Trucking adds 5,300 jobs in January

Payroll employment in for-hire trucking is up by 51,500, or 4 percent, from January 2011.

Bendix part recall delays new truck shipments

02.03.12

| Paccar, Navistar and Volvo have deferred shipments of Class 8 vehicles equipped with the faulty part.

California backs fuel standard that could raise costs

02.03.12

| Two years ago, the American Trucking Associations and others filed suit against the state board’s low carbon fuel standard.

FMCSA adds phone use violations to CSA

02.03.12

| Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriers’ numerical rankings.

Navistar submits MaxxForce 13 for EPA certification

02.01.12

| California Air Resources Board had issued a public letter to Navistar saying the company's emissions credits for the engine will expire Feb. ...

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Industry Briefs

Alliance Truck Parts 2012 NASCAR schedule set

DMS Moving Systems wins award

Michelin continues aid for Back on the Road program

Trucker Buddy David Kuklewicz is ‘the whole package’

Pet rescue to host fundraiser

Equipment News

ISX 12-liter for regional, vocational hauls

Supernova series

Sky-Lite trailer lighting

Tire pressure monitoring system

Gloves for truckers

Trucking Magazines

Partners in Business

Truckers News

Custom Rigs

CCJ Magazine

Severe Service

ProPickup

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The Overdrive Weekly Newsletter provides you with up-to-date news, truck spotlight from our Truck Gallery pictures, business tip from our Partners in Business program, and an events calendar.

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Overdrive is the premier magazine for leased owner-operators and independent owner-operators. It presents business and equipment features relevant to the owner-operator trucker, as well as trucking news, truck driving jobs and other trucking industry information of interest to the independent contractor. Overdrive, The Voice of the American Trucker, has been published since 1961.