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there are lots of meetings we attend the firstfour months of the year, with regional loggingconferences and state logging association annualmeetings. lots of travel and time as well, but alsoan opportunity to meet and talk with some of thevery best contractors in the world and theircrews, and get a sense of the pulse, attitude andview of logging today.

it never ceases to amaze that regardless of aroom’s size, when people enter that room it isfilled from the back first and there are, with fewexceptions, always open chairs in the front sever-al rows.

we’re not being critical here; there was a pointin time, back in middle school (or junior high asthey were called at that point) when sitting inback seemed a good idea, far from the teacher,able to avoid attention, and not as likely to becalled on.

That all changed during the fall of my fresh-man year when from the usual perch in the backof the class, i was unable to see the blackboard(back when chalk was used). This necessitated animmediate change in position from the back tothe front of the classroom (where i could againsee the board better), and where i could clearlyhear and see what was going on, and ask ques-tions, in addition to hearing what questions werebeing asked as a bonus!

Since that point sitting in front, where all the‘action’ has been a habit, all from what was alucky move to the front to see the black board.while ultimately that led to glasses correcting myvision, the real break was getting over the temp-tation to sit in the back of the room, and gettinginvolved.

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Five years ago we first happened upon the(western region) council on forest engineer-

ing Seminar, which was held at the Valley river

inn in eugene, held thepreceding day, and atthe same location asthe aol (associatedoregon loggers) annu-al meeting. cofe’sbeen in existenceroughly 35 years, andwhile it may sound abit stuffy and academ-ic, the reality is itsboth interesting, in

many cases new and very innovative practical ap-plication of emerging technology applied to log-ging, transportation and forest land management.

from the very first session we were in severalyears ago, there’s always been something newand, in many cases, some take home approachesthat can help you do a better if not more efficientjob, and more to the point, keep you in touchwith what is developing in the business of log-ging.

The conference was divided into three sessions:forest management, harvesting operationsmanagement, and Technological innovation inforestry.

each section was relevant with examplesand/or studies of the subject’s application in reallife logging. each of the presentations were pacedwell, with illustrations, videos, and pictures tomake the presentation clear, and allowing suffi-cient time for questions and responses.

Just brushing over those programs of particu-lar interest:

wet weather hauliNg: Benjamin flint(wa dnr) demonstrated various techniques inroad building that have minimized road damageand sediment on new and existing roads. flint isheadquartered in Port angeles, and has ampleopportunity to work in wet weather.

analytical design Tool for mobile guy-liNe aNChorS: Ben leschinsky (oSu fermStudent) outlined the factors, considerations anddeveloped a program for the use of what mostwould refer to as “portable stumps” (large, heavycrawlers), and factors that contribute to stabilityand safety in cable yarding systems. where theseare more common with time, being able to usesome reliable facts and figures in using your own“portable stump” should prove to be worth the ef-fort.

Perhaps the most interesting was the final sec-tion in technical innovations in forestry becauseall of it is emerging applied technology that can

impact your business.• droNeS: michael wing (oSu ferm dept.)

outlined the use of drones (that’s right, the samestyle of aircraft we’ve heard and read about in themedia) in forestry applications. wing made itvery clear that the entire area of drone aircraft isa very hot topic in government, in that that faa(federal aviation agency) got the official nudgefrom congress with the faa modernization act,which orders the faa to integrate these planesinto the national air System, and have it imple-mented by 2015 (because they occupy the sameair space as private and commercial aircraft).That means that flying legally requires a loT oftime, paper, and permits. Simply applying is noassurance of success. and the implication seemsto be flying a drone without a permit can haveonerous consequences.

They’ve used drones in several applicationsthus far including vineyard surveys (for planthealth), Swiss needle cast surveys (spread andscope of outbreaks), fire detection and monitoring(using infra red and other sensors to literally“see” the fire and the hot spots), programmed fly-ing on grids to assess the landscape conditions.wing condluded, “...it will revolutionize the waywe view and manage our lands.”

• 3d lidar modeliNg: richard gabriel (oSu ferm dept.) outlined

their use of lidar laser scanning using theirParo Terrestrial laser scanner. “it’s lightweight,portable, and shoots a million laser points oflight,” which then yields the raw data from thatan image is rendered, after filtering, classifyingout the different points, which ultimately revealsa three dimensional (3d) image. what is differentfrom aerial photography is its accuracy. “Thesemodels are completely accurate... and get thestand’s precise position on the ground.” Thatmeans over time you can track individual stemsgrowth. “you can thin and see what the effectsmay be on that tree being there or being gone,”gabriel said, “and can test other approaches.”he said a scan takes eight minutes.

