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.