Auto Shipping Wheel-Off Prevention Tool

Transport firms in the business of controlling car shipping prices looking for a better way to monitor possible heat build-up in the wheel-end of a transport vehicle before a wheel-off incident or fire erupts in the wheel-end should check out Meritor Tire Inflation Systems (MTIS) by PSI with ThermAlert. Reports from sources around the transport industry of the United States of America indicates that this particular system has been helping vehicle transport firms save money on new tires and repairs during the past weeks and months.

Sources also indicate that delivering the proper amount of air to the rear axle is a major concern for some transport professionals out on the roads and highways of the United States making sure customers vehicles make it to destination on time and budget. If the rear axle doesn't get the right amount of air it could result in heat build-up, blown inside tires and at times a fire related to dragging brakes. Meritor Tire Inflation Systems by PSI has given transport firms that ship cars using this system extra confidence that a driver will be notified before a heat related problem or fire can erupt, according to the people over at PSI.

This news will certainly get the attention of transport firms in the United States trying to control costs and make sure the cars make it to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner in the days and weeks ahead. Hopefully, Meritor Tire Inflation Systems with ThermAlert will be seen on more transport vehicles out on the roads in the future.

New Car Shipping Fleet Management Tool

Transport firms and drivers that ship cars already implementing Verizon Wireless enterprise with the transport services they provide customers in North America will be interested in the news that Verizon and Xata are teaming up to provide all transport firms in North America and the world with a new transport specific service. Called Turnpike Fleet Management Solution, the new service combines Xata's Turnpike fleet management and compliance solution with the services provided by Verizon Wireless enterprise to help auto shipping companies stay in line with the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 during the miles ahead.

This news means that transport firms already implementing Verizon Wireless enterprise in their fleet operations will be able to easily and quickly access Xata Turnpike's compliance tools in their transport operations. This includes electronic logs to help prevent hours-of-service violations, electronic inspections to help facilitate the prevention of vehicle maintenance violations, and speed management services to provide insight into driver speed versus posted speeds. In addition, transport firms will have access to CSA score cars to help assess and manage overall driver performance and driving behavior alerts to help prevent out-of-service violations for transport firms in the vehicle shipping business during the months and years ahead.

Sources in the transport industry indicate that this new transport solution is compatible with a selection of devices, including a few BlackBerry smartphones. They also indicate that the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also recently identified Xata Turnpike as the lowest-cost electronic on-board recorder (EOBP) solution available for transport fleets to implement during the miles ahead in North America.

New Piston for the Car Transporter

Transport drivers and firms in the business of shipping cars overseas have a new heavy-duty piston to help improve the fuel economy and lower the emissions of the transport vehicle they operate during the miles ahead in the United States of America. Federal-Mogul has just announced the arrival of the next generation of the Monosteel piston that has been helping transport firms and drivers reduce the cost of transport operations, for years, according to many experts. Called Magnum Monosteel, the new design of this piston reduces the overall weight of the piston by up to 7 percent and includes design features to help reduce friction and fuel costs, while lowering emissions of a car shipping vehicle, according to Federal-Mogul.

Sources around the transport industry of the United States indicate that the Magnum Monosteel piston is currently under going development tests with transport firms in the United States and Europe. Like the original Monosteel, the new Magnum Monosteel pistons have patented dual friction-welded construction, which enables larger cooling galleries for superior high temperature resistance and strength to withstand the highest cylinder pressures found in the modern heavy-duty car transport. The new Magnum Monosteel implements a unique double-band piston skirt design, which according to the engineers and scientists over at Federal-Mogul is the first piston to use this design. The double-band skirt helps to reduce frictional drag and reduces the overall piston skirt area by 40 percent, which is the main reason this new piston is able to reduce overall friction and mass, according to the experts.

Car Haulers Need to be Ready for Anything

Transport professionals out on the roads and highways of the United States of America car shipping to Puerto Rico never know when they might need a jumper starter to help them start a troublesome transport vehicle that just won't start. Having a 12-volt commercial jump starter could save time and money and help a transport driver keep customers cars heading to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner in the United States of America. The multipurpose Solar 3001 Clore Automotive 12-Volt Commercial Charger/Starter includes an onboard air compressor and 5-foot retractable jumper cables for ease of use and convenience on the road.

The Solar 3001 Close Automotive 12-Volt Commercial Charger also includes large pneumatic wheels and a small size which will allow professionals in the business of shipping cars overseas to move this unit around with ease, according to Clore Automotive. The Solar 3001 12-Volt Commercial Charger also adds the ability of a heavy-duty onboard compressor with auto shut-off and an adjustable preset pressure, and includes a rugged, high impact case and industrial grade design and engineering strong enough for every day use in all environments, according to Close Automotive. The EZ View control panel included makes it easy to watch the progress of the job and the large gauges make it easy to see what's happening at a distance.

