March / April 2022

Trucking Focus: Rolling Efficient, Running Safe

Dashcam monitoring studies are consistently proving that the devices are improving behaviors and reducing accidents on commercial vehicles across the country.

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Trucking Focus: Rolling Efficient, Running Safe

  • Dash Cams Improve Performance, Safety
  • Dash Cam ROI: Safety Payoff
MY TAKE: Oregon Loggers Working To Find, Develop New Employees

EUGENE, Oregon – Throughout three days of the Oregon Logging Conference (OLC), the effort to reach young people and find new employees from all walks of life was a focus of the show. Of course, everyone loves to prop the little kids in an operator’s cab, but the OLC refined their show’s outreach to focus primarily on high-school aged students who are soon to be making decisions on work and career choices.

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Article by Dan Shell, Managing Editor, Timber Harvesting

SAFETY ALERT

Truck Driver Dies After Treelength Load Crushes Cab During Rollover

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of trucking-focused Safety Alerts from TEAM Safe Trucking and the Forest Resources Association.

NEWSLINES
  • Oregon Loggers Approve State ‘Private Forest Accord’
  • New China Log Requirements
  • Texas Log Theft Suspects Indicted
  • LOTS Group Acquires SC’s Bellwether Forest Products
  • Alabama Pursues New Truck Weight Limits
  • It’s Pellets Galore For Market Leader Enviva
  • Georgia-Pacific Plans Expansion, Output Hike At OSB Mill
  • Huber Still Focused On New Minnesota OSB Mill
Harrison Upgrades Trucks With New 2022 Macks

FOREST, Mississippi – Producing up to 30 loads a day, Eddie Inc. operates two plantation pine logging crews that move wood to a variety of markets — and demand is expanding. “I think this is the only year where we haven’t been on quota,” owner Eddie Harrison said in late 2021. Eddie Inc. has a fleet of 10 Mack trucks to move production. Harrison is currently replacing four ’16 models with five ‘22s, and kept five ’20 models; the five new trucks were supposed to have arrived in December but were delayed until mid-February while awaiting front tires and wheels — supply chain backups strike again.

Article by David Abbott, Senior Associate Editor, Timber Harvesting

OLC Delivers New Products, Technology

EUGENE, Oregon – EDITOR’S NOTE: Three days of loggers’ issues, loggers’ meetings and more than anything — logging equipment — took turns in the spotlight at the 2022 Oregon Logging Conference, which returned full and in person after going virtual during the 2021 pandemic year. A major focus of this year’s event was finding and developing new workers through a blend of work incentives and new technology.

TransportTech
  • Vulcan On-Board: Offering Widest Line Of Fifth Wheel On-Board Scales
  • Western Trailers: Pioneering Innovators, Forest Fiber Hauling Trailer Specialists
INNOVATION WAY
SELECT CUTS
  • As We (ALC) See It: Inflation Threatens Industry
  • Forestry Programs Are Taking Students

Trucking Focus: Rolling Efficient, Running Safe

Dash Cams Improve Performance, Safety

Article by Bryan Graham, Forest Products Director, Associated Insurance Services, Boise, Idaho.

Dashcam monitoring studies are consistently proving that the devices are improving behaviors and reducing accidents on commercial vehicles across the country. Several insurance companies have been implementing their own pilot program testing out the performance of commercial auto fleets before and after utilizing dashcam technology, and some of the results are very impressive.

Dash Cam ROI: Safety Payoff

Source: “Capture ROI from Your Safety Program” at samsara.com.

A comprehensive, video-based fleet safety solution includes two key parts: telematics and dash cams. Together, they provide the robust data and visibility needed for effective driver coaching, safety score gamification and rewards – all of which help reduce risky driving behavior and make accidents less likely.

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