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Truck Are Good

     In the Los Angeles area there are plenty of things to do and see for the...
Mark Fish

LA Trucking Examiner

Truck Emissions

      As with cars, large trucks or "big Rigs" have to meet state and federal emission standards. You see them going down the road and see plumes of smoke billowing from the exhaust stacks. They are all polluting the air right? Maybe not as much as people would like to think. The government has been implementing more stringent standards for longer than people realize.     The EPA Environmental Protection Agency) Started working on cleaner standards for diesel engines decades ago. Newer trucks by law have to burn much cleaner than they...

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Racing 101: the 24 hours of Lemans

Car manufacturers and owners brag about how their cars performed in Lemans so you might think it is a race and it is but it doesn’t take place on a racetrack and the winner is not necessarily the fastest car. The 24 hours of Lemans or the 24 Heures du Mans held annually in June is the oldest race for international cars to compete in endurance.The roads of Le Mans France are closed off for this endurance test. Cars must drive for 24 hours on normal roads with the only pit stops to replace lost fluids like coolant, oil and fuel and change drivers.  Concept and prototype cars are...

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Give Us Our Daily Fuel

     One of the biggest things that an owner operator has to be concerned with is fuel. Sure you have to pay for a lot of things associated with owning the truck, payments, maintenance, food, and the list goes on. There all important and taking care of yourself and your equipment is essential if you want to be successful. Keeping up to date with prices for fuel can help an owner operator save quite a bit of money, if they know where to get the cheapest prices. Just because the pump says a certain price, does not mean that there is not a surcharge or tax that is not...

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OC Auto show back again this October

The Orange County auto show has car manufacturers bringing out all the new and concept cars as well as the 2011 versions of all their time-tested and true models for the public to look at, sit in and ask questions about. Test drives are available for select GM and Ford vehicles. The show times are as follows:Thursday, October 7 4 p.m. – 10 p.m, Friday, October 8 Noon – 10 p.m, Saturday October 9 9 a.m. – 10 p.m, Sunday, October 10  9 a.m. – 7 p.m.The OC auto show takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center located at 800 West Katella Avenue Anaheim, CA 92802...

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Important safety tips for truck driving

Truck driving can be a rewarding and honorable career. Products across the globe have to be moved in order for people to have them. That's where people like truck drivers come in. For those products to be moved safely, and with as little damage as possible, the driver needs to know what he or she is doing. It is incredibly important to go to an accredited school to learn the proper way of doing things. There are rules such as driving no more that a certain number of hours. Driving too many hours can make you tired and less responsive in an emergency. The Department of Transportation can...

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Idle or Don't Idle

In the trucking industry, we have two sides to the equation. Laws around the country prohibit the idling of vehicles for longer than a specific period of time. This changes from state to state, of course. Preventing people from idling their vehicles helps to minimize the impact on our air quality, saves fuel, and wear and tear on the vehicle. Automobiles are set up now to be able to drive right after they are started. Many people feel that warming up their vehicle beforehand doesn't burn enough fuel to make a difference. Suppose we take all of the fuel and emissions that are burned in...

6th annual Japanese classic car show today

Today was the annual Japanese classic car show at the Queen Mary event park in Long Beach CA. All the cars present were made in Japan from the 1960’s to the early 1980’s. Toyota Cressidas, Crowns, Coronas, Celicas and a Century were present. Datsun roadsters, 240Zs, a 510 with a widebody kit, a 320 pick-up, and a 1973 Datsun 620 were in the Datsun category. There were BRE cars with the driver John Morton present and signing autographs and Grand Prix cars. Other uncommon cars were a 1972 Suzuki little jeep, a Honda N600 truck, Nissan Silvias and Fairladys. A Mazda RX-3 with a...

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Dub Show tour preview

The people from the DUB show tour were showing off a select few of the cars and motorcycles that are on the DUB show tour at the 12th annual Bellflower Blvd car show in Bellflower CA. The DUB show is coming to San Diego on September 26th. It will be at the Cricket wireless amphitheatre from 12PM to 6PM. Celebrity cars, concerts, models, concept and new cars and a lot of customs are what the DUB show is all about. The cars at the Bellflower show are just a small sample of what will be seen at the DUB show.

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