The professional car transporter out on the roads and highways of the United States during the winter months ahead is probably going to need a heavy-duty 12-volt commercial grade jumper starter at some point during the winter. The Solar 3001 could be the tool that saves you money and keeps your transport vehicle on the roads and moving to destination.

Auto Transport Prepares for Winter

The winter months have arrived in North America and transport firms and professionals trying to control the auto shipping rates they charge customers will be implementing snow chains in order to keep transport vehicles on the snow covered roads and the highways of the United States during the months ahead. Transport drivers and firms looking for a new tool to help them keep transport vehicles on the roadways, rather than the snow chains they have been using for years, now have a new product designed to be an alternate for transport drivers and firms implementing snow chains in their business operations.

GoClaws is an advanced engineered tire traction system for use in mud, sand, snow or ice being marketed by Advanced Traction Systems, and an alternate choice to the snow chains car haulers have been putting on their heavy duty truck tires for years. An injection-molded, high-strength, high-durability polyurethane system offering a smoother ride and longer tire life, according to Advanced Traction Systems, GoClaws accomplished this through improved abrasion resistance and less damage to tires. In addition, GoClaws eliminates road damage, exceeds SAE clearance requirements for each vehicle class and meets the stricter laws enforced by many federal, state and local transportation departments and authorities who have made studded tires and tire chains illegal for vehicle shipping services because of the damage done to the roads and highways of the United States of America.

Transport drivers and firms that want to check out GoClaws for possible use in their transport business should check out local dealers of Advanced Traction Systems products, or contact the firm directly for more information on where to find GoClaws.

Auto Transport Drivers

Having a little extra weight to carry around for professionals in the business of great auto transport reviews could make the job of efficient, reliable and cost-effective vehicle transport a little harder to achieve, according to transport drivers that are a little overweight. If you have hold your breath while reaching down to tie your shoes, or your wedding ring is too small to wear, now, this could be a sign you need to loose a little weight according to many transport drivers operating out on the roads and highways of the United States of America. Transport drivers operating car carriers that have been steadily gaining weight during their careers might have even noticed how this has changed both their professional and personal lives.

The best way to determine whether you need to loose a little weight is to look at old pictures of when you were a younger and less experienced transport driver and comparing these to recent photographs. If you think maybe losing a little weight is going to improve your on the job performance and increase the level of vehicle transport services you provide, it might be time to begin making changes in your lifestyle. Begin by make a note of the foods you eat while out on the roads of the United States taking customers vehicles to destination and maybe walking to a restaurant with better food choices. Start paying attention to the little things while you're out on the transport roads of America that could help you loose a little weight and before you know it you'll be on the road to losing weight and making the job of transporting vehicles to destination a little easier to complete during the months and years ahead.

Auto Shipping Will Need More Drivers

Transport firms in the business of controlling car shipping prices could have trouble finding drivers for their transport vehicles in a few years time, according to many transport experts looking at the future. The transport experts over at FTR Associates believe that by the time the transport industry of the United States of America makes it to 2012, there could be shortage of professionals transport drivers to help move customers cars to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner during the miles ahead. They indicate that as many as 400,000 more drivers could be needed to help the transport industry of the United States keep the cargo moving to destination in America by the time 2012 rolls down the road.

What issues will contribute to the shortage of transport drivers for the job of keeping the trucks moving to destination in the United States of America in the future? The professionals over at FTR Associates think that there could be limits to how fast transport fleets in the years ahead will be able to recruit the drivers they need. They also think that regulatory issues will take some drivers out of the available professional transport drivers pool in the miles ahead for firms in the business of shipping cars overseas and the transport industry of the United States in general. In addition, they point out changes in the state laws could keep drivers of questionable immigration status from getting a commercial driver's license to operate in America. There are even a few hints that the coming driver shortage could be the largest shortage of drivers in the history of auto transport and the business of transport in of the United States of America.

New Car Shipping Bluetooth Headset

Transport drivers and firms in the business of controlling car shipping prices looking for a new headset to implement in the business of transporting vehicles to destination in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner can relax. The new Cobra CBTH8 Ultra Light Bluetooth Headset with T5 Sonance Noise Cancellation Technology is now available for you to use in the miles ahead to help you keep the cars rolling to destination. Weighing only about half as much as current over-the-head style wireless headsets, the new Cobra CBTH8 Ultra Light Bluetooth Headset with T5 Sonance Noise Cancellation Technology is part of Cobra's 50-year Anniversary Edition line of products. The new Cobra CBTH8 Ultra Light Bluetooth Headset also offers long talk and standby times, which can be very useful to the car transporter out on the roads and highways of the United States transporting vehicles to destination, according to Cobra.

