The price of eating on the road
The high cost of food on the road has some drivers running in empty -- or very close to it. I was standing at McDonald’s inside Love's somewhere in Illinois listening to two drivers talk ...
Bluegrass jam breaks out at tiny Appalachian stop
Bluegrass music fills the small convenience store of Country Market and Grill Truck Stop in Maiden, N.C. Hungry, tired and road weary, we left a distribution center in Newton, N.C., and headed for the nearest ...
Fuel’s Gold
Owner-operators find big money and good schedules working the oil and gas services boom. In early 2011, Jimmy Lessley took three trucks and tank trailers and formed Lessley Services to run crude and natural gas condensate ...
Irregular ratings: CSA snafus
More than a year after taking effect, the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program still frustrates carriers, drivers and others with what they believe are serious flaws. Inspections took on a new importance in December 2010, when ...
Severe Service
Lucky 13 Ozinga Ready Mix drivers report plenty of power, responsive shifting from Cummins-Westport natural gas-powered Kenworths. Chicago-based Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete has replaced 13 mixer trucks working from its Chinatown Plant near downtown with Kenworth’s compressed ...
Test Drive
Smooth and Smart With further aero refinements and an intuitive transmission, the Pinnacle proves its lofty name is well deserved. Automatic transmissions are making inroads in the North American truck market. Volvo is delivering 40 percent of ...
Custom Rigs’ Pride and Polish
I-75 Show Shoppers Wildwood, Fla., played host to the year’s first Custom Rigs Pride & Polish competition, held at the 75 Chrome Shop in late April. Four rigs were crowned Best of Show winners, making them ...
Beefing Up the Bond
Small brokers oppose proposed regs to increase the minimum bond to $100,000 and add other owner-operator protection. The high-profile case of fraudulent freight middleman Kulwant Singh Gill stunned many for its sheer brazenness. In March, Gill was ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Crashes and interventions: The fault handicap
FMCSA may be a long way from accounting for crash fault in the CSA Safety Measurement System. In the meantime, questions about the system's effectiveness loom large with analysis of crash rates.
Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent
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