• how to ColleCt the beSt PoSSiblegPS data under the tree canopy:Jon aschenbach (reesource Supply) presented

various gPS units, with very good to excellentgPS reception, that can use existing and soon tobe available gPS satellites that will improve ac-

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by Sherrie bond

Formula: Bmi = medical card;medical card = cdl; cdl =

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it’s not rocket science! everythingwe’ve done from kindergarten tohigh school and from high school toeither college or the work place haspurposefully been in an effort to finda job, earn your keep and have astable existence.

over the past few months i’ve re-ceived umpteen stressed-out andpissed-off emails from log truckdrivers who have exercised due dili-gence in medical card and cdl re-newal only to find their noses

mashed against a brick wall and aheap of “psycho-babble” from nancynurse or dr. dubious about Bmi(Body mass index) and the threatthey pose to the motoring public.Somewhere along the line, the fedshave decided Bmi is their businessto regulate.

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the targeted population for govern-ment intervention is focused on asmall population of commercial li-cense holders. This is profiling, biasand prejudice. get the feeling the g-men are cuttin’ the herd?

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two-axle truck with which he hauledhay and pumice stone blocks forneighbors in the local farming com-munity. in 1948, al partnered withcousin Jim in a small log-haulingoutfit – small in that it was the twoguys driving an old three-axle gi rigand a chevy three-axle. at the time,they were hauling timber mostly outof Sand lake and the Tillamookburn for oscar reigns, marvinmealey and Browning Bros.

with work going well, al and Jimupdated their trucks a year laterwith a pair of brand new gmcthree-axle trucks. in 1952, theybought their first kenworth loggingtruck.

“dad always commented aboutthat (kenworth) truck how it costhim a dollar a pound – that waspretty accurate, as back then an18,000 pound truck cost about$18,000,” mark says.

when Browning secured a jobnear orick, california in humboldtcounty to log the Bald hills Burn,Scheckla followed the work. Therewas so much timber being harvestedthat the local mill couldn’t handlethe volume, and solved the situationwith a reload yard. That worked outgreat for Scheckla because it kepttheir trucks working through thewinter and when weather preventedthem from being in the woods. asthe work was steady they decided tostart building up their company,buying as many as five trucks a yearstarting in 1952.

Scheckla has always been partialto kenworth, and their trucks allcame from roberts motors in Port-

land, oregon. all of their log trailerswere purchased from Peerless.

“once you get one or two that arethe same, you just stay with thatbrand for parts because then youstock the same for everything,”mark remarks.

Scheckla continued working outof orick until 1964 when theymoved their 30-truck fleet to Bluelake, hauling with weyerhaeuser.“There wasn’t a lot of competitionback then,” mark says, “So we wereable to grow pretty fast.”

around 1965, Scheckla decided toget into the wood chip market. Theywere one of the first trucking com-panies to sign on with the georgia

Pacific pulp mill in Samoa, calif.“They bought a lot of chip trailers tocover the work, because they wouldbe going to whatever lumber compa-ny in northern california from theoregon border to Sacramento to de-liver chips back to the pulp mill,”mark says.

By 1969 Scheckla had amassed asizable fleet of 35 chip trucks and 18log trucks. That same year, al andJim split up their partnership withal taking continuing with the loghauling and Jim remaining with thechips.

“Back then, to stay busy haulinglogs, you had to work all over north-ern california. . .we were eVery-

where from Junction city toSacramento and arcata,” marksays.

always looking for new revenuestreams, Scheckla hooked up witherickson air-crane to haul for theircalifornia and Southern oregon he-licopter logging operation. By 1972Scheckla had tired of the travelinglife and they established their truck-ing headquarters in Burney.

al continued to head the compa-ny, working nearly every day untilhe passed away in 2004 at the age of79.

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al’s wife donna is still the soleowner of the company; sons mark,60, and ron, 58, are the presidentand vice-president respectively; sonBrian, 57, drives for the companyand helps with the maintenancechores. mark manages the office anddispatching, and ron supersizes themaintenance and repairs out in theshop. mark and ron’s wives Julieand carla head up the office staff.

The boys worked their way up inthe family business, starting withchores in the shop, and then movingbehind the wheel of logging trucksafter graduating from high school.

Scheckla continued hauling logsaround the Burney area until theeconomy took a hit in the mid 1980s.with logging slowing down, al,mark and ron decided to take theirshow on the road. They beganadding kenworth highway trucks topull dry vans and flatbed trailers.

move forward to present day, andScheckla is running a fleet of 28 log-ging and highway trucks. on thelogging side, Scheckla works with anumber of northern california con-tractors including headrick log-ging, dell logging, creekside log-ging, Pickle logging. They haullumber for Sierra Pacific and di-atomaceous earth, used as filters inthe wine making process, for di-calite minerals corp.

