Heller: Let's weigh out the ramifications

Jun 02, 2025 at 03:19 PM CST
I could barely believe it when I realized I've been writing this column for 15 years. I was recently looking through my files and reflecting, when I also realized that while time has marched on, many of our industry's issues remain. You could pick up a 2010 trade publication and find articles relevant to 2025. Our need to chime in when Congress considers these issues has also not changed. At a recent U.S. House Highways and Transit subcommittee hearing on how trucking boosts American communities, the issue of increasing truck weight was discussed. It seems, once again, that the message of raising the weight limits from 80,000 lb. on five axles to 91,000 lb. on six axles is about improving productivity.

Jun 02, 2025 at 03:19 PM CST

I could barely believe it when I realized I've been writing this column for 15 years. I was recently looking through my files and reflecting, when I also realized that while time has marched on, many of our industry's issues remain. You could pick up a 2010 trade publication and find articles relevant to 2025.

Our need to chime in when Congress considers these issues has also not changed.

At a recent U.S. House Highways and Transit subcommittee hearing on how trucking boosts American communities, the issue of increasing truck weight was discussed. It seems, once again, that the message of raising the weight limits from 80,000 lb. on five axles to 91,000 lb. on six axles is about improving productivity.