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Business
Comment period opens