Cobra also indicates that the new Cobra CBTH8 Ultra Light Bluetooth Headset with T5 Sonance Noise Cancellation Technology can be worn on either ear using an adjustable headband and flexible boom microphone. It can includes one-touch controls, 20 hours of talk time and about 400 hours of standby time you can use, and be be charged using two available solutions; either the vehicle cigarette lighter port, or a computer USB port.

Professionals in the auto shipping business that want to check out the new Cobra CBTH8 Ultra Light Bluetooth Headset should drop by their local Cobra headset dealer, or contact Cobra directly for more details on where they can find the new Cobra CBTH8 Ultra Light Bluetooth Headset.

Car Transport Firms Ordering More Class 8 Trucks

Professionals in the business of car shipping to Puerto Rico will be interested in the news that the demand for Class 8 heavy-duty trucks for the transport industry of the United States made a nice rebound in 2010. In fact, according to the numbers being thrown around the total number of Class 8 heavy-duty transport trucks ordered in 2010, will exceed 150,000 new trucks, according to sources over at ACT Research Company. Add to this the fact that the numbers indicate many transport fleets showed a pretty good increase in profit during 2010 and some transport professionals and experts believe there could be a large percentage of transport fleets investing in more Class 8 heavy-duty transport trucks during the miles ahead in the United States of America.

This is great news for transport professionals in the business of producing great auto transport reviews as this represents a 27 percent increase in the number of Class 8 heavy-duty transport trucks ordered by firms during 2009, according to ACT Research Company. The forecasts being made for the future also indicate that the demand for new Class 8 heavy-duty trucks is expected to continue to build momentum into 2011 and 2012, and we could see as many as 300,000 Class 8 heavy-duty trucks ordered by car shipping and transport firms by the end of 2012. Hopefully, the forecasts made the ACT Research Company are a little below the real mark, and in the next two years the number of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks ordered in the United States exceeds the 300,000 predicted by the end of 2012.

Car Transport Trucks Have Evolved

Professionals in the business of car shipping to Puerto Rico that have been providing transport service for customers that need to transport cars for a few decades probably remember the older heavy-duty trucks manufactured by companies like Mack. They might even be looking at the current conditions in the transport industry of the United States of America and the transport trucks being manufactured, and wonder what life would be for them if the heavy-duty trucks manufactured in the old days hadn't evolved into the transport trucks of today. These thoughts were probably running through the minds of an experienced car transporter, or two, that showed up to take a look at the new Mack trucks on display at Mack's newest Customer Center. The new Mack trucks on display at this center sit side by side with older Mack trucks, from another age of transport in America, which has given the transport professionals on hand at the new Mack center a chance to compare the old with the new.

The new Mack center is actually Mack's old engineering development and test center, but walking through the center you don't smell the grease and diesel fumes that would have filled the development center years ago. Walking outside you can have a look at a collection of old Mack trucks from an earlier age, some of them worked on the roads and highways of the United States of America in the 1920s. Mack trucks are also on hand that worked on the roads of North America during the 1950s to 1980s and car shipping drivers can even get behind the wheel of one of these older transport trucks and take it around Mack's test track to see how they compare to modern heavy-duty transport trucks being manufactured by Mack, today. Once you get behind the wheel of these older transport trucks, you might appreciate your modern Mack truck a lot more, and transport drivers from an earlier age would probably think they had died and gone to transport heaven.

Car Transport Firms Using Peterbilt Trucks

Transport firms and owner operators in the business of providing the best auto shipping transport services possible also driving a Peterbilt transport truck will be glad to hear the latest news concerning their favorite brand of heavy-duty transport truck. Peterbilt Motors Company has been awarded the Employer of the Year Silver Award by the North Texas Clean Air Association, for the work they have done on improving air quality in the greater North Texas region. A nice accomplishment and feather in Peterbilt’s hat, sources indicate that Peterbilt Motors Company was very happy to receive this award for the work they have done on trying to improve the air quality of Texas and the United States of America during the last few miles. Sources also indicated that Peterbilt stated the company was committed to continuing the work started and on keeping the current course in the months and years ahead.

