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2 From the stump... while others find the an issue for those who think the world owes them idea of private property a living at our expense, and stretching it as an rights quaint but anti - entitlement could only fly in the wildly socialist quated, and everyone’s left.

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J countability or effort to the level of indebtedness many are graduating earn their own way. with is pretty stunning, some reaching into six by Mike Crouse, Publisher Speaking your mind figures, yikes! has been a treasured the root of this is in our primary and sec - right from our found - ondary schools that plant the idea “...to get a good ing, although the past four decades many have job you have to have a good (which is to say a col - R R s we prepare to celebrate our country’s e e gradually accepted the cancerous notion of politi - lege) education,” that has been peddled at least k k declaring independence from the england

C a C cal correctness that imposes social penalty from since the 1950s where the push was on for gradu - u u 237 years ago this July 4th we should take a mo - R R those who would dare to voice opposition or speak ating more engineers and scientists for the space T

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g or defend standards of conduct. How very euro - race. Historically, then and today, college gradu - g understand the interest in separating from the o o pean. King George would be proud. ates have demanded higher wages and greater L L crown in 1776 was not uniformly embraced by all members of the colonies. A good number were the answer then and now is in participation, opportunities. perfectly happy under the protection, and the voicing your opinion and supporting those ideas i’m a member of that Baby Boom generation, costs of that production, for the apparently safety, that encourage independence in action, interest and recall distinctly the message that college was security and certainty of england. they did not in community, recognizing priorities and being necessary to succeed, but it was evident then and see dependence on the whims of the crown as productive. now that while additional education had it’s bene - having a negative effect on their own well being, the issues in much of our nation give us a very fits, there were a number of options, and that col - and perhaps found some comfort in the assurance clear choice between taking action, and talk, cele - lege is nOt for everyone, and not because (as that King George would look out for them, even brating a common ground or making political many would cry) they couldn’t afford it, but be - though it came at a price, the price was not ap - gain by pitting one group against the other, work - cause many individuals interests, and more to the parent to many, whose concerns were living their ing and creating or seeking the illusive free point many of societies needs were for an array of life day to day without risk or complication. lunch. talents, skills and jobs well beyond the scope of fortunately liberty from the old world, the old But it all starts with participation in the pro - colleges and universities (a moment for the col - way, and whatever certainty and safety it cess, speaking your mind, and taking action. lege grads to gasp at this heresy). promised, and the interest of self-determination And the idea of going into debt to go to college and self-rule was held by a large enough majority, Red herrings was not even an issue especially for undergradu - in addition to the sense of unity as a people en - he current political circumstances demon - ate degrees! while this may be an astonishing abled us not only to declare our independence but tstrates again and again that part of our popu - concept to today’s collegians, we tried to “antici - gain it through perseverance and ultimately force lation is drawn to the proposition that there is a pate” this cost by “saving” for it over time that of arms that set our great experiment in liberty, free lunch and they are entitled to it by virtue of would be through having jobs, working, and being accountability and self-determination into action, being alive and their ever paying for that lunch part of the economy, and then working once in and through hard work, good fortune, good luck should be optional, with the understanding that college to pay our way through. what it meant to and the grace of God (at least in this author’s es - you’ll never “really” have to pay. And the most achieve this end was being “poor as a church timation) we have emerged 236 years later as the bizarre twist of all comes that those objecting to mouse,” doing without, sacrificing social lives and beacon of freedom and envy of the world. this nonsense are demonized for being “insensi - prioritizing every nickel to make ends meet, and freedom as we’ve known it comes with a per - tive” and “immoral” for not blessing this foolish - perhaps even going to school part time, or work - sonal cost... participation in our own governance ness. ing to save enough money, then returning to and vigilance of our own elected officials, agen - this past year we’ve had two recent examples. school. it was not an uncommon thing in any cies, bureaucracies, and holding those institutions the first was the hewn cry from a female law sense. i can think of countless loggers, and many accountable to our system of government as es - student that she should be entitled to free birth other former collegians, who did this very thing. tablished by our own constitution. in this cause, control pills as an entitlement. we’re not at all the idea of being in debt at all, yet alone to the just as in the original case for separation from sorry at seeing this for what it is (although we’ll tune of five or six figures, would have brought you england, there remain a sizeable core who would modify the phrase): el toro poopoo. it is not a considerable ridicule. be happy to end the experiment in freedom to - women’s issue, but an issue of sheer greed and morrow. Some profit greatly from the ongoing private overreach. this is taken by some to be a (Continued on Page 19) turmoil (that would be the legal community), progressive issue, and we’d certainly agree. it’s See “From the Stump”

