Nussbaum Transportation

Nussbaum counts on maintenance with new Class 8 trucks a year out

Nussbaum trucks at sunset

Brent Nussbaum and his employee-owned carrier get fewer new Class 8 trucks, but a strong maintenance program is helping keep its older trucks on the road longer.

Nussbaum Transportation doesn’t buy used trucks, so that option to add capacity is off the table. The company was recently named one of the Best Fleets to Drive For by the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge. It also was inducted into the Best Fleets to Drive For Hall of Fame. 

Brent, who became CEO in 2000 succeeding his...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nussbaum-counts-on-maintenance-with-new-class-8-trucks-a-year-out

Best Fleets to Drive For: Nussbaum Transportation

Twenty carriers have been named to the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge 2021 Best Fleets to Drive For list. This year’s Best Fleets includes four carriers new to the list and 16 carriers that were also named to the 2020 list.

Produced by CarriersEdge, in partnership with TCA, Best Fleets to Drive For is an annual survey and contest that identifies the for-hire carriers providing the best workplace experiences for their drivers. All the carriers will be honored during TCA’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/best-fleets-to-drive-for-nussbaum-transportation

Alleviating cost fears in Biden’s electric-truck push

As the Biden administration attempts a hard turn toward electrifying transportation, small, independent owner-operators — who represent the vast majority of trucks on the road — fear that the cost of moving in that direction could put them out of business.

But commercial drivers participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Super Truck program geared toward reducing emissions are trying to convince them otherwise.

“Early on when we had emission-system truck rollouts, a lot of smaller...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/alleviating-cost-fears-in-bidens-electric-truck-push

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