Some truck buyers require lightweighting while most others move toward it slowly, if at all, but the coming of electric trucks may demand more of it, according to an updated confidence report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.
March 3, 2021Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Lightweighting of Trucks Could Become More Prevalent, NACFE Finds
Government, Equipment, TCA
Illinois County to Make Truckers Pay More
Will County, Ill., plans to more than double its permit costs for overweight trucks, offer an online application process for them and update its designated truck routes.
February 7, 2018Government, Logistics, TCA
Virginia Could Allow Trucks Up to 11,000 Pounds Heavier Than It Does Now
Trucks traveling Virginia’s roads could get about 10,000 pounds heavier if legislation gets the OK from the General Assembly.
February 7, 2018TCA
Soil Trucks in Central Massachusetts Routinely Overweight, According to Analysis
DUDLEY, Mass. — At 8:13 a.m. on June 30, a truck hauling construction soil from the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission pulled onto the scales at its destination, a Dudley quarry that is being filled, weighing in at 134,900 pounds.
November 15, 2016Government, Business
Texas Trucking Community Unsure About Expected Weight-Limit Increase Proposal
Texas’ trucking community is divided on a plan to raise truck weight limits in designated corridors near the state’s ports, particularly Houston.
September 28, 2016Government, Business, Equipment
Ontario Will Reissue Moratoriums on Axle Weight Penalties
Ontario, Canada’s most populous province announced on Sept. 24 that it will reissue moratoriums on axle weight penalties and only enforce gross vehicle weight violations while a final agreement on those in the excavation/aggregate hauling sector is being negotiated.
September 26, 2016Business
Toledo Police Revive Program to Crack Down on Truck Weight Limits
Toledo, Ohio police will resume enforcing truck weight limits later this month after a seven-year, budget-related hiatus, the department announced March 1.
March 2, 2016Business
Growers Feel Strain of Truck Weight Limits
"Those of us in agriculture find it a little offensive that a fellow hauling containers can get an exemption [for a 100,000-pound truck] that an agricultural person cannot get." — Joe Boddiford, Georgia Peanut Commission
February 4, 2016Business
Rep. Ribble Still Optimistic on Raising Truck Weights
The leading proponent in the House for increasing weight limits for tractor-trailers said he is hopeful a majority in Congress will back his effort in 2017.
January 4, 2016Government, Business
Rep. Reid Ribble Hopeful Truck Weight Issue Advances in 2017
The leading proponent in the House for increasing weight limits for trucks is hopeful a majority in Congress will back his effort in 2017.
December 28, 2015