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Business
As Clearinghouse rule approaches, here are the steps owner-operators must take to comply
Independents and small fleets must comply by Jan. 6. Leased operators likely will need an account, too.
November 26, 2019
Channel 19
‘It’s Saturday night on Music Row’: Owner-operator Taylor Barker’s Nashville recording session
This Saturday, Heniff Transportation-leased owner-operator Taylor Barker laid the groundwork for what he’s hopeful will be initially an EP and later a full-length record in a session at Jay’s Place recording studio in Nashville, the end result of his 2019 Trucker Talent Search winning performance.
November 25, 2019
Business
Free meals offered to truckers for Thanksgiving
A number of truck stops are offering free Thanksgiving meals to drivers, and Meals for 18 Wheels will once again be bringing meals to drivers.
November 25, 2019
Business
Get your own authority: How to tackle the basics of filing, insurance, more
A step-by-step guide to filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation for motor carrier authority to run as an independent owner-operator. This guide updates 2014 and 2019-published guides as more owners continued to transition to authority in 2021.
November 25, 2019
Business
News roundup, Nov. 25: Human trafficking recognition added to Wisconsin CDL schools; new West Texas PFJ; Indiana overdimensional permitting update delayed
Wisconsin is the latest state to implement training on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for commercial truck drivers. A new PFJ location in Midland, Texas, adds 23 new truck parking spots to the Permian Basin. An updated project timeline has Indiana’s new overdimensional permitting system finished in Spring 2020.
November 25, 2019
Business
News roundup, Nov. 22: Load of beer marks Nikola’s first delivery; Navistar driver assist system windshield mounting OK’d
Navistar has been granted a waiver to allow its advanced driver-assistance systems to be mounted lower on the windshield than current regs allow. AMBEST nearly doubled its annual donation to the St. Christopher fund to more than $30K. Nikola’s hydrogen-electric truck made a delivery for Anheuser-Busch.
November 22, 2019
Business
Scenes from the Capitol Christmas Tree’s stop in Nashville, with Wilbanks Trucking’s Brumbach Stephens
Wilbanks Trucking’s Brumbach Stephens didn’t exactly to expect to be where he is today, behind the wheel of this specially wrapped Kenworth W990 and toting the well-overlength trailer that currently houses a 60-foot Blue Spruce on its tour across the country bound for the U.S. Capitol. Stephens calls the christmas-tree haul a “once in a lifetime deal.”
November 22, 2019
Business
News roundup, Nov. 21: Be wary of increased cargo theft activity during Thanksgiving; Heavy haulers to conference in Feb.
SensiGuard reports that it has recorded cargo thefts at a 51% higher rate during Thanksgiving holiday periods than throughout the rest of the year. Heavy and oversize haulers of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association look ahead to February conference in Charlotte this February.
November 21, 2019
Business
Though holding strong, owner-operator income reflects a cooling market
Even as freight demand returned to pre-2018 levels this year, owner-operator income showed a respectable performance during the third quarter.
November 21, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Occupied vehicle booting: ‘No, it does not happen to cars’; More 10-4 voices
In this Overdrive Radio edition, readers offer some obvious-seeming advice: If you’re at an open location with any no-parking sign within eyesight –- do the reasonable thing and get out and ask a question in-store before you make a $300 or more costly mistake.That only works to an extent, of course. … Some cases here, also, from readers where it most definitely didn’t.
November 21, 2019
Business
Idaho governor warns hemp haulers to stick to interstates under new hemp transportation law
Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order to resolve any conflicts between state and federal law when it comes to transporting hemp through the state. Hemp haulers can only transport the crop on or near interstates and must stop at the first port of entry for an inspection of the hemp load.
November 21, 2019
Business
News roundup, Nov. 20: Large broker’s insta-book option for carriers; Photos: Three dumps of the month
Schneider Transportation Management has implemented the Trucker Tools company’s Book-it-Now option for loads booked within its system by contracted carriers. See photos of “Truck of the Month” from dump truck contractor-transport provide freight-match platform Trux.
November 20, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Tough year behind, tough year ahead — but rumors of trucking’s death are greatly exaggerated
A slowdown is not a downturn, though it may feel like one. Notes on carrier bankruptcies, spot market rates and the “bloodbath” that never was…
November 20, 2019
Hours of Service
FMCSA grants two, denies three hours of service relief requests
The agency granted exemptions to two waste and recycling companies allowing their short-haul drivers to operate for 14 hours instead of 12. FMCSA denied applications from three companies that asked for their drivers to drive beyond the current limits of the HOS regs.
November 20, 2019
Channel 19
New vid/single from Bill Weaver: ‘This Ole Girl and Me’
The new one from tank owner-op Bill Weaver will also be featured on a new record, his third over the last five or so years. That record will be called “Number 3,” simply put. When we talked, the tanker yanker was fresh of cutting two of the last featured tracks at Leon Everette’s studio in South Carolina. …
November 20, 2019
Business
Days of reckoning for Calif. owner-operators as fleets cut ties over new labor law
Some of the country’s largest contractors of owner-operators — Prime and Landstar — have informed their California-based owner-operators they’ll need to leave the state (or become company drivers, in the case of Prime) to remain on board.
November 19, 2019
Channel 19
NASTC safety program offers one road to fighting off the ambulance chasers if the worst happens
The program can be a backstop to any size carrier’s efforts to effectively demonstrate a commitment to safety should the lawyers come searching for ways to cherry-pick further adversity after an accident — and in future may help NASTC square the circle as it relates to insurance premiums with the power of the group utilizing the program.
November 19, 2019
Truck Stops
Pilot Flying J launching fuel network program for small fleets
One of the key factors in the new One9 Fuel Network is lines of credit for smaller trucking companies, which can be personalized and flexible based on the small fleet or owner-operator’s needs. One9 customers will have access to 250 One9 locations, along with 750 PFJ locations.
November 19, 2019
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