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Business
News from TMC: Eaton moves toward electrification, Michelin unveils aero package/new single-wide tire
A few highlights from the equipment announcements ongoing this week at ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting: Eaton opens a business unit dedicated to vehicle electrification, Michelin unveils a new aerodynamics package for trailers and more.
March 5, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: What’s been your biggest issue with ELD equipment?
If you’re among the numerous owner-operators who’ve been forced into transitioning to e-logs in recent times, what’s been the biggest issue you’ve experienced with your provider/device, if any?
March 5, 2018
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Parking
North Carolina opens new rest area, closes four others
The facility offers truckers 55 parking spaces, along with six restrooms, a vending and seating area and more.
March 5, 2018
Channel 19
Pup in need of a rolling home, and: 411 on a spare July 1980 Overdrive?
Bullpen Rescue of Georgia believes it has the perfect ridealong companion for a highway hauler among the rescue dogs for whom it’s trying to find a home. And: On the 20th anniversary of Peter Gallicchio’s trucking father’s death, he’s in search of a particular Overdrive issue where the family’s company mini Crosley tractor-trailer was featured.
March 2, 2018
Parking
Ohio looking to close I-77 rest area, seeks public comment
ODOT said in a press release there are “adequate facilities to accommodate the needs to the traveling public on the I-77 corridor,” warranting the permanent closure of the rest area in Washington County at the 3.6 milemarker. The rest area proposed to be closed offers 20 truck parking spaces.
March 2, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA asks House committee to hold hearing on ELD mandate
Continuing in its so-far-unfruitful appeal to lawmakers, courts and regulators to reevaluate the federal electronic logging device mandate, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked the leaders of the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold a hearing on its concerns surrounding ELD implementation.
March 2, 2018
Business
Spring freight season signs: Where’s it getting hot and where it’s not
DAT analyst Mark Montague notes that “we see flatbed accelerating ahead of schedule. Generally, we have had a La Nina winter that has resulted in more precipitation in the northern tier of states and allowed states in the Southeast region to get a jump on spring.”
March 2, 2018
Channel 19
Former hauler Dave Dein and partners bring trucking to high-school curriculum
Working with staff at Patterson High School and several trucking partners, Dave Dein has established what as far as he can tell is the first non-vocational-school CDL trucking course in the country. Available for seniors at Patterson, it’s in its first year with two sections maxed at 8 students.
March 1, 2018
Gear
PPG’s chassis black topcoat
PPG’s EST900 DTM Chassis Black Topcoat, part of the company’s DelFleet Essential brand, is based on advanced technological polyurethane formulations for enhanced metal protection. The direct-to-metal 2.8 VOC chassis topcoat does not require a primer coat;
March 1, 2018
Business
OOIDA wants court to rehear case over sleep apnea guidelines for truckers
Following a court’s dismissal of the case in January, OOIDA has filed a motion for the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its argument that FMCSA illegally altered sleep apnea screening guidelines for truck drivers. FMCSA refutes OOIDA’s assertions, and the court sided with FMCSA in January.
March 1, 2018
Business
Rates ease slightly in February from record-high averages in January
Rates remain strong despite the dips for van and reefer, with all three segments posting big year-over-year gains.
March 1, 2018
Business
Martinez takes the helm at FMCSA
Raymond P. Martinez, the new administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has officially assumed the role as boss of the U.S. DOT’s trucking and bus regulatory agency, FMCSA announced late Wednesday. Martinez was selected last fall by President Trump to head FMCSA. He was confirmed by the Senate in February.
March 1, 2018
Business
Comchek Mobile streamlining load payment, other transactions for 5,000 new users monthly
Comdata’s wide presence in facilitating load payments/fuel advances has translated to perhaps unprecedented ability for the provider to leverage the transaction ease enabled by smartphones with appropriate security to help drivers and owner-operators “better maximize the use of their day,” company reps note.
March 1, 2018
Business
Annual Mother’s Day Convoy looks to raise $500,000 in 2018
If the chapter hits that goal, it would cover the cost of 50 of the 75 wishes the chapter will grant to children in 2018. The convoy will assemble in Lancaster, Pa.
February 28, 2018
Business
Rockslide closes Ohio Route 7 near W.V. line for up to three weeks
There is currently no timetable on when the boulders will be cleared and the road repaired, but the Ohio Department of Transportation says it could be up to three weeks.
February 28, 2018
Business
Supreme Court to hear trucker’s case challenging carrier arbitration clause
The United States Supreme Court announced Monday it has agreed to hear a lawsuit brought by an owner-operator against New Prime Inc., a subsidiary of Prime Inc., that challenges the carrier’s requirement that disputes between the carrier and its drivers be handled outside of court via third-party arbitration.
February 28, 2018
Parking
POLL: Which service would you most like to see if rest areas were commercialized?
President Trump’s proposed infrastructure package would allow states to commercialize rest areas. If the package is approved by Congress, what services would you like to see states add to rest areas? Weigh in here.
February 28, 2018
Custom Rigs
Thank you for the love
In which Wendy stumbles across a near-full collection of Overdrive magazines (from 1962 to 2016) at Howard Trucking in Fairborn, Ohio, for her last blog post at OverdriveOnline.com: “Just another weird and cosmic occurrence in our trucking adventures that was meant to be.” …
February 28, 2018
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