Wreath Company in Maine.

This year the American Trucking Association, the Owner-Operator and Independent Driver Association and the transport trucking industry of the United States, along with transport industry suppliers like Qualcomm, will be taking part in a ceremony at Fort Rosecrans in Point Loma, near San Diego. At the present moment, a five truck convoy carrying 26,000 wreaths is slowly making its way from Harrington, ME, to Arlington National Ceremony in Washington, DC. They plan on placing the wreaths at the grave sites of veterans during a ceremony on December 11 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery, during which transport workers and drivers from across the United States of America will take part in the wreath placing ceremony.

This news won't surprise firms in the business of controlling car shipping prices who have been taking part in Wreaths Across America for years, or witnessed previous ceremonies. The support of the trucking industry for this fantastic event and cause is something we have all come to expect on a yearly basis and the truckers of America never disappoint.

Enclosed Car Shipping in a Peterbilt Model 587

Transport drivers and car shipping firms looking for a better, more modern transport truck to help them move customers vehicles to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner during the miles ahead should check out Peterbilt's Model 587. The latest reports and reviews from the drivers out on the roads and highways of the nation using Peterbilt's Model 587 indicate that slipping into the seat of this transport truck is like heaven-on-Earth for drivers working for car transport service providers in the United States of America and the world. That the dashboard and instrument panel of Peterbilt's Model 587 seem to be a little taller with this upgrade of Peterbilt's Model 387, which this transport truck is based on, according to the transport drivers and firms that have had a chance to look at Peterbilt's Model 587.

First impressions of the drivers indicates that the hood of Peterbilt's Model 587 is almost invisible when sitting in the driver's seat of this monster transport truck. That Peterbilt's Model 587 appears to have been designed and engineered to provide comfort and security for drivers, as well as the safe and efficient transport of the essential goods Americans need on a daily basis. These changes are only the beginning according to transport experts and car haulers looking at Peterbilt's Model 587, and the enhancements and additions made to this transport truck will please transport truck fleet operators and the drivers that will be using Peterbilt's Model 587 to deliver vehicles in the months and years ahead.

Transport drivers and firms that want to check out Peterbilt's Model 587 transport truck should drop by their local Peterbilt dealer to see if they have one on hand to view, or talk to another transport driver they know drives one of these trucks, in order to see what the professionals think about Peterbilt's Model 587 transport truck.

Enclosed Auto Transport Services

Transport drivers and auto shipping firms traveling across the borders of the United States of America deal with the United States Customs and Border Protection's ACE system for sending electronic manifests for transport services crossing the border. Axon's ACE E-Manifest Interface software can now be fully integrated with the US Customs and Border Protection's ACE system, which allows transport drivers and firms to submit transport information electronically to the right people. Axon's ACE E-Manifest software also tracks the status of your submission, and if you don't receive a response within 24 hours, you can resend the request by simply pushing a button. Axon's ACE E-Manifest also provides users with lists of Customs and Border Protection codes for package types, border codes, Schedule K, and UN Dangerous Goods, and allows you to mark the codes you use for future use, which should make the job quicker for vehicle transport services traveling across the borders of the United States of America during the miles ahead.

Axon's ACE E-Manifest also allows users to print out a paper copy for transport drivers to take out on the road with them, which has been formatted according to CBP guidelines. You can use the interface to revise and resubmit a manifest, or to send an electronic message to CBP notifying the people in charge that a transport vehicle will no longer be crossing the border. Vehicle shippers can review both present and past manifests using the ACE Manifest History Report and select the information they want to view, or print out, based on certain criteria, such as reviewing the manifest for a particular transport vehicle, or the expected arrival time of the transport truck in question.

Transport firms and drivers that wish to take a look at Axon's ACE E-Manifest software should contact Axon directly, or talk to their local dealer of Axon products. This could be the new tool that helps you reduce costs and keep customer vehicles moving to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner during the miles ahead.

Car Carriers Get a Turn Key Transport Solution

Having and making use of a modern communications device to provide auto transport fleet operators with mobile resource tracking, dispatch workflow, barcode scanning, signature capture, and push-to-talk ability is an ability that has becoming more and more common in the transport industry of North America during the last few miles. Making sure you know exactly where all of your transport vehicles and other assets are at all times of the day could save you time and money better spent on other activities.

Complete Innovations has just announced that they now offer their Track and Dispatch Suite on the Motorola ES400 handheld device, which allows users to make use of the power of Motorola's ES400 enterprise mobile computer, a vehicle shipping tool powered by Complete Innovation's Fleet Complete and Courier Complete solutions. Designed to be a turn key transport solution for fleet operators of the world, Complete Innovation's ES400 Track and Dispatch Suite provides users with GPS tracking, real-time location tracking of transport vehicles, and the ability to customize alerts for any condition that transport firms can measure that will appear on the screen of fleet managers and be sent to the fleet managers email and mobile phone, just in case.

Once a car is delivered to destination this transport solution allows users to quickly enter the name of a customer and get the signature you need using the ES400 Barcode scanning tool included. You can specify that all waybills, pickups and deliveries are scanned using the integrated 1D UPC and 2D GS1 scanning ability of the ES400, and car hauling drivers can use their handheld device to update the status of transport jobs.

Women Transporting for Car Transport Companies

America will be honoring the women of the car transport industry and all women involved in the trucking business during the 2010 uDrove Humanitarian Bowl on December 18, 2010. People watching the game on ESPN will get a chance to see a 30-second commercial promoting the trucking industry made by the Women in Trucking Association, with the support of companies in the United States of America. The commercial only contains women of trucking and will feature a white Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by truck driver Allyson, Hay, and photos of women truckers standing by their trucks with the words, professional, experienced, dedicated and pioneers. A stylish way to introduce Americans at the game and around the country to a few of the women of trucking out on the roads and highways on a daily basis.

Women of trucking that ship cars for a living and all transport industry workers that want to watch the game to see the commercial should tune into the game on December 18 at 3:30 pm MST. You'll have to watch a portion of the game to see the commercial, but the wait should be worth it, if you want to honor the women of trucking and take a look at some great trucks and the women that drive them to destination on a daily basis. Still, this idea is a great way to help more Americans connect with the express auto transport industry and the transport industry of America as a whole during the miles ahead. Hopefully, the commercial is a success and entertains and connects Americans with the transport industry in some small way, and we see more women in trucking helping to keep the cargo flowing to destination in the years ahead in the United States of America.

Enclosed Car Shipping Along Interstate 81

Transport firms in the business of trying to control car shipping prices using Interstate 81 to help them keep customers vehicles moving to destination in the days and weeks ahead will want to keep up to date with the news concerning this vital transport route. The Interstate 81 Corridor Coalition recently met in Hagerstown, Maryland to talk about the daily operations of this 855-mile stretch of highway during the recent past and talk about future plans for making sure Interstate 81 is in shape to handle the volume of vehicles expected to travel along this highway in the months and years ahead in the United States of America.

The Interstate 81 Corridor Coalition is made up of transportation officials from around America, representatives from the transport industry of America and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations and politicians from the states of along Interstate 81, which include New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. This group was formed three years ago to help deal with common transport safety and congestion issues along Interstate 81, according to sources in the car transport service industry.

This is great news that transport firms and car haulers using Interstate 81 in the days ahead will be happy to hear. The volume of vehicles moving along Interstate 81 is expected to increase significantly during the months and years ahead and making sure the transport infrastructure of this vital transport route is capable of handling the coming traffic is going to help make sure customers vehicles make it to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner in the future.