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worth – mainly T660 and T600 mod-els on the highway, and T800 andw900l in the woods. The oldesttruck is a 1990 and the newest are2009 models. The trucks are cat-powered with 13 or 18-speed trans-missions, air-ride suspensions onthe highway and chalmers in thewoods.

“The chalmers suspensiondoesn’t seem to wear out as quick-ly,” mark remarks. “we do have acouple of logging trucks with airbags, but it seems like we’re alwaysworking on them.”

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power according to mark.Scheckla takes care of their

trucks at their shop in Burney, andalso sends out work to PetersonTractor, a cat dealer in redding.Since many of the Scheckla highway

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trucks are running the i-5 corridor,and two-thirds of their drivers onboth the highway and logging sideslive in redding, it is more economi-cal to have them worked on thererather than at the home base inBurney, some 60 miles away.

“in our business, we can’t affordto buy new trucks, so everything webuy is used, mark says. “we getmore bang for the buck when webuy a truck that is three years oldversus being brand new because wecan usually buy two used ones forthe price of a new one.”

“also, on a three-year old truckthat you buy from a dealer, there’s alittle bit of warranty remaining,”mark adds. “if you buy from an auc-tion or somebody who is going out ofbusiness you don’t know what you’regetting.”

with carB emissions regula-tions putting the bite on highwaytrucking in california, Scheckla isdownsizing their highway fleet andtransiting more into log haulingagain.

“we’re kind of going back towhere we began,” mark says with alaugh.

To counteract effects of carB is-sues, Scheckla has been buyingsome of their trucks from kansascity, kansas. “Because of the waythings are in california our usedtrucks aren’t worth anything here is

they don’t have the particulate mat-ter filter installed,” mark points out.“we’ve been trading in our usedtrucks in kansas city so that we getmore for our money.”

Still, under carB regulations,Scheckla will be forced to replace 10percent of their trucks on a yearlybasis with models equipped with2010 or newer engine technology.

“it’s real tough to do that andstay in business,” mark comments,“but that’s what we have to dowhether we like it or not.

one option is to retrofit oldertrucks with approved particulate fil-ters; but as mark points out, thatcan be cost prohibitive. “By the timeyou spend $18,000 to have cat in-stall the filter, they still tell youthat you need to have a rebuilt en-gine to go with it otherwise the filterwon’t last very long,” mark says.“now you’ve got over $35,000 invest-ed in an old truck that’s maybeworth $10,0000 – that doesn’t makeit very feasible.”

The other last ditch option is justto move to a state like oregon with-out such restrictive emissions laws.But as mark points out, relocatingmeans abandoning long term valu-able customers.

“we couldn’t just up and leavethem,” mark says.

“ron and i are too young to re-tire,” he adds. “we just have to suckit up, and do what we have to in or-der to stay in business.”

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ning nearly 70 years. and no doubt,al Scheckla is still keeping an eyeon things too. The legacy that he leftdrives everyone involved to give ittheir all.

“he was devoted to the business24 hours a day, seven days a week,”mark says, “it was something thathe impressed on us to try to do too.”

SCHECkla dRiVER Bill MORiSSOn with the company’s 1964 ken-worth hauling for Erickson air-Crane.

SCHECkla TRuCkinG wORkinG out of the reload yard in Orick,Calif. back in 1963.

SCHECkla’S 1979 kEnwORTH MOVinG some big wood for Erick-son air-Crane near loyalton, Calif.

ROn SCHECkla’S 2007 T800 hauling for Parnell’s Timber Service.

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a former medical phlebotomist,launder wasn’t unfamiliar withtrucking. her father, ray launderis the longtime owner of r&l exca-vating, and she got her first experi-ence with truck driving when shewas just eight years old, helpinghim out in the woods. early on, thefamily would follow the backhoe andlaunder naturally learned to drivethe dump truck.

“i can jump in any excavator,backhoe, shovel or truck and go towork,” she says.

The family helped mimi get intobusiness with a 2005 kenworth inthe spring of 2013. another memberof the local timber community, Val-ley View logging, graciously parkedone of their trucks and allowedlaunder to take its spot while shegot her bearings.

“i had a truck sitting here; mydad and step-mom ginger, and mymom kathy and step-dad michaelSheets were behind me 100 per-cent,” launder says, “there’s no wayin the world i would be where i amtoday without their help and sup-port.”

“i had about a month of hit andmiss work,” she adds, “and then peo-

ple just started calling and wantingme to come haul logs.”

launder and her dad added twomore trucks to handle the workload,and launder Trucking was off andrunning.

“People were wanting our trucks.we show up for work and we haulour logs. we go back for the extraload . . . that’s just what you have todo.”

family is the top priority forlaunder, and the success of herbusiness is not only a way to putfood on the table, but to build somelong-term security.

“i have to take care of my kids;they’re everything to me,” she says.