Transport professionals in the car shipping industry indicate that Peterbilt Motors Company implemented several ideas during recent times to help the firm accomplish the goals that earned the company the Employer of the Year Silver Award. These included reducing lift truck NOx levels and electrical consumption in their Denton truck plant by 17 and 29 percent, respectively. They also started a partnership with Denton Municipal Electric to purchase renewable energy and have maintained their Zero Waste to Landfill designation status for two years. Sources at Peterbilt indicate that this was accomplished by working with employees in efforts to get the job done, recycling programs, participating in beneficial waste to fuel initiatives, and making other deals with strategically positioned partners. News that will certainly make firms in the business of great auto transport reviews using Peterbilt transport trucks smile a little brighter.

Vehicle Transport HOS Proposals

Professionals trying to control auto shipping rates interested in the latest news on the hours-of-service revision proposals should make note that the revisions are expected to clear the White House Office of Management and Budget, sometime near the end of November, according to sources at the United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Apparently, the chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration mentioned this to a crowd of interested Americans during a forum on driver health in Baltimore, Maryland. The chief of the FMCSA also mentioned at this same time that the United States Department of Transportation recently asked for an extension of 30 days in the current schedule to help in the review of the revision proposals for the hours-of-service regulations currently in law in the United States of America for transport drivers in the business of controlling car shipping prices, according to the people in attendance at this driver health forum.

Delay in this kind of transport safety revision process is hardly news for the professionals in the transport industry of the United States of America and they’ll certainly rather have them take their time in this kind of process. The new plans call for the analysis of the revision proposals for the hours-of-service rules and regulations to be ready by November 26, as long as there aren’t any further delays in the process. Once they get to this point, Americans will get to have their say about the revision proposals for the hours-of-service rules and regulations for car transport drivers and all professional transport drivers out on the roads of the United States of America.

New Truck Rest Stops for Car Carriers

There are a few more spots for vehicle transport drivers to stop while out on the roads and highways of the United States of America delivering customer’s vehicles in a reliable, efficient and cost-effective manner. IdleAir is now called IdleAirThe, after the new owner Convoy Solution recently took over, and now has 16 locations in eight beautiful American states for transport drivers to stop in at and take a break from the road, in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Sources in the transport industry indicate that Convoy Solutions is also offering several welcome back specials for vehicle shipping and all transport professionals that show up to give the facilities a try that includes Fleet Basic Service for about $1.50 per hour through April 30. 2010.

Some of the exact IdleAirThe locations that are now open for business are the Pilot Travel Centers in East St. Louis, Illinois; Newman, GA; Laredo, Orange, and Fort Worth, Texas; Madera, California; West Memphis, Arizona; Hurricane Mills, Tennessee; and Boonville, MO. In El Paso, Texas car haulers can stop by the Flying J Plaza or Love’s Travel Stops to have a look at the new facilities, in Baytown, Texas Love’s Travel Stops is waiting to provide you with services designed to make your trip and life easier.

Transport drivers that want to see a complete list of the 16 IdleAirThe locations now open for business, and the ones they have planned for the future, should check out IdleAir’s website for more information.

Ship Cars Along the Detroit-Windsor Gateway

It will be a little while before vehicle transport drivers and firms that were looking forward to using the a new, public bridge at the Windsor-Detroit gateway will have to wait a little longer, before this will be possible. The plans to build this particular transport route came up against another roadblock this week as Michigan’s Senate Majority Leader announced to the world that there would be no vote on the bridge in 2010. This is certainly news to the people that read the statements recently that there would indeed be an up and down vote in the Legislature on the plans to build the Windsor-Detroit gateway bridge during a lame duck session after the November 2 mid-term elections.

The new plans on the idea to build this bridge will now be delayed until newly elected Republican governor Rick Snyder takes over in the new year. Hopefully, once they get these plans back on track, we can get the Senate’s approval regarding the building of the Detroit-Windsor gateway, and car carriers moving along this route in the years ahead in the United States of America. At this point in time there appears to be some doubt in the minds of some transport professionals that the Windsor-Detroit gateway bridge is going to be built, but for now it appears this bridge is still in the minds of many drivers and firms that were looking forward to traveling across this bridge, once it was built.

There’s even a belief in some car haulers that we might have to put forth a new plan to build the Windsor-Detroit gateway bridge in 2011, since the current plans seem to be having trouble getting off the ground.

