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Drivers get 90 more days to renew CDLs, med certs that expired since March 1
FMCSA has extended a waiver that gives truck drivers additional time to renew their expired CDLs and medical certificates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In other news: The Great Salt Lake Truck Show will now be held online in August. NTTC has postponed its 2019-2020 Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year award until 2021.
June 16, 2020
Electronic Logging Devices
Cybersecurity 101: ELDs’ susceptibility to cyber attacks
Since ELDs use wireless connections to manage data, vigilant owner-operators and small fleet owners must take cybersecurity seriously to ward off cyber attacks.
June 16, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Have you been taken by these cash advance companies?
Overdrive would like to hear from owner-operators with experience dealing with merchant cash advance providers. Find out how to share your story here.
June 16, 2020
Business
Survey: Drivers concerned about bringing COVID-19 home
A survey of more than 1,600 truck drivers found that 72% of respondents said the biggest concern for truckers is bringing the virus home to family and friends. In other news: Fans are now allowed at this weekend’s Bandit Series race in Iowa. Georgia-based trucker named Highway Angel for pulling pregnant woman from burning car.
June 15, 2020
Trucker Talent Search
Watch Trucker Talent Search’s Erica Gregoire cover ‘Up to the Mountain’
Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search Top 10 finalist Erica Gregoire covers Patty Griffin’s “Up to the Mountain”. Watch her submission on Overdrive.
June 15, 2020
Business
Sharing risk: Load factoring offers strategic value amid economic contraction
In the current economic environment, factoring companies can be more valuable partners than usual for risk management. Read more here on Overdrive.
June 15, 2020
Gear
Snap-on’s cordless impact wrench
Snap-on’s CT9075 18-Volt ½-Inch-Drive High-Output Cordless Impact Wrench is designed for heavy-duty applications and is engineered to provide 900-ft.-lb. of tightening torque and 1,200 ft.-lb. of breakaway torque. A digital microprocessor-controlled switc
June 15, 2020
Channel 19
With PPP loan terms relaxed, consider these questions to avoid a forgiveness trap
As Paycheck Protection loan terms extend, here's how to avoid a potential loan forgiveness trap, given freight uncertainty for the rest of the year.
June 12, 2020
Voices
POLL: Have you changed trailer type/niche since the beginning of 2020?
Tough times can be a wake-up call for a small trucking business, prompting sometimes dramatic re-evaluations that result in a wholesale change that extends from freight to the equipment on which it has hauled. Have you made a big shift since the beginning of 2020?
June 12, 2020
Business
Drivewyze truck parking alerts now available in Iowa
Iowa has joined the list of states that are now included in Drivewyze’s Parking Alerts, a free service for Drivewyze PreClear weigh station bypass subscribers. More from the round-up: New Mack dealer in Burbank, Wash., XTRA Lease trailer orders to hit 4,000 this year with dry vans, reefers available.
June 12, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Highway bill’s hot topics: Expanding truck parking, probing lease-purchases, limiting unpaid detention
Highway bill proposes trucking policy provisions to address issues that many truckers face on a daily basis, such as truck parking, unpaid detention, and more.
June 11, 2020
Business
Owner-operators’ cash flow crisis: Borrowing outside of SBA, other debt-relief strategies
Lending resources & other strategies to help owner-operators and small fleets manage a cash-flow crisis, whether or not caused by coronavirus-impacted economy.
June 11, 2020
Business
New York police cracking down on speeding through next week
New York State Police began its annual “Speed Week” enforcement blitz targeting speeders across the state. And other news: A new TA Express opened in Nacogdoches, Texas; a trucker was named a Highway Angel for helping a fellow trucker after a rollover crash; periodic lane closures are planned for I-94 near Detroit.
June 11, 2020
Trucker Talent Search
See Trucker Talent Search’s Hoss Kirgan sing original ‘Put the Hammer Down’
Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search finalist Eric “Hoss” Kirgan sings his original song 'Put the Hammer Down'. Watch the video here on Overdrive.
June 11, 2020
Business
Wild COVID-lockdown ride for spot market volumes/rates appears to level out
After 12 rocky weeks, the national average van rate for truckers is back where it was prior to economies contracting in response to the spread of COVID-19.
June 11, 2020
Business
Head of broker group TIA stepping down | Some coronavirus HOS waivers expire next week
FMCSA is extending the COVID-19 HOS exemption for some haulers, while it will expire for others next week; broker association head to step down and more from the roundup: Introducing a new extra-extra-large blade trailer for wind-energy transport. Arizona adding more truck parking to I-40 rest area. Loadsmart partners with Opendock to streamline delivery appointments process.
June 10, 2020
Channel 19
Comparing costs — and strategies to profit, ultimately
A recent Overdrive poll showed owner-ops' wide range costs-per-mile. Find out how calculating and comparing fixed and variable costs can help your profits here.
June 10, 2020
Business
Optimism rises among independent truckers as lockdown loosens
In a new survey of Overdrive and CCJ readers running one to nine trucks, more than a third anticipate freight levels increasing over the next 30 days.
June 10, 2020
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