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Business
Dupré Logistics revamps driver bonuses
DuprĂ© Logisticsâ new incentive plan for drivers, structured to pay bonuses for performance and longevity in its Energy Distribution Services division, will pay out $1 million in bonus compensation above base pay to drivers for the first eligible period.
May 9, 2019
Overdrive Extra
ââŠ. the day they put an e-log in my truckâ: A multimillion-miler father still trucking, the son who got out
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the ELD mandate, a conversation with a father who stayed in the industry, and a son who left it behind. Introducing Ohio-based Bill and Lee Wilker.
December 17, 2018
Channel 19
The feast or famine of owner-operator income, in good times and bad
With greater risk comes greater reward â and potential for loss. Some results from Overdriveâs recent compensation survey bear out the truism, with the largest shares of owner-ops at top and bottom rungs of the income ladder. Respondentsâ thoughts on market performance and income through 2018, too, show a similar dynamic.
June 26, 2018
Business
Certain fuel haulers land 30-minute break exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says these drivers take several âbreaksâ throughout the day when unloading at service stations, which essentially meets the needs of the 30-minute break.
April 6, 2018
Business
Oakley Transportâs move to video-event recorders, safety-score incentive pay and more
While such multi-camera systems are often touted for their safety- and driver-exoneration (in the event of an accident) capabilities, food-grade liquid tank hauler Oakleyâs use has resulted in a recently announced monthly per-mile pay bonus for a majority of the fleetâs drivers.
March 14, 2018
Channel 19
Mintu Pandherâs small fleet success in fuel hauling, truck-stop ownership
Small fleet owner Mintu Pandher, who came to the U.S. with his parents in 1999, followed the growth in oil drilling into independence as an owner-operator. His Akal Energy small fleet grew fairly quickly over several years with contracts with some fuel providers, running out of Laramie, Wyo.
February 8, 2018
Custom Rigs
âGone Greenâ: The Kuhnle Bros. project â05 Kenworth of driver Brian Rudisell
Driver Brian Rudisellâs second place finish at the last Pride & Polish wonât keep him away from the Dallas show coming up, he says. Heâs doing the entire Pride & Polish circuit this year with his showpiece working KW, built in collaboration with his employing Newbury, Ohio-based tank fleet.
July 26, 2016
Voices
Runaway truck!
A Rocky Mountains disaster averted by quick thinking, teamwork and a little luck â driver Don Christnerâs retelling of a hair-raising moment on Coloradoâs Loveland Pass: âno runaway truck ramps, no gaurdrails, no shoulders and no do-overs.â
January 21, 2016
Business
I-75 work continues in wake of Sunday Detroit tanker fire
The I-75 NB connector between the Fisher and Chrysler freeways expected to remain closed through Friday, May 29. And: Historic flooding in Okla., Texas continues to hamper travel. More updates here.
May 26, 2015
Custom Rigs
Crash that shut down I-95 charged to four-wheeler; more vids from Chris Fiffie
âEvery once in a while they get it right in the end,â says a reader. Also: new Rolling CB Interviews from Chris Fiffie in our updated playlist.
March 12, 2015
Channel 19
Shout from a tank hauler in Jordan
Driver Fares Shishani â of Jordan in the Middle East â sent in a couple shots of his tank operation by way of a greeting to the American truck driver He hauls a regular route from the Port of Aqaba: about 500 miles on a three-day round.
July 24, 2014
Business
Feds looking to clarify tanker definition, endorsements
FMCSA says its beginning rulemaking on what constitutes a tank vehicle.
April 17, 2012
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