Members, to be included in this directory, please send your site address
and a paragraph describing your website, as an attached text file, to
Tom
Kelley.
www.addmedia.com
Additional Media specializes in heavy automotive photography, with an
emphasis on Class 8 vehicles. We work on assignment and offer a vast selection
of stock images for licensing. More information, plus a proverbial truckload
of sample photos, are available online at www.addmedia.com.
www.air-weigh.com
Air-Weigh is well known for its innovative on-board electronics. Our
on-board truck scales have been the market leader in the U.S. since
1991 and are recognized by Fleet Owners and Owner-Operators as the most
accurate, reliable and affordable scales available. Our WireLink multiplexing
products enable as many as 24 different trailer devices to be controlled
or monitored from the truck cab without the need for a second wiring
harness between tractor and trailers. All of us at Air-Weigh are proud
to be part of the technology revolution in heavy vehicle operation.
We look forward to the continued partnership we share with members of
the trucking community and will continue to provide on-board technology
that is efficient and productive.
www.anthonyliftgates.com
Since 1941 Anthony Liftgates have been the driving force in the liftgate
industry, producing innovative designs and building quality liftgates
for trucks of all sizes. Experienced truck equipment professionals know
that price is just on part of the cost of liftgate ownership. Reliability,
maintenance and safety are hidden costs that impact the bottom line.
Because of their superior design and quality standard features. Anthony
products are the smartest choice in liftgates today!
www.careersingear.com
CareersinGear.com and CareersinGear.com magazine specialize in recruitment
solutions for the trucking industry. Businesses can reach this niche
audience and deliver a targeted advertising message to all types of
drivers. With regionally based quarterly publications distributed in
over 3,600 locations nationwide, along with extensive online resources
for employers and job seekers, CareersinGear.com is an effective solution
for staffing needs.
www.ckkemmercomm.com
CK Marketing and Communications was established in 1999 by Chris Kemmer
to assist small companies, primarily in the commercial vehicle industry,
with promotional activity. The emphasis is on press relations, market
research, and trade shows. Prior to starting CK M&C, Chris was marketing
manager for Lucas Varity Heavy Duty Vehicle Systems and Dayton Walther
Corporation. At this site you can review announcements placed by this
company, in addition to some charts indicating the outstanding success
we have had with some of our clients. A sample pricing structure is
also included.
www.drivetrainplus.com
ArvinMeritor's Drivetrain Plus is the industry's most complete drivetrain
system, and also the web address for comprehensive information on the
system and its components. From product information to technical specific
details to a large Media Photo Room, this user-friendly site provides
the facts and info you're looking for, in a speedy fashion. New to the
site are over 15 Issues & Trends white papers on topical items facing
truck operators today. ArvinMeritor is a premier global supplier to
both truck-trailer-specialty OEMs and the respective aftermarkets, through
such well-known brands as Meritor, ZF Meritor, Meritor WABCO, Gabriel,
and Euclid.
www.drivingforcemag.com
Drivingforcemag.com is the online home of both Driving Force and RPM
Magazines. Driving Force magazine is a monthly recruiting magazine with
a circulation of 160,000 copies available at more than 2,500 locations.
The on-line site for Driving Force magazine features links to trucking
companies, an on-line job application that can be emailed, text from
current editorial features, various industry links and archived copies
dating back to 1998. RPM Magazine prints and distributes 130,000 copies
per month at more than 1,400 locations and is the only national trucking
publication that offers regional advertising capabilities. Editorial
content is targeted at over the road drivers and owner operators. The
website for RPM features links to many of these articles including the
Industry Outlook, Trucking Elite and Profile columns.
www.expeditersonline.com
Expeditersonline.com is an expediting-related magazine site which offers
news and information about the just-in-time freight industry. It is
the flagship web location of On Time Media, an information and resources
provider for the transportation industry. Included in the On Time Media
family are Truckit.com and Expediteloads.com, which are Internet load
matching services for truckload and expedited freight shipments, respectively.
www.hdda.org
The Heavy Duty Distribution Association (HDDA) serves aftermarket distributors
and manufacturers of parts and services for commercial vehicles in North
America. While it specializes in the needs of the heavy duty aftermarket,
it also benefits from the support and services of the Automotive Aftermarket
Industry Association (AAIA), the much larger parent association. AAIA's
Web site is located at www.aftermarket.org.
