Auxiliary Power Units
January 1, 2006 By LP Gas
Propane industry engineers are not sitting idle as truckers face pressure to cut pollution from tractor-trailer engines left running once the rigs complete a long day’s haul.
Read More Handhelds and routing
January 1, 2006 By LP Gas
The propane industry is one that can greatly benefit from computerized routing systems to help manage vehicle deliveries in remote areas.
Read More Finding good drivers is a tough haul
September 1, 2005 By LP Gas
A nationwide shortage of truck drivers has propane retailers and distributors struggling to find enough operators to properly pilot their fleets, and may force employers to substantially up their pay scales if they hope to be in high gear when the snow flies.
Read More Sharp focus makes business effective
August 1, 2005 By Randy Doyle
In my 20-plus years of experience in the retail propane industry, working with one major and many independent marketers, I have seen many different ways to operate a propane company. So, what distinguishes the better operators that produce superior financial results and organic market growth from the laggards?
Read More Stepping up to highway safety
May 1, 2005 By LP Gas
Commercial motor vehicle highway safety should become the next major state traffic initiative, the U.S. House of Representatives has decreed.
Read More GPS proven best for hazmat tracking
March 1, 2005 By LP Gas
Wireless global positioning systems have thus far shown the highest promise as a new technology to track hazardous material shipments.
Read More Safety First
February 1, 2005 By LP Gas
After killing his wife in 1995, a distraught man drove away and attempted to commit suicide by ramming his vehicle into a propane delivery truck. The man received only minor cuts and bruises, but the propane truck driver received major injuries to his back and neck and ended up on permanent physical disability.
Read More Gearing up
January 1, 2005 By LP Gas
A push by Toyota’s Hino Motors to earn more of the U.S. commercial delivery truck business should provide a turbocharged, 260-horsepower propane engine suitable for use in bobtails, buses, medium-duty delivery vehicles and other class 7 applications by 2006.
Read More Hours-of-service changes on table
December 1, 2004 By LP Gas
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is offering to let motor carriers track their own hours of service via electronic or paper records.
Read More Bush seeks funds for carrier safety
April 1, 2004 By LP Gas
The feds want states to beef up their watch of hazmat carriers, and they’re asking Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars to help states do the job.
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