Loren S. Bonds knows how tough it is to get money to buy truck equipment these days.

MIAMI — Ryder System wants to be the world’s preeminent logistics service provider. Some would say it already is..

Like many small trucking companies, Gasel Transportation Lines has faced many tough issues lately. The Marietta, Ohio, truckload carrier, which generated $12.5 million in revenue last year, attempted to offset higher fuel costs by raising rates and buying new, more fuel-efficient tractors.

Already faced with a steep drop in truck sales and an overabundance of used equipment, truck dealers can ill afford more bad news. But they are getting it in the form of a credit crunch.

After a fitful start, selling trucks online appears to be catching on. ruck dealers see it as another marketing avenue to help them deal with rising inventories of vehicle trades and repossessions, and a growing number of owner-operators and small fleet owners are logging on to shop for good deals and trucks with special characteristics they want.

W.A. “Bill” Ward, president of Ward International Trucks in Mobile, Ala., was named Dealer of the Year by the American Truck Dealers division of the National Automobile Dealers Association.

BALTIMORE -- In his keynote address on Saturday, American Truck Dealers Chairman Stanley DeVore of Casper Truck Center pleaded with truck manufacturers to "stop changing the rules of the game."

When Silver Eagle Co.'s document-imaging system crashed into the dust, it pulled the 70-year-old trucking company down with it.

MIAMI — Despite a 50% drop in production of heavy-duty trucks during the past year, the chairman of Eaton Corp. said he is optimistic about an economic recovery and expansion of truck sales.

MIAMI — The problem with used trucks is a simple one. Supply is greater than demand, and that is unlikely to change for at least two or three more years.