Max HeineMax Heine is editorial director of Overdrive and writes regularly for the Overdrive Extra blog. A CDL holder, he joined Overdrive in 1998 after more than two decades of newspaper work. You can reach him at [email protected] or 205-248-1038.BusinessCalifornia regs throw kinks into traditional equipment cyclesThe increasing challenge of meeting new emissions-related regulations in California is driving owner-operators out of business and skewing market values for used trucks, said panelists at an industry conference Thursday.May 30, 2013BusinessHendrickson introduces rubber suspension, ‘shockless’ suspensionHendrickson today announced Ultimaax, “our next generation rubber suspension” for the severe service market, said Doug Sanford, vice president and general manager for the truck market. The product address the need for severe duty suspension around the 46,000-pound segment. Ultimaax has a “new flat bottom design for increased ground clearance,” Sanford said. With rubber suspension, […]March 21, 2013BusinessPeterbilt unveils vocational 567Peterbilt unveiled its all-new vocational Model 567 Tuesday at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., “From the 567’s rugged design and versatile configurations to its enhanced visibility and new spacious interior, this new model exceeds the demands of our customers’ unique vocational operating requirements,” said Bill Kozek, Peterbilt General Manager. Peterbilt also announced an […]March 20, 2013BusinessRush forecasts slightly better sales in 2013Truck sales in 2013 will be flat to as much as 5 percent higher than in 2012, said W.M. “Rusty” Rush, CEO and president of Rush Enterprises. Any increase would be driven by a slight increase in demand from housing and the truckload sector. Oil and gas field sales, which have boomed in recent years, […]December 11, 2012BusinessDallas tech biggest winner at Rush RodeoJason Swann was the biggest prize winner in the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo Tuesday night, taking home $20,500 in cash and prizes. Swann, who works at the Rush Heavy-Duty facility in Dallas, was the all-around prize-winner in the Heavy-duty Division. John Dobberpuhl was the top all-around winner in the Medium-duty Division. He won […]December 11, 2012BusinessRush Tech Rodeo annnounces finalists, prizesRush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo announced the finalists who will compete for the grand prizes Tuesday in San Antonio, Texas. The finalists received cash rewards for making it to this round. MEDIUM DUTY DIVISION Hino: Steve Brain; Billy Stanley. Isuzu: Ira Burton; John Dobberpuhl. Peterbilt: Steve Roen; Travis Webster. International: Pieter Dezwart; Javier Sanchez. HEAVY DUTY DIVISION […]December 11, 2012BusinessEl Paso technician hopes to make Rush Rodeo finalsMark Rinka had 45 minutes to get the job done. “I had to do an initial inspection, diagnose and correct,” he said. Like many of the competitions at the Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo, contestants would be judged by how far they could go in a process in a certain time. Rinka was told […]December 10, 2012BusinessCompetition at Rush Tech RodeoIt’s cold outside but the competition’s hot at the Rush Truck Centers’ Rush Tech Rodeo in San Antonio. Here are shots from an Eaton back box rebuild and diagnostic competitions.December 10, 2012BusinessAllison, Dana to produce gearless transmissionsAllison Transmission Holdings, Dana Holding Corp. and Fallbrook Technologies on Thursday, Sept. 13, announced plans for high-efficiency gearless transmissions to serve the commercial truck and other vehicular markets. The technology, developed by Fallbrook, will use a continuously variable transmission, which can change steplessly through an infinite number of effective gears. CVT has been used for […]September 13, 2012BusinessTrucking rebound outpaces economy, but outlook is fuzzyTrucking has recovered from the recession much better than the economy at large, but the rebound has slowed in recent months, an economist told attendees of the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas on Thursday, Aug. 23. Various domestic and global trends cast doubt on what’s next, said Jim Meil, vice president and chief economist […]August 23, 2012Previous PagePage 6 of 8Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist