You may start noticing IdleAire representatives writing down information on trucks that are idling in the truck stop parking lot.

IdleAire is doing a survey of idling trucks and, as part of the survey, IdleAire reps will be writing down DOT numbers and unit numbers of the idling trucks. According to IdleAire customer service, IdleAire reps will be writing down the information on idling trucks on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays until further notice. IdleAire employees received and email with the information about the idling survey. (more…)

A Frito Lay trailer burnt to the ground on Saturday in Clines Corners, New Mexico. There will be no shortage of chips, however, and no one was hurt.

Driver Mark Hobgood had hauled his last load out of the Frito Lay distribution center in Lubbock and was on his way back with empty cardboard boxes when the trailer he was pulling caught on fire. He was just a few miles north of I 40 on route 285 in New Mexico when the ABS light on the dash of his International lit up. He also noticed as slight loss of air in his tanks. He decided to pull over next to the New Mexico Department of Transportation lot just a mile north of I 40 rather than continuing down to the truck stop at the junction. (more…)