Firms Conducting Enclosed Auto Transport

National auto shipping firms in the business of making sure customers cars arrive on time and budget want to get to work on making sure they know how they stack up in the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. Sources around the transport industry of North America indicate that at present there could be quite a few transport firms that don't really know where they rank under CSA 2010. They also indicate that these firms might want to find out where they stand with the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's CSA 2010, or there could be a few dark clouds on the horizon during the miles ahead.

At present, according to the FMCSA, only about 15,000 carriers have logged into the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's CSA 2010 site to take a look at their performance status. This is a small amount of the estimated half a million registered Department of Transport carriers, and according to transport experts as many as one-in-five carriers are currently at risk of an intervention by transport safety enforcement agencies tasked with making sure carriers are transporting in a safe manner. Car shipping firms, therefore, might want to make sure they know where they stand with CSA 2010, by logging into the FMCSA's website to have a look.

The United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning on mailing out warning letters, starting next month, to transport services who exceed a given threshold in one or more of seven categories. The seven categories in question will include unsafe driving, hours-of-service, driver fitness, drugs & alcohol, vehicle maintenance, cargo security, and crash indication data, so vehicle transport drivers might want to take the time to see where they stand in these seven areas.

New Road Tool for Your Car Carriers

National auto transport drivers and companies implementing electrical and air brake interface products in transport vehicles will be interested in the news that Phillips Industries has added sliding axle spring kits to their line of electrical and air brake interface products. Designed to help the transport industry of the United States deliver customers vehicles in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner during the miles ahead, Phillips Sliding Axle Spring Kits are strong enough to secure heavy hoses and are easy to use and replace, according to Phillips Industries. Including a Phillips Qwik-Snap hose holder, with a patented scissor design that allows for cable and hose replacement in seconds, Phillips Qwik-Snap holders are also easy to open and close for vehicle shipping drivers wearing gloves, and include a positive lock strong enough to stay connected at over 80 pounds of pressure.

Phillips Sliding Axle Spring Kits include heavy-duty springs hold air lines with ease and are produced from pre-galvanized hard drawn wire for better recoil memory and longer life, according to the scientists and engineers over at Phillips Industries. Phillips Sliding Axle Spring Kits can also be ordered to meet the needs of car hauling firms by choosing the right springs, hose holders and frame clips for vehicle transport applications.

Transport firms and drivers that want to take a look at the new Phillips Sliding Axle Spring Kits should contact their local dealer of Phillips Industries products, or Phillips Industries directly for more information on where to find their new sliding axle spring kits.

Vehicle Shippers Looking Foward to CSA 2010

Transport drivers and car transport companies preparing for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 to begin replacing the Safestat module will have to wait a little longer. The latest reports indicate that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided it needs to do a little more tinkering with CSA 2010, before they begin replacing the Safestat module. The most recent developments include the FMCSA deciding to keep two components of BASIC scores from public eyes, until they feel releasing this information is going to be of interest to Americans. The two components that are going to be private until further notice are the Cargo-Related BASIC and the Crash Indicator, according to sources at the FMCSA.

Sources around the transport industry of the United States indicate that some car transport professionals might have thought that some of the language that was attached to some of the ratings needed to be changed, that some of the terms used might be misinterpreted by some and possibly used against them in litigation. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration apparently agrees, since they have decided to make changes in the system, which is probably going to make quite a few transport drivers out on the roads and highways of the United States conducting express auto transport happier. The American Trucking Association definitely agrees and has indicated they were happy the FMCSA is continuing to work to make CSA 2010 successful by making these changes to these two components at this time.

Hands Free Enclosed Car Shipping

Professional car transport service drivers talking on a hands-free cell phone while running down the roads and highways of the United States believing that this activity doesn't significantly affect the possibility of their involvement in a accident have the support of a recent study. The study being cited in this case was just released by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in conjunction with the driver monitoring experts at DriveCam Incorporated. A study designed to measure just how distracted a driver talking on a hands-free cell phone is while running down the roads and highways of the United States of America taking customers vehicles to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner.

The study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute collected data from over 13,000 transport vehicles and included a total of 1,085 accidents, 8,375 near crashes, 30,661 crash-relevant conflicts and 211, 711 instances of normal driving as a comparison. According to the professionals that conducted this study, the results are consistent with another United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration study conducted by the VTTI, revealing that professionals that ship cars are more likely to follow companies directives about using hands-free cell phones, than they're federal and state laws concerning the use of these devices while conducting transport services out on the roads and highways of the United States of America.

This probably isn't a surprise to car haulers out on the roads and highways of the United States that use a hands-free cell phone in order to help them keep customers cars flowing to destination on time and budget. The real question will be what this study and its consistency with the study conducted by the FMCSA is going to mean for transport professionals using a hand-free cell phone to help them in the future?

Fuel Treatment Improves Vehicle Transport

National auto shipping firms looking for a new heavy duty diesel fuel treatment to help them keep their fleet operating at peak efficiency will be smiling when they hear the latest news on Prolong Super Lubricants. Prolong Super Lubricants is now offering its Super Duty Diesel Fuel Treatment for use in the heavy duty transport vehicles operating on the roads and highways of the United States of America during the miles ahead.

Designed to improve the fuel mileage and performance you'll get from the transport vehicles you use to conduct car shipping in an efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner, Prolong Super Lubricants Super Duty Diesel Fuel Treatment has been formulated with premium detergents that remove gun, deposits and sludge build up from injectors and the entire fuel system of your transport vehicles. This results in better fuel economy during transport and less black smoke being produced and it protects against fuel system corrosion and premature wear of pumps and injectors, according to the professionals over at Prolong Super Lubricants.

Prolong Super Lubricants Super Duty Diesel Fuel Treatment also meets Cummins L-10 diesel fuel additive specifications for injector cleanliness and Cummins N-14 diesel fuel additive specifications for corrosion protection with low and high sulfur levels and is available in quart bottles or 55-gallon drums. Great news for firms trying to control car shipping prices during the miles ahead in the United States of America.

Enclosed Auto Transport Gets a New Tool

Keeping track of auto transport data by using data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex fleet safety information on an easy-to-read scorecard format is one tool national transport companies use to analysis the safety performance of drivers. Vigillo now offers 3P Carrier Analysis Scorecards for shippers, brokers, and underwriters looking for a useful way to rate the safety performance of transport drivers under the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. This provides vehicle shipping firms trying to get customers vehicles to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner with a tool they can use to make decisions about motor carriers that meet their capacity needs and conform to their safety threshhold.

Transport companies in the business of making sure customers vehicles arrive at their destination in a timely manner often work with hundreds and sometimes thousands of carriers in their business operations. Vigillo indicates that their 3P Carrier Analysis Scorecards allow users to set their own custom thresholds for transport drivers and determine which carriers fall within the boundaries they have set for their car hauling business. They also indicate that their 3P Carrier Analysis Scorecards allow companies to create a list of carriers to benchmark and assign a weight to each of the categories the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be looking at in the miles ahead in the United States of America. In addition, their 3P Carrier Analysis Scorecards allow users to rank each carrier they use on the customer's list, which provides a high level view of a carrier's safety performance.

Vehicle Shippers Need Help Finding Rest Stops

There could be a need for an electronic system to help car transport drivers and all transport drivers find the available spots open in the truck rest areas in Virginia, according to many transport professionals taking customers cars to destination in a reliable, effiicient and cost-effective manner in the United States of America. According to the professionals tasked with keeping track of the truck rest areas along the six-state, 855-mile transport route along Interstate 81, there are currently 5,260 designated truck parking spaces along this route for car carriers to use. Reports from the transport industry indicate that some drivers are still having trouble finding the truck rest stop along the Interstate 81 they need and some are still finding it necessary to park overnight on ramps and road shoulders along this essential transport route.

