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Tag: livestock hauling
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD compliance extension for ag/livestock haulers formally issued by FMCSA
FMCSA has officially issued a waiver giving drivers who haul livestock and ag loads until March 18 to switch from paper logs to ELDs. Itâs also soon accepting comments on changes to hours of service exemptions offered to ag haulers.
December 15, 2017
Custom Rigs
McCormick Trucking owner-operatorâs dream hauler: This classic 1990 Kenworth W900
Dave McCormick fell in love with this KW when it was purchased new more than 20 years ago by original owner-operator, from his Roanoke, Va.-area home base. He was finally able to purchase it in January of 2014 and hauls cattle with it today.
October 17, 2017
Channel 19
Livestock haulersâ efforts to secure hours changes in light of ELD mandate, stalled
âWeâre 100 percent dependent on road transportation of our cattle. Take that away from us and weâre back to cattle drives.â âTim OâByrne of the American Cattle Transporters Advisory Group, a coalition hoping to liberalize split-berth/14-hour regs for livestock haulers in light of ELD mandate.
February 17, 2017
Business
Navigating the intricate levels of trucking BS
There are several distinct levels. âAll can be somewhat entertaining, but the gold standard club membership is running with (or behind) a pack of crusty old Nebraska livestock haulers, swapping CB stories in the middle of the night.â
October 19, 2016
Custom Rigs
Pair of champs, take two: Dan Brubakerâs 2014 389 glider and Wilson trailer
Videos, photos, more: Owner-operator Dan Brubakerâs custom 2014 Peterbilt 389 glider and 2015 Wilson Livestock trailer are competing in the Pride & Polish national championship in the Working Combo category.
August 15, 2014
Custom Rigs
Mystery Machine: The Peterbilt â369â of Ronald Millsaps
Millsapsâ 2002 Peterbilt 379âs hood and other elements of the front end have been modified to more closely resemble those on a class 1980s Peterbilt 359.
July 9, 2013
Voices
Get your load on! (4th edition)
Bee hives, portable grain bins on lowboy doubles, trackhoes in a dry van, and more photos of reader loads in the latest in this series. Find out how to send in your own here.
June 19, 2013
Channel 19
$50,000 reward for some missing âŚ
Theyâve been gone a few years â a grand total of 175 of them, mostly between the ages 3 and 7 years old now, according to a story published yesterday at the website of AgWeek. They were the property of cattleman James Larsen, whose father, incidentally, was a trucker. ATTENTION LIVESTOCK HAULERS: in two ads [âŚ]
November 29, 2011
Channel 19
Cabover extra in âReal Steelâ film to be auctioned Dec. 8
Joyce Smith, co-owner of Ron Smith Trucking of Breckenridge, Mich., shuttered the company about a year ago, a month after her husband passed away. The small fleetâs equipment will be auctioned off on Dec. 8 at their place in nearby Wheeler. Among the 17 tractors on offer (among livestock, flatbed and other trailers as well [âŚ]
November 16, 2011
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