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In Gear - Today's Trucking

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STATELY FREIGHTLINER: The new on-highway Coronado boasts<br />

enhanced aerodynamics as well as other practical updates.<br />

NEWS & NOTES<br />

10DISPATCHES TOP COURT WEIGHS<br />

IN ON TRUCKING REGS<br />

11 West coast carrier<br />

houses homeless<br />

13 Teamsters tap challenger<br />

14 <strong>Trucking</strong> events to pencil in<br />

14 Freight rates’<br />

rollercoaster ride<br />

16 Soaring loonie leaves scars<br />

17 Truck sales stats<br />

VOLUME 24, NO. 1<br />

January 2010<br />

FEATURES<br />

26 HEALTH<br />

WORKING WITHOUT A NET<br />

What happens when owner-operators take better<br />

care of their trucks than they do themselves.<br />

BY PETER CARTER<br />

28 COVER<br />

TRUCKING: A TO Z<br />

Twenty six hot-button issues that truckers<br />

will be monitoring throughout this year.<br />

BY MARCO BEGHETTO<br />

34 ENGINES<br />

NEW YEAR, NEW GEAR<br />

What the 2010 diesels have in store for you.<br />

BY ROLF LOCKWOOD<br />

26<br />

44<br />

Taking better care of your<br />

trucks than yourself<br />

Ending rollovers<br />

OPINIONS<br />

4 LETTERS<br />

9 ROLF LOCKWOOD<br />

23 BRIAN BOTHAM<br />

54 PETER CARTER<br />

SERVICE DEPT<br />

18 GETTING RATES RIGHT<br />

25 HOW TO I.D.<br />

JOB-SEEKING FIBBERS<br />

40 HOW EMPTY MILES KILL TIRES<br />

44 STOPPING ROLLOVERS<br />

48 LOCKWOOD’S PRODUCT WATCH<br />

JANUARY 2010 5

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