This news has recently resulted in a group studying transport along Interstate 81 to call for a new online electronic system to help direct trucks operating on the Interstate 81 to the available truck rest stops. This idea was announced recently in Hagerstown, Virginia and it appears to be a sound idea that could certainly be implemented across the greater United States of America in the future, if this idea turns out to be useful for the job of express auto transport along Interstate 81. At present, the group is seeking funds to develop a system that could use wireless technology to let truck drivers know where parking is available for their truck and even what kind of services are available at the truck rest stop in question.

Ship Cars for GE in the years ahead

National car transport service providers will be glad to hear that the latest news indicates GE has recently committed to purchasing about 25,000 electric vehicles over the next five years. Sources in the transport industry of the United States of America indicate that in the years ahead this move could be just the start of GE's plans to implement more and more electric vehicles and the firm could even start using electric trucks in the years ahead. Great news for the people that will be tasked with moving these new electric vehicles to destination for GE and the vehicle manufacturers who will be manufacturing these new vehicles GE is planning on purchasing in the next five years.

GE plans on beginning plans to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles, with an initial purchase of 12,000 General Motors vehicles, starting with the Chevrolet Volt in 2011, and will than slowly expand purchases as more electric vehicles become available. This will mean that car haulers will be transporting a lot of Chevrolet Volts to destination for GE in 2011, and as other manufacturers of future electric vehicles begin production during the miles ahead, GE will need to have an additional 13,000 vehicles transported during the following 4 years.

Sources around the transport industry of America also indicate that this move by GE is going to put them in a position to help their customers begin making the shift to using electric vehicles in the years ahead. More great news for car transport companies in the years ahead that will be looking for more vehicles to ship to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner.

Vehicle Transport Gets a Little Healthier

Professional drivers in the auto shipping business can spend a lot of hours out on the transport roads and highways of the United States making sure customers vehicles make it to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner. Transport drivers stopping by Roadside Medical & Lab in the future can now ask the medical professionals on hand about the sleep services Roadside Medical & Lab has incorporated into the services they already provide for the car shipping professionals out on the transport roads of the United States on a daily basis. Transport safety experts indicate that at the present time Roadside Medical LLC is based in Sarasota, Florida and has a nation-wide network of health clinics located in Pilot Travel Centers. Sleep HealthCenters, on the other hand, currently operates 26 sleep medical centers and clinics in four American states, and has working partnerships at present with academic medical institutions around the United States of America.

Sources indicate that Roadside Medical Clinic & Lab has recently partnered with Sleep HealthCenters to provide the transport drivers out on the roads with sleep services like the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care needed to help drivers deal with sleep apnea during the miles ahead on the roads of America. Apparently, Roadside Medical Teams is offering more than just the physical check-ups and drug testing required by the United States Department of Transportation and the Driver Wellness program they have been offering for awhile. Now, professionals in the business of controlling car shipping prices can get the sleep services they need to keep the cars moving safely, and the information and education they need in order to understand how to deal with the affects of sleep disorders.

Auto Transport Hiring More Workers

Firms in the business of enclosed car shipping are still a little hesitant to start increasing hiring, according to sources around the transport industry of the United States of America, despite signs of the economy and business of transporting cars to destination picking up momentum in the past few miles. Owner operators and employers also reported the posting of fewer job vacancies in September, than in previous months, which represents the second month of fewer jobs being available for transport drivers. This doesn’t necessarily indicate a trend and firms could be preparing to begin hiring new transport workers in the days and months ahead, according to other transport experts looking at the numbers. Hopefully, both the economy and the car hauling business in the United States of America continue to build momentum, and in a few months time we are talking about a large number of Americans being added to the rosters of transport fleets around America.

There have certainly been signs of both the economy and business of shipping customer vehicles to business in a reliable, efficient, and cost-effective manner improving during the past few months, according to many experts and transportation professionals. We need this trend to continue to build momentum as we enter the second decade of the environment in the United States of America and there does appear to be a reason for believing things are going to continue to improve in the business of vehicle shipping. The real question at this point could be that the business of transporting vehicles appears to be directly related to the state of the economy, and the volume of cars being shipped in America will probably depend on the general state of the American economy.

Car Carriers Drivers Have a New Road Tool

National transport drivers in the business of enclosed auto transport will have a new tool to help them find the truck stops on the transport route they’re traveling on, or will be traveling on in the future, sometime in December. Road Life Publication’s Pocket Truckstop Guide is expected to arrive at truck stops across North America in December, just in time for you to grab a copy for another driving buddy you know could use a guide to the truck rests stops across the continent. This is also a great opportunity for you to get your own pocket truck stop guide and provide yourself with another car transport road tool that can help you stay comfortable and drive safer out on the roads and highways of the United States of America as we enter the second decade of the environment.

This is certainly good news for busy transport drivers out on the roads and highways of the United States, which according to Road Life Publication and transport experts have actually been requesting that the next Pocket Truck Stop Guide contain more information for transport drivers on the truck rest stops in the United States. Road Life Publication has been in the business of helping the transport for years and first printed the Pocket Truck Stop Guide back in 1998. An exit-based printed directory that lists truck stops and rest areas in the United States of America sequentially by state, highway and exit, so transport drivers conducting express auto transport can identify stops before they arrive in the area.

Coming Back After a Stroke to Ship Cars

Transport professionals in the car transport service business returning to the job after recovering from a stroke can often wonder how life is going to change on the job after returning to work. To help these transport drivers returning to the job after a stroke the Medical Review Board recently made a few suggestions to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration they feel can help drivers deal with returning to work after a stroke. The Medical Review Board recommends drivers wait at least one year, before trying to return after a stroke, and should be ready to pass a driving test, before getting behind the steering wheel for one of the car transport companies of the United States of America. The Medical Review Board is also recommending drivers returning to work after a stroke should have annual check-ups on both their physical health and driving record as a requirement of being allowed to stay behind the wheel in the miles ahead.

These are just recommendations for the moment, but if the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association like the ideas being proposed, they may decide to send these proposals forward, or just a few of the ideas, or they might decide these proposals aren’t going to be of any use at all and discard them.

Sources indicate that the parties involved really want to make sure they get this right, the first time, so we can probably expect them to take their time, and make sure the proposals they do put in place are going to make it possible for drivers working for vehicle shippers to return to the roads after a stroke, and still keep the roads as safe as ever.

Car Haulers Have a New Place to Rest in Virginia

There’s good news coming around the corner for car shipping professionals and firms that will be transporting customers vehicles to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner in the beautiful America state of Virginia in the months and years ahead in the United States of America. The latest reports have Governor Bob McDonnel announcing Thursday the beginning of a new pilot program that will see undeveloped property owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation used as truck safety rest areas for transport drivers out on the roads of Virginia. The first site is going to be located along Interstate 66 in Warren County and if everything stays on target with this pilot program the people in the Virginia Department of Transportation expect this first truck safety rest stop in Virginia to be open around November 8.

Drivers operating an auto shipping transport stopping at this truck safety rest stop after it opens will find an unused paved lot along the eastbound lanes that was purchased years ago to be used as a future truck safety rest stop, so this news is probably something the Virginia Department of Transportation thought might one day occur. They of course probably thought that this particular truck safety rest stop would have been providing services for the transport professionals traveling and doing business in Virginia, already, but at least it has finally happened.

The professionals in the business of vehicle transport and transportation professionals in general have been applauding this decision to begin this pilot program and use land just sitting idle as truck safety test stops. The real question will be how many new truck safety rest stops will they open under this new pilot program? At present, according to sources, this particular truck rest stop is going to be open for 90 days, followed by a 60-day evaluation period.