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4 tial, not proven, carcinogen. low sulfur diesel was introduced in Is this rEally rocket science? 2000 and mandatory by 2006; roughly a quarter of America’s fleets were

2 by sherrie bond ber of illnesses or reactions, i won - knowledges the u.S., along with other

1 built after that date and on average

0 dered about the intensity of the pro - wealthy nations have modernized

2 replaced every 12-15 years which his month i had intended to nouncement made. diesel fueled equipment to burn clean - y should account for fewer toxins in the l

u tbring you more information con - in the course of my lifetime, i’ve er than even a decade ago and regula - air than the boogey-man announce - J cerning proposals for increased habi - known a raft of people who have regu - tions provide for limits of the amount ment hints. tat of the northern Spotted Owl. un - larly worked around diesel and ma - of diesel fumes/exposure present in the timing of the announcement fortunately, the transcript of the May chinery that drinks it up like there’s the environment in compliance with leads me to believe this will be a cam - 21st congressional field Hearing is no tomorrow. How many of those peo - the clean Air Act. However, some are paign issue for both parties. the loom - not yet available to the public. i will ple have been diagnosed with lung labeling the finding to be as danger - ing shadow however, is the possibility R R have more detailed information in a cancer as a result? i can’t think of any ous as arsenic or asbestos toxins and e e of the research being used against the k k later column, but for now i will talk off hand, but let’s say “in the interest the American cancer Society is likely C C trucking industry with a new level of u u about diesel fumes and a recent posi - of science” there may have been two or to follow the lead of the world Health R R forced regulations and rulings added T T tion taken by the world Health Orga - three. in my estimation, that’s a low Organization declaring diesel as a car - to the ever-growing compliance list in g g nization (w.H.O) and announced on percentage when i think of the men cinogen. o o the march to “go-green”. i think the L L all major television networks. like so who have worked in the woods all My gut tells me the impact of the recent study is skewed more toward many other “health warnings”, one their lives, been around a variety of recent research will double-down on environmental conscientiousness than must read between the lines to reveal diesel burning heavy equipment or the trucking industry, forcing truck to health concerns overall. the u.S. the actual core of the message and driven log trucks for forty, fifty or owners to retrofit equipment to fur - has been burning diesel, in one form weigh the intended results. My opin - even sixty years. i’d call that heavy ther reduce diesel exhaust, purchase or another, industrially for over a cen - ion follows. draw your own conclu - exposure. Add to that number, com - newer equipment in order to comply tury and until now, no one has heard sions! mercial fishers, miners, heavy equip - with more restrictive standards or ... a death knell toll. the brief announcement i heard ment mechanics or operators, road close businesses. that’s a pretty lead cancer researcher, dr. debra was on nBc evening news, wherein a builders, truck drivers, refinery work - harsh statement, but we’ve seen it t. Silverman, says her study “...clear - statement from researchers for the ers, oil field roughnecks or those iso - happen before when independents are ly establishes that the more a worker world Health Organization linked lated on ocean oil rigs or tankers, forced to meet stricter “industry stan - is exposed to diesel, the greater his breathing diesel fumes to lung cancer. shipping crews, port employees, farm - dards”. Sadly, mega-trucking fleets cancer risk...” following that line of while diesel fumes have been classi - ers, factory workers . . . the list is end - will continue as if this was a blip on thought, i would have to say, “debbie, fied by three federal agencies in the less and if there is a medical crisis, the radar but it is the smaller inde - ...standing on the freeway poses a u.S. as a “likely carcinogen,” a “poten - why now? Are there more incidents or pendent truckers who will pay the greater risk of being hit by a motor ve - tial occupational carcinogen” and “rea - is more research being done? Or, is price. hicle than standing in a cornfield!” So sonably anticipated to be a human there an accelerated push toward a the lead researcher claims, diesel is the finding more closely related to carcinogen,” i believe the w.H.O. is greener climate? exposure is a far greater lung cancer rocket science or is the sky falling? stirring the environmental pot. Sound w.H.O. based their findings on ex - risk than passive cigarette smoking, bites on the news are rarely complete treme exposure to exhaust particular - but a much smaller risk than smoking (Sherrie Bond serves as director and accurate statements, with most ly among workers in poor countries, two packs a day. this being said, the of the northwest log truckers’ taken out of context. while i have lit - where diesel driven mechanisms belch ePA, OSHA and the national toxicol - cooperative. She can be reached tle doubt that heavy exposure to any heavy clouds of smoke, filling the air ogy Program of the institutes of via email at [email protected]) chemical substance can cause a num - with sulfurous particulates. it ac - Health have rated diesel as a poten -

