Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Jan 10, 2012, 6:30 pm
The first thing you see when you visit Great Dane Trailer’s website is the company motto: “In evolution, there are no shortcuts.” Considering how long this company has been in the business of making trailers, it’s certainly in a position to know how true that motto is. The company started i...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Jan 9, 2012, 10:24 am
Buying used trailers is a risky proposition, but if you do your homework and make the right choice, you could get a great deal. This is because a trailer, like any motor vehicle, loses about half its value the minute the owner drives it off the used trailer lot. No matter how well the owner cares fo...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Jan 4, 2012, 12:17 pm
Even with the depressed economy, trucking companies and owner/operators need to purchase semitrailers to get their loads moved. More companies are purchasing used trailers because they are less expensive than new ones and every dollar counts. Trailer sellers can sell more trailers by using the inter...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Dec 7, 2011, 4:00 pm
One of the age old questions that many car purchasers must consider before deciding on the type, color and features of the car they want to buy is whether to look for an automatic or stick shift, or manual. Automatic and manual indicate the type of transmission that the car has. Each has its own be...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Nov 24, 2011, 10:35 am
If you’re looking for an alternative to flatbed trailers, you won’t find one stronger or more versatile than Wabash National’s DuraPlate XD-35. The company introduced its ground-breaking dry freight van on Nov. 21, 2011. While traditional dry freight vans are limited to cargo that weighs bet...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Oct 5, 2011, 10:44 am
If you’re like many people enthusiastic about semi trucks, then you love having pictures around of your favorite trucks. However, with the economy still being pretty much in the tank, you may not be able to pay for the truck pictures you want. Well with a little ingenuity and outside-of-the-box th...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Jul 25, 2011, 2:04 pm
Vanguard Trailers For The Win! There are a lot of reasons you need to invest into a great trailer for your company. It’s an investment that is needed to carry your products from your warehouse to the rest of the country. Vanguard Trailers is located in Monon, Indiana. They’re a company that is ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - May 7, 2011, 4:27 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the #1 online resource for sourcing used trucking equipment and providing a convenient and secure selling platform for trucking equipment. Today, we’re looking at the impact of high fuel prices and the reaction of the American trucking Association: In a March 13, 2011 statem...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - May 6, 2011, 7:26 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the premier resource for information, equipment and services throughout North America for the trucking industry. Today, we’re looking at arranging insurance for your rig and trailer: With more and more commercial trucks for sale, you might be considering buying a commercia...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - May 6, 2011, 4:33 pm
Houston Truck Deals delivers news and information on the state of the trucking industry in the Houston area, the state of Texas and national developments which affect us in the South West. Many drivers are experiencing the pain at the pumps with gas bills frequently topping $1,000 and more to fill a...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - May 3, 2011, 7:17 pm
Use Semi Trailers is one of the premier resources for buying and selling used semi trailers and trucking equipment. Today, we’re taking a look at arranging financing for trucking equipment: Whether you are an independent driver or a commercial truck company, if you are looking for trucks for sale...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - May 2, 2011, 7:36 pm
Houston Truck Deals is dedicated to bringing you the news and views on what is happening within the trucking industry. Today, we’re taking a look at NTSB lady chairperson who also holds a CDL – the first NTSB head to do so: Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Bo...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - May 1, 2011, 7:16 pm
Used Semi Trailers brings you news, views and information on the trucking industry – we’re also the #1 resource for used semi trailers. Today, we cover the Mid-America Trucking Show and the NTSB Chairwoman’s ridealong: March 30, 2011 marked the day that National Transportation Safety Board Ch...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 31, 2011, 12:22 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the main online resource for buying and selling trucking equipment, including all kinds of semi trailers from lowboys to refrigerated vans. In this post, we take a look at the efforts of Truckers Against Trafficking to help truckers combat human trafficking, which is a real pr...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 30, 2011, 12:40 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the premier online resource for truckers and owner-operators, including providing a secure online platform for buying and selling trucking equipment. We cover the latest consumer spending data issued by the U.S. government for February 2011: Consumers increased their spendin...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 30, 2011, 12:11 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the major Internet portal site for buying and selling semi trailers and dealing with trucking issues. In this post we announce the 1st Annual Truck Driver Social Media Conference to be held in Mississippi this forthcoming fall: Social Media has made huge strides in the last t...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 29, 2011, 12:47 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the #1 Houston trucking resource on the Web and for buying and selling trucking equipment. Today, HTD puts the spotlight on the growing problem of domestic human and child sex trafficking afflicting the country and the efforts of Truckers Against Trafficking to combat the pro...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 29, 2011, 11:11 am
