I think securement goes by weight of the piece being secured and the Working Weight Limit (WLL) of the chain/strap. You need to know weight of the cargo each strap will secure. If the totes are “single stacked down the middle of trailer, then get straps that can hold twice the weight of a loaded...
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Seven arrested as Texas cops take down multi-million dollar cargo theft operation
The Grapevine Police Department (GPD) arrested and charged seven people in connection with a major cargo theft operation targeting warehouses in northern Texas. In a November 18 news release, GPD announced the arrest of the following individuals on charges of Felony Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity: Adrian Ellison, 38, Dallas Julius Green, 40, Dallas Willie...
Automatic on icy roads | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum
My manual only works when it wants to. Also. As for taking off on hills. Mine won’t do it on wet roads. It just spins out. All 4 tires. When it’s empty. When it’s loaded. It just kills the engine. But if it manages to not kill the engine. It crawls. Gas pedal does absolutely...
Texas TA truck stop opens with 70 truck parking spaces
TravelCenters of America (TA) announced the opening of a new store in Houston, Texas. The new truck stop is a TA Express store located 4808 N. McCarty Street in Houston, off I-610 at mile marker 24. Amenities at the Houston TA Express include: Miss J’s Café restaurant Eight diesel fueling positions with Diesel Exhaust Fluid...
How is Crete?
Thinkin about going with Crete, heard good things. Source link
Truck driver parked in emergency lane leads police on chase after being asked to leave
A truck driver led police on a chase through Georgia after initially refusing to move his truck out of an emergency lane along an exit ramp. The incident began on Wednesday afternoon, November 20th near Emerson, Georgia. According to Fox5Atlanta, the semi truck was parked in an emergency lane along an exit ramp near Emerson...
Driver Sentenced For Illegally Dumping Diesel
Truck driver sentenced for illegally dumping 5,342 gallons of diesel in Maryland Source link
Former trucking co. owner sentenced for providing false logs following crash that killed 7 motorcyclists
The owner of a now-defunct trucking company has been sentenced for lying to federal authorities in the wake of a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire in 2019. Dunyadar Gasanov, 39, was sentenced on November 21, 2024, to two months in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release, during which...
Proposed broker transparency rule puts ‘regulatory obligation’ on brokers
After more than four and a half years since petitions were filed from trucking groups seeking increased brokered freight transparency, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Wednesday will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the existing regulatory text around brokers’ record-keeping requirements. In 2020, the FMCSA received petitions from the Owner-Operator...
Sig Sauer Verdict
Gunmaker Sig Sauer ordered to pay $11 million to Philadelphia man wounded by pistol that went off by itself Check your P320! Source link