Enclosed Car Shipping Using a MaxxForce 13 Engine?

The news is in and auto transport firms will be happy to hear that Navistar International is almost ready to submit a MaxxForce 13 engine to the United States Environmental Protection Agency that will meet the emissions standards required for this engine to be certified by the agency. Once this happens the MaxxForce 13 engine will be ready to be used by transport firms in the United States of America during the miles ahead to help them reduce the carbon wheel-print of the transport services they'll provide customers during the years down the road, according to some vehicle shipping professionals watching this scene unfold. Navistar International will also apparently continue to sell engines that don't quite meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency's emissions standards for transport vehicles operating in America, until the MaxxForce 13 engine is ready.

This news means that Navistar International will have a MaxxForce 13 engine that meets current environmental standards for the transport trucks operating in America, before many in the transport industry and car hauling business thought the engine would be ready, according to some people that have been watching Navistar International's progress in building a MaxxForce 13 engine that can do the job required. Sources indicate that Navistar International took some people on a tour of the firms Huntsville Engine Plant in Huntsville, Alabama, this week. At this time Navistar International indicated that they had received orders for about 10,000 MaxxForce 13 engines, to date, and are currently producing about 100 MaxxForce 13 engines a day at this particular plant, according to the people on hand. Great news for the Americans working at this engine plant and Navistar International, and a transport industry that needs a MaxxForce engine capable of meeting the EPA's emissions standards.

Safer & Faster Enclosed Auto Transport

Making sure you torque the nuts attaching the truck wheels on your car transport is an essential task that can save you money due to damaged equipment for drivers and transport firms in the United States of America as we enter the second decade of the century of the environment. The wheel nuts on your transport vehicle need to be torqued to specific values, and all of the parts must be in good working condition, otherwise this could lead to compromised torque values and possible damage to your transport vehicle, according to many professionals operating car carriers on the roads and highways of America. Transport professionals also indicate that you need to make sure the nuts on your truck tires are torqued the proper amount, otherwise you could exceed the preload value of the nuts on your transport vehicles tires, which could cause the nut to loosen as you operate the vehicle.

Over-torquing the nuts on your transport vehicles tires can stretch the stud beyond the forces they were designed and engineered to withstand and can lead to fractures or a complete failure of the nut, according to many drivers and transport fleet operators in the United States of America. The torque readings you get on the nuts on your truck tires can even be lower than expected due to contamination or damaged threads, which means you need to make sure the contact surfaces of the hub face and truck wheels are clean and free of contamination. This is going to be important for drivers conducting express auto transport, since any unexpected delays are going to possibly be costly, so before you head out on the road you might want to give your truck tires one more look.

Vehicle Shippers Using Navistar Trucks

Transport firms in the United States trying to control car shipping prices will be interested in the news that Navistar recently announced they would be spending about $90 million to renovate the existing product development facility the company has in Melrose Park, Illinois. Navistar apparently plans to turn this old facility into a state-of-the-art testing center for the trucks and diesel engines the company will use in the heavy-duty trucks it manufactures in the years ahead. The old facility is located on an 80-acre site and according to Navistar will compliment the work that will be done in the company's integrated product development center, which will be located at the former Alcatel-Lucent East campus in Lisle.

This is great news for car transport companies implementing Navistar manufactured trucks in their fleet operations and for the state of Illinois, in general. Navistar and the UAW also recently finished putting pen-to-paper on a new four-year labor agreement, as well, and many transport professionals in the United States of America figure that this is going to mean more jobs for Illinois, and more money and vehicles flowing through the state in the years ahead. This news probably isn't a surprise to many car transport service providers doing business in Illinois and around the United States, especially since Navistar has always shown a commitment to the state of Illinois and the people of America, and manufacturing the best trucks possible.

Staying in Shape for Car Haulers

Being out on the auto shipping roads and highways of the United States of America taking customers to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner is a tough job that can get physical at times. Staying in great physical shape can help keep your mind alert and working a workout routine into your daily transport routine could be the difference that makes you a safer transport professional. It doesn't take as much time as you think each day to stay in shape, especially after you get your routine in place, and the benefits of a workout routine can improve things in all parts of your personal and professional life. Especially for older car shipping drivers in the age bracket between 40 to 50 years of age, starting and sticking to a workout routine is going to extend your career, and make your wife happier when you get home.

Begin by talking to other transport drivers you know of that exercise on a daily basis and this will give you a good starting point from which to do more research. You'll need to design a workout routine, or adopt the workout routine of another person, but get started as soon as you can. Studies have shown that one of the main reason people don't begin a workout routine is because they wait to long, so on your day off head down to the gym and check things out. A few months down the road, after you've been exercising regularly, you'll be surprised how much more alert you're mentally and how much better you feel physically. You could find the vehicle transport service you provide is safer, also, and this is going to benefit other drivers out on the roads, and it could save your life.

Transport Firms That Ship Cars on Michelin Tires

National auto transport firms and professionals that implement Michelin Americas Truck Tires in their fleet operations will be happy to hear that Michelin was recently honored by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) with the 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” trucking image award as the truck tire manufacturing industry winner. The 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” trucking image award is awarded to those that have been active in creating a positive attitude in the United States and the world toward transport professionals. Michelin was presented with the 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” trucking image award during the annual American Trucking Association Management Conference and Exhibition, last week in Phoenix, Arizona.

Michelin officials on hand made a nice speech thanking the American Trucking Association for presenting them with the 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” trucking image award. Michelin has been involved in the work of promoting the vehicle shipping industry through industry partnerships in programs like the ATA's Share the Road program, by showing leadership in their work with the Tire Retread and Information Bureau, and products like the XZA3 Antisplash steer tire and X One wide single drive and trailer tires. All great work that has certainly improved the overall image of the transport industry of the United States of America and the world, and certainly deserving of the 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” trucking image award.

The 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” trucking image award is given in honor of the late Mike Russell, a car hauling industry supporter and media official who helped develop the "Good stuff. Trucks Bring It." campaign as vice president of Public Affairs for the American Trucking Association.

New Eaton Clutches for Your Car Carriers

Transport professionals out on the roads and highways of the United States of America conducting enclosed auto transport have a new generation of heavy-duty clutches from Eaton to help them get the job done. The new Advantage Series 15.5-inch clutches include several improvements and enhancements that make 50,000-mile service intervals a possibility, rather than the 25,000-mile service intervals of previous models. The new Advantage Series also comes with a new 2-year/unlimited mileage aftermarket warranty, which has been improved from one year, and there are two 15.5-inch options for users to select from.

This new series of heavy-duty clutches has been designed to help professionals out on the roads conducting enclosed car shipping and includes the new manually adjusted Easy Pedal Advantage clutch replacing the Easy Pedal model, and the new self-adjusting Solo Advantage clutch replacing the Eaton Solo. This generation of Eaton clutches also includes an enhanced release bearing design that features a tougher bushing material, according to the professionals over at Eaton. The release bearing housing is also new, with three grease fittings for increased flexibility in setting up a lubrication path, regardless of release-fork design. The grease reservoir is more efficient and allows for extended grease intervals between servicing and the designers included new composite slingers that are better at retaining grease and keeping out the dirt and contamination of the road.

The new Advantage Series 15.5-inch clutches could be just the thing to help car transport professionals keep their transports in top running condition. We`ll have to wait for the reviews from the vehicle transport drivers out on the highways taking vehicles to destination, before we can comment, but hopefully this new series of heavy-duty clutches from Eaton hits the spot.

Control Car Shipping Prices

There's a new hybrid fuel truck for car transport companies in the United States of America to implement in their fleet operations. Diesel Direct and Freightliner Trucks recently announced the world's first-ever hybrid fuel truck designed to help transport firms keep their fleets fueled and ready to deliver customers vehicles in an efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner in the century of the environment. Called the Freightliner Business Class M2 106 Hybrid, this fuel transport is ready to be used by transport firms with a fleet of heavy-duty transports, and can now be seen taking fuel to destinations around the United States of America.

Sources in the car transport service of the United States of America indicate that the Freightliner Business Class M2 106 Hybrid features the Eaton Hybrid Electric Drivetrain System and a parallel hybrid system that allows drivers to operate this truck using just the diesel engine, or in combination with the hybrid electric motor included with this fuel truck. Operators can also save fuel by turning off this fuel transport while fueling trucks, reduce the noise associated with fueling trucks, and save money on fuel consumption using this truck, according to the transport professionals of America.

Firms conducting express auto transport often need fuel for their vehicle transports at a moments notice, using this new fuel transport could be just the tool you need to make sure your transport vehicles are always ready to go at a moments notice.

The I-40 in North Carolina Open to Car Haulers

There's good news for auto shipping professionals that want to use the I-40 in North Carolina near the Tennessee border to conduct transport services for customers that need vehicles delivered in an efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner in the days and months ahead in the United States of America. The I-40 had to be closed to transport services last year after a rock slide closed down this route and made it impossible for transport drivers to use this route to move cars. The last orange construction barrel was removed from Interstate 40 near the Tennessee line in Haywood Country at 4.:45 p.m. on Friday, signalling to America's transport firms that they can once again use the I-40 in North Carolina to conduct vehicle transport services for customers in the United States of America.

Sources close to this news indicate that work crews are still out on the I-40 in North Carolina working on getting this transport route fully open. Over the next few weeks, if you're planning on using this route, there could still be occasional lane closures lasting a few hours as equipment is moved from the site, and work crews get everything finished. Car shipping services will be able to use this route, but just be aware that depending on your timing, you might find the route a little slower than usual. Still, the I-40 in North Carolina reopening to transport vehicles is great news that firms have probably been waiting to hear, and with this news they can start moving cars along this route again.

Aftermarket Parts for Vehicle Shippers

National auto transport firms looking for aftermarket parts for their transport vehicles should check out Polk's Commercial Aftermarket Parts Demand Modules. The latest news indicates that Polk has produced some new resources and additional functionality in their latest modules that they think are perfect for helping transport professionals in the United States of America forecast demand for filters, brake components, lubricants and tires for their transport vehicles. Sources indicate the enhanced modules include the capability for users to forecast future demand for a wide variety of engine parts and serve as a resource to help light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle shipping firms looking for aftermarket parts for their vehicles.

Sources also indicate that the latest modules are available online and a single subscription will allow firms efficient and reliable access to the modules. These online modules are designed to help aftermarket suppliers and commercial truck dealers improve efficiency and identify additional business opportunities. The modules are updated quarterly and allow users to list the information based on a number of factors, including manufacturer, geography, customer, age of vehicle, vehicle part and other criteria important to the transport professionals of the United States of America as we head into the second decade of the century of the environment.

This is great news for car hauling firms looking for aftermarket parts to keep their transports operating in an efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner in the days and months ahead. Transport firms that want to check out Polk's Commercial Aftermarket Parts Demand Modules should contact Polk directly, or take a look online to see what's being offered.

Enclosed Auto Transport in Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Patrol officers will be talking to car transport professionals out on the roads and highways of the great American state of Wisconsin a lot more in the days and weeks ahead. The Wisconsin State Patrol is taking part in Operation Safe Driver until Saturday, a plan designed to improve the driving behaviour, habits and choices being made out on the roads by drivers of large vehicles. During Operation Safe Driver Wisconsin State Patrol officers will be checking the speeds of large vehicles, the distance between large transport vehicles and other vehicles, improper lane changes and the failure on the part of some large vehicles that ship cars to obey the traffic signs on the highways of the United States of America.

Wisconsin's State Patrol officers will also be talking with transport drivers about things like compliance with license requirements and all things dealing with the regulations governing your medical card and the number of hours you spend on the roads. Officials in Wisconsin indicate that Operation Safe Driver is designed to improve the level of safety for large car carriers operating on the highways of America and all vehicles on the roads. They hope this idea is going to save lives in Wisconsin in the months and years ahead by reducing the unsafe driving behaviours of large vehicles and the number of large vehicles involved in accidents.

Enclosed Car Shipping Firms Have a New Tool

Transport firms in the United States trying to control their car shipping prices will be happy to hear that there's a new version of Prophesy Transportation Solutions Prophesy Dispatch ready to help firms keep their transports on time and budget in the second decade of the century of the environment. Prophesy Transportation Solutions recently announced to the transport industry of the United States that Prophesy Dispatch 6.2 is ready to start work, using a number of improvements and enhancements to make the job of transporting easier and more efficient. Prophesy Dispatch 6.2's newest improvements to enhance your car transport service includes new integration with Microsoft Bing Maps, improved integration with QuickBooks Accounting software and constant updates from Prophesy Transportation Solutions commercial mileage database.

Prophesy Dispatch 6.2 also includes other user requested changes, like a new Microsoft Dynamics GP accounting interface, the ability to assign a specific mileage program to each unique transport required to help firms rate each transport and control billing, and integration with SMCA RateWare XL external rating system. Prophesy Dispatch 6.2 also allows users to retrieve data on credit card purchases and includes a new Message Center to help firms monitor two-way mobile communications between dispatch and trucks out on the roads conducting express auto transport for customers.

Prophesy Dispatch 6.2 appears to have been significantly enhanced and improved, but we'll have to wait and see what transport firms implementing Prophesy Dispatch 6.2 in their operations think about this new version. Hopefully, Prophesy Dispatch 6.2 allows transport firms to improve their operations as the creators believe, and in a few months time Prophesy Dispatch is being heralded as a useful tool for transport firms.

Free Webinar for Car Haulers

National car transport companies looking for more information on how to operate more effectively and efficiently in their business operations in the century of the environment in the United States should check out a free webinar being offered by Carrier Logistics. This 45-minute webinar on surviving and planning for the future could be the help your firm has been looking for. You could get information that will help you keep your transports moving to destination in the months and years ahead in the century of the environment in a reliable and cost-effective manner. You'll definitely get to talk to other car shipping professionals about the current state of the transport industry and you might even pick up a few ideas that will make your boss smile.

This webinar is called "Transportation Twenty Ten", is taking place a 1 p.m., October 27, and will be led by Jeffrey A Keller, founder and principal of Keller Services, a transportation and management technology advisory firm of the United States of America. Mr. Keller will be talking about taking advantage of the times transportation firms are presently doing business in, putting your auto shipping firm in position to grow, evaluating trends in the transport business to create opportunity, and other ideas.

Companies and transport professionals interested in checking out this webinar should contact Carrier Logistics for more information on how to register. This could be your chance to put your company on solid ground as it heads down the road and possibly allow your transport firm to do business in a more efficient and reliable manner as we head into the second century of the environment in America.

Vehicle Transport in Western US Gets a Boost

The speed of auto transport in Southern California is about to get a boost, after being forced to take a 75-mile detour to make it to regions on the other side of the Hoover Dam, since September 11, 2001. Next week the new Hoover Dam bypass bridge will open to traffic, which will shorten the job of transporting cars in Southern California and hopefully reduce noted traffic congestion on the two lanes of the Hover Dam, according to officials and transport professionals applauding this news. This week United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Southern California on Thursday taking a look at the new bypass bridge and making a few speeches and dedications.

