The short-lived $2 dry van
It didn't last long, dry vanners — the spot market rate per mile for dry van loads eclipsed the $2 mark in June for the first time since load-matching service Internet Truckstop began its records ...
PHOTOS: Cover shoot outtakes with crude hauler
Jimmy Lessley (pictured), owner of Lessley Services in White Oak, Texas, has been an owner-operator or driver since the early 1980s. He started out hauling dirt with an end dump, then heavy equipment for a ...
High-altitude jumper was also a …
Yeah, you guessed it. Today over on the CCJ blog find the story of onetime New Jersey-based truck driver Nick Piantanida (pictured), who also holds the distinction of being a 1960s pioneer of extreme high-altitude skydiving -- ...
ObamaCare: Love it? Or repeal it?
As you'll likely be aware, on June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the president’s health care act, including a provision that requires Americans to prove they have health insurance or pay a ...
Paccar MX tough-tested with Louisville aggregate hauler
Keith Redden’s retirement dream was to start a trucking firm. “I said if I owned six trucks, I could make a living,” he says. After a start in 2003 with three used Kenworths from a ...
VID: Police chase ruins a container hauler’s day
Yesterday I suspect had to be the worst day in memory for the container hauler you see in the video below. A police chase of a suspected child molester in Los Angeles began when the suspect ...
Bill Mack still in ‘friendly negotiations’ over return to SiriusXM
Since I posted on the Overdrive Extra blog this morning updating last week's piece announcing Bill Mack's reported return to SiriusXM in an overnight slot on the Willie's Roadhouse Channel, I managed to get in ...
UPDATE: Bill Mack not back yet
The day after we published the following look-back through some of the videos we've done with trucking radio legend Bill Mack, SiriusXM ran this July 2 update on the status of Mack's reported return as ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Prompt updates to fleet data can help scores
Use the MCS-150 form to update annual vehicle-miles-traveled and total power unit data for your fleet, measurements you have control over and which figure in Unsafe Driving and Crash Indicator BASIC measures.
Inconsistent enforcement: Know your vulnerabilities
Bypass systems reduce inspection likelihood
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