www.heavydutytrucking.com
The flagship publication of Newport Communications, Heavy Duty Trucking
is an award-winning monthly magazine serving large-, medium- and small-fleet
managers whose firms operate Class 6, 7& 8 trucks in the United
States. More than 100 subscribers within 70,307 for-hire and private
firms operate 71% of all Class 6, 7 & 8 commercial trucks. The web
site offers daily news headlines from Newport's Truckinginfo.com, subscription
information, a calendar of events, and magazine archives.
www.highwayimages.com
Highway Images is a stock photography agency specializing in the American
trucking industry. The collection offers over 50,000 35mm stock photos
that capture trucks' lonesome passage across the vast landscape that
is America, depicting interstate transport and specialized hauling by
Class 8 tractor-trailers as well as trucks on the job and trucker lifestyle.
Highway Images will be happy to do a search at no charge, whether your
photo need is a pilot car on an oversize load or a dramatic shot. For
more information, visit us on the web at www.highwayimages.com or e-mail
trucks@highwayimages.com.
www.markinetics.com
Markinetics offers services in market research, marketing planning and
communications. Our research tools include the Call Center telephone
survey center, ASAP interactive multi-media computer-based interviewing
program, TakeASurvey.com web-based research, personal intercepts at
tradeshows and truckstops, expert in-depth interviewing and focus groups.
Our communications capabilities include advertising, branding, public
relations, collateral development, trade show support and more. Although
during our 30 years in business we have worked with clients in many
fields, we have extensive experience in the transportation industry.
Markinetics is a member of The Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American
Trucking Associations, National Private Truck Council, NATSO, the Specialty
Equipment Market Association (SEMA), the American Marketing Association,
and the Market Research Association.
www.mema.org
The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, the heavy duty division of
MEMA, was established in 1983 to provide government representation and
monitoring, market research, information services, and heavy duty industry
conferences and events to serve manufacturers of heavy duty truck components
and other products.
www.olblueusa.org
Founded in 1986, Ol' Blue, USA®, (United Safety Alliance, Inc),
a non-profit 501 (c)(3) public charity, Federal EIN #95-4487026, California
#CT 99171, is dedicated to educating the nation on highway safety and
improving relations between law enforcement, commercial drivers and
the motoring public. During our National Safety Tour 'Ol' Blue'®,
a 1951 working truck, pulls a 53-foot "Rolling Billboard"
trailer featuring our sponsor's logos and those of the California Highway
Patrol, Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, Nevada Highway Patrol, and the
U.S. Department of Transportation. We conduct simulated truck inspections
at trade shows and truck stops. We also take our various programs to
community events and public schools in our efforts to teach safety around
all large vehicles.
www.ooida.com
With a current membership of over 59,000, the Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Association works to protect and expand the rights of professional
truckers and small fleet owners. In addition to extensive lobbying efforts
in Washington and at the state level, OOIDA also makes available to
members' business services such as, medical benefits, truck insurance
and truck financing. OOIDA is a non-profit association with all officers
and directors either previously or currently professional truckers themselves.
The Association is dedicated to working for the small business truckers.
www.retread.org
The Tire Retread Information Bureau is the world's #1 source for information
about tire retreading and tire repairing. We are a non-profit, member
supported association with nearly 400 members in 23 countries. All of
the material on our web site is non-commercial and may be reproduced,
provided attribution is given.
www.roadgator.com
This site is totally dedicated to the problem of tire debris on our
highways. It is maintained by the Tire Retread Information Bureau.
www.roadking.com
Since 1995, www.RoadKing.com has been the online presence of Road King
Magazine, which is the proprietary magazine of TravelCenters of America
(TA). In addition to articles from the magazine, RoadKing.com offers
one of the largest, continually updated trucking Industry News sections
on the Web. Our Owner-Operator, Fleet Driver and Down Time forums provide
places where drivers can swap information and yarns, while the It's
Your Business forum serves as a marketplace for businesses to pitch
their wares. Our Coffeebreak page lets drivers display their creative
sides, or they can yak up a storm in our Driver's Lounge chatroom. RoadKing.com
also sponsors contests, provides industry links, news and weather, and
fuel prices at TravelCenters of America locations across the U.S.
www.Roadranger.com
Roadranger.com is the leading online source for truck drivetrain service,
advice and information. Roadranger.com is the single-source point of
online support for the Roadranger System -- a complete drivetrain system
of products and support from Dana and Eaton Corporations. Organized
under headings of "Spec'ing", "Service", "Parts",
"Operation", Roadranger.com contains thousands of easily accessible
pages and downloadable Acrobat documents on all Roadranger products
and services.
www.roadstaronline.com
Newport's RoadStar magazine serves owner-operators and drivers of over-the-road
trucks in North America. More than 200,000 copies of the award-winning
magazine are distributed each month via more than 1,000 truckstops.