This is great news for national vehicle shipping firms transporting vehicles in the western United States as the Hover Dam is a very important to keeping the flow of transport moving in this region of America. Reports indicate that there were about 1,000 construction workers on hand for the naming of the bypass bridge, which will be called the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. The western hemisphere's longest single-span concrete arch bridge and one of the tallest bridges in the world, the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is a 1,900-foot long bridge that's an important part of a $240 million four-lane bypass designed and engineered to reroute traffic for 3.5 miles from the two-lane bottleneck on US 93 across the Hoover Dam.

Transport professionals car hauling in the western United States that want to take a look at the new Mike Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge will find this amazing bridge on the Arizona/Nevada border about 40 miles east of Las Vegas. Drop by and take a look at the bridge and give it a try and let the world know what you think. We want to make sure we give credit when it's due and criticism when necessary.

New Fuel for Car Carriers on the Way

National vehicle shippers could have a new fuel to help them control costs and reduce the carbon wheel-print of the services they provide in a few years time. A refining process for a new fuel that combines ultra-low sulfur diesel with natural gas has been given a U.S. patent and this means in a few years time this process could be producing clean liquid hydrocarbon fuel suitable for the heavy-duty transports of the United States of America. The process involved is called ClearRefining and was designed by the professionals working at Advanced Refining Concepts, and according to sources this patent could be just the first of many patents as this firm has other patents pending.

Reports close to this news indicate that fuel made with the ClearRefining method would have definite benefits for professionals that ship cars in the United States of America. Fuel made through this new process would be available in the commercial quantities the transport industry of the United States would require, it wouldn't require massive infrastructure changes to implement and no government help would be needed to get this fuel into production.

A new type of fuel for the car transport industry of the United States is definitely good news, but the developers of the ClearRefining process still have lots of work to do, before we'll see any commercial quantities of this fuel being taken to destination in America. Still, Advanced Refining Concepts appears to be leading the charge in this battle, and considering the past history of this firm, we expect to see transport using fuel made with this process in a few years.

Help Control Car Shipping Prices

Your car transport service can save time and money using one of two new Diesel Pro fuel filtration systems by Cummins Filtration, according to the professionals that developed and designed these new fuel filtration systems. Fleetguard FH235 is a diesel fuel filtration system with a flow rate of 60 GPH (230 L/H), while Fleetguard FH 236 has a flow rate of 90 GPH, both can save users time and money by removing 95 percent of free and emulsified water and hard particles, down to about two microns, from diesel fuel systems, according to sources at Cummins Filtration. Cummins Filtration also indicates that their patented Seeing is Believing technology lets enclosed car shipping transport drivers know when they need to change the EleMax filter element, which is going to save them time and money down the road.

Cummins Filtration has designed and engineered these two new Diesel Pro Filtration systems to easily handle flow rates up to 90 GPH and provide users with different configurations to handle extreme environments and demanding transport applications. The company indicated that they believe in taking the time to listen to users input on their products and make the changes their customers demand, and they have redesigned Fleetguard FH235 and FH236 in order to meet the needs of their customers in the business of express auto transport and all transport firms that make use of their products. We'll of course have to wait and see what the transport professional thinks of these two new Diesel Pro fuel systems and if they can help firms reduce costs and save time down the road. These two new fuel filtration systems look like they could help firms improve their business operations and hopefully this is the case.

Car Shipping Drivers Opinion Requested

Are you an enclosed auto transport driver operating on the roads and highways of North America on a daily basis? The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association is interested in your opinion on something that will definitely interest you. They are conducting a survey to find out your feelings about cross-border transport between Canada and the United States, and if you are truly interested in the job, or would rather stay within the borders of America, if possible. They want to find out how your business operations are being affected by things like the changes in regulations, fees, credential requirements, wheelbase restrictions, and all the things on your mind.

This news probably isn't a surprise to many auto shipping professionals doing business in North America that travel back and forth across the border between the United States and Canada on a regular basis. According to many transport drivers things have been getting more and more complicated for drivers trying to cross into Canada during the last few years, and some drivers might be trying to see if they can avoid crossing the border into Canada, if at all possible. The changes could in fact be discouraging some transport drivers from crossing the border between Canada and the United States, especially if this decision makes doing business easier to conduct in the months and years ahead in North America.

Car transport companies doing business in North America that want to check out this survey and possible take part, should contact the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, or check out their website for more information.

New CSA 2010 Help for Vehicle Shippers

National car transport firms and professionals looking for a great way to help manage hours-of-service compliance with CSA 2010 should check out J.J. Keller & Associates new product. J.J. Keller & Associates announced the other day that $6 E-Logs is ready to help transport professionals stay in line with the rules and regulations of the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The latest offering from J.J. Keller & Associates, $6 E-Logs is powered by J.J. Keller & Associates Encompass product, and will allow users to pay per driver per month, but will require the one-time purchase of an onboard recorder for $199, according to J.J. Keller & Associates.

J.J. Keller has indicated lately that their surveys of professionals that ship cars around the United States of America indicates that many professionals are staying away from electronic logs because of the cost involved. The company is planning on hosting a meeting called The New EOBR Rule and Effective Hours of Service Management webcast, on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 1 P.M. Central Time. Transport professionals that want to check out J.J. Keller & Associates new product to help them manage hours-of-service compliance with CSA 2010 should probably check out this webcast. You'll need to register with the people in control of this meeting, in order to attend, but you should be able to get the information you need on this subject in order to stay in compliance with the hours-of-service rules for car haulers included with CSA 2010.

New Car Hauling Peterbilt Trucks & Bendix Wingman

National vehicle shipping firms doing business in the United States of America can now order a Peterbilt truck with a Bendix Wingman (Active Cruise with Braking) option. Peterbilt Motor Company recently made the announcement that this option is available for immediate order on a range of Peterbilt models that can be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2010. This means that Peterbilt is the latest manufacturer of heavy-duty transports to make this option available to its customers, according to sources in the transport industry of the United States of America. Great news that's sure to put a smile on the face of transport professionals that implement Peterbilt trucks in their fleet operations.

The Bendix Wingman ACB is engineered and designed to deliver driver-friendly, forward collision warning and mitigation by fully integrating a vehicle transport and its braking system, according to officials at Bendix Wingman. This allows drivers to avoid collisions and keeps the driver aware of the environment in which they're operating their vehicle. A tool that according to some transport professionals in the United States will have definitely benefits for the industry and drivers as we travel further down the road in the years ahead.

This news won't surprise auto transport professionals that were on hand for the 2010 Mid-America Trucking Show as Peterbilt announced its intention to offer Bendix Wingman ACB with its trucks sometime in 2010, at this affair. Peterbilt has been committed to highway safety for years and this news is just the latest announcement in tune with this desire.

New Home for Express Auto Transport Drivers

American professionals in Tennessee in the car transport service industry looking for a new home base to call home should check out Truckers Home Base. Truckers Home Base is a residential park located along Interstate 40 in Tennessee, with services designed to make the truckers life easier and more comfortable. Sources indicate that truckers can send mail and small packages to over 1,000 different locations across North America, overnight, and reduce their cost of living by using the services Truckers Home Base provides. They indicate that everything a trucker needs in a home base is provided, at a very low price, and professionals can reduce the cost of having a home base by using Truckers Home Base.

What services do professionals in the business of enclosed car shipping receive for using the services of Truckers Home Base? They get a legal resident address in a state with no state income taxes, efficient and quick access to the transport roads and highways, plenty of parking space for your transport vehicle, and up to two months free rent, if they find they're out of work. In addition, stores, restaurants, hotels, and other facilities are only minutes away, and they'll even handle legal process receiving and forwarding, all for the price of a private mailbox, according to Truckers Home Base.

