Sources around the vehicle shipping industry report that Ransome’s main truck facilities are located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and in Swedesboro, New Jersey, but they also handle used truck sales, leasing, rentals, and warranty service through additional facilities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Sources also indicate that Ransome’s facilities are centrally located in the region and provide good coverage of the area in question, and this should provide transport professionals in the region with the services they require.

This news item could also mean that Navistar International will be in the hiring mood in the coming days and weeks ahead in the century of the environment. They currently employ around 550 Americans, with about 100 highly trained truck technicians included, but they might have to add a few more workers in order to handle the extra business that could be coming their way with this news. Either way, American car haulers that plan to be on the roads in Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, will want to make note of this news.

What tips have this team of caring professional drivers provided to help keep car haulers safe while they take vehicles to destination for customers on the Labor Day weekend? America’s Road Team suggests you check your wipers and fluids and have the mechanics service your radiator and cooling, before heading out on the road. Making sure you take care of all of the simple maintenance chores can often prevent you from being stranded on the side of the road, according to this team. Make a plan to deal with any problems that might arise over the weekend and plan your route ahead of time. Having to make a sudden change in your route due to bad planning could cost you time and money this weekend. You might also want to leave a little earlier than planned, if you can, and try to avoid taking any unnecessary risks during your transport. This should allow you compensate for any delays due to traffic or other factors and give you more time to keep your vehicle shipping service on time.

Qube 3 includes a tamper-resistant cover to protect the connections from tampering fingers and stop attempts to disable the GPS signal in order to hide the fact that a vehicle transport is being operated without authorization. Should the cover be tampered with the unit will detect the attempt and automatically send real-time email or text alerts to security personnel. The eight-day backup battery provides power for continued tracking of the vehicle, even if the wires connecting Qube 3 are cut by thieves, and designs have built the backup battery into the system to prevent removal.

The Qube 3 still has all of the outstanding features that were included in the earlier versions, according to Navman Wireless, so car haulers will still be able to record vehicle speed, mileage, ignition on/off, entry and exit points to geo-fenced areas, and other essential transport data. Navman Wireless also indicates that the Qube 3 can operate in a range of temperatures, from minus 20 Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius, so this unit it great to have on the road with you.

Sources in the auto transport industry report that at present a total of about 19,037 projects have been made available to interested bidders, with about 18,473 of these projects currently under contract to firms in the United States of America. Work has apparently started on about 17,820 of these projects as we enter the second decade of the century of the environment, while about 7,889 of these projects have been completed, as of July 31, 2010. According to sources 41 American states have currently invested 100 percent of the money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, while an additional seven states have invested about 90 percent of the money provided on projects that are underway or completed. In the program designed to investment money in the highways and bridges of the United States, car transporter industry sources indicate that four states have to date invested 100 percent of the money they received in projects that are underway or finished, while an additional 32 American states have invested around 90 percent of the money they have received.

The E-Z Weigh scale can apparently uses a two-point calibration system that allows for the measurement of the load weight to within 300 pounds or better. Right Weight Inc. indicates that they designed the E-Z Weigh scale to be a low-cost scale with the features desired by professionals in the auto transport industry and they believe they have accomplished this goal with the new E-Z Weigh scale. They also indicated that they feel the new E-Z Weigh scale provides a better alternative to any digital weight scale being offered to transport professionals in the United States of America as we enter the second decade of the century of the environment.

We’ll have to wait and see what the American car transporter thinks about the new E-Z Weigh scale, before we can really comment, but if the claims of Right Weight Inc. are correct, we can probably expect to hear more about the new E-Z Weigh scale in the days and weeks ahead. Hopefully, this new scale is as useful and cost-effective as the company claims, and the benefits are passed onto the transport professionals on the United States as we head farther down the road.

What will be happening at this can’t miss event for American cross-border highway car haulers? At present the organizers indicate that the program will include portal/SVI orientation, security profile development and maintenance, presentations by both C-TPAT and PIP on the present status of each program, and six different workshops designed to help transport professionals.

American vehicle shipping professionals interested in this event need to register by Friday August 27, so if this sounds like a conference you need to attend, you need to act fast because according to the organizers there will only be 500 seats available, and they’ll be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. This is the chance for you to obtain information that will be important to the future of your business operations and listen to other professionals in the transport industry talk about a subject that is on the minds of more and more American transport professionals as we enter the second decade of the century of the environment.

Tracer Products claims that Optimax Jr has a 100,000-hour service life and only takes three AA batteries to operate, which are included in the purchase price of the kit. Also included in the TP-8647HD kit is a EZ-Ject A/C dye injector with hose/coupler and adapter/purge fitting, two EZ-Ject universal A/C dye cartridges with co-solvent free Fluoro-Lite dye, an eight ounce bottle of Dye-Lite All-In-One concentrated oil dye, an eight ounce bottle of Dye-Lite coolant dye, and glasses that highlight the light given off by the dye. Tracer Products says that heavy-duty mechanics can service around 14 car carriers with each half ounce cartridge and this will vary depending on whether looking for oil or coolant leaks.

The TP-8647HD kit comes with a carrying case for easy storage and transport and according to Tracer Products all Tracerline universal/POE A/C dyes have been laboratory tested and proven safe for use in a hybrid vehicle transport.

This is great news for American professionals in the business of shipping cars overseas and the transport industry in the United States of America in general. Volvo Trucks North America didn’t make any announcement of any increase in production of transport vehicles at this plant, but this news probably means they have orders for additional vehicles or are expecting to see an increase in orders for their trucks in the days ahead. Volvo Trucks North America has also been reporting positive feedback from customers on its new EPA 2010-compliant transport trucks and it could be that they’re planning on producing more trucks of this type at this plant in the months ahead? Hopefully, this news is just the start of increases in the production of heavy-duty auto shipping vehicles for Volvo Trucks North America, and in the months and years ahead they announce more increases in staffing in their American truck manufacturing plants.

The Launchpad results page features a clickable ‘Details’ icon that brings up a pop-up window for viewing combinations, specifications, packaging data and images of the products for you to look at, and you can even enlarge the images. Vehicle transport professionals coming to the site need to be logged into their account to use the purchasing tool, but according to sources you don’t have to be logged-in to search for an application, so this should make part of the process quicker and easier to manage for firms that need Cummins engine parts or kits for their car carriers.

Sources close to the opening of this new facility indicate that a ribbon-cutting ceremony has been completed and customers that need to talk to a professional about their transport vehicle can stop by anytime and have a talk. The transport industry in the Atlantic provinces of Canada has been growing and expanding, according to sources, and this opening of a new facility is great news for transport professionals in the future that find they need a little help or want to purchase a new Peterbilt transport truck.

Transport professionals that want to take a look at this new facility or find they need a little help should stop by and say hello and have a coffee while they wait for the professionals to take a look at their transport vehicle. This could be your chance to make a few new friends that could be your best friend when on the transport roads of Canada’s Atlantic provinces in the years ahead in the century of the environment, so you might want to drop by and say hello, if you’re in the neighborhood, and get an idea of the services this new facility can provide, just in case you need them one day?