What Happens When the FMCSA Audits Your Driver Logs?
Tips to Prepare for a Safety Audit of Your Trucking Company Pandemic or no pandemic, safety audits are still being conducted by the FMCSA. Of course, you want your trucking company’s safety audit to proceed with no hiccups. In a September 14th, 2020 article in Heavy Duty Trucking, Mr. Dave Osiecki, former DOT safety investigator […]
Thank you, truck drivers.
We at Intermountain Trailer want to express a heartfelt thanks to the professional truck drivers across the United States. We know the struggles and hardships a life in trucking can bring, but each truck driver is vital to our livelihoods and our country’s economy. For those that are less familiar with how hard-working truck drivers […]
Trucking Grabbed Laid-Off Workers in Past Recessions: Will it This Time?
With the arrival of COVID-19, we saw the rapid shutdown of businesses. This has caused our economy to go into recession. During past recessions, many workers in other industries who’d been laid off, made the decision to begin a career as a truck driver. Is the same thing going to happen during this recession? Learn […]
Data Driven Safety Engagement in the Trucking Industry
The trucking industry was economically deregulated in 1980. Since then, the rate and the number of fatal truck crashes have both declined drastically. The total number of fatal crashes involving large trucks declined 32%. Fatal crashes per 100 million miles involving large trucks dropped 74%. Trucks now have an overall crash rate that is 29% […]
Why the Value of Trailers Fluctuates During Emergencies
Mexico’s government announced in late January that it has acquired hundreds of tanker trailers to alleviate fuel shortages and combat pipeline sabotage. Six hundred seventy-one tanker trucks and trailers, the equivalent of 140,000 barrels per day, were purchased at a cost of $92 million. The purchases are aimed at guaranteeing gasoline and diesel supplies are […]
Many Factors Contribute to Semi-Trailer Demand Rising
Road transportation for manufacturing, automotive, construction, energy, and agriculture is not only not going away anytime soon, it is vastly increasing in demand. The road freight transportation market in North America alone, is expected to grow at a steady rate of 4% each year for the next 4 years at least. According to ResearchAndMarkets.com, “The […]
FLATBED DEMAND RISES – TRAILER ORDERS SET ANOTHER RECORD IN FEBRUARY
During the first full week of March, the flatbed load-to-truck ratio hit an all-time high of 88.5, up from 79.9 the previous week and up from 61.8 a month before. The national average rate was at $2.50/mile – an increase of 11 cents from the previous week. Van and reefer trailer rates remained steady during […]
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Phase II Put On Hold After Court Ruling
You can read the EPA’s statement regarding Phase 2 review here. Lots of information regarding the Greenhouse Gas Emissions regulations here. The new year has begun without the implementation of EPA regulation of trailers, that had been slated to begin Jan 1st. In October last year, the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of […]
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