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In love with trucking: Talent search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro from Nashville studio
Latest Overdrive Radio podcast: A sitdown with (and series of music sketches from) 2018 Trucker Talent Search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro, also her father, Urban Roger Brown, on hand in Nashville for the recording session that was part of the TTS grand prize.
March 22, 2019
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Trucking law: Your gun rights on private property
What’s the law on fleets’ gun prohibition policies?
March 22, 2019
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I-10 Eastbound in Phoenix to close this weekend for construction project
The interstate will be closed between 9 p.m. Friday, March 22, and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 23, between 67th and 51st avenues. The closure will allow crews to remove a 90-foot-long steel beam above I-10 that temporarily supported the future HOV flyover bridge on the South Mountain Freeway interchange.
March 22, 2019
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Business
Rolling Vietnam memorial’s nationwide tour underway
The wall’s 2019 tour began with a stop at the end of February in San Antonio, followed by stops in Casa Grande and Peoria, Arizona. The tour will continue throughout the year.
March 22, 2019
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Convoy adds ‘automated bidding’ to in-app freight network
The Convoy freight platform launched automated bidding within its Request a Load feature, which U.S. carriers can use to input desired rates, favorite lanes and availability dates to allow the system to then automatically bid on loads.
March 22, 2019
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Ohio the latest state to take up a diesel tax increase
Owner-operators Scott Reed and Todd Campbell took to the Ohio Senate on Tuesday morning to testify against a planned fuel tax hike in the state, and though the state’s Senate is advancing a bill to increase per-gallon diesel taxes, they may have been successful in warding off a larger increase.
March 21, 2019
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Owner-operator income could dip this year as trucking cycle changes
“The market is changing,” says Todd Amen, president of ATBS. “This year is not going to be as robust as last year. The important thing is that as the market changes, you need to realize it’s changing and figure out how to make money in that market.”
March 21, 2019
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CARB dismantled my truck, now it’s hauling around Mexico
That was the case after a truck owner participated in California’s Prop 1B grant program for truck replacement. After his truck was dismantled, a GPS unit that had been inadvertently left hardwired behind the dash reported years’ worth of positions at work south of the border in Jalisco.
March 21, 2019
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Fruit, veggie haulers request hours, ELD regs modifications
The groups, in their petition dated March 15, say that current hours and ELD rules “have significant effects on perishable produce quality and consumer safety, and contribute to higher volumes of undesirable food waste.”
March 21, 2019
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Business
Trucking rap sheet: Two charged for HHG moving schemes, examiner sentenced for CDL testing scheme, more
A New Jersey woman and a Florida man were charged in household goods moving schemes, a California CDL examiner was sentenced in a CDL fraud scheme, a former Alabama trooper was charged with accessing FMCSA databases without authorization and more.
March 21, 2019
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Business
Lion enters electric Class 8 market with urban-focused truck
Marc Bédard, Founder and CEO, The Lion Electric Co., says list price for the truck will vary depending on how many battery packs are spec’d on the unit but says he expects the Class 8 to retail from between $300,000 to $350,000.
March 20, 2019
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Hours regs suspended in 16 states for flooding emergency
Drivers hauling supplies, equipment, fuel and more to and from the affected states can operate under the declaration, which waives Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
March 20, 2019
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35-year trucker Joe Bartlette got a seatbelt ticket — until this video got it thrown out
There’s several ways to contest a ticket received at the roadside, chief and perhaps most effective among them just having video or other evidence that clearly refutes whatever the officer is claiming. … Cue the case of Decker Truck Line hauler Joe Bartlette of Grandville, Mich.
March 20, 2019
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ATA toll suit should be in state court, says fed court in dismissal
A U.S. District Court judge ordered the case be dismissed because the tolls are considered taxes under the Tax Injunction Act, which states that federal courts do not have jurisdiction over state taxes. The case can still be tried in a state court.
March 20, 2019
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Two new horsepower ratings added to Paccar MX-13 engine
The first new rating is 405-hp and 1,650 lb-ft of torque offering increased fuel efficiency for line-haul applications. The second is a multi-torque 455-hp rating with 1,650/1,850 lb-ft of torque designed for heavy-haul applications.
March 20, 2019
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Got room on the trailer? Driver-led group looking to coordinate available space for disaster relief
The Trucks With Room to Spare group was started at the instigation of Greenup, Kentucky-based trucker Shelli Conaway’s desire to assist areas hit by Hurricane Michael in Florida, an area she hauled to at the time. Toady, they’re attempting to coordinate donated hauling with relief organizations in the flooded Midwest…
March 20, 2019
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KeepTruckin adds recall, annotation features to dashcam offering
The road-facing Smart Dashcam can now recall video footage from the previous 35 hours of recordings as well as add annotation to video clips that describes the context leading up to a captured event. These features allow fleets to prioritize events for review, filter them based on tags and monitor changes.
March 20, 2019
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Rough weather clouds the spot rate forecast
With extreme weather events across the Rockies, Plains and into the Midwest, it’s notable that the number of loads moved last week increased 3.5 percent compared to the previous week. But the number of trucks looking for loads gained 3.4 percent, and van and reefer rates slipped, flatbed holding steady.
March 20, 2019
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