Transport professionals that want to control car shipping prices need to keep a handle on all business costs and Truckers Home Base seems like a good alternative to help them reduce the price of doing business in the days and months ahead in the United States of America. We'll have to wait and see what the reviews of this new service look like, before we can say for sure, but if Truckers Home Base is as good as suggested, this idea could grow.

Work Continues on Auto Shipping Route

American car transport companies operating in Texas will be happy to hear that preparations for construction work to begin on the next project in the expansion of Interstate 35 has started. Sources indicate that the Texas Department of Transportation's Waco District will be starting work running from North Loop 340 in Bellmead, Texas, to FM 1858 just south of the city of West, Texas. Workers will be out setting up warning signs and barricades along the zone from North Loop 340 to North Business U.S. Highway 77, in preparation for the work to begin. This news is the latest step in plans to increase the number of lanes along Interstate 35 from San Antonio to the east-west split north of Hillsboro to a minimum of six lanes.

Firms in the United States of America in the business of enclosed auto transport that need to use this transport route or were planning on using this route in the days ahead should probably look at other routes. They expect there to be delays for vehicles using this route, while the work is being completed, and this is probably something you want to avoid, if possible. They do expect to be working on this project for about four years, before things will be close to being finished, which means they should be finished around 2014.

It's good to see that work on this essential car shipping route for firms conducting business in Texas is going forward to completion. Hopefully, things stay pretty calm and there aren't too many delays in traffic flows during the construction, but we can certainly expect it to take more time to travel along this route until they get the job finished.

Kenworth Honored for Making Green Car Carriers

American car haulers driving a Kenworth truck will be glad to hear that the Kenworth Truck Company has recently been honored with the 2010 Green Manufacturing Award by the Association of Washington Business. This award is in recognition of Kenworth Truck Company`s aerodynamic trucks, compressed and liquefied natural gas trucks, and medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid transports. Sources also indicate that this award is also to recognize Kenworth Truck Company`s dedication to building environmentally-friendly trucks in a sustainable way in its Renton, Washington manufacturing facility, which has been doing some amazing work.

Professionals in the car transport industry that drive a Kenworth Truck certainly know about the environmentally-friendly benefits that have been engineered and manufactured into Kenworth Trucks on the roads of the United States in the century of the environment. The Kenworth Truck Company continues to lead the way in the manufacture of transport trucks implementing fuel-saving technology solutions that reduces fuel usage and emissions. The Kenworth T660 and T700 units have been certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency`s SmartWay program and Kenworth Truck`s Cummins Westport ISL G and Westport GX engines currently offer about a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the Kenworth T270 and T370 hybrids can enhance fuel economy of transports that ship cars by as much as 30 percent in transport applications, according to sources.

People Thinking About Becoming Vehicle Shippers?

Reports from around the car hauling industry of the United States indicates that a lot more Americans are starting to look at a career in the transportation industry as a viable job choice in the century of the environment. Sources indicate that more and more people are stopping by the offices of professional truck driver institutes or calling in to find out more about the possibility of becoming a transport professional during the past few months. They also indicate that more and more institutes are getting their professional driver programs in full swing and applying of late to have professional transport driver training programs re-certified.

Reports from around the vehicle transport industry have the All-State Career School in Lester, Pennsylvania getting ready to train more professional drivers in the months ahead. The Northern Industrial Training in Palmer, Alaska and the Vocational Training & Resource Center in Juneau, Alaska have according to reports also applied recently to have programs re-certified. This is in addition to reports that a re-certified professional driver course at Olive-Harvey College Commercial Driver Training in Chicago could also be starting up soon.

Americans that have been contemplating becoming a professional auto transport driver this could be the time for you to take the first step to becoming a professional transport driver. You might not get a better opportunity and the professional driver course you need could be starting soon. Take advantage of this opportunity and head out to your local professional driver institute to talk to the professionals on hand and start down the road to becoming an American transportation professional, today.

Control Car Shipping Prices

Firms already conducting express auto transport implementing Rand McNally's IntelliRoute Software integrated with TMWSuite and TruckMate operations software will be happy to hear that this partnership has announced they have enhanced this product. The partnership recently announced that this move is designed to give their combined customers more precise routing technology, in addition to allowing customers of both firms to access the address-to-address calculations offered by IntelliRoute's Dock2Dock product. Rand McNally's Dock2Dock product allows fleets to navigate on city and neighborhood roads, using information and data on over 7 million miles of roads in the United States of America. This product takes transport vehicles from the address of origin, to the final destination, and includes road information for Canada, Mexico and the United States of America.

American car transport service providers already using Rand McNally's IntelliRoute Software integration will be able to route cars by transport vehicle type across all of Rand McNally's standard routing techniques, including HHG and Practical and Lowest Cost. This product takes it one step further by providing physical restrictions due to truck height and weight, turn limitations and transport-specific speed limits, all to minimize the number of miles you travel and maximize fuel efficiency during your trip. This allows users to calculate the best transport route between two definite physical addresses for the transport service in question.

Professionals in the business of enclosed car shipping that want to check out Rand McNally's enhanced IntelliRoute Software integration product should contact Rand McNally or their local dealer of IntelliRoute Software integration products.

Make Enclosed Auto Transport Safer

Professionals in the vehicle shipping business using a Spicer Life Series Model 250 universal joint assembly in their transport vehicle will be happy to hear that Dana Holding Corporation has recently announced it has enhanced this product. Dana Holding Corporation believes the enhancements with its Spicer Life Series Model 250 universal joint assembly provide customers with a 40 percent increase in dynamic bearing capacity of the system. They also state that the Spicer Life Series Model 250 universal joint assembly is designed and engineered to meet the heavy-duty demands of the new low-emission, high-efficiency transport vehicles in the Class 8 market being offered in the United States of America in the century of the environment.

This is great news for auto shipping professionals that already use a Spicer Life Series Model 250 universal joint assembly that were hoping for an improvement in this product. Dana Holding Corporation indicates that the new Spicer Life Series Model 250 universal joint assembly has a new bearing package with larger needle bearings that increases the capacity of the system, a special Viton synthetic seal that improves grease retention and serviceability, and a thermoplastic seal guard to keep contaminants out of the system. In addition, a new premium synthetic lubricant they have created is designed and engineered to improve the life expectancy of the bearings, and they also offer a Spicer Quick Disconnect feature with this product.

Professionals in the car shipping business that want to check out Dana Holding Corporation's enhancements to their Spicer Life Series Model 250 universal joint assembly should contact Dana Holding Corporation or their local dealer of Spicer Life Series products.

Auto Transport Professionals & GPS Systems

Professionals out on the roads of the United States of America conducting transport for car transport companies using a consumer GPS routing system will be happy to hear that they're thinking about making a few upgrades to the present GPS system in use by the transport professionals of the United States. A new task force in Illinois is currently looking at reports of trucks straying off of truck-friendly transport routes when implementing consumer GPS routing systems. The Global Positioning System Technology and the Designated Truck Route System Task Force was recently appointed, as set out in Public Act 96-1370, to look into recent advances in the utilization of Global Positioning Technology, and their possible use in making sure transport vehicles stay on course in America.

Sources in the business of enclosed car shipping indicate that new rules limiting the kinds of GPS devices that can be used by the transport professionals driving Class 7 and Class 8 transport vehicles in America could be coming down the road in the months ahead in the century of the environment in the United States. This idea was part of the original bill that's currently in committee and the discussion surrounding this bill continues, while they study the use of GPS systems in the transport vehicles of the United States. The real question is going to be what kind of changes they might make to the original bill, once they finish doing their study? Changes they hope will improve the GPS systems currently in use in the United States and the data these systems provide the vehicle shippers out on the roads of America.

