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Parking
Pennsylvania seeks feedback on truck parking
Through PennDOT’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Office, the agency is looking for feedback to potentially help develop future statewide or regional projects addressing commercial truck parking in the state.
December 3, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Beware what you sign with brokers: Freight-payment offsetting of cargo claims a ‘sucker’s game’
Ever had a broker give you load after load following a cargo claim, then never pay you for any of them? Such can be the case when “right to offset” clauses are included in a brokerage contract. Issues discussed in this Overdrive Radio edition with transportation attorney Hank Seaton, with an outline also of ways to revamp the safety-rating system for small-fleet/owner-op benefit.
December 3, 2018
Business
Truck, trailer makers issue recalls for lights, tires, power steering, more
Paccar issued a recall for certain 2013-2019 Kenworth T680, T880 and Peterbilt 379 trucks; Mack and Volvo are recalling certain 2019 Mack Granite, LR and Terrapro and Volvo VHD and VNL trucks; Autocar is recalling certain 2019 Xpeditor trucks; and Wabash National is recalling certain 2014-2019 van trailers.
December 3, 2018
Business
Enforcement spree ongoing this week in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
During the “Eyes on 94” enforcement spree, officers will focus on violations most likely to contribute to a crash, including speeding, following too close, improper passing, distracted driving and improper lane use.
December 3, 2018
Business
Top dealer named by Strick Trailers
For the third year in a row, Capitol City Trailers of Obetz, Ohio was named the 2018 Dealer of the Year by Strick Trailers by virtue of its sales levels.
December 3, 2018
Truck Stops
Small trucking company buys well-known Iowa truck stop
Anyway Logistics, out of Fresno, California, bought the Boondocks Truck Stop for $500,000 at auction last week. The truck stop closed in October after 45 years, according to reports by the Des Moines Register.
December 3, 2018
Business
Archived: Trucker targeted in shooting tells his story
A motorist and “trucker spy” shot at Johnson’s truck in 2013, missing the owner-operator’s head by inches.
December 1, 2018
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Various hazmat violations lead to nearly $2 million in restitution, penalties for trucking company
A trucking company and its owner were ordered to pay restitution of $644,689.70 and a forfeiture totaling $1,289,370.40 in monetary penalties for various hazmat violations. A man was also sentenced for a CDL testing scheme, while another was ordered to pay restitution for a shipping fraud scheme.
November 30, 2018
Voices
Truck thief! Caught on dual-view dashcam
After installing dual-view cameras in their trucks, reps of the Madison, Ala., location of the Danella construction company were greeted early one morning with what was clearly a break-in at the yard — the thief, soon caught, was recorded in these videos driving away, among other footage, a gold mine for police.
November 30, 2018
Business
Engine tinkerers, beware: Emissions tech, steep fines and increased enforcement put the brakes on illegal engine mods
Highly publicized crackdowns by EPA and DOT point to a new, and sobering, reality for owner-operators: In the age of modern emissions control systems, there’s often little that can be done legally or practically to alter engines away from their stock specifications, especially if it means touching emissions control components.
November 30, 2018
Truck Stops
Love’s opens new store in Illinois
The new facility, at exit 206, adds 67 truck parking spaces to the area. In addition to parking, the new location offers a Speedco, a Hardee’s restaurant, seven diesel lanes, seven showers, laundry facilities and more.
November 30, 2018
Business
Holiday week major-lane van volume boost well illustrates e-commerce extension of retail freight season
The “Black Friday” after Thanksgiving once marked the end of the retail-freight season, but last week showed how e-commerce is extending the holiday push. Rates on the 100 highest-volume van lanes rose an average of 2.3 percent, or 5 cents per mile, during the week ending Nov. 24, with 78 of those lanes moving higher,
November 30, 2018
Truck Stops
Love’s in Toomsuba, Miss., to close for renovations
The store is expected to reopen in early spring 2019. The Love’s Truck Tire Care at the location will remain open while the main store is closed during the winter months.
November 30, 2018
Business
Two more trucker-involved shootings reported
Two truckers got into a dispute over a parking spot in Clayhatchee, Alabama, ending with one driver shooting another twice in the neck after allegedly being tased. A trucker in Texas reportedly fired shots at a passing SUV in what appeared to be a road rage incident.
November 29, 2018
Business
Air bag issue prompts recall of nearly 3,000 Freightliner Cascadia tractors
Approximately 2,894 model year 2017-2019 Cascadia trucks manufactured between May 17, 2016 and Nov. 5, 2018, are affected by the recall. Recall documents say the driver’s front air bag may deploy unexpectedly.
November 29, 2018
Business
Mobile crane operators get 30-minute break exemption extended
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association has held the exemption since October 2016 for carriers and drivers operating mobile cranes with a rated lifting capacity of more than 30 tons. The exemption applies to approximately 65,000 mobile crane operators.
November 29, 2018
Business
Owner-operator status in question in California, carriers try to find work-arounds
The fix? Have previously single-truck operators leased to carriers obtain their own authority and become independent owner-operators and have carriers separate their trucking arms and brokerage arms.
November 29, 2018
Hours of Service
Mobile shower, catering group seeks hours relief to better aid firefighters responding to disasters
The National Mobile Shower and Catering Association is requesting the regulations relief for its member companies’ drivers who are responding under a “Resource Order,” an order issued by a federal agency directing firefighters and supporting personnel to respond to forest fires and similar emergencies.
November 29, 2018
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The ultimate Christmas present: A.J. Field's 1969 Peterbilt 358
Texas-based A.J. Field isn't a truck driver, but he and his wife, Casey, both love trucks, especially vintage Petes. He was surprised by Casey and a friend at Christmas a few years ago with this 1969 Peterbilt 358, which they've built together since.
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