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Happy Thanksgiving! And another recipe …
Whether you’re on the road, home or giving thanks elsewhere with friends or family this year, know that we’re all glad you’re here to take us along with you on the long road that is the American story. Also: here’s a recipe for collard greens (aka, once upon a time, my four-year-old’s proclaimed “favorite food”) you can feel free to give a try sometime or other.
November 22, 2018
Overdrive Extra
2019’s crystal ball: Hot sectors, interest rates, used truck pricing, small-fleet hiring
A month from now, we’ll be inundated with experts reading the trucking tea leaves for 2019. Rather not wait for their pronouncements? Here’s an early jump on new-year predictions, as well as trends that go beyond 2019.
November 21, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Let’s take an ‘attitude of gratitude’ to our support structures at truck stops
“In this season of thanksgiving, I encourage truckers to take a moment to walk in the shoes of the folks who serve us and approach them with an attitude of gratitude.” –Owner-operator Gary Buchs on a key part of any on-highway business — truck-stop staff, from servers to mechanics and cleaning crews.
November 21, 2018
Channel 19
Nearly half of independents using ELDs give no thanks for device providers
Almost half of independent owner-operator respondents who’ve put on an e-log reported a “no-satisfaction” level with their ELD provider — add those who were only “somewhat or a little satisfied,” and you can account for more than 6 in 10 responding independents using an ELD today.
November 21, 2018
Business
Nominations for Goodyear Highway Hero award due next week
The award recognizes drivers who have performed heroic deeds during the course of their normal work day. The nomination period is open through November 29.
November 21, 2018
Business
Reefer rates continue ticking up ahead of holiday
Demand for reefer and van capacity is building with the calendar year drawing to a close. In marked contrast to the previous week, the number of available loads jumped 6.7 percent overall, while the number of trucks fell 2.2 percent last week — rates could be expected to move up accordingly with such a demand boost.
November 21, 2018
Parking
TxDOT moves on truck-parking survey, workshop series throughout the state
Texas Department of Transportation reps have moved on efforts to assess a way forward on potentially taking steps to improve parking infrastructure for truckers hauling to, through and from the state. TxDOT wants input now from carriers and drivers on parking issues in the state.
November 20, 2018
Business
Meals for 18 Wheels bringing Thanksgiving to truckers on the road
Truck drivers who won’t make it home for Thanksgiving this year may still have a chance to get a hot meal courtesy of Meals for 18 Wheels. The group each year coordinates a team of volunteers to deliver Thanksgiving meals to truckers who can’t make it home. This year, the group will create a post […]
November 20, 2018
Business
Vague Elon Musk tweet hints that Tesla has purchased fleets
The company hasn’t shed any light on which fleets it acquired or how the acquisition would benefit production of its Model 3 vehicle. Overdrive’s queries to Tesla about its acquisition were not returned.
November 20, 2018
Business
Expect increased police activity on I-40 during Thanksgiving
Troopers in California, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina are participating in the effort that aims to achieve zero fatalities along the 2,559 miles of interstate during Thanksgiving. Drivers should expect to see a trooper at least every 20 miles from Wednesday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 25.
November 20, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Thanksgiving ramblings on the trucking life in times gone by
Roger Ruble was “from that onetime breed of ex-drivers who would build a truck stop of their own.” Long Haul Paul met Ruble at the perfect moment at the tale end of a maiden voyage in the late 1980s, cold and hungry in Fiat, Ind.
November 20, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Truckers helping foster 12-year-old Robbie Welsh’ creative journey
In this edition Overdrive Radio, St. Louis mother Sarah Welsh details how the trucking community, particularly a variety of owner-operators among it, has helped foster her 12-year-old son Robbie’s passion for so many things trucking — and particularly: “meeting drivers to talk about their trucks,” Sarah says. A kindred spirit, as it were. More…
November 19, 2018
Business
Fuel prices hit two-month low
Diesel prices continued to fall during the week ending Nov. 19, dropping 3.5 cents to bring the U.S.’ national average to $3.282 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.
November 19, 2018
Business
OOIDA’s Truckers for Troops campaign raises more than $38,500
The week-long Truckers for Troops fundraising effort, held Nov. 5-9, officially raised $38,536. Shell Rotella helped the 2018 campaign get off to a good start with a $2,000 donation.
November 19, 2018
Business
Trucker arrested for allegedly trafficking fentanyl
Nelson A. Garcia Martinez, of Stockton, California, was arrested in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, after the potent synthetic opioid was found in his truck, according to a report from the Worcester, Massachusetts-based Telegram.com.
November 19, 2018
Business
Mack, Volvo recall more than 3,000 trucks for lighting, steering issues
Most trucks included in the recalls are vocational. The largest of the three recalls affects approximately 2,194 model year 2004-2019 VHD vocational trucks equipped with snow plow lamp preparation kits. Mack issued the same recall on approximately 946 model year 2019 Granite trucks.
November 19, 2018
Channel 19
Writer thanks truckers who were on the scene of his wife’s near-fatal crash 35 years ago
Peter Rosenberger with his wife today leads a ministry to the families of amputees, following the amputation of his wife’s legs. He places the truckers who helped that day so many years ago in the context of his wife’s long ministry to others, noting “ministry often means rushing to the scene of a wreck. … All that we need to function in those moments are vivid mental pictures of two scarred hands reaching into our trauma.”
November 18, 2018
Business
Kenworth 2019 calendars available
A six-page, poster-size wall calendar features the new Kenworth W990 and other heavy-duty, vocational and medium-duty trucks, and an appointment calendar features the Kenworth W900L, T680 and more.
November 18, 2018
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