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W 0 2 y l u here’s a saying that, “The only thing to forrest Waldron: Bunk pin, bail latch. remember those. J ike hamilton: A fellow trucker one time loaded behind me on a nice four T do with good advice is to pass it on.” trip easy haul where you could relax and get your trips with ease. He was on my butt for no reason, so he got the hook ground level from me and the Ask any trucker still on the road and he’ll rest of my day was good. daniel boone: Back up, stake up, shut up, R R e probably tell you that the secret to success e k bryan Conerly: never show up to early and be in the way - i’ve dealt with k C C

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ustin hatley is new to log hauling. He’s 22 years old and a R R a e e first-generation log trucker. Still, k k C C he’s already earning a name for AusTin HATlEy miGHT u u R R himself. But we’ll get back to that in BE nEw to log hauling, but T T a bit. he’s already got a handle g g o o Hatley drives for Gunnels Broth - on what it takes to be suc - L L ers logging, which operates a cat cessful at the job. “i can and yarder side and runs three log - honestly say that i love go - ging trucks. He is second in seniori - ing to work in the morn - ty after being with the company for ing,” he says. “when i get one season. He pulls a conventional in my truck for Gunnels long logger during the winter and a Brothers, i treat it like it’s short logger set up during the sum - mine. As long as my truck mer months. runs five days a week, ev - After high school, Hatley learned erybody’s happy.” heavy equipment operator skills at west coast training in woodland, washington. He got his commercial drivers license at the same time. and i have a lot of friends who are this isn’t his first trucking job log truckers. A buddy of mine, Bob - though. He’s driven concrete truck, by Stidham, works for a gypo con - belly dump and also hauled scrap tractor in town and he got me into metal. when he heard the Gunnels it. He taught me a lot.” Several Used Sercos Available Brothers needed somebody to drive Hatley’s initial enthusiasm for log truck, he jumped at the opportu - being a log trucker waned just a bit nity. “i grew up around it. My dad when his alarm clock went off the always worked on logging equip - ment and trucks,” he says. “i’ve (Continued on Page 8) lived in la Grande my whole life See “ austin Hatley ”

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y . 2 7 Log TRuCkeR July 2012 8 41 8 austin Hatley on the red ferrari that cheech and off the road. there i sat,” Hatley Better than working in a steel ware - chong drive in one of their movies. says. “i remember the boss coming house, building fence, pumping gas (Continued from Page 6) in the short time that Hatley has down the road and telling me, “Just or spraying mosquitoes for the coun - been hauling logs, he’s already drive the truck and trust me, the ty.

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2 able lessons - never get too comfort - not, you’ll be the first one to know.” ing to work in the morning . . . even “the first week or so i thought, y

l able and let your guard down be - Hatley also got a quick lesson in though i go get up early,” he says.

u ‘Oh boy, this is going to be a heck of cause anything can go wrong . . . driving the short logger. “the pup “when you’re in the truck you’re J a job because of the hours we have and usually does sooner or later. has a tendency to want to drag you your own boss. i figure that if the to work.’ we were hauling out of cle “the very first day we had to be all over the highway and the truck truck is making money, then the elum and getting up around mid - dragged backwards up the hill to will rock back and forth because of company is making money and i’m night to go to work. i was used to the loader because the road was so the load . . .it took some getting used making good money for myself.” getting up at seven or eight in the muddy. i left the loader, nervous of to that,” he says. “i like driving for Gunnels be - R R morning and going to work. it was a e e course, having never really pulled a “A lot of guys say it’s easier short cause i know that i’m always guar - k k real life change,” Hatley says. “it C C log trailer before. we had to make a logging, but i prefer long logging anteed a load of logs. everybody at u u was hard to get used to getting up R R sharp left corner around this big there’s less to worry about,” he adds. T

T and starting my day at an hour pine tree; i started to swing wide So far, Hatley has found log haul - (Continued on Page 9) g g when other people are just going o o and it was so muddy that i just slid ing to be the best job he’s ever held. See “ austin Hatley ” L

