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Colorado DOT to study allowing hazmat trucks to travel through I-70’s Eisenhower Tunnel

Currently, trucks hauling hazmat are banned from using the tunnel and must use Loveland Pass (U.S. Highway 6). A new Colorado law requires CDOT to study the feasibility of allowing hazmat transportation through the tunnel and to report on whether, and under what conditions, hazmat through the tunnel should be allowed.

April 12, 2019

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Shutdown report: Participation estimated, issues raised, tactics debated as April 12 arrives

Participating truckers view any effectiveness of this shutdown as having the potential to demonstrate some unity among drivers, whose voices in regulatory and industry discussions don’t always rise to the top. At once, there’s reason to doubt that numbers are sufficient to make a statement, and others object to anarchic tactics they’ve seen.

April 12, 2019

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Electronic Logging Devices

POLL: Does your ELD provider provide an avenue for you to opt out of sharing location/other data with them?

Different providers take different approaches to the employment of user data for internal purposes — is it clear via policy that your ELD data is not being used internally by the provider, or does the provider at least give a clear avenue for opting out of any internal company use?

April 11, 2019

Permits delayed for 5,600 California fleets following systems outage

The California DMV says it corrected the problem in early March and that the backlog has been gone for several weeks. California Assemblyman Jim Patterson, however, told a local news outlet this week that there are trucking companies “who have hundreds of trucks who, as of this very day, still have not gotten their permits.”

April 11, 2019

Blizzard shuts down interstates in Nebraska, South Dakota

Portions of I-76, I-80, I-90 and I-29 in Nebraska and South Dakota are closed Thursday as a result of a blizzard that hit the region Wednesday.

April 11, 2019

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Introducing former trucker Sean Whiting and his new ‘High Expectations’ album

The first single for the record, too, is available to hear — “Melody” presents an apt extended metaphor for where its songwriter is today in music after a decade and a half behind the wheel. Listen here.

April 11, 2019

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Truck posts up, spot rates flat in the last week

But not for flatbed, which gained 6 cents per mile as a national average rate. Spot volume fell 2 percent during the week ending April 7, while a 9 percent increase in available capacity in the form of trucks posted kept van and refrigerated rates from moving.

April 11, 2019

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Retirement planning, Part 2: When should you start drawing social security?

One big retirement planning decision involves when to start receiving Social Security payments.For those seriously lacking money or good health, it can be a no-brainer to get the extra income flowing as soon as possible, at age 62. For others, there are good reasons to wait until what the Social Security Administration considers to be full retirement age, 66.

April 11, 2019

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POLL: Are you shutting down April 12 with those calling for protest?

With April 12 a day away, will your business be shut down in solidarity with groups calling for protest? If so or if not, why? Drop a comment here and/or weigh in via the poll.

April 11, 2019

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Love’s opens new location in northern California

The new location adds 103 truck parking spaces, a Love’s Truck Tire Care, eight diesel lanes, seven showers, laundry facilities and more.

April 11, 2019

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Truckstop.com to use investment funds to expand carrier and broker product suite

The company doesn’t plan to pivot away from its core business of connecting brokers and carriers, said CEO Paris Cole. Rather, the investment will allow Truckstop.com to grow its product development team in the short term, says Cole, and, longer term, the capital will help the company to accelerate the rate at which it brings new products to market.

April 10, 2019

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Cargo van hauling: Operating with authority, and the ‘multicarrier’ model

With few owner-ops operating with authority in the expedited niche, around the time of the Great Recession many van drivers were desperate for any way to stay loaded. A multicarrier model arose in which van owner-operators essentially negotiate loads in leased arrangements with a multiplicity of expedited carriers.

April 10, 2019

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FMCSA extends emergency declaration for flooding in Plains, Midwest

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week announced it is extending the declaration because emergency conditions have not abated in the affected states.

April 10, 2019

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More than 47,000 U.S. bridges deemed ‘structurally deficient’

Iowa leads the way in total number of bridges on the list with 4,675 bridges, followed by Pennsylvania with 3,770 bridges, Oklahoma with 2,540 bridges and Illinois with 2,273 bridges.

April 10, 2019

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ATRI seeking trucker input on truck parking information systems

The data collection from truckers is part of ATRI’s 2019 top priority research topic to standardize truck parking information systems based on driver preferences. The group is looking for information on drivers’ preferred data formats and delivery mechanisms for truck parking information.

April 9, 2019

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Ohio enacting 19-cent hike in per-gallon diesel tax

Scott Reed, based in Ohio, testified before the Senate last month in opposition of a diesel tax hike. He said this week, however, that the diesel tax increase was likely “the lesser of two evils,” as the state also floated plans to toll major highways in the state, such as I-70 and I-75, among others, in lieu of a diesel tax increase.

April 9, 2019

One cargo van owner’s competitive edge in vehicle configuration

Years ago, West Michigan Expedite small fleet owner Steve McNeal began purchasing cutaway vans and designing a single-bed sleeper behind the cab. For the cargo area, he designed a lightweight aluminum-constructed box capable of accommodating up to six skids — double the pallet capacity of a stock van, if not the weight capacity.

April 9, 2019

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Overdrive Extra

What a driver really needs

“As with so many trucking issues, a look at Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs brings us back to pay. Without money, the first basic needs, on which the entire pyramid sits, cannot be met. Last year drivers saw movement, but drivers need a sense of pride. How can we bring that back?”

April 9, 2019

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Make a bill, pay the bill: Owner-ops 'only as good as their word' trucking OTR

It’s a simple truth that owner-operator Robert Forsyth keeps high in mind trucking OTR. His "theory of success," working now for him in business for decades, followed from a young age from his trucking father: "You've got to honor what you say." Follow through.

Overdrive Small Fleet 2022 Championship badge with logos from KST Logistics, Otto Transfer, McKenney Truckwise, and NASTC sponsor

Four small fleets square off for the championship Oct. 29

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'Gangster Hauler': Al Capone-themed 1967 Kenworth W925

Blue Aurora refrigerated semi-truck hauling white trailer on highway with motion blur

Court shoots down operator’s driverless warning-device waiver lawsuit as FMCSA gives 5-year extension

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No more paper numbers: U.S. military freight update, amid ‘shadowy’ practices

Make a bill, pay the bill: Owner-ops 'only as good as their word' trucking OTR

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