Ship Cars Using the Newest 2010 Engines

Drivers and transport firms interested in the latest reviews from other transport professionals implementing car carriers using the new fuel-efficient 2010 engines in their transport vehicle will be glad to hear that the transport industry of the United States of America is beginning to embrace these new engines. There are reports coming in of some drivers and firms reluctantly beginning to invest in transport vehicles with the newest fuel-efficient engines designed to help the transport industry meet the current emissions standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. There are also reports coming in of some firms in the business of car shipping to Puerto Rico beginning to think about investing more money in transport vehicles with the latest engines designed to help them meet the environmental requirements of transport in America during the miles ahead.

It would appear that the present scorecard of these new fuel-efficient engines designed to help car haulers in North America and the transport industry of the United States reduce the carbon wheel-print of the vehicle transport services they provide is still a bit of a mystery for many transport firms using these engines. The miles ahead will certainly provide the data transport firms need to finish filling in this scorecard. Hopefully, the data collected by the firms and drivers implementing the newest 2010 fuel-efficient engines is even better than the designers and engineers hope, and the scorecard is one that makes us all smile as we head down the roads taking the cars to destination.

New Truck Tires for the Car Transporter

Transport firms looking for a new tool to help them control car shipping prices will be glad to hear that Cooper Tire has announced the expansion of the Roadmaster Commercial Tire lineup, with the new Roadmaster RM230 line of truck tires. Sources at Cooper Tire indicate that the new 12R22.5 and 12R24.5 sizes of truck tires included with the new Roadmaster RM230 line of truck tires are perfect for helping transport drivers and firms conduct transport in a safe and reliable manner, and include a deep 23/32-inch tread that designers and engineers believe extends the number of miles vehicle shipping firms can achieve using these new truck tires.

Cooper Tires believes their new Roadmaster RM230 line of truck tires are useful for any number of jobs in the transport trucking industry of the United States of America, including the job of car shipping to Puerto Rico. Cooper Tire also believes that the RM230's design, combined with its four-belt construction, offers the strength and performance transport drivers need, while resisting stone penetration and delivering the life expectancy and retread ability transport fleets in the United States of America require during the miles ahead.

This is great news for transport firms in America looking for a new truck tire to help them reduce costs and deliver the cars on time and budge. The additonal tire sizes included with the new Roadmaster RM230 line of truck tires also provides transport professionals with a few more choices in the truck tires they'll use in the months and years ahead.

Auto Shipping Vehicles Evolving

There are a lot of changes coming down the road for firms shipping cars overseas in the United States of America, the transport vehicles they'll be implementing in their fleet operations will be totally changed in a few decades time. The new greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency regulations for the heavy-duty trucks that will be driving along the roads and highways of the United States in the miles ahead is going to mean changes for transport firms in America car shipping to Puerto Rico and is going to require the trucks of the future be a totally different animal, according to many transport professionals. The trucks of the future will all use engines designed and engineered to both be more fuel efficient and use different types of fuel for transport. These vehicles will also be the most aerodynamic transport trucks to drive on the roads of America, by implementing low rolling resistant tires, speed limiters, idle reduction and other environmentally-friendly tools, and additional new technologies designed during the miles ahead.

This evolution in the transport vehicles firms trying to control auto shipping rates will be using in the years ahead to deliver customers vehicles in an efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner will lead to the development of heavy-duty transport vehicles that will probably only slightly resemble the transport trucks of old, according to many truck manufacturers and transport firms. The United States Environment Protection Agency's SmartWay program also appears to be the favorite of the government, according to many transport professionals watching the evolution of heavy-duty trucks in America, and the heavy-duty trucks of old are no longer viable for transport firms in the United States of America as we enter the second decade of the century of the environment.

Car Shipping Under CSA 2010

During the miles ahead always getting great auto transport reviews could be more difficult at times for some transport firms in the United States of America. The United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association is preparing to begin total implementation of CSA 2010 during the next few miles in North America. Transport firms and drivers are going to need a few miles to get use to the changes and begin forming new on-the-job habits designed to help them deal with putting the changes in place. Once they get beyond the first few miles of this trip though, things should begin to settle down, and we should start to see a leveling off of sorts in the number of interventions, and such, for auto shipping firms and drivers.

There are a few things you'll want to make sure you take care of before you head out onto the road, in order to make sure you're ready for any friendly transport safety officials you might meet during your trip. You want to make sure you work within the hours-of-service rules and regulations currently in place and part of this is making sure you get enough hours of rest and sleep. You also want to make sure you do a complete maintenance check on your car transport. Transport safety risk management firm Rair recently released a study in which the results indicated vehicle maintenance is the second most important task transport firms and drivers need to take care of in order to help them deal with CSA 2010. According to this study as many as 10 to 15 percent of large transport firms with 500 of more transport vehicles, might want to give transport vehicles one more maintenance check, before sending them back out on the road.