Used Semi Trailers is the #1 online resource for buying and selling used semi trailers online. Today, Used Semi Trailers focuses on the news from two trailer manufacturers – Wabash and Kentucky Trailer Services: Wabash Rebounds – Adds 200 New Jobs to Meet Tanker Contract Wabash needs no intro...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 27, 2011, 8:46 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the leading online website for buying and selling used semi trailers and a trucking accessories. Today, we look at the emerging trends within the trucking industry for 2011 as we come to the close of the first quarter: The trucking industry is important as an advance warning ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 27, 2011, 8:21 pm
Houston Truck Deals employs the power of the Internet to bring you the very best truck and equipment deals available online. Today, we are looking at the forthcoming 1st Annual Trucking Social Media Convention being held this October 2011 in Mississippi: Trucking and social media may not seem like...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 27, 2011, 2:59 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the premier online resource for trucks and trucking equipment in the Houston region. Today, we take a look at the close ties between the Port of Houston and the family of Colonel Ghadafi, the embattled leader of Libya. Gas prices are pushing through the $4 a gallon limit; ho...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 25, 2011, 3:00 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the premier source for trucking industry and business news in the Houston region. Today’s post puts Houston oil giant, ConocoPhillips, under the spotlight. The Houston oil giant, ConocoPhillips has been expanding and is one of the success stories emerging from the reces...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 23, 2011, 11:53 am
Used Semi Trailers is the #1 online resource for buying and selling used trucking equipment, including flat beds, lo-boys, reefers and refrigerated trailers and vans. Today, we’re taking a look at the forthcoming cross border trucking deal with Mexico and the US: The cross border trucking deal ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 22, 2011, 9:07 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the prime internet resource for used semi trailer sales and trucking issues. Today we put the spotlight on the recent announcement of a 25% increase in new semi trailer sales in February: ACT Research Company is an industry monitoring service and they have reported that the s...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 22, 2011, 11:23 am
Used Semi Trailers is the premier resource for trucking equipment and accessories including providing the most secure platform for online selling and purchasing of used semi trailers. Today, we focus on the proposed Bill before Congress to extend TWIC renewal deadlines: The Transportation Workers ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 21, 2011, 4:50 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the premier online resource for Houston truckers looking for trucks and trailer equipment. Today’s post will take a look at the major issues facing the trucking industry in 2011. The trucking industry is leading the economy out of the recession, however just as it is one o...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 19, 2011, 5:27 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the primary online resource for the best truck and equipment deals. We’re looking at the results of the Texas Workforce Commission’s 2010 Economic Activity Review for 2010: The Houston region weathered the economic recession relatively well, and through 2010 demonstrated...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 17, 2011, 5:34 pm
Houston Truck Deals brings you the very best truck and tractor-trailer equipment deals on the Web. In this article we look at the proposed legislation to help disabled veterans who own o roperate a business in Texas: State Representative Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City) has proposed House Bill 888...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 10, 2011, 9:48 pm
Houston Truck Deals reports on the imminent cross border trucking deal with Mexico. The Mexican cross border trucking deal is likely to come into force within the next few days, according to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. US exporters to Mexico are happy with the prospect of a lifting of the c...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 10, 2011, 1:16 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the number one web resource for buying and selling used trailers and trucking equipment. Today, we post on the proposals to increase truck weights on the highways: A pilot program has been in operation in Vermont and Maine, where maximum permissible truck weights have been ra...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Mar 7, 2011, 1:21 pm
Houston Truck Deals is the primary online resource for Houston truckers, with news and views affecting the trucking industry. Today, we take a look at the long running feud between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas regulators and agencies: When President Obama took office it didn...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 6, 2011, 12:18 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the premier online resource for buying and selling semi trailers and other trucking equipment. We put the spotlight on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recommendation for semi trailer underride guards: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is asking the federal...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 4, 2011, 11:44 am
Used Semi Trailers is the Number One online platform for buying and selling used trucking equipment including all types of semi trailers from lo-boys to specialty trailers. We put the spotlight on Kenworth Truck Company and after a three year hiring freeze, the truck manufacturer has started taking...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Mar 3, 2011, 3:42 pm
