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Tag: GATS 2011
Channel 19
My talk with the $25,000-winning âNavigator of the Yearâ
I got the grand opportunity to meet an owner-operator at the Great American Trucking Show last week who holds something of a grand distinction of being the only OO I know whoâs had a $25,000 check written to him just for being who he is. That owner-operator is St. Louis-based Edward Crumer (pictured), leased to [âŚ]
September 2, 2011
Channel 19
Say ____ to electronic logs, Take 2
Itâs time to play fill in the blank again on the Channel 19 blog. Itâs been nearly  a year since the above headline graced this hall above a post about a rash of legislative proposals to mandate electronic logs for the entirety of interstate truckers and certain low-cost electronic logging options out there. In the [âŚ]
August 29, 2011
Channel 19
Scenes from GATS
Great times abound in Dallas at the Great American Trucking Show, not the least of which is this nifty Plinko board at the Roadyâs/OTR Pro Fuel Card booth â the new card offering flat off-the-top per-gallon discounts to small fleets and owner-operators (with a $4 a month membership fee) at more than 700 stops currently, [âŚ]
August 26, 2011
Channel 19
New health blog from the folks at Con-way Truckload
Attendant to news that Con-way TL-leased owner-operators will be able to access relatively low-cost health/dental and other insurance offerings via the carrierâs new TrueChoices benefits program, the company also is highlighting driversâ and owner-operatorsâ health needs via a new blog. Steering Your Health today features a great recipe for Mexican Crock Pot chicken, cooked in-cab, [âŚ]
August 25, 2011
Channel 19
Live load visibility with a simple, free smartphone app
Owner-operators, thereâs been no shortage of talk about the profusion of truck-tracking devices and the relative problems they could cause, given ongoing hours-of-service/EOBR issues and discussions. But the simple fact of the matter is that allowing shippers and consignees a real-time window into your location could be a quite simple way to engage potential direct-freight [âŚ]
August 24, 2011
Channel 19
Phone app for getting around GATS in Dallas next week
If youâre saying âMan I sure could have used that last year,â I can assure you youâre not alone. The new Great American Trucking Show app for various smartphone platforms, put together by the showâs owners (Randall-Reilly Business Media & Information, publishers of Overdrive) with Core Apps and sponsored the Cummins Engine Corp., puts an interactive, searchable map of [âŚ]
August 18, 2011
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