Frost Is Quietly Draining Your Diesel Budget — Here's How to Stop It Every refrigerated fleet operator knows the obvious costs: fuel, maintenance, driver pay. But there's a hidden expense running up your diesel bill right now — frost and ice buildup on your TRU ... Read More »
After three years of carriers surviving on ramen noodles and denial, the freight market has finally decided to show some mercy. According to FTR's spot market data, broker-posted dry van spot rates jumped sharply during the week ended July 3 and landed at an all-time ... Read More »
Every so often a research report comes along that confirms what every fleet manager already suspected in their bones but could not prove in a meeting. The American Transportation Research Institute delivered exactly that on June 8, publishing new research showing that trucking liability insurance ... Read More »
Mark your calendars, pour something cold, and prepare to feel an emotion rarely associated with federal rulemaking: mild relief. On June 22, FMCSA published three final rules that officially take effect July 22, 2026, and all three of them involve the agency deleting requirements instead ... Read More »
The EPA has proposed a major change that could bring long-awaited relief to truck fleets, farmers, diesel equipment operators, and anyone else who has ever watched a perfectly capable machine turn into a 5-mph lawn ornament because a DEF system got cranky. The agency announced ... Read More »
If you've been in fleet management or trucking long enough, you've developed a healthy skepticism about federal deadlines. The automatic emergency braking (AEB) mandate for heavy trucks has been "coming soon" for so long that some of us have started treating it like that friend ... Read More »
Remember when a dashcam was just a camera? It sat on the windshield, recorded video, and occasionally exonerated your driver when a sedan decided to brake-check a 40-ton vehicle. Simpler times. In 2026, calling these devices "dashcams" is like calling your smartphone a "telephone." The ... Read More »
Every fleet has that one toolbox drawer. The one with a flashlight that doesn't work, a fistful of fuses for a truck you sold in 2019, and an instruction manual nobody has opened since the Clinton administration. Turns out the federal government had one too ... Read More »
For most of the last two years, the Class 8 order board read like a doctor's waiting room: quiet, a little tense, everybody avoiding eye contact. Then May happened, and somebody apparently spiked the punch. North American Class 8 net orders rocketed to roughly 26,500 ... Read More »
If you've been treating the non-domiciled CDL rule like a weather forecast — "eh, it'll probably change before I have to do anything" — this is your wake-up call. The rule didn't blow over. It went to court, took a swing, and walked out still ... Read More »
