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Kentucky rest areas, weigh station to close temporarily
The I-71 Southbound weigh station near Walton is closed for repairs from April 29 through May 3 at 7 a.m. The southbound and northbound I-75/71 rest areas in the same area will close temporarily in May for repairs.
April 30, 2019
Business
In its wake, Falcon leaves drivers, brokers and insurers unpaid and equipment dumped
In addition to marooning up to 140 drivers, the fleet left millions of dollars in freight stranded roadside and at truckstops, along with leased trucks and company-owned equipment. The fleet had also in recent weeks left its leased owner-operators and independent contractors insurance premiums unpaid and had skipped out on hundreds of thousands of dollars owed to brokers.
April 30, 2019
Business
With downspeeding come new efficiencies
The rapid industrywide adoption of the automated manual transmission has been accompanied by the related trend of downspeeding and lower axle ratios. The slower engine speeds have brought about significant savings in fuel costs and other efficiencies.
April 29, 2019
Voices
POLL: Would a standardized miles-traveled tax for highway funds be a good fuels-tax replacement?
With some state jurisdictions currently testing the idea of a miles-traveled tax in place of a fuel tax for road repair and expansion funds, how do you feel about the potential fuel-tax replacement being eyed as electric and hybrid vehicles become more prominent?
April 29, 2019
Business
Fleet leaves hundreds of drivers stranded after sudden closure
The fleet deployed text messages and emails to workers that day notifying them of the closure, leaving its roughly 500 drivers stranded without jobs, pay, access to fuel or even a way home, according to accounts posted to Facebook and local news reports.
April 29, 2019
Channel 19
What Isaac Ho did to prepare for the rates crash on the spot market
The past yearâs fortune â and recent rates struggles, with so many others in spot freight â for one young own-authority business, with a keen eye toward controlling costs to get through any lean times. No. 1 action taken: He paid off his used-purchased 2015 Volvo entirely.
April 29, 2019
Overdrive Radio
How-to: Custom walk-in storage at the front of a dry van; bulk tank niche explored
Daniel and Phyllis Snow detail their four-foot walk-in storage compartment they built into the front of their dry-van trailer, accessible from the tractorâs deck catwalk via a door assembly, to house tools and other supplies. Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: liquid-bulk-tank insights from owner-ops Mike Landis, J.D. Howard.
April 26, 2019
Business
Vid: Truck hit by motorist attempting last-second merge â Preventable or not?
In this video from Overdrive sister site CCJ, a car driver mistimes a pass ahead of a construction zone and hit a straight truck and spun out of control. Could the truck driver have prevented this crash? Find out here.
April 26, 2019
Business
Trucker charged with vehicular homicide in fiery crash on I-70 near Denver; interstate closed in both directions
According to Ty Countryman with the Lakewood (Colorado) Police Department, 23-year-old Texas-based truck driver Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was traveling eastbound on I-70 and lost control of his truck before coming up on backed-up traffic.
April 26, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Changing gears on interstate highway funding
A new study argues that replacing state fuel taxes with vehicle miles traveled fees is the best way to pull highway funding out of its death spiral.
April 26, 2019
Business
Tesla bumps production of all-electric Semi to 2020
After posting first quarter financial losses of more than $700 million Wednesday, the company says it now plans to kickstart production of its Class 8 in 2020.
April 26, 2019
Business
Nikola CEO presses to phase out diesel in favor of cleaner electrified trucks
âHashtag diesel is dead. Weâre tired of it,â said Nikola CEO Trevor Milton in an address at the ACT Expo. âWe need to fix a lot of the problems and change things. Other people are not going to do it unless theyâre forced to, so If that means we have to force them, itâs about damn time.â
April 26, 2019
Business
Louisiana-based trucker named Highway Angel for helping ejected crash victims
Christopher Lemaire, of Erath, Louisiana, and a driver for Revere Transportation, is a former highway patrol officer who witnessed a crash on Feb. 11 along I-35 in Kansas. He saw a car skidding out of control, which hit a culvert in the median, sending it airborne.
April 26, 2019
Business
I-10 Eastbound in Phoenix closed for construction this weekend
Arizona Department of Transportation crews will close the eastbound lanes of I-10 between 67th and 51st avenues from 9 p.m. Friday, April 26, to 4 a.m. Monday, April 29.
April 26, 2019
Business
Kenworth adding $140 million truck painting facility to Ohio plant
With company officials and state dignitaries in attendance, Kenworth officially broke ground on a state-of-the-art paint facility at its Class 8 production facility in Chillicothe, Ohio. The truck OEM said the $140 million investment will help the truck OEM alleviate bottlenecks and increase production capacity.
April 25, 2019
Business
Celadon to pay $42M to end investigations of inflated financial statements
The Indianapolis, Indiana-based company, which operates upwards of 5,500 trucks, faced probes by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice over misreported income. Celadon issued a notice to shareholders last April saying it had over-reported income by $200-$250 million for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
April 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
How to make the transition to the ELD spec from grandfathered e-logs, or AOBRDs
The key thing for trucking companies large and small to know about the Dec. 17, 2019, last-permissible date to utilize grandfathered electronic-logging-devices-by-another-name (thatâd be those AOBRDs), is that itâs not too early to start making the transition today. Explore the transition here.
April 25, 2019
Business
Major hurdles remain, but Daimler views battery-powered trucks as industryâs future
Roger Nielson, CEO of Freightliner parent company Daimler Trucks North America, says battery-powered trucks are the key to advancing the industry toward zero emissions. However, he said, major hurdles remain before battery-powered heavy-duty trucks become viable alternatives to internal combustion engines.
April 25, 2019
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