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WVTA Buyers Guide

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Safety guidelines for inflating truck tires have been in place for decades, but fleets, service providers and tire makers say those best practices are no less important today for keeping technicians and drivers out of harm's way.

Truck equipment and technology continue to become more complex with every model change. That's why smart fleet managers involved in buying trucks find it critical to build one truck to a particular specification and perform a pilot review of the new equipment to verify it is built as ordered and to confirm its quality.

Not that long ago, the mindset of many fleet operators was to get as much muscle power in engines as they wanted or could afford. That often meant 15-liter engines that could deliver a whole lot of horsepower. But times have changed.

Stephen Russell, founder and former CEO of Celadon Group Inc., has died at 76.

Our April 20 LiveOnWeb webcast looks at how online shopping is creating enormous disruption to freight networks and modes of delivery. We'll examine Amazon.com and a future transportation network in which human couriers work alongside an array of automated vehicles to bring goods directly to consumers. Save your seat or ask a question now.

WVTA Members Receive a 2.7% discount
West Virginia Trucking Association members receive a 2.7% discount

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