Celebrating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

With roughly 3.5 million professional drivers helping create $650 billion in revenue per year in the U.S. it’s no wonder truckers get a whole week of appreciation—this September 10 through 16, we celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Even more notable is the backbone of this industry isn’t large conglomerates, rather it’s a collection small fleet owners and independent operators responsible for transporting clothes, food, and goods across the nation. 

As of Jan 1, 2021, Alliance Tire Group and Alliance Tire Americas, Inc. changed their names to Yokohama Off-Highway Tires and Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America, Inc respectively. The Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brands and product names remain unchanged. Product information is available at www.yokohama-oht.com.

Alliance Tire Americas, is revving up its booth at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) with the launch of the Aeolus Ride Like the Wind sweepstakes. The Grand Prize winner, drawn in September of 2017, will walk away  with a new Indian Scout motorcycle—runners-up can win iPads and Yeti coolers.

Aeolus Tire and Yachts

You don't normally think about tires and yachts together, but the Aeolus Tyre Company is sponsoring a team in the globe-spanning Volvo Ocean Race this year to  bring awareness to the fact that the same attributes required by a successful race team -- high technology, reliability and endurance -- are the essential benefits provided by today's advanced tire products.

Transportation Talk 

Potholes are appearing like mushrooms across the winter-ravaged East, which we hope might inspire lawmakers to get to work on a long-term federal highway bill—talks that Transport Topics magazine reports are progressing slowly.