“i had a hard time leaving so ear-ly in the morning and having themget themselves ready for school. itcrossed my mind that i wasn’t beinga good mom,” launder admits,“BuT i also knew that i needed tofeed them and provide a roof overtheir heads.”

“The good part is that i get homein the afternoon and so we have theevening together,” she adds. “This isa perfect fit, and it’s great that i cancall my hours if i need to get offsomething like a dentist appoint-ment or a school function.”

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The kids pitched in too. after thetrucks returned to the shop at night,frankie, 16, would help with the fix-it chores and kassidy, 11, wouldmake sure the insides were clean.

“we’ve made those trucks our lifefor now,” launder says. “we knowit’s what makes us a living and alsowhy we get to go play.”

“i think it’s cool,” says frankie ofhis mom’s profession.

“i told my teacher that my momis a log truck driver and he was like,‘nuh-uh,’” says kassidy. “i was like,‘There’s my mom,’ as she drove byand honked her train horn.”

launder Trucking has threetrucks in its fleet – 1996 and 2005kenworths, and a 2000 Peterbilt.The specs are pretty basic andheavy-duty with 18-speed transmis-sion, 46,000 lb rears, dual lockers,and cat or cummins motors. every-body lends a hand with the mainte-nance and repairs; robertleininger, who manages dumptrucks for r&l, and John lucas, alocal mechanic, come in when majorrepairs are needed. robin Trout,known around the shop as “han-nah”, is the wash gal responsible forkeeping the trucks sparkling clean.

launder feels extremely lucky tohave a top-notch lead driver in clay-ton carver who she commends forhis ability to find work when need-ed. rdl northwest, mccollum log-

ging, ron Staley enterprises, frereslumber, Per Trucking, and Burkelogging keep the trucks busy.

“Something dad and i talk aboutall the time is that this is somethingthat when he retires that i’m sittinggood with my expansion of the com-pany. The log trucks will be my ba-by if that’s what i want to continuedoing . . . hauling logs is a great oc-cupation.”

launder isn’t setting out to buildthe biggest fleet, but she’s alwayslooking for the next best deal whenit comes to trucks. “if there’s anawesome deal, we’ll seriously con-sider it. The truck can sit and thenif a job comes available we’ll put itto work,” she says. “you have tomake sure that you find the rightdriver, though. you don’t wantdrivers rotating through the trucks;we want drivers who will stay andgrow with us.”

“we’re successful because ourtrucks are in good condition, theyshow up for work on time; if there’sa company that needs us, they cancall and know that we’re going to bethere,” launder says. “we pride our-selves on going above and beyond.”

“i take pride in challenging my-self every day; whatever it is, i wantto do it better than the time i did be-fore,” she continues.

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curacy in addition to where and howto collect that. The method and per-sistence greatly improve your accu-racy, especially beneath the treecanopy. not only that but there areadditional systems being launchedand in operation over the next fewyears, including russian (glonass),european (galilleo) and chinesesystems putting at least four timesthe satellites in the sky that existcurrently.

• SmartPhoNe aNd tabletmaPPiNg:Jeff grogan (weyerhaeuser co.)

outlined the increasing use of map-ping “apps” currently in use on rela-tively inexpensive tablets, or whichmay even be available now on yoursmart phone that can tell you exact-ly where you are on a calibratedmap downloaded on your portabledevice. he cautioned that you, “...beaware: some (apps) have end user li-cense agreements” and that “... com-mercial use can be tricky.”

and with that in mind, he pre-sented a whole host of applications,some are free (see above considera-tions), and some cost, but all areavailable today depending on yourneeds.

we’ve seen one such program,avenza, in use by contract log-

gers in the Pacific northwest overthe past year plus. There are severalsources for maps, some with costs,

but many are adaptable and avail-able from corporate landowners inparticular, and we’re given to be-lieve finding and loading them ontoyour device for immediate use is rel-atively simple.

The beauty of this program is it’sfree (thus far), runs at least on ap-ple iPads (though likely it will workon other tablets too), and on manysmart phones.

Quality of the information is asgood as the data, not surprisingly,however those we’ve spoken withwho have this particular programhave found it extremely useful forlocating ground, checking the har-vest progress, marking challengingareas, danger trees, and knowing

exactly where you’re at on theground and within the unit you’reon. it is not proprietary software,the hardware is pretty robust, and ifthe unit has a problem you can sim-ply replace it for a few hundred dol-lars versus what could be far moreon proprietary systems.

of all we’ve seen in the past fewyears of emerging technology, this isone piece in particularly that isavailable now, which is immediatelyuseful. worth checking out.

Negotiations

the aol’s annual meetingheld at eugene’s Valley river

inn proves again to be a weekendwell spent with timely, informative

and interesting speakers, again liv-ing up to its reputation.

keynote speaker, columnist genemarks outlined a number of ways to“...look ahead” and anticipate thecoming years with a host of internetsites and materials to keep abreastof how the world is turning, fromwashington dc to the real world.

cong. greg walden always lendsan insight into the inner workings ofnational politics as well.

