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Heavier Trucks * USA - Kraft, Supervalu among firms seeking for
Champaign,ILL,USA -The News-Gazzette, by Don Dodson -November 29, 2009: -- Local employers Kraft Foods and Supervalu are pushing Congress to allow an increase in the weight of trucks, claiming such a change could save money, cut fuel use and reduce emissions... A bill pending before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee would increase the allowable weight of trucks from 80,000 pounds to 97,000 pounds. But it would require a sixth axle be added to trucks carrying that much weight... The Kraft Foods transport facility in Champaign houses the company's largest private fleet of trucks. Kraft has 57 full-time and six part-time drivers in Champaign. It also has two full-time mechanics, two part-time mechanics and a lead mechanic... (Photo by John Dixon. By John DixonA tandem axle trailer enters the west gate of the Kraft Foods plant on Mattis Avenue in Champaign last week. Kraft Foods and Supervalu are seeking an increase in the allowable weight of trucks, saying it could reduce costs, fuel use and emissions)Labels: heavier trucks
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