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Comments to EPA on repealing glider kit emissions regs due Friday night
Truckers looking to file formal comments on an EPA proposal to rollback Obama-era emissions regulations placed on glider kit vehicles have until late Friday night to do so. The EPA’s plan would rescind the glider-specific portions of the Phase 2 standards. The rest of the Phase 2 rule would remain in tact.
January 4, 2018
Business
East Coast states loosen hours rules, restrict truck access ahead of major winter storm
Governors in six states have issued hours of service waivers for fuel haulers and truckers carrying emergency supplies to affected areas. Some states have placed restrictions on truck travel due to heavy snow fall and extreme temperatures.
January 4, 2018
Channel 19
Don’t leave money on the table
We are in a freight market owner-operator Gary Buchs believes to be “totally unpredictable” at this point, he says. “Weather, plus demand” generally, “is driving” such unpredictability, much of it on the plus side for rate pressure for owner-operators, “through the roof.”
January 4, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Trash haulers, oil rig group and others ask FMCSA for ELD exemption
Trash hauling and recycling fleet American Disposal Services, oilfield service fleet Cudd Energy Services, the Agricultural Retailers Association and the Association of Energy Service Companies have each petitioned FMCSA for ELD exemptions for five years.
January 4, 2018
Custom Rigs
Buckeye Invitational Truck Show set for June
Pre-registration is open for the Buckeye Invitational Truck Show, taking place June 8-9 in Springfield, Ohio, at the Clarke County Fairgrounds.
January 4, 2018
Business
Group launches letter-writing campaign to support retreading
Retread Instead, a group aimed at boosting awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of retreading tires has launched a “Dear Senator” letter campaign to educate and inform U.S. senators on the benefits of retreading.
January 4, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Skip that DVD rack and stream what you want
Though the many movie and TV-streaming apps now available offer a solution, only three in 10 Overdrive readers say they subscribe to a streaming movie/TV service. This video covers five apps for streaming commercial productions on phone, tablet or laptop.
January 3, 2018
Business
Trucker breaks and pay, infrastructure bill, FMCSA boss confirmation on tap as Congress returns
Congress could soon take action to block states from enacting laws on driver breaks and pay reforms, take up an infrastructure funding package, further delay ELD compliance for livestockers, confirm a new FMCSA boss and more…
January 3, 2018
Business
The decline of human civilization began with ‘safety concerns’
“Hey y’all, guess what? You can pump your own gasoline in Oregon now. Legally, even.” … How ‘safety’ was used to justify retention of the self-service ban over the years …
January 3, 2018
Business
Covenant offering $40,000 bonuses to team drivers
The $40,000 Teaming Bonus program, which goes into effect Feb. 1, will pay $2,000 in bonus money – $1,000 to each driver – to teams each time the team runs 60,000 paid miles together.
January 3, 2018
Business
CVSA driver-of-the-year nomination deadline Jan. 12
Fewer than two weeks remain before the deadline for the 2018 International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA) program conducted by the trucking industry/enforcement partnership that is the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Nomination packets must be received by next Friday, Jan. 12, CVSA emphasizes.
January 3, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Comment period opens for OOIDA’s request to exempt small business truckers from ELD mandate
OOIDA has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to exempt small businesses (defined by the Small Business Administration as those with up to $27.5 million a year in revenue) who have no at-fault crashes on their record and who have a “Satisfactory” or “Conditional” from the ELD mandate.
January 3, 2018
Business
DOT opens 2018 UCR filing process after delay, fees reduced
Independent truckers operating one or two trucks will pay $69 this year, down from $76 in 2017. Enforcers are giving carriers 90 days to register before issuing citations.
January 3, 2018
Business
Van rates, flatbed demand close 2017 strong on spot market
“Something of a perfect storm” closed out the last full week of 2017 for van rates. Winter weather, extended vacations over the holidays, end-of-year freight urgency all boosted van rates/demand. Flatbed demand indicators — load-to-truck ratio, primarily — were strong, but rates hadn’t moved.
January 3, 2018
Business
This year’s mammoth Christmas-tree haul to St. Peter’s Square, across the pond
Wonder how the mammoth 82-foot spruce that served as a Christmas tree this year on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican got to its destination? This pictorial, from reps of the Belgian Faymonville trailer manufacturer, tells the story.
January 2, 2018
Voices
POLL: Where are your family’s roots — in the U.S. or outside it?
Do your roots in the United States reach back multiple generations or fewer? Share your experience/history in this poll.
January 2, 2018
Channel 19
Lighting Bug system provides back-up for an inoperative headlight
Lighting Bug offers a way to avoid ever running with a headlight out by turning the “high-beam side on at the brightness of the low beam” when the low beam goes dark. It’s a fairly inexpensive piece of electronics, too, that’s simple to install.
January 2, 2018
Business
Motorist engulfed by plastic sheet that flies from dump truck
Minnesota State Police caught the footage on their dashcam — a poor motorist in an SUV whose ride was engulfed by a large plastic sheet while cruising down Highway 53 near the Twin Cities.
January 2, 2018
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