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Four fleets announce pay boosts for drivers

K&B Transportation, Bulldog Hiway Express, Hornady Transportation and W.N. Morehouse Truck Line each announced pay increases for drivers recently.

November 10, 2017

Veterans Day 2017

Veterans, a big thank-you for your service from Wendy, with particular note to those in her well-represented family.

November 10, 2017

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DOT adding four opioids to drug testing panel for truckers

New drugs that drivers will be tested for include hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone. The drugs are usually taken as pills. According to the CDC, opioid abuse has seen a dramatic increase in recent years.

November 10, 2017

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OOIDA’s annual Truckers for Troops care package campaign set for Nov. 13-17

Truckers for Troops raises money to pack and send care packages to military members stationed in combat zones. The program will also help veteran’s facilities on the home front, including those assisting or housing wounded, disabled or homeless service members.

November 10, 2017

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U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree begins cross-nation journey

During its journey from Montana to the nation’s capital, the tree will make stops in communities in Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri and Kentucky before completing the trip on Monday, Nov. 27, when it will be delivered to the U.S. Capitol.

November 10, 2017

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Rhode Island delays rollout of trucks-only toll plan

Rhode Island officials won’t deliver the state’s deliver truck-only tolls until after Christmas, to allow sufficient time for comment on the environmental impact of initiating tolling at the first two of 14 locations where gantries will be built.

November 10, 2017

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EPA officially proposes killing regs that threatened glider kit trucks

The Environmental Protection Agency will soon publish a rulemaking intended to exempt glider kit trucks from the sweeping Phase 2 emissions standards enacted by the Obama Administration in 2016, bringing relief to a segment of vehicle makers that said the emissions standards would kill their businesses.

November 10, 2017

Fuel line dispute between truckers ends with shooting, suicide

A dispute between truckers allegedly over a spot in the fuel pump line at a Walton, Ky., truck stop left one truck driver with a gunshot wound in his arm and another dead after an apparent suicide. The incident occurred at approximately 9:38 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

November 9, 2017

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Electronic Logging Devices

Texas rep Babin requests ELD delay directly from Trump, grassroots group launches letter-writing campaign

The Texas representative who has been the principal sponsor of the H.R. 3282 ELD Extension Act of 2017 two-year ELD mandate delay has written a letter requesting President Trump issue an executive order to delay the December 18 mandate enforcement deadline at least until April Fool’s Day next year.

November 9, 2017

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New fleet conglomerate Knight-Swift sees slim earnings in third quarter due to merger costs

Dave Jackson, president and CEO of the new company, said the decline was due to $12.3 million in expenditures related to “legal and professional fees related to the merger with Swift.” In sum, the company reported more than half a billion in revenue in the third quarter.

November 9, 2017

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Round-up: Meme-ing the ELD mandate w/ Ind. enforcement, Hoosier toll plan floated with study

In which the state of Indiana conducts a study of the revenue-producing effect of tolling most every Hoosier interstate. And an enforcement rep shares a personal opinion on ELDs that will sound pretty familiar, among plentiful e-log memes …

November 9, 2017

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I-20/59 in Birmingham to close overnight Friday

The Alabama Department of Transportation, weather permitting, plans to close all northbound lanes west of the I-20/59 interchange.

November 9, 2017

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PFJ donates $125k to company helping military vets start businesses

Bunker Labs has helped veterans launch more than 360 companies since 2014, creating more than 1,700 new jobs. Of the $125,000 donated by PFJ, $25,000 will be applied directly to expanding the Bunker Labs chapter in Tennessee.

November 9, 2017

Trump FMCSA nom Martinez approved by committee, confirmation heads to full Senate

Martinez testified in a confirmation hearing last week before the Senate committee, telling the Senate panel he intends to uphold the Dec. 18 deadline for compliance with the ELD mandate and to institute data-driven reforms to the CSA program.

November 9, 2017

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Holiday freight is moving as L.A., Chicago top van markets in latest spot update; reefer strengthening too

Since Hurricane Irma, van freight rate gains have been more or less sustained, and “to put this in perspective, we haven’t seen van rates this high for a protracted time … since the Polar Vortex/Snowpocalypse of 2014,” DAT’s Ken Harper says.

November 8, 2017

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PFJ opens new location in New Mexico

The new location will offer truckers five diesel lanes with high-speed pumps, PJ Fresh and fast casual food offerings, Western Union, three showers and 29 truck parking spaces.

November 8, 2017

Not all those who wander have been abducted by aliens

“So there’s this guy, they call him ‘Cargo,’ and he started walking due North eleven months ago in Ushuaia, Argentina, toward Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Yep. I said walking. And he’s made it on foot through South and Central America, in less than a year.”… No joke, and he wasn’t abducted by aliens …

November 8, 2017

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Colin Young presents ‘Basalt drive’ hall of shame

This collection of video clips from the dashcam of trucker Colin Young was assembled from several during “a load from Denver to Basalt, Colo., on the Friday before Father’s Day” this year, Young says, via Loveland Pass. “After 20-plus years of driving it still surprises me how many people continue to take the risks they take around big trucks.”

November 8, 2017

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Drivers Paperwork Sign Scale House Inspections

Roadcheck results: 10K vehicles, 3K drivers sidelined for OOS violations

During the 72-hour International Roadcheck inspection blitz in May, inspectors found more than 81% of trucks and 94% of drivers had no out-of-service violations. Brakes, hours of service, no-CDL among top violation categories.

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President Trump updates timeline for heavy-duty truck tariffs, adds medium-duty trucks

Parked up at the Cowboy Cafe, Lyman, Woming

Last cafe for 1,200 miles -- Lyman, Wyoming: Report

Four fleets represented by the pictures above will square off in the final round of the Small Fleet Championship for the title belt in their respective categories October 23, 2025, at the annual NASTC conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Turnage, TFX, Oberman, Clifford Hay advance to Small Fleet Champ final round

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FMCSA's GBATS session: Truckers' applause for Trump DOT moves not hard to find

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