The web site offers daily news headlines from Newport's Truckinginfo.com,
subscription information and month-by-month magazine archives. It also
features interactive, online-exclusive features such as Website of the
Week, a trivia quiz, trucker's Quick Tips and Ask the Editors.
www.roadstarradio.com
RoadStar Radio News is the nation's only up-to-date daily radio news
program targeted toward truckers. Each five-minute broadcast is anchored
by Evan Lockridge with reports from Newport's award winning editors
five days a week. The broadcasts can be heard on the radio coast-to-coast
and in streaming audio at www.roadstarradio.com. Web site visitors can
get station listings, hear any of the previous broadcasts, and can also
search the entire RoadStar Radio News database by subject and listen
to any specific show. In addition, RoadStar Radio News produces special
webcasts that provide more in-depth analysis of the news that affects
truckers.
www.successfuldealer.com
As a Kona Communications publication, Successful Dealer serves truck
dealers and leasing companies. The web site offers several information
links, including the "Specing Center" featuring information to help
in the specification of trucks and trailers and the "Resource Center"
that lists hundreds of industry suppliers. Service and repair procedures
are available when you click on the "Technical Center." You also can
renew your subscription online from the site.
www.tatravelcenters.com
TravelCenters of America is the largest travel center network in the
United States, serving professional drivers and motorists alike. From
diesel fuel and gasoline to our comfortable full-service restaurants,
branded lodging and nationally known fast food restaurants, you'll find
exactly what you need while you are on the road. And TA is investing
heavily in technology to make your stops quicker, easier, and more enjoyable.
TravelCenters of America owns Road King Magazine, which was founded
in 1963 to inform and entertain our long-haul trucker customers and
is distributed free of charge at our 155 locations. Our Web site offers
location information, diesel fuel prices, weather, road conditions,
information for suppliers, job opportunity information and contests.
www.truckinginfo.com
Truckinginfo.com is the main web site of Newport Communications, award-winning
publishers specializing in trucking media. News from our experienced
editorial staff is posted five days a week. Users can search news and
magazine archives. An extensive products & services database can
be searched by product or company, or browsed by category. The Career
Center lets drivers and owner-operators look for jobs by state and apply
online. Users can order industry white papers and other research and
reports. Other services offered include an association directory, truckstop
directory, events calendar, road conditions, routing & mapping,
hot loads index, information on advertising in Newport media, and so
on. Links to Newport's magazine sites provide a way for users to subscribe.
www.truklink.com
This was one of the first places to get fleet industry information on
the World Wide Web. It contains articles from both Fleet Equipment and
its sister publication, Transport Technology Today (T3). You will also
find training resources available to fleets designed to help keep maintenance
technicians and maintenance managers up to date. Active links to manufacturers
and suppliers make it easy for equipment professionals to visit sites
of all industry suppliers.
www.truckpartsandservice.com
As a Kona Communications publication, Truck Parts & Service serves heavy-duty
distributors, repair shops, truck stops and parts and service departments
at truck dealerships. The web site offers several information links,
including the "Resource Center" that lists hundreds of industry suppliers
and the "Technical Center," which provides service and repair procedures.
You also can renew your subscription online from the site and request
that other information be available online.
www.truckstoptravelplaza.com
Newport's Truckstop Travel Plaza magazine is a quarterly publication
serving managers of truckstops, fuel stops, interstate travel centers
and turnpike plazas. Its 10,700 subscribers are the key decision-makers
for more than $37 billion in goods/services sold at their locations.
The web site offers daily news headlines from Newport's Truckinginfo.com,
subscription information, a calendar of events, and magazine archives.
www.tslmagazine.com
Newport's Truck Sales & Leasing is a bimonthly magazine serving
salespeople and leasing specialists at truck dealerships and leasing
companies. Its18,000-plus subscribers assist buyers and lessees in specifying
trucks and components. The web site offers daily news headlines from
Newport's Truckinginfo.com, subscription information, a calendar of
events, and magazine archives.