Used Semi Trailers is the best source of  information on trucking and the used semi trailer market. In this post we are putting the spotlight on the American Trucker Association’s For-Hire Tonnage Index for February: January is typically a slack month in the trucking industry’s calendar; the ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 28, 2011, 4:42 pm
Today, Houston Truck Deals will focus on the leasing and some of the advantages of buying a semi trailer or tractor unit through financing. Leasing holds many advantages to would be purchasers of commercial vehicles and equipment. Outright purchase of a tractor trailer unit is impossible for many o...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 28, 2011, 3:15 pm
Used Semi Trailers will put the spotlight on gas prices and the rumors circulating of $5 a gallon predictions. Will we be facing $5 a gallon for gas? With the turmoil in the Middle East as pro-democracy movements seek reforms and greater equality for their people, the threat to oil production and ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 27, 2011, 3:56 pm
Houston Truck Deals will focus on the thorny issue of unemployment today. Unemployment numbers show that unemployment benefit applications were up 2,171 for the week of February 12th, the latest week for state data.  The increase is largely due to redundancies and layoffs from the insurance and ma...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 26, 2011, 4:24 pm
Houston Truck Deals recently posted on the problems with Houston’s  I-45 highway and the lack of attention this seems to be getting from the agencies involved.  I-45 is not an isolated case – the problem is nationwide. Congress held a “listening session” on February 19th which was attende...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 26, 2011, 2:05 pm
In this post Used Semi Trailers will focus on the recent “listening session” in Washington D.C. The United States spends 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on its road infrastructure. This was the message sent to Congress on February 19th at a “listening session” staged in Washington D.C. T...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 25, 2011, 9:35 am
Used Semi Trailer Focuses on Reitnouer Flatbed Trailers (hit this link for Reitnouer used semi trailers) Reitnouer Inc. is one of the few trailer manufacturers which has flatbed trailers as its flagship product. Founded in 1982 by a very young, Bud Reitnouer (then only 24 years old), who brought yo...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 24, 2011, 9:56 am
Texas has the highest speed limits in the country, but one state lawmaker is arguing for the nighttime speed limits to be raised.  State Representative Gary Elkins (R-Houston) is arguing that the nighttime speed limit reductions should be done away with and that 24 hour speed limits should apply. ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 23, 2011, 6:33 pm
Houston Truck Deals focuses on the import/export market today: The Houston import/export market grew by 26% during 2010 outstripping 2009, however the levels have not yet recovered to 2008 levels.  The level of imports and exports is a healthy measure of the overall state of economic activity in t...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 23, 2011, 6:12 pm
Used truck and used semi trailer sales broke all time records in 2010, with more used commercial vehicle registrations than ever before.  Another first was that used commercial vehicle registrations broke through the 600,000 unit threshold, with over 672,000 trailers and rigs sold in 2010. Overall,...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 23, 2011, 4:00 pm
With over 500 high quality Freightliner units available, SelecTrucks of Houston offers more Freightliner units than any other dealer in Texas. More than that, they are highly motivated to put you in the right truck at the right price – they’ll even pay up to $500 for your flights to buy a truck...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 21, 2011, 3:24 pm
Houston Truck Deals is looking at the bottleneck nightmare which is I-45 today: Interstate 45 is well-known for the slow, snail crawl traffic snarl ups, but the impact of this traffic bottleneck is making its presence felt in the local economy too. This major road artery, bisecting Houston north to...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 21, 2011, 3:16 pm
Today, Used Semi Trailers is taking a look at the proposed changes in truck weight limits. The Safe & Efficient Transportation Act has been reintroduced into Congress last week.  The bill looks to provide individual states with the authority to set the Interstate commerce weight limit for trucks t...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 17, 2011, 11:09 am
Gov. Perry is looking to have the small business tax cuts made a permanent fixture in an effort to further stimulate the economy and kick start job creation. If successful, the tax measures will help Houston-based owner-operators no matter whether they employ other trucker drivers or operate as sole...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 17, 2011, 10:40 am
Every vehicle using the roads must adhere to lighting regulations no matter what they are; being truckers and hauling large loads, plus the crossing of state lines means there are a whole raft of regulations affecting truckers and big rigs. Here are the lighting regulations in nutshell courtesy of ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Houston Truck Sales - Houston Trucks - Houston Truck Deals - Feb 16, 2011, 4:25 pm
Houston-based DFS Worldwide shifts over 500,000 tons of goods and cargo each year. Most of it is high value merchandise which is why criminals are so keen to target the facility. It is not simply Houston or one company which is experiencing issues however, as the rest of the country is in the midst ...
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Jim McCormack posted an article on Semi Trailers - Used Semi Trailers For Sale - Used Semi Trailers - Feb 16, 2011, 3:00 pm
Used Semi Trailers has seen a dramatic rise in cargo theft with organized gangs targeting semi trailers carrying tens of thousands of dollars of goods. In 2009 alone, almost half a billion dollars of cargo was stolen from tractor trailers ($487 million), which is a 67% increased on the prior year. ...
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