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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA - OOIDA and manufacturers call for tax credit on new trucks
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -26 Aug 2010: -- OOIDA has teamed up with truck manufacturers and equipment dealers to urge the Obama administration to implement a temporary 10 percent tax credit to companies that purchase 2010-compliant trucks... The group of companies and associations stated in a letter dated July 20 that without an incentive to buy new equipment, trucking companies are going to stretch their dollars as far as they can with trucks they already own... Sales of trucks in 2009 reached historically low levels, according to the letter authors, a group that included the American Truck Dealers, Truck Manufacturers Association, and OEMs Daimler, Mack, Navistar, Volvo and Hino... According to the signers of the letter, White House staff members have indicated that they would like to follow up in a meeting, which is to include OOIDA, in early September.* FMCSA pushes back intermodal rule deadline
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -August 26, 2010: -- Intermodal chassis providers were given another year to get their ducks in a row in order to comply with some record-keeping requirements included in the new intermodal roadability requirements... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended the compliance deadline to have a system that requires drivers to fill out inspection reports on every chassis – even if it is not damaged or is free of defects. The reporting process was to begin by June 30. But FMCSA pushed the compliance deadline back until June 30, 2011... The extension will give FMCSA officials a chance to consider dropping the reporting requirement on defect- or damage-free equipment. That issue was brought to light in a petition for reconsideration filed by a pair of groups representing intermodal equipment providers... In the meantime, requirements for intermodal equipment providers to have in place inspection, repair and maintenance programs, as well as a process for receiving and taking appropriate action in response to driver inspection reports that damage, defects, or deficiencies are reported, remain in effect... (Photo from trailerfix: intermodal chassis)
* Most Buyers Pick ’09 Engines for Their 2010-Model Trucks
New York,NY,USA -Transport Topics by Frederick Kiel -30 Aug 2010: -- Truck manufacturers delivered vehicles with 66,494 Class 8 engines during the first half of the year, WardsAuto.com reported last week, but most of the power plants do not meet 2010 federal emissions regulations, manufacturers and analysts said... Two industry consultants said that was the result of manufacturers’ drawing down their inventories of 2009 engines... (Photo from ecofriend.org: Trucks at stop)
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