But we found the most interest-ing speaker to be gary Smith’s pre-sentation on negotiations, outlininga pragmatic approach from experi-ence on effective negotiations, whichwas outstanding.LL

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pressure and a gazillion other ill-nesses). The dangers are present nomatter if you drive or what your jobmight be. The fmcS “experts” havedecided and are determined to regu-late personal choices people make.intrusion and invasion of privaterights!

Because i strongly believe every-one is entitled to my opinion … iwould much rather see people eat-ing sensibly, but more importantly,being able to pronounce ingredientslisted on food products ingested. (ialways tell my mom; if you can’t

pronounce it, don’t put it in yourmouth!) i also believe, as keeper ofmy own body, i can splurge on foodi love because i’m not eating adump truck load!

The Bmi crack-down is one morestep taken by over-zealous fedsthinking they have authority to reg-ulate private, individual-rights asthey move closer to a socialistic so-ciety. These are the same trough-feeders who turn a blind eye to thenew pot shops, supply “fresh” sy-ringes to drug users and sendnaughty “selfies” to strangers! (Justa coincidence the guy’s name isweiner!)

i have yet to see a newspaperheadline reading, “Three People in-

jured on i-5 in car - log Truck col-lision. authorities Suspect logTruck driver of high Bmi”. i willhold my ground on this position. itmakes no sense - selective, commer-cial enterprises and highly skilleddrivers are on the hot seat andthreatened with the possibility ofunemployment, forced retirement,business closure and poverty yetmillions of drivers whether drunk,stoned or “overweight by definition”hit the roads every second of everyday. my position with the regula-tors … you’re not the boss of me norare you my mother. keep your noseoutta my bizness!

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OSHA extends deadlineon Workplace Injury andIllness Proposal

the time to comment on a pro-posal from The occupational Safetyand health administration about apossible new regulation that wouldchange the tracking and reporting ofworkplace injuries and illnesses hasbeen extended from its originaldeadline.

The public has until march 18 tofile comments with the agency fol-lowing its original announcement innovember, with a feb. 8 deadline

it is proposing to amend its cur-rent recordkeeping regulations toadd requirements for the electronicsubmission of injury and illness in-formation employers are already re-quired to keep under existing regu-lations.

The first proposed new require-ment is for businesses with morethan 250 employees, and who are al-ready required to keep records, toelectronically submit the records ona quarterly basis to oSha.

oSha is also proposing that busi-nesses with 20 or more employees,in certain industries with high in-jury and illness rates, be required tosubmit electronically only theirsummary of work-related injuriesand illnesses to oSha once a year.

currently, many such firms re-port this information to oSha un-der oSha's data initiative, whichwas established in 1995 to collectdata on injuries and acute illnessesattributable to work-related activi-ties in private-sector industries fromapproximately 80,000 establish-ments in selected high‑hazard in-

dustries.oSha says it plans to eventually

post the data online, as encouragedby President obama's open govern-ment initiative. it says timely, es-tablishment-specific injury and ill-ness data will help oSha target itscompliance assistance and enforce-ment resources more effectively byidentifying workplaces where work-ers are at greater risk and enableemployers to compare their injuryrates with others in the same indus-try.

The original announcement of theproposed rule in november followedone from the Bureau of laborStatistics', which estimates thatthree million workers were injuredon the job in 2012.

Carbon-fuel tax con?gov. Jay inslee blasted the

goP-led majority in the Senate forsuggesting he had a hidden plan toimpose a carbon tax through execu-tive order.

inslee singled out Sen. curtisking, co-chairman of the SenateTransportation committee, in athree-page letter for suggesting thegovernor “come clean” with hisplans for such a tax.

“i have never proposed, nor dis-cussed proposing, a ‘carbon-fuel tax,’” inslee wrote in a letter Thursdayto leaders of the Senate majority. “ihave discussed a low carbon-fuelstandard as a mechanism to developcleaner fuels for our state. There isno element of a clean-fuels standardthat could in any way be called atax.

“That you choose to call it a taxsuggests that this effort is more

about fear mongering or excuses forinaction than an actual discussion ofthe costs of reducing pollution fromour transportation system.”

