Arkansas Trucking Report Volume 22. Issue 4

dedicated parts warehouse and 35 rental GUARDx™ is the most advanced costs associated with bringing students
trucks at the ready. corrosion inhibitor and surface to the Old State House Museum and
protectant that enhances the funtional is made possible with private funding
“As business continues to increase life of multiple trucking components raised by the Old State House 1836
in the Springfield market, it made sense including the undercarriage, truck Club and Old State House Museum
to place additional full-time technicians beds, wheels and all essential parts Associates.
in a separate facility for our leasing, of the tractor-trailer operating in
rental and managed maintenance cus- the most extreme conditions. These Students who visit the museum are
tomers,” regional vice president Nathan multifunctional coatings provide many able to learn about Arkansas history
Lamb said. “Our customers’ needs are benefits including the best wear, water, where it happened. The Old State House
our first priority. We are committed to and corrosion resistance, UV, and is the original state capitol building of
ensure their trucking needs are met, so operating temperature ranges. Arkansas. The building and its grounds
they may continue to focus on growing have witnessed significant events,
their businesses.” Nanomech® is the world leader and including the admission of Arkansas to
#1 scientific breakthrough in material the Union, a fatal knife fight between
The Springfield dealership, leasing science manufacturing of lubricants, two sitting legislators, legislative votes
and Carrier-Transicold teams will con- specialty chemicals and anti-corrosion to secede from the United States and
tinue to work together to leverage parts, coatings. We ThinkSmall™ to deliver join the Confederacy and two accep-
service and rental trucks, offering addi- big product innovations in trucking tance speeches by the president of the
tional convenience to customers. MHC and transportation. NanoMech United States.
will host an open house later this year surpasses what others just promise. For
for customers to tour the facility and more information please visit www. Summit Bus is a full service bus
learn more about its truck services. Nanomech.com or contact us at 479- dealership that is a part of Summit
725-8008 or [email protected]. Holdings, which is based in Lewisville,
To learn more, visit MHC.com. Texas, and operates in eight states,
SUMMIT BUS, IC BUS DONATE including Arkansas. IC Bus, LLC of
NANOMECH’S GUARDX™ TO OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM Lisle, Ill., is a wholly-owned subsidiary
SCHOOL BUS FUND of Navistar, Inc. (NYSE: NAV). The
NanoMech’s GUARDx™ is the next nation’s largest integrated manufacturer
generation of superior performance Summit Bus and IC Bus recently of school buses, IC Bus is a global leader
anti- corrosion paints, coatings and donated $2,000 for the Old State House in passenger protection, chassis design,
rust inhibitors that remarkably enhance Museum’s School Bus Fund. engines, and ergonomics. ATR
the functional life of a vast array of
industrial components and metal sur- The School Bus Fund helps pay
faces operating under the most extreme
conditions. GUARDx™ coating products (L-R) Michael Ruffin, Old State
have been manufactured with cutting- House Museum 1836 Club; Georganne
edge chemistries to yield exceptional Sisco, education director, Old State
resistance to corrosion, wear, abrasion, House Museum; Bill Gatewood,
thermal excursion, cyclic thermal stress, director, Old State House Museum;
friction and environmental degradation. Bob Ford, regional sales manager,
In use by the world’s largest truck lines, Summit Truck Group; Richard Cooper,
OEMs and manufacturers. sales consultant, Summit Truck
Group; Robbin Haley, transportation
consultant, Summit Truck Group

• Anti-corrosion aerosols
• Industrial paints
• Corrosion resistant coatings
• Rust inhibitors metallic-ceramic

overlays
• Multifunctional corrosion

protectant

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STAT VIEW

America’s Grade:

Aviation Bridges

U.S. Airports serve 2 million 9.1% of bridges rated
passengers daily structurally deficient

Dams

15,498 (17%) dams identified

as high-hazard potential Wastewater

Schools Demand on treatment plants
will grow more than 23% by
53% of public schools need 2032
improvements to reach
“good” condition

