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Channel 19
BulkLoads board buys CoopsOpen app
The CoopsOpen app allows users to simply update station statuses as they pass scales â joining ScaleChek and Overdriveâs own Trucker Tools with similar functionality.
February 27, 2014
Equipment
Vocational specâing: With downspeeding trend, keep close eye on torque/hp combo
In the past, heavy duty vocational trucks may have been specâd with 550 hp and 1,950 lb.-ft. of torque to get the load rolling. Today, 470-hp engines with 1,850 lb.-ft. torque can do the job.
February 26, 2013
Business
Computing the owner-operator business â Part 2
Part 2 of this series features explores the landscape for web-based models for trucking management software for small fleets and independents â and the mobile integration on the way.
September 21, 2012
Channel 19
New Android app provides IFTA assist
Owner-operators packing an Android-powered smartphone can use a new free tool to track fuel purchases and drive miles by state â right on your smartphone. The SimpleIFTA app makes doing so relatively easy, taking paper out of the process (click through the image to download if youâre reading on a smartphone, scan the QR below [âŚ]
June 9, 2012
Channel 19
New hotel-search iPhone app from Booking.com
Need a hotel last-minute on the road? The new free Booking.com Tonight app for the iPhone taps into the Booking.com websiteâs global listings for more than 200,000 hotels and other accommodations and offers some built-in price discounts for many, the company says. The appâs geared toward last-minute bookings and thus may be particularly useful for drivers. Simple, [âŚ]
April 15, 2012
Channel 19
âTalented truckersâ TV show looking for ⌠talented truckers
A television production company has a rather off-the-wall idea itâs helping one of the major cable channels develop â it wants to create a talent-competition-type series (a la American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, et al) that plays out on location at, well, a truck stop. And in the spirit of radio truck driver talent [âŚ]
November 12, 2011
Channel 19
Android âFreight Finderâ app from TQL
ATTN: Owner-operators. Yesterday, Total Quality Logistics announced functionality and availability of a new âFreight Finderâ app for Android-based smartphones. The free application enables quick searches from current location or other location of available loads, by trailer type and within an adjustable radius of up to 300 miles. Iâve downloaded and done a quick run-through with [âŚ]
February 11, 2011
Channel 19
Michelin Iphone, Android roadside service apps join Blackberry functionality
The further CSA gets in ongoing rollout, the more critical repairing noncritical vehicle defects is going to get for both owner-operators and company drivers, potentially counting as they do against the formerâs safety ranking in the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC and the latterâs employment history. More and more, service shops and OEM parts manufacturers are making [âŚ]
January 14, 2011
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