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Owner-ops, groups: COVID hours waiver should open door for more HOS flexibility

Individual truck owners and some groups in trucking say the safe record of operators using the COVID-related hours of service waiver should allow for more flexibility in the hours of service regulations as a whole. Other groups, however, disagreed.

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'Leave us alone': ELD-exempt owner-ops say no to any pre-2000 exemption change

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Creech Trucking follows dairy industry to growth, stability long-term

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‘Just a Phase’: Bubba Branch’s Atlas Heavy Haul 1996 Kenworth W900

Voyager 5200 Bluetooth® Earpiece offers cutting-edge noise-cancellation

Voyager 5200 Bluetooth® Earpiece offers cutting-edge noise-cancellation

FMCSA official re-emphasizes exploratory nature of pre-2000 exemption attention

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'Leave us alone': ELD-exempt owner-ops say no to any pre-2000 exemption change

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Want to improve retention in trucking? Define 'professionalism' to set the standard, build value

Clifford Petersen

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Boise, Idaho-headquartered Globex Transport is the brainchild of Tommy Piluyev. In just five years, he's managed the owner-operator-dominant company to a grand-total 26 power units, 4 of them owned company trucks.

Globex Transport's owner-operator focus yields big growth in most recent two years

FMCSA official re-emphasizes exploratory nature of pre-2000 exemption attention

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Freight disruption likely for Florida coast as HOS waivers issued ahead of hurricane landfall

Broker transparency update: OOIDA pushes FMCSA for status

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Owner-ops, groups: COVID hours waiver should open door for more HOS flexibility

FMCSA extends wildfire-prompted HOS waiver in Oregon

Want to improve retention in trucking? Define 'professionalism' to set the standard, build value

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Voyager 5200 Bluetooth® Earpiece offers cutting-edge noise-cancellation

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