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Business
Loveâs launches 20th campaign to raise money for Childrenâs Miracle Network Hospitals
The campaign runs at every Loveâs location Aug. 26 through Sept. 30. Customers at Loveâs locations can buy Miracle Balloons for $1, $5 or $20. Stores will also hold events to raise money for sick and injured children in their communities.
August 26, 2019
Business
NAIT plans for one-stop-shop smartphone app
The National Association of Independent Truckers has been at work building out and refining for an expected September release a smartphone app through which truckers who are members can perform a variety of personal and business tasks.
August 26, 2019
Partners in Business
Slowdown merits no panic for owner-operators, but pay attention to the basics
Weighing todayâs trucking market is best done with proper perspective, say speakers from ATBS, the nationâs largest owner-operator financial services firm.
August 24, 2019
Overdrive Radio
18 years old and hauling in 1917; Leon Everettte, Long Haul Paul from GATS
In this weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast from GATS, classic country star and gospel singer Leon Everette, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer, and a talk about history, training and more with Jay Thompson, whose grandfather Walter had a chaufferâs license at age 18, in 1917.
August 24, 2019
Business
BlueParrott releasing updated version of popular headset
The new version of the headset will allow drivers to answer or reject calls with their voice, providing a hands-free experience while driving.
August 24, 2019
Business
Trimbleâs MileOn offers advanced trip planning
One of the newest products from Trimble Maps, formerly ALK Technologies, is MileOn, which helps users plan trips that take into account hours of service limitations, traffic, weather and truck stop preferences.
August 24, 2019
Voices
St. Christopher Fund receives large donation from TA-Petro
TravelCenters of America, operators of TA-Petro truck stops, and High Noon Sales presented the St. Christopher Fund with a check for $84,400 derived from the sale of St. Christopher Fund merchandise.
August 24, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
Tennessee owner-operator Taylor Barker wins 2019 Trucker Talent Search
Barker, whoâs leases his 2010 Peterbilt 386 to Heniff Transport, played the Zane Williams song âWhile I Was Away,â about a father who stays gone from home returns to see his son more grown than than when he left. In winning the contest, Barker will receive a free recording session in Nashville, Tennessee. Heâll also be featured in the October issue of Overdrive.
August 23, 2019
Business
Army veteran wins Truckingâs Top Rookie award
Dwight Arnold, who lives in Clarksville, Tennessee and drives for Stevens Transport, was announced the award winner Friday at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. He wins $10,000 and prizes from the RoadPro Family of Brands and Rand McNally.
August 23, 2019
Business
C.H. Robinson updating âCarrier Advantageâ incentive program for partner owner-ops and fleets
Since introduction in 2016, the Carrier Advantage program for first access to freight has updated its internal metrics â on which participating carriersâ scores in it are based â on a quarterly basis. In the new year, that scoring will move to being available and updated on a near-real-time basis.
August 23, 2019
Truck Stops
Pilot Flying J gearing up to celebrate Truck Driver Appreciation Week
Steven Root, senior manager of loyalty marketing for PFJ, said at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas Friday that each day in September, drivers will receive an offer for a free drink each day. Some days will be coffee, others could be soda or water, but each day drivers can get a free beverage at the truck stops.
August 23, 2019
Hours of Service
Drivers press for cumulative 30-minute break in first HOS listening session
Kicking off the formal comment period for FMCSAâs proposal to enact hours of service reforms, owner-operators and other stakeholders took the mic before FMCSAâs top decision makers at a public listening session Friday at the Great American Trucking Show.
August 23, 2019
Business
KeepTruckin ratings tool shows wait times at thousands of facilities, available to some ELD users
KeepTruckinâs Facility Insights tool and the window it gives KT ELD users into average wait times at shippers and receivers is now available to KT subscribers at a mid-tier subscription level (now called the âProâ package).
August 23, 2019
Business
Driverâs role in âdriverless trucksâ explored in GATS panel
One vision of the future driver was exemplified by an approach to tech development discussed in this sessions at GATS â this vision sees the work of driving becoming an office job that is however something like telecommuting, of a fashion, to a mobile office rolling down the road.
August 23, 2019
Business
Chevron showcasing oil, tech in new traveling lab
The Traveling Technology Lab is outfitted with 11 interactive exhibits, including immersive exhibits featuring virtual reality and augmented reality displays. The trailer will tour North America, with stops slated for Chevron customers and distributors and at trade shows.
August 23, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Learning to shift up in a driving career
Thereâs no one level of professional driving thatâs necessarily right for everyone. That was one takeaway from the âShift Into Successâ class held Thursday at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
August 23, 2019
Business
Rates sunk lower last week, but improved demand could bode well for this week
Van freight volumes have been stable for nearly all of 2019 but so has capacity. Rates have drifted lower, also for reefers, but if seasonal trends hold, they should pick up again in late September and October as contract carriers enter their busy season and soak up some of that excess capacity.
August 22, 2019
Channel 19
Choice scenes from the parking community at GATS â night 1
Back at the old home place at GATS truck parking Wednesday night before show open: Watching music great Leon Everette and trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver wind their way a couple hoursâ worth of music, eventually with the absolutely excellent backing of the Stone Creek Four, was an unexpected treat.
August 22, 2019
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