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YRC Freight driver reaches 5 million accident-free miles
YRC Freight driver Bobby Elrod has reach five million driving miles without any accidents.
February 28, 2018
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Shipwell.com freight platform launched
For small fleets and independent owner-operators, the new Shipwell.com platform is anchored by a mobile app and web-based dashboard with a variety of tools that offer carriers opportunity to negotiate loads within the universe of freight shippers and brokers utilizing the platform. Readers would be correct in placing the company among the growing crop of […]
February 27, 2018
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With the rise in fuel over the last half-year, have rates really risen by much?
Separating out fuel surcharges from average rates over the July 2017 (when fuel prices hit a 2017 trough) to January 2018 period, spot market dry van and reefer rates are still up well more than 10 percent each, flatbed less so.
February 27, 2018
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Pilot Flying J fuel rebate saga all but over, company poised to press forward
Pilot Flying J appears on the cusp of being free from the ongoing legal woes that mounted in the wake of the scandal’s 2013 uncovering, poised to move out from the shadows of the saga that has plagued it for a half decade.
February 27, 2018
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Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Bryan Smith adept at balancing life and trucking
Bryan Smith is one of three finalists for the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year award, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The winner, who will receive a $25,000 cash prize, will be announced in late March at TCA’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida.
February 27, 2018
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Business
Oakley Trucking adds CSA score-based per-mile pay increase
The North Little Rock, Ark.-based dry bulk hauler will pay all new lease owner-operators an additional 10 cents-per-mile on both loaded and empty miles on top of their base pay. Drivers can keep that top bonus by not having points added to their CSA scores while leased to the company.
February 27, 2018
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Business
Do truckers pay enough for highways? White House suggests not
In an annual economic report issued by the White House, the Trump Administration again pushes for ramping up Interstate tolling to drive revenue for highway projects. It also questions whether trucking pays enough in taxes to offset “negative externalities [trucks] generate.”
February 27, 2018
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Business
Diesel prices settle at $3 a gallon
The cheapest fuel can be found in the Gulf Coast region at $2.797 per gallon, followed by the Lower Atlantic region at $2.906 per gallon.
February 26, 2018
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NASCAR team transporters face off in multi-event driving challenge
Happy Monday, and with it a bit of a post-mortem on and look ahead at the first in what’s planned as a series of competitive events taking place in tandem with NASCAR races around the country this year — with a trucking angle at the center of it all.
February 26, 2018
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Business
Man arrested, charged with murder of U.S. Postal Service trucker
Ferrell allegedly shot and killed trucker Tony Mosby shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19, in an incident of road rage. According to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Dallas, at least three gunshots were fired at Mosby and his truck, and one of the shots fatally struck Mosby in the head.
February 26, 2018
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Business
Trucker-songwriter salutes women in trucking
Longtime trucker and songwriter Joe Martin recently penned and recorded the song you’ll hear via the video as a tribute to women working behind the wheel in the trucking industry.
February 26, 2018
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Business
Overdrive’s Todd Dills again named finalist for Neal business journalism awards
Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills has been nominated for awards in two Neal categories. His work on the in-depth E-Log Shift series earned him a finalist spot in the Best Series category, and his variety of works throughout the year earned a finalist spot in the Best Range of Work by a Single Author category.
February 26, 2018
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Business
If we’d all known then what we know now
The platitudes of life and trucking, filtered through the wisdom of the Blind Seer: “Your heart will grow weary. Home is so far away sometimes, it’s physically painful to think about it. But the same road that takes you away brings you back, and salvation is yours for the taking. God bless the truckers.”
February 25, 2018
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POLL: Your most-recent truck purchase: Bought new, used, or leased?
Owner-operators, was your most recent truck acquisition a new or glider purchase, a used-truck purchase or a straight lease or lease-purchase? Weigh in here pursuant to an upcoming feature on the truck-purchasing landscape.
February 25, 2018
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Are tax changes relative to equipment investment and depreciation enough to move you?
Tax reform’s depreciation update explored: Do short-term sizable tax gains under new depreciation rules give you sufficient impetus to make an investment you might otherwise not have? Or do you view other purchase considerations as primary in any truck-purchase decision, taxes playing little role?
February 23, 2018
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Business
Search returns to certified medical examiner site; FMCSA mum on hack details
Truckers can now search the DOT’s online registry for certified examiners by zip code, says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but the full registry remains offline three months after a hack prompted its outage.
February 23, 2018
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Truck Stops
Love’s opens new Virginia truck stop, Kansas hotel
Love’s Travel Stops this week announced the opening of a new travel stop in Prince George, Va., along with a new Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Chanute, Kan.
February 23, 2018
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Voices
POLL: Where do you stand on gun purchasing restrictions?
Are further restrictions on gun purchasing needed? As debate grows over the issue in the wake of the Florida school shooting, another in a line of massacres, this poll asks for your thoughts on purchasing restrictions, enforcement of existing laws and more.
February 23, 2018
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MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford today hauls direct freight outbound for customers in part built from his years of ownership of another fleet, since sold after years of growth. MRL in some ways is Ledford's effort to right-size a business for his life today.
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Right-sizing for management: MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford hits five trucks
Ledford got his start trucking after working a dock where his manager said Ledford would never drive truck. Not only would he drive, he'd grow a fleet well beyond 30 trucks before selling out. MRL Transport is his second turn in the barrel, and Ledford's hit a profitability sweet spot.
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