Outside of a contract with the National Football League or the Ultimate Fighting Championships, is there any more manly (and nonviolent) job than operating a heavy-haul rig? You drive a burly ...
The greater investment and specialization a job requires, the better the pay, right? To the owner-operators and small fleets who've weathered the rates storm in freight the last several years, it ...
Conroe, Texas-based Thomas Milstead has been trucking for going on 30 years, following in his father’s footsteps. For the last 10 to 15, he’s been in the heavy-haul and over-dimensional niche of the ...
It can start with a payload as heavy as 170,000 lbs. Add in the specialized equipment needed to haul that load, and you’re talking about an oversize combination with a 260,000-lb GCW. Then, consider ...
Gas engines have been around long enough for everyone to figure out that towing and hauling heavy loads negatively impacts fuel economy. Though their popularity and sales numbers are growing, electric ...
Temporary restrictions for hauling oversize wide loads continue on Highway 99 in Live Oak. The Caltrans Transportation Permit Office has set a maximum width of 10 feet for oversize loads, such as ...
The nature of the cargo being hauled by a commercial truck fundamentally alters the dynamics of a collision and the ...