Car Transport Service Using T800 Kenworth

Professionals conducting enclosed auto transport on the roads and highways of the United States of America using a T800 Kenworth will be interested in the announcement of a new Front Engine Power Take-Off (FEPTO) option for this transport vehicle. According to Kenworth the new Kenworth Front Engine Power Take-Off option for the T800 Kenworth is well suited for various fleet operations that require a front engine PTO. The new Kenworth T800 Front Engine Power Take-Off option also includes a new hood designed to provide an increase in cooling module size, without having to raise the cab height. This means transport technicians can just tilt the hood for a quick daily inspection and the front grille won't be bumping into everything as they work.

The new Kenworth Front Engine Power Take-Off option is available for professionals conducting express auto transport services on the roads and highways of the United States in the century of the environment. The Kenworth T800 FEPTO is being offered with the 2010 PACCAR MX engine with up to 485 horsepower and the 2010 Cummins ISC11.9 engine with up to 425 horsepower. Customers can also order the Kenworth T800 FEPTO with an Allison automatic, Eaton manual, or UltraShift Plus transmission, and an optional front engine PTO, crankshaft-driven adapter can be ordered to power the front engine PTO driveshaft.

Professionals in the business of car hauling in the United States of America that want to check out the new Front Engine Power Take-Off option for the T800 Kenworth should contact their local Kenworth dealer. This could be a tool that will help you provide better and more reliable transport services for your customers as you travel further down the road.

Keeping Auto Transport Tires Running Straight

American car transport companies and owner operators looking for a mobile alignment system to help keep truck tires in good shape as they travel down the transport highways of the United States in the days, weeks, and years ahead in the century of the environment have a new tool. Bee Line has announced the introduction of a new mobile alignment system package to its heavy-duty alignment product line for the transport industry, that's the latest variation of Bee Line's LC7000 Series computer alignment gauging system. According to Bee Line this new mobile alignment system has the same features as its LC7000 Series, along with a few extras that should make transport professionals smile.

Bee Line indicates that their new mobile alignment system has the ability to easily self calibrate, which ensures the system is always accurate, and align the truck tires of your car carriers to the center of the chassis. It also gauges the alignment of tractors and trailers quickly and efficiently, using the computerized system, and a laptop computer running Bee Line's WindSpeed alignment software, which is included. This eliminates the need for a larger cabinet and desktop computer, and means this new mobile alignment system is ready for the road. In fact, Bee Line states that every major component in their new mobile alignment system has been redesigned to improve mobility and efficiency of the unit.

Professionals that ship cars in the United States of America that want to check out Bee Line's new mobile alignment system, should contact Bee Line directly, or drop by their local Bee Line dealer for more details. This could be just the tool that saves you money on new truck tires and keeps you running straight down the road in the months ahead.

Volvo Trucks for Car Transport Service

Professionals in the business of car hauling will be happy to hear that Volvo Trucks announced recently that it had delivered a total of 1,210 new trucks to customers in North America in August, 2010. This is an increase of 151 percent from the same period in 2009, according to Volvo Trucks, which represents an amazing increase in the number of new Volvo Trucks being bought in the United States of America during August. Worldwide Volvo Trucks indicated that total truck deliveries in August totalled 11,482, a 62 percent increase over the volume of new trucks sold in August 2009. For the year, Volvo Trucks indicated that they had sold a total of 105,412 new trucks, up about 35 percent compared to the same eight month period in 2008.

Sources around the car shipping industry indicate that this could reflect an increase in the demand for Class 8 transports to provide transport services in America. In fact, in order to handle the expected increase in demand for new Volvo Trucks, Volvo Trucks plans on increasing production at its Macungie plant in America during October, according to the latest sources.

The news that more Volvo Trucks were ordered and delivered during August, 2010, is great news for the transport industry of North America. Hopefully, this trend continues as professional vehicle shippers and the transport industry of America in general travels further down the road in the century of the environment.

Helping Car Carriers Comply With CSA 2010

American vehicle shippers operating fleets of in the United States of America will be happy to hear that Affiliated Computer Services has announced it will be working with Vigillo in the days and months ahead in the century of the environment in the United States of America. Affiliated Computer Systems plans on working with Vigillo on expanding the firms ability to provide safety and compliance data for transport drivers and fleets operating in America, as mandated by the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's CSA 2010 program.

Sources around the enclosed car shipping business of the United States of America indicate that Vigillo currently works with about 1,900 carriers operating in America. Providing them with complex data and statistics using their at-a-glance driver and carrier scorecards that provide valuable safety information for transport professionals on the roads of America. They also indicate that this new partnership between Affiliated Computer Systems and Vigillo should allow the both firms to build upon the services they already provide transport fleets. Services that currently include hours of service information, overall safety scorecards, and intervention workflow for at-risk drivers who need a little extra training.

The news that Affiliated Computer Systems and Vigillo will be partners in the business of providing professionals in the business of enclosed auto transport in the United States with new and improved services will put a smile on a face or two. We'll have to wait and see what the professionals using the services provided by this new partnership think, before we can comment. Hopefully, this new partnership is profitable for the partners involved, and the transport professionals that will be implementing these new services in the months ahead.

Time to Invest in New Car Hauling Vehicles?

Companies in the United States and Canada that have been thinking about investing in new vehicles for their car transport service might want to take a look at new Class 8 Peterbilt transport vehicles. PACCAR has just announced that customers can purchase as many as 20 new Class 8 Peterbilt trucks, with a three-year, 300,000-mile extended vehicle warranty, until the end of 2010, on truck orders from customers specifying that the trucks be built immediately. This means that firms can obtain a three-year warranty on the new Class 8 Peterbilt trucks they finance or lease through PACCAR Financial Corporation (PFC), rather than the one-year warranty, which is a standard in the heavy duty truck manufacturing industry of the United States.

PFC has stated that this is just one way they're thanking car transport companies that use Class 8 Peterbilt trucks in their fleet operations. The firm thinks that this offer is a win-win for fleet operators and owner operators of Class 8 Peterbilt trucks and will make investing in a new Class 8 Peterbilt truck very attractive for customers as the company heads into the second decade of the century of the environment. They also think that this offer allows their customers to come out ahead, with a three-year, 300,000-mile warranty they estimate is worth close to $3,000.

Firms in the business of express auto transport in the United States of America that want to take a closer look at this offer by PACCAR Financial Corporation should contact a PACCAR financial representative or drop by their local Peterbilt dealership for more information.

Enhancing Transport Roads for Vehicle Shippers

American car hauling firms will be happy to hear that the administration is planning on asking for more money to invest in the transportation infrastructure of the United States of America in the months ahead. Sources surrounding this story indicate that this investment is just one part of a bigger package of proposals the government is planning on making in the days and weeks ahead in order to keep the economy rolling forward and enhance the transportation infrastructure of America. They also indicate that we should hear something on this idea today at the Labor Day event being held in Milwaukee. According to sources in the auto shipping industry of America plans include the idea of putting 50 billion to work immediately, in order to get the work started improving the transportation routes around the United States, and put additional Americans on the job.

There's also an under current in this news as reports indicate that the administration is also calling for the creation of a permanent infrastructure bank to provide funds specifically for national and regional infrastructure projects. The total amount that they expect to invest in enhancing and improving the transportation infrastructure used by car transport companies of the United States of America, wasn't available. The initial 50 billion the government is calling for is a significant amount that should get the ball rolling, though, and over the next six years we can probably expect America will possibly invest a lot more of the $814 billion included in stimulus package passed by Congress last year.