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Business
More than 54,000 U.S. bridges listed as ‘structurally deficient’
Of the 612,677 bridges in the U.S., 54,259 of them (or 8.8 percent) are considered “structurally deficient,” meaning these bridges may not be unsafe at the moment but are in need of attention and repair, ARTBA says.
February 5, 2018
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Channel 19
Round-up: Best safety device — you; Answering an ELD-exemption question
No safety tech can be an effective substitute for the ship captain: “No matter how fancy [your truck], no matter how new, the best safety device in your truck is you.” –Reader Paul Maine ALSO: Isolated farm-equipment haul prompts ELD mandate question.
February 5, 2018
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Electronic Logging Devices
Fleets running PeopleNet ELDs could see brief expansion of ELD grandfather clause
The waiver request, filed by Old Dominion on behalf of all carriers running PeopleNet systems, stems from technical issues in updates to PeopleNet’s e-logging software. While PeopleNet’s hardware is compliant with the mandate, Old Dominion says PeopleNet’s December 2017 software update, intended to bring its AOBRD software up to an ELD-compliant spec, did not integrate with PeopleNet’s fleet management software.
February 5, 2018
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Business
Love’s expands tire brand offerings at Speedco locations
The company says 46 of the 52 Speedco locations now offer Aeolus, Goodyear, Yokohama and Love’s Retread tires. These brands have already been offered at Love’s Truck Tire Care locations.
February 5, 2018
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Pride & Polish
Rainy days (and days our truck gets cut in half) always get me down
“You heard right. The truck got cut in half. Doggone Bryan Martin’s crew over at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Mo., went and cut our truck right in half.”
February 2, 2018
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Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate enforcement, by state
Updating shorter lists that ran in January, this map shows states that have confirmed their ELD-mandate enforcement intentions ahead of April 1, whether they will not be writing citations or leaving it up to the individual inspector.
February 2, 2018
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Business
Super Bowl ‘brought to you by American truckers’
It will take more than 100,000 truckloads of freight to pull of this weekend’s Super Bowl — and that’s just the loads servicing Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium, where the game is being held. According to advocacy group Trucking Moves America Forward, tens of thousands of loads will be needed to provide the beer, popcorn, guacamole and chicken wings Americans will consume on Sunday.
February 2, 2018
Minnesota Trucking Association Infographic
Business
Rates continue to set records on the spot market, zoom up again in January
Per-mile rates on the spot market in all three major truckload segments gained again in January, according to monthly rates data from Truckstop.com. Reefer and dry van rates hit at least 7-year highs.
February 2, 2018
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Channel 19
A corrective to ‘bubble-wrapped’ driving syndrome
A tip from Mustang’s Trucking — don’t try to read a book while going down the road — applicable whether your truck is “bubble-wrapped” with auto-braking and lane-departure-warning tech or not …
February 2, 2018
Mike “Mustang” Crawford — read more about him in this 2010 feature about him attendant to his “Trucker of the Year” honors that year.
Electronic Logging Devices
Some states aren’t enforcing the ELD mandate yet simply because they can’t
Some states won’t be writing citations or tickets for non compliance with the ELD mandate because, legally, they can’t.
February 1, 2018
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Pride & Polish
Fitzgerald signs on as sponsor for NHRA drag racing team
The company will serve as primary sponsor on Alex Laughlin’s pro stock Camaro at the Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., in June, and will be a secondary sponsor throughout the rest of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.
February 1, 2018
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Business
Digital broker’s freight platform expands
The Next Trucking tech-enabled brokeraged announced a $21M series B round of financing to expand the “trucker-centric” online freight marketplace it launched two years ago.
February 1, 2018
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Business
Fuel prices, post-ELD pressure sustain elevated rate picture on spot market
Rising fuel costs, topping $3/gal. nationally in recent weeks, have added pressure on freight rates, slowing their seasonal decline a bit. But the bigger story remains a capacity crunch that’s put truckers in the driver’s seat on rates, partly a result of proliferating ELDs.
February 1, 2018
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Business
This just in: A pack of rats at MATS
For the first time ever, rat rods will have a coveted position in Lot J for the annual Paul K. Young (PKY )Truck Beauty Championship.
January 31, 2018
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Business
Due to Super Bowl, Minnesota suspends oversize/overweight loads this weekend
If you have an oversized or overweight load headed to or through Minnesota yet this week, do it before Saturday afternoon or you’ll have to wait until Monday morning.
January 31, 2018
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Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate meets reality
Increasingly, mandated ELDs are highlighting inadequacies of the hours of service rule. But “rules are rules,” note watchers. Regarding the wiggle room that drivers enjoyed with paper logs, there is no quick tweaking of hours today in the cards that would restore that unofficial flexibility.
January 31, 2018
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Parking
Trucking Parking USA app partners with ProMiles to offer fuel pricing, routing
The app will now provide location-based fuel pricing tool for truck drivers to view current retail diesel prices at thousands of truck stop locations. The app also considers routes based on truck parking capacity.
January 31, 2018
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Business
TCA announces 2018’s 20 ‘Best Fleets to Drive For’
The carriers in the program must have at least 10 trucks and be nominated by a company driver or owner-operator. TCA says the fleets are being recognized “for providing exemplary work environments for their professional truck drivers and independent contractors.”
January 31, 2018
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