Senate republican leaders, whocould not immediately be reachedfor comment, have argued for sever-al weeks that inslee was threaten-ing efforts to craft a multibillion-dollar transportation-tax packagewith a secret plan to impose a car-bon tax or low-carbon-fuel standardsthrough executive order or agencyregulation.

inslee has championed the needto reduce greenhouse-gas emissionsand signed a pact with oregon, cali-fornia and British columbia lastyear promising to do so.

a low-carbon-fuel standard is apolicy designed to reduce theamount of carbon in transportationfuels. inslee has been vague aboutwhat he plans to do or what such apolicy might entail.

republicans contend such stan-dards would drive up fuel costs andhurt the economy. They have askedinslee to promise he would not takeaction unilaterally.

house Transportation chairwom-an Judy clibborn, d-mercer island,said recently she’d heard concernsfrom the trucking industry aboutthe rumored standards.

inslee said in his letter that thereis no proposal at this point.

“Therefore, without the existenceof such a proposal, i don’t under-stand your contention that ‘my pro-posal’ will cost anything, let alone inexcess of a dollar per gallon,” thegovernor wrote.

“i can assure you that no proposalfrom me that adds significant costsat the pump will ever materialize. iwill ensure this by demanding realcost-containment measures and athorough and very public analysis ofall costs and benefits associatedwith any clean fuels proposal beforemoving forward.”

- Seattle Times

Do fuel efficient tires perform better in winter?

transport Canada recently re-leased the results of a study on thesafety and environmental perfor-mance of low rolling resistance tires.

low rolling resistance tires aredesigned to improve vehicle fuel effi-ciency. They are made of advancedmaterials and have treads, dimen-sions and weights that help to mini-mize the energy lost as the tire rollsacross the road surface.

The study, Packed Snow Perfor-mance of low rolling resistanceclass 8 heavy Truck Tires, exam-ined several brands of tires to assesstheir performance in packed snowwinter conditions.

To comply with canada’s pro-posed heavy-duty vehicle and enginegreenhouse gas emissionregulations to reduce greenhousegas emissions from new on-roadheavy-duty vehicles, it is expectedthat truck manufacturers and im-porters will increase their use of fuelsavings technologies, including lowrolling resistance tires, on vehiclesavailable for sale in canada.

during public consultations forthe proposed regulations, which areexpected to come into force for 2014model years and beyond, some in-dustry stakeholders expressed con-cern that low rolling resistance tiresmay have reduced traction perfor-mance in canadian winter condi-tions, particularly when equippedon class 8 long-haul heavy trucks.

The study, conducted by the na-tional research council on behalf ofTransport canada’s ecoTechnologyfor Vehicles Program, demonstratedthat the current generation of lowrolling resistance tires offers a simi-lar level of snow traction perfor-mance as conventional tires, whilereducing fuel consumption and

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emissions. Tires used in this studywere chosen from the u.S. environ-mental Protection agency’s Smart-way Program’s approved list, awidely-accepted designation for lowrolling resistance tires in northamerica.

The study’s results, as well asother test results from the ecoTech-nology for Vehicles program, will in-form canada’s proposed emissionregulations for heavy-duty vehiclesand canadian motor Vehicle SafetyStandards. This study will help sup-port the uptake of low rolling resis-tance tire technology by the canadi-an trucking industry, maintainingroad safety and benefitting the envi-ronment.

for more information about theecoTechnology for Vehicles Programand test results from this study, vis-it Transport canada's websiteat www.tc.gc.ca/eTV.

“Most Wanted" SafetyList for 2014

the National transportationSafety board has just released its2014 most wanted list, the top 10advocacy and awareness prioritiesfor the agency for the year.

"The traveling public relies on asafe and efficient transportationsystem. yet, every year, we see over35,000 fatalities," said nTSB chair-man deborah a.P. hersman. "That'swhy we have the most wanted list:Steps we can take today, so thatmore people make it home tonight."

occupant protection is new for2014. “while preventing accidents isalways the goal, saving lives and re-ducing injuries in the event of an ac-cident is also critical,” says theboard. “increasing the use of avail-able occupant protection systemsand improving crashworthiness topreserve survivable space can meanthe difference between life and

death.”aTa President and ceo Bill

graves said, “we appreciate nTSB’spersistence in addressing criticalsafety issues, especially those thataffect the trucking industry’s work-place, our highways.”

nTSB’s most wanted list is animportant record of needed safetyimprovements, said aTa, and “thisyear includes three items of particu-lar interest to the trucking industry:eliminating distraction, addressingsubstance-impaired driving and im-proving occupant protection andcrashworthiness of vehicles.”

The nTSB is an independent fed-eral agency charged by congresswith investigating every civil avia-tion accident in the u.S. and signifi-cant accidents in other modes oftransportation, such as railroad,highway, marine and pipeline. itcan make safety recommendationsto the u.S. Transportation depart-ment and its agencies, but cannotmandate policy or require new regu-lations.

U.S. EPA issues DieselExhaust Fluid guidelines

the u.S. environmental Pro-tection agency issued a guidanceletter late last year to heavy-dutyon-highway engine manufacturersoutlining how it intends to deter-mine the physical range of adjust-ment of diesel exhaust fluid qualityfor certification testing, according todiscoverdef.com.