Drinking
Water

6 billion gallons of
treated water lost
every day

Solid Waste Energy

258 million tons of municipal Inland 3,571 total
solid waste generated in one year Waterways power outages
reported in
Parks 49% of vessels experience delays one year
across the inland waterways system
$11.9 billion in National
Park Service deferred Levees
maintenance
Over $1.3 trillion in property
Roads value behind levees

6.9 billion hours delayed in Ports
traffic - 42 hours per driver
99% of America’s overseas
trade passes through ports

Transit

$90 billion transit maintenance backlog

Rail Hazardous Waste

$27 billion in improvements in one year by the freight railroads 53% of Americans lives within
3 miles of a hazardous waste site

Source: American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2017 Infrastructure Report Card and www.infrastructurereportcard.org

ATR

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THE LAST WORD

Slow Down Speed Limit Increases

By Matt Hart IN OUR OPINION, ers, 96 percent have set the speed limit-
THERE ARE TWO ers set at 70 miles per hour or less.
Guest Writer GROUPS OF MOTORISTS
So who is speeding? Who will go
On Aug. 8, a new law went into THAT WILL BE faster if speed limits are raised? In our
effect in Arkansas, allowing the TRAVELING FASTER: opinion, there are two groups of motor-
Department of Transportation to raise AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS ists that will be traveling faster: auto-
the speed limit on some major highways AND SOME PORTION mobile drivers and some portion of the
to 75 mph. So far, no speed limits have truck drivers that do not to utilize speed
actually changed, but engineers are OF THE TRUCK limiters.
studying the traffic patterns and road DRIVERS THAT DO
designs to determine where and if the NOT TO UTILIZE SPEED One other consideration often
speed limits should be raised. missed in the speed limit debate is the
LIMITERS. safety of the individuals that work on
We’ve been asking ‘how fast can the shoulder of our highways: the police
we go?’ on highways all around the The proposal was defeated, but we officers, the construction workers, the
country. Questions asked less often: Is it are confident that lawmakers will make truck driver who is stranded on the side
safe? Is it worth it? How do you know? another push in the near future to raise of the road, the tow truck operator, the
speed limits. technician, and even the stranded auto-
While Arkansas may choose not to mobile drivers and passengers. Anyone
go any faster on any of its 16,432 high- Safety should be the priority for that has been stranded on the side of
way miles, DOT is slowing down to ask any legislative proposals, and we fail to the road knows how dangerous it is
the right questions. see how incentivizing faster cars will to have vehicles passing by only a few
lead to safer highways, especially when feet away. Higher speed limits will not
In my state, Illinois, I’ve seen this you consider that cars cause up to 80 make our roads safer for those who find
speed limit debate go on for nearly percent of the crashes involving trucks, themselves on the shoulder of the road.
two decades. The Illinois Trucking according to the American Trucking
Association (ITA) fought for years for Associations. In addition, raising the For these reasons, we need to
uniform speed limits after endur- posted speed limit will really only affect continue to oppose efforts to raise the
ing many years where the speed limit some portion of the 18 percent of motor speed limit on our highways. Safety
was 55 for trucks and 65 for cars. carriers that don’t use speed limiters; will always be first in trucking, and
Legislation initiated by our Association and there is no data to indicate that a until someone can demonstrate how
in 2011 finally closed that speed limit small portion of trucks driving faster higher speed limits will lead to safer
differential to 65 mph for all vehicles, will lead to safer highways for all. highways, we will continue to advocate
with a couple of exceptions near for the lower, uniform speed limits for
Chicago. In a survey of ITA motor carrier all vehicles.
members, 82 percent say they already
When the speed limit issue arose use speed limiters on their trucks. Of Matt Hart is the executive director of the
again recently, ITA opposed legislation, those carriers that do have speed limit- Illinois Trucking Association, a non-profit
similar to Arkansas’s, to raise speed trade organization that exists to promote,
limits to 75 miles per hour outside the protect, and educate the trucking industry
Chicago area, citing the trucking indus- in Illinois.
try’s concern over safety.

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