Speed Limiter Mandate:  FMCSA Proposal in the Works for Summer 2023
Speed Limiter Mandate: FMCSA Proposal in the Works for Summer 2023

This article will cover the new proposed speed mandate on commercial motor vehicles. It will cover the specific opposition to the mandates, and even the research conducted that supports the opposition.

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What Actually Costs the Most to Run a Truck

Fuel is the cost everyone names and it is not reliably the largest one. Driver pay frequently exceeds it, and the fixed costs that continue whether the truck moves or not are larger than most people assume.

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Charging Infrastructure for Freight: Where It Would Actually Have to Go

The obstacle to electric trucking is not the trucks. It is that a charging network for freight has to exist in specific physical places, drawing power most of those places cannot currently supply.

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Double Brokering and How to Avoid It

Double brokering means the insurance you were told about belongs to a company that never touched your vehicle.

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Logistics Technology That Actually Affects Your Shipment

Four pieces of logistics technology genuinely change what happens to your shipment: tracking, driver hours, load boards and the paperwork.

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The Jeep Avenger 4×4: The Electric Jeep America Does Not Get

The Avenger is Jeep’s small electric SUV and it is not sold in the United States. Its 4×4 version uses a second motor on the rear axle rather than a driveshaft, and that layout is the one defining electric all wheel drive in America too.

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The Most Common Accessorials in Freight Shipping

This article will cover what accessorial charges are within the trucking industry, and the top ten most common accessorials to avoid in freight shipping.

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Legal Axle Weight Limits for Trucks

A truck can sit under every individual limit and still be illegal, because the bridge formula governs weight against axle spacing.

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Shipping an Enthusiast Car: Low Clearance, High Value, and Limited Production

The cars people care most about are the ones most likely to be damaged in transit, for three reasons: too low, too valuable, or irreplaceable.

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How Truck Drivers Cut Fuel Consumption, and Why It Reaches Your Quote

Fuel is one of the largest costs in trucking, and a driver who runs efficiently moves the same freight for meaningfully less. Here is what actually works, in order of how much it saves, and how it reaches your quote.

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The FMCSA Broker Transparency Rule and What It Means for You

The broker transparency fight is framed as an industry dispute, but the underlying question matters to anyone paying for transport.

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Winter Weather and Vehicle Transport: How Carriers Plan Around It

Winter reroutes the transport industry in real time. How storms change routes, timelines and pricing, how to prepare a car for a cold-season move, and why the quiet weeks after the holidays are a genuinely good time to ship.

When a Recall Is a Software Update: How Over the Air Fixes Work
When a Recall Is a Software Update: How Over the Air Fixes Work

A growing share of safety recalls are resolved by a download rather than a workshop visit, and that changes the owner’s obligation in ways the notice does not make obvious. An over the air remedy is still a recall.

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The Safest Pickup Trucks

Which pickups actually test safest, why the awards keep changing, and how to verify the exact cab and trim you are buying before you sign.

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