Because operator intervention isneeded to refill def, the letter saysthere is potential to add liquid otherthan def, either accidentally or in-tentionally. The agency says a fi-nancial motive could also exist to re-fill the def tank with other liquids,as well as diluted def.

at the time of ePa certification ofthe manufacturer's engine, theagency says it examine what meansthe engine maker has implementedinhibit def quality adjustment. itnotes that sensors in current and

previous model years have been ableto detect poor def quality for manyengines, but not all, def dilutionscenarios.

“ePa expects that operators thatwould tamper with def qualitywould most commonly attempt to doso by diluting def with water. dilu-tion of def with water can be ac-complished cheaply and easily…”the letter says. “This type of dilutionwould cause little to no immediatedamage to the [engine’s] selectivecatalytic reduction system andwould not affect performance char-acteristics apparent to the operator,such as developed power or fueleconomy, though it would likely leadto a substantial increase in nitrogenoxide emissions."

ePa says using the cost range fordef of $3 to $5 per gallon and as-suming 25% dilution with water, anoperator that drives 100,000 miles ayear, achieves a fuel economy of 6miles per gallon, and whose enginedoses def at 3% of its fuel con-sumption rate, could save from $375to $625 per year in def costs.

The incorporation of def qualitysensors could be a suitable optionand the ePa believes that ureaquality sensors can be installed onnew vehicles by 2016.

Kenworth, Freightliner ssue recalls

Paccar — parent company ofkenworth and Peterbilt — has is-sued a recall for 2014 year modelkenworth T170, T270, T370, T440,T470, T660, T680, T700, T800,T880, c500 and w900 trucks thatwere built between July 1, 2013,and Sept. 17, due to potential defectthat can cause stop/tail/turn lightsto not work.

The recall was issued dec. 5.The potential problem stems from

the plastic housing of thestop/tail/turn lamp, as it can shrinkand the bulb can fall out of its reten-tion ring, the recall says, which canincrease crash risk.

kenworth will notify truck own-

ers and dealers can replace thelamps with new ones. The recall willbegin this month. Truck owners cancontact kenworth at 425-468-7400.

freightliner cascadias built be-tween december 2012 and novem-ber 2013

daimler Trucks north america —parent company of freightliner —also issued a recall in december, for2013 and 2014 freightliner casca-dia trucks built between dec. 11,2012, and nov. 27, 2013. The trucksare equipped with a meritor wabcoelectronically controlled air suspen-sion, for which the wiring harnesscould be reversed.

The reverse connection could ad-just the suspension axle hight incor-rectly, the recall says, which wouldreduce driving traction or parkingbrake effectiveness.

daimler will be notifying truckowners, and dealers can inspect thewiring and correct free of charge,the recall notes. The recall cam-paign will likely begin feb. 16.Truck owners can contact freight-liner at 1-800-547-0712.

Black carbon a powerfulclimate pollutant

black carbon, the soot producedby burning fossil fuels and biomass,is a more potent atmospheric pollu-tant than previously thought, ac-cording to a four-year internationalstudy released on Tuesday.

emitted by diesel engines, brickkilns and wood-fired cookstoves,black carbon is second only to car-bon dioxide as the most powerful cli-mate pollutant, according to thestudy published in the Journal ofgeophysical research-atmospheres.

But because black carbon onlylasts in the atmosphere a matter ofdays, compared to carbon dioxide'satmospheric endurance of centuries,addressing it could be prime targetfor curbing global warming, the re-port said.

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"This new research provides fur-ther compelling evidence to act onshort-lived climate pollutants, in-cluding black carbon," achim Stein-er, chief of the united nations envi-ronment Program, said in a state-ment.

Steiner pointed to efforts underway to cut black carbon emissionsfrom heavy-duty diesel vehicles,brick production and municipalwaste disposal as part of the inter-national climate and clean aircoalition. The united States wasone of the coalition's founders lastyear.

The u.S. environmental Protec-tion agency in december tightenedlimits on soot pollution from powerplants, diesel engines and burningwood from levels set in 1997.

The report found black carbon'seffect on climate is nearly twicewhat the united nations intergov-ernmental Panel on climate changeestimated in its landmark 2007 as-sessment.

at that time, climate scientistsranked black carbon third behindcarbon dioxide and methane. Thenew research, conducted by a multi-national team of 31 experts, movesblack carbon up in the ranking.

The new assessment found blackcarbon emissions caused significant-ly higher warming over the arcticand other regions, could affect rain-fall patterns, including those of theasian monsoon system, and haveled to rapid warming in the north-ern united States, canada, north-ern europe and northern asia.

