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Million Miler Award Staff, 5/25/2009
Four Minnesota truck drivers received the Million Miler Award for Safety Excellence from the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) during its 2009 annual conference in La Quinta, CA. Greg Vorderbruggen, LeFebvre & Sons, Inc., Elk River; and Jon Harrington, Scott Ronken and Robert Flath, Midwest Specialized Transportation, Inc. More
Mining in The Four Corners Story by Bruce Higgins - 04/27/2009
The Four Corners area, where Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico all meet at one point, has a long and diverse mining history. While some mining has ceased and other operations have cut back, the mining in the area is looking at a strong future with continuation of some existing mines, while other new mines are being opened.
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Moving The Outdoors In Staff - 04/20/2009
In mid-February in Houston's Reliant Park, the air is thick with anticipation of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Many Texans make the trek to Houston every March as a rite of spring, but the Show is a truly international event. General attendance at the 2008 Show was more than 1.8 million people.
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Material Handling Key To I-95 Widening Success By Steve Hudson - 04/20/2009
Interstate 95 between Savannah, GA, and the Florida line is one of the most heavily used sections of Interstate highway in the southeast — and five separate widening projects are currently adding new lanes to make traffic there flow more smoothly. The projects stretch along 33 miles of this coastal Georgia Interstate, and Brunswick, GA-based Seaboard Construction is handling grading, base...
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We Energies Tests Battery Power For Truck-Mounted Personnel Lift Photos and story by Mike Larson, editor, Western Builder Magazine - 04/16/2009
We Energies, Milwaukee, WI, is testing a new, environmentally friendly truck-mounted personnel lift that’s powered by battery instead of by a power take off driven by the service truck’s diesel engine.
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Kenworth Hybrid Trucks Qualify For Up To $12,000 In Federal Tax Credits Staff - 04/13/2009
Purchasers of certain Kenworth medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid trucks in the United States are eligible for a tax credit of up to $12,000, under a qualified hybrid motor vehicle credit available from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service recently certified the tax-credit eligibility of Kenworth T370 Class 7 and Kenworth T270 Class 6 hybrid truck...
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ATRI receives $10,000 Staff - 04/06/2009
The American Transportation Research Institute, Alexandria, VA, received a $10,000 trucking education grant from John Hausladen, president of the Minnesota Trucking Association, to conduct research initiatives focusing on new driver attitudes toward sharing the road with commercial motor vehicles. Hausladen said he believes education on safely sharing the road is important to the trucking indus...
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Volvo VN Fifth Wheel Option 03/25/2009
SAF-HOLLAND’s FWAL aluminum fifth wheel is now an available option for the Volvo VN from Volvo Trucks North America.
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In today’s economy, businesses large and small are aggressively cutting costs. Companies are laying off valued workers, f ...
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Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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