Louisville Switching Blog

This month, Juan Carlos Varela, the president of Panama, projects that the widening of Panama Canal should be completed. For a long time, the overall size of the Panama Canal has restricted ships due to the size of its locks. The Panama Canal, once expanded, will become a major shipping lane once again, opening the trade route from the Pacific to the Atlantic without forcing ships through the Strait of Magellan.

Kevin Comstock is our truck driver at Louisville Switching. He loads Ottawa Trucks onto our lowboy trailer and delivers them to our customers, both rentals and leases! He is also the one we send out to a customer's premise to pick up a disabled truck that needs repair. We love Kevin's diligence and positive attitude toward his work. He also has a great sense of humor as you will see by the way he answered the questions below.

At the Mid America Trucking show, Don took a second to talk about a Fontaine fifth wheel on one of our Ottawa T2 trucks and explain why it is far superior to any other fifth wheel on the market.

Ottawa has been listening to their customers and made some improvements to the brand new T2 model based on the feedback. At the 2016 Mid America Truck Show, Don Robinson took a second to talk about the new features of the Ottawa T2. We were able to get a video of him explaining the new features from inside the cab. Feel free to scan through the list of new features and watch the video of Don explaining them below.

Morris Hamilton is one of Louisville Switching's all-star employees! He does a little bit of everything around here and adds a lot of joy and positivity to our team. We will start off with a few things that Barbara Robinson has to say about Morris and then get into his answers to our interview questions.

If you are in the trucking business, the Kentucky Trucking Association has a lot to offer! The Kentucky Trucking Association exists to promote the trucking industry and educate legislators and the general public on truck safety. As a member of the Kentucky Trucking Association, we can personally attest to the value that the association provides for its members. Keep reading to find out the benefits of becoming a member of the Kentucky Trucking Association.

Louisville Switching is very excited to announce our partnership with Tracking Solutions, an Australia-based company that provides online GPS tracking systems for engines. With these tracking devices called Remote Hour Meters, we are better able to manage the maintenance of our vehicles as well as seamlessly handle billing for customers. Currently, about 60% of our rental fleet at Louisville Switching has an engine tracking device. We will soon increase the percentage as we gradually equip our fleet of Ottawa Yard Trucks in the region.

As many of you know, our guys at Louisville Switching have been making a herculean effort these past few weeks to complete the refurbishment of an old yard truck to be displayed at our open house this coming Thursday, March 24. We recently updated our website with the latest pictures. Check them out here! We are hoping to show business owners that they can save money and get another lifetime out of their yard truck through the process of refurbishment.