The sooty particles that make upblack carbon can be a major compo-nent of urban air pollution like thatnow blanketing Beijing, said dur-wood Zaelke, president of the wash-ington-based non-profit institute forgovernance and Sustainable devel-opment and a reviewer of the study

before its publication."Black carbon is not only more

important for climate than wethought, it also kills over a millionpeople every year who contractdeadly respiratory diseases bybreathing air polluted by black car-bon," Zaelke said in a statement.

Driver health still at riskthe news wasn’t all bad. The

reported prevalence of health pro-fessional-diagnosed heart diseasewas significantly lower for truckersthan for the u.S. adult working pop-ulation (4.4 percent compared with6.7 percent).

a study on the health of truckdrivers published in the americanJournal of industrial medicinefound that over two-thirds of truck-ers participating in the study wereobese while 17 percent were deemed“morbidly obese.”

also, 51 percent were cigarettesmokers, compared with 19 percentof the non-trucking workforce, and61 percent reported having two ormore of health risk factors such ashypertension, obesity, smoking, highcholesterol, no physical activity, andsix or fewer hours of sleep in a 24-hour period.

The study found 34 percent ofdrivers fall asleep or nod off whiledriving, while 7 percent admittedthey feel drowsy nearly every day,with researchers concluding that 15percent of respondents showed signsof sleep apnea and 59 percent show-ing signs of respiratory problem.

Smart solutions for battling winter weather

Patterns of severe weathercan drive up costs and challengestate doTs to maintain a high levelof service without the benefit of ad-ditional financial resources. high-tech solutions like gPS guidancesystems and low-tech products likepotato juice are helping states to cutcosts, improve efficiency, and mini-

mize environmental impacts.The alaska department of Trans-

portation and Public facilities usesa variety of advanced technologiesto combat extreme winter weather.This year, adoT&Pf became one ofthe first agencies in the country todeploy an icebreaker. The device,which attaches to the front of main-tenance truck, uses a steel drumwith spikes to break up ice and ex-pose asphalt. The device, which canbe raised and lowered like a snowplow blade, turns smooth ice on topof roadways into a rough surfacethat provides better traction for ve-hicles. The department also uses ad-vanced technology to keep its snowplows on the road and operatingduring whiteout conditions. The de-partment uses a state-of-the-arthigh accuracy differential globalPositioning System on several of itssnowplows and snow blowers, whichprovides the operator with a virtualview of the highway. road crews cannow clear snow in zero visibility con-ditions while avoiding guardrails,bridge approaches, traffic signs, andother roadside infrastructure.adoT&Pf also uses the enhancedmaintenance decision Support Sys-tem (emdSS); a new technology be-ing deployed this winter whichturns ordinary maintenance vehi-cles into mobile weather stations.using cell phone signals, the spe-cially equipped trucks automaticallyrelay real-time road surface weatherconditions. The weather data is usedin conjunction with roadside weath-er cameras to enhance winter main-tenance decisions and deploy meth-ods best suited for current weatherconditions. The department is alsoexploring installing mobile forecast-ing units on both private industryand public vehicles such as schoolbuses and commercial trucks.

The Tennessee department ofTransportation uses a substancecalled “magic Salt” to help melt iceand snow during lower tempera-

tures. magic Salt, made from potatojuice, is a biodegradable, non-corro-sive, and environmentally friendlysubstance. TdoT is also using towplows, which are attached to theback of traditional snow plows andallow drivers to clear an additionaltravel lane in one pass.

This season, the california de-partment of Transportation is usingan innovative, new tow plow on in-terstate 80’s rugged donner Pass.The tow plow swings out from be-hind a traditional snow plow to clearsnow from two lanes of traffic. it canalso apply brine solution to preventblack ice before and after a storm.for california’s motorists, caltrans’new Quickmap app shows up-to-the-minute chain control information.http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov.

FMCSA to shut down carriers based on ‘Patterns of Safety Violations’

the Federal motor CarrierSafety administration (fmcSa) haspublished a Patterns of Safety Vio-lations rule which implements theagency’s authority to shut down atruck company if the company, or acompany officer, has a history ofpurposely violating federal safetyregulations.

The rule is one of the new en-forcement tools that the agency hasdeveloped in recent years to targethigh-risk carriers that endangertravelers by avoiding or covering uptheir negative history of safety com-pliance.

fmcSa intends to apply the rulein egregious cases in which it findsthat a motor carrier has committeda pattern of unsafe practices, even ifthat particular investigation alonedoes not result in a downgrade ofthe carrier’s safety fitness rating.

The new rule complements a ruleadopted by the agency in 2012 to ap-ply out-of-service orders to reincar-nated or chameleon carriers and toconsolidate their enforcement histo-ries. Today’s rule goes one step fur-ther by authorizing a complete revo-cation of the motor carrier’s authori-ty to operate. for a copy of the fed-eral register announcement, see:http://alturl.com/cz4tn

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