L home from the bars. we’ve got more done by 10 o’clock in the morning than most people do all day.” Hatley drives a 1996 Kenworth TRUCK & w900B for Gunnels Brothers. the truck features a 340c cat 425hp en - gine, 18-speed transmission, ST. JOHNS 40,000lb two speed rears and a EQUIPMENT Peerless trailer. the short log trail - THE POWERTRAIN PEOPLE er is outfitted with Better-weigh bunks. lots of people recognize REBUILT Check out ALL our Hatley’s truck by its distinct num - TRANSMISSIONS/ TRUCKS at... ber on the hood - Ou812. not only is REAR ENDS WWW.STJOHNSTRUCK.COM that the name of a van Halen al - (ALL SOLD EXCHANGE) bum, but it’s also is the license plate “Our Fuller Transmissions are rebuilt 2005 FORD F550 SUPER FREE FREIGHT! DUTY FLATBED For a Limited Time St. Johns will pay the Freight to using Genuine OEM Fuller parts!” The Lusty you on any REBUILT TRANSMISSION or FULLER Life of Loon REAR END sold in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho RT/RTO6613 ...... $2875.00 Lake Lloyd DIFFERENTIALS - ROCKWELL RT8609A...... 2955.00 PRICES VARY BY RATIO, ALL PRICES STARTING AS LOW AS... RTO12513...... 2050.00 9556 Loon Lake Rd 1930-on RD20-145 $1,975.00 Reedsport, OR 97467 ...... RTO12515...... 2095.00 400 Page Book RR20-145...... 1,125.00 Illustrations, Photographs RDL20-145 ...... 2,425.00 RTX12609B ...... 2125.00 WWII Marine, Gyppo Logger $ .00 RRL20-145 ...... 1,595.00 RTX14609B ...... 2195.00 Powerstroke diesel, automatic trans- & Resort Owner 20 RD23-160...... 2,925.00 RTO14613...... 2395.00 flatbed, nice RR23-160...... 1,695.00 mission, NEW 11ft. 3in. (541) 599-2220 (includes S&H) RDL23-160 ...... 3,495.00 RTLO14613BP ...... 3095.00 truck $ .00 RRL23-160 ...... 1,625.00 RTX14708LL...... 2395.00 ...... 22,500 SQHD...... 1,450.00 SQHR...... 925.00 RTX14710B/C...... 2495.00 1995 FORD F800 FOR SALE QD100...... 1,575.00 RTX14710B/CP ...... 2650.00 SERVICE TRUCK QR100...... 1,050.00 RT14715 ...... 2995.00 SSHD ...... 2,095.00 SSHR ...... 1,325.00 RTO15613P ...... 2795.00 EATON: RTX15710B/CP ...... 2650.00 DT461P...... $4,525.00 RT461 ...... 2,950.00 RTO/RTX15715P ...... 3095.00 DD461P ...... 4,695.00 RTX16710B/CP ...... 2650.00 RD461...... 2,695.00 RTAO16710B/C ...... 3295.00 DS461P...... 3,250.00 RS461 ...... 1,725.00 FRO16210B/C ...... 3195.00 DS402 ...... 1,625.00 RTLO16610BP ...... 2695.00 RS402 ...... 1,050.00 Cummins 5.9L diesel, 6 speed trans- DS404 ...... 1,550.00 RTLO16618A...... 3125.00 RS404 ...... 995.00 RTLO14713A...... 2895.00 mission, utility box, 6000# Auto Crane, DT402 ...... 2,695.00 RTLO16713A...... 3125.00 Miller welder, and gas air compressor. RT402 ...... 1,825.00 ...... $19,950.00 1983 Pete self loader, DD404...... 2,695.00 RTLO16718B...... 3695.00 400 Cat, 13spd w/4spd Brownie, SS rear RD404...... 1,895.00 RTLO16913A...... 3295.00 ‘05 FORD F550 SUPER DUTY ends, 1989 Cacade trailer, 1987 Ramey DSH40 ...... 2,125.00 RTLO16918B...... 3895.00 4-WHEEL DRIVE loader, needs a few things done, but it RSH40 ...... 1,395.00 DDH40 ...... 3,375.00 RTLO18718B...... 3895.00 SERVICE TRUCK will work tomorrow just fine. I am retired RDH40 ...... 2,075.00 RTLO18913A...... 3695.00 out, so it needs to go...... $24,500 Many Other Transmissions And RTLO18918B...... 4150.00 Differentials Available... Call Us First! RTLO20913A...... 4395.00 541-582-1367 Custom Repair For Your Unit RTLO20918B...... 4595.00 CALL US FIRST! RTLO22918B...... 6295.00 ® CUMMINS MANIFOLDS ROCKWELL 3801322 855 LARGE PORT ...... $325.00 RMX10-145A ...... $3195.00 3801915 855 SMALL PORT ...... 295.00 RMX10-165A/C...... 3295.00 Wardle 1x3 FLYWHEEL HOUSINGS MO16G10C ...... 3695.00 CUMMINS® FW HOUSINGS CAT® FW HOUSINGS Power stroke diesel, automatic, serv- 3680063 ISX ...... $795.00 1302802 3406E...... $1295.00 POWERSTEERING PUMPS / GEARS ice body, with lube oil reservoirs, hose 3036005 855/N14 ...... 399.00 1694153 C15 ...... 1795.00 PUMPS REPLACEMENT FLYWHEELS reels and hoses, gas powered air • Eaton • Saginaw $ .00 CUMMINS FLYWHEELS • Parker • ZF compressor...... 18,950 2013 Western Star 4900SB-Powered 3071535 855/N14...... $435.00 • Vicker • TRW Glider Kit 3016495 855 ...... 375.00 GEARS Engine: Factory-Remufactured Cat. CAT FLYWHEELS FULL SERVICE TRUCK • Ross/TRW EPA 98 – Non EGR; Rated 475 HP 9L6392 3208 ...... $425.00 9Y9313 3208...... 399.00 • Saginaw & TRAILER REPAIR w/ 1650lb/ft; Re-Rateable to 550HP; 4P4797 3406...... 465.00 • Bendix Prep’d for Eaton Fuller Transmis- DETROIT FLYWHEELS • Gemmer • Sheppard Same Day Shipping! Call St. Johns First! sion 18 Speed; Front Axle: 14,700 lb 23509709 SERIES60...... $450.00 w/16,600 lb spring suspension; Lift 8435 N. CRAWFORD STREET • PORTLAND, OREGON 97203 Axle: Watson/Chalin SL-100 13,200 lb pusher/steer; Logger Bumper NATIONWIDE TOLL FREE: PORTLAND: FAX: Contact: Denny Drennan (800) 222-8435 (503) 286-8336 (503) 283-3423 541-525-3734 Paci c Truck Centers 9 40

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20 plaint. the cost would increase to Trucker fakes kidnapping $9.68 per record: a 384 percent in - to avoid DUI crease. a bellingham commercial As a result, the fund will receive truck driver allegedly lied to his em - 2 NNEEWWSS AANNDD 1 less revenue, OdOt will build fewer ployers about being kidnapped to 0

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l IINNFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN the possible cost of more accidents drive. u and lost lives: “a reduction in high - J thirty-three-year-old thomas T way care that will result in a reduc - conner was hauling a load of frozen tion in highway safety and increase berries southbound wednesday af - adverse effects on the natural envi - ternoon when he texted Anker Were Oregon road funds redmond Heavy Hauling, Gordon ronment,” the complaint states. trucking and told them two gun-tot - the plaintiffs want the money R R misappropriated? wood insurance and financial Ser - ing men had told him to stay with e e from purchase of driving records re - k k trucking, construction and in - vices, Property casualty insurers the vehicle until they returned to C C turned to the Highway trust fund. steal it. u u surance groups sued Oregon, claim - Association of America, and the na - R R tional Association of Mutual insur - - Courthouse news Service the company called Oregon State T T ing it used road money to build web - Police lt. douglas ladd with Ore - g g sites instead - then jacked up the ance companies. Michelin, TIA release CSA o o the plaintiffs claim the Oregon gon State Police says troopers later L L cost of driving records by nearly 400 Attorney General’s Office already Tire Inspection Training saw conner walking along the free - percent to recoup some of the money Video it spent illegally. told the agencies they did not have way away from the truck with an - Oregon trucking Associations the authority to take these actions in conjunction with tire Safety other person not authorized to be a inc. and six other plaintiffs accuse on their own and advised them to week, Michelin north America and passenger in the vehicle. the state’s department of trans - ask the legislature. the tire industry Association have He says conner had a blood alco - portation and department of Ad - the Oregon constitution limits partnered on a free training video hol level of .17, more than four ministrative Services of “diverting the use of the fund “to the construc - for the tire and transportation in - times the legal limit for a driver of a revenues from the Highway trust tion, reconstruction, improvement, dustries. “cSA tire inspection” cov - commercial vehicle. fund to build websites for state ad - repair, maintenance, operation and ers the guidelines for inspecting lieutenant ladd says an open ministrative agencies.” use of the state’s public highways, truck tires under the new compli - cocktail container and whiskey bot - the groups claim the agencies did roads, streets and roadside rest ar - ance, Safety, Accountability pro - tle were found in and near the semi. this despite being advised they did eas,” the complaint reads. gram administered by the federal conner was booked on suspicion not have the authority to do it - and the plaintiffs claim that the de - Motor carrier Safety Administra - of driving under the influence of in - that Oregon hiked the cost of obtain - fendant department of Administra - tion. toxicants and initiating a false po - ing public driving records by 384 tive Services (dAS) asked the legis - the video is available for free lice report. - kgMi news percent to cover the cost of the web - lature a year ago to authorize the download or viewing at www.miche - sites. state department of transportation lintruck.com under the tool Box tab Kenworth to offer Bendix “the unauthorized increase in to grant dAS an exclusive license to or at www.youtube.com/michelin - safety technologies as cost of driving records and the un - provide electronic access to state truck. Previous Michelin/tiA videos options constitutional diversion of the rev - driving records and allow the dAS (in Shop Safety, wheel end Safety, to use the money from selling of the tubeless radial truck tire Safety, bendix Commercial vehicle enues from the sale of the driving Systems, a developer and manufac - records sacrifice Oregonian’s jobs records to build and maintain state and commercial road Service) are agency websites. the legislature re - also available for free on the Miche - turer of active safety and braking and motoring safety so that the system technologies, announced state agencies may have nicer web - fused to adopt the bill. lin truck website. despite that, the department of “Michelin is strongly committed that Kenworth truck co. plans to sites,” the complaint states. offer Bendix wingman Advanced - A the nonprofit Oregon trucking transportation gave dAS a 10-year to the safety of the transportation exclusive license to provide access to industry,” says doug Jones, cus - collision Mitigation technology, Associations is joined by plaintiffs and the Smartire tire Pressure Oregon-idaho AAA, the Oregon- driving records, the complaint tomer engineering support manager states. the dAS in turn entered into for Michelin. “this commitment is Monitoring System by Bendix cvS columbia chapter of the Associated later this year as options on select General contractors of America, an agreement with Kansas corpora - why we have partnered with tiA tion nicuSA, to would provide peo - over the years to produce this series class 8 trucks. ple electronic access to driving of safety related videos. we strongly Bendix wingman Advanced is de - records; in exchange, nicuSA encourage fleets, owner-operators signed to deliver active cruise con - would provide dAS with website and other industry personnel to uti - trol with braking features, along services. lize this and the other training (Continued on Page 21) the current cost of driving videos to help promote safety in our records is $2, according to the com - industry.” See “lT News”

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All components are will help bring down the number of cell architecture, said Kevin Beaty, pacity battery will be available in packed in a sturdy carrying case. uninsured drivers in the state. product strategy and manufacturing the fourth quarter of this year for R for more information about the R e Minimum coverage requirements operations and strategic sourcing public utility applications. the new e k tracerline Marksman ii, go to k C in Montana are $50,000 total per ac - manager, hybrid power systems. battery will be available for city de - C u www.tracerline.com. u R cident for bodily injuries caused by the battery more than doubles the livery and beverage tractor applica - R T Don’t go uncovered in the driver and $10,000 for property engine-off capability of the system tions in the third quarter of 2012. T g g o Montana damage. for job-site operations and has eaton is also offering higher ca - o L L montana rolls out its verifica - Other states in the u.S. are cur - longer life. pacity clutches that can handle en - tion database when highway patrol - rently considering similar measures this increases fuel savings of gines producing up to 300 horsepow - men begin using web-based listings allowing database use for instant eaton’s hybrid power system by 5% er and torque of 860 pound-feet. to instantly confirm whether a driv - verification of coverage. to 10%, lowering the return-on-in - this expands the hybrid system to er has a policy in place, highlighting vestment time while also improving heavier applications, including some the importance of being covered Air precleaners suited for vehicle performance. tandem axle configurations. while driving, according to Online dusty environments “not only will fleets realize the remanufactured battery will greater fuel efficiency and reduced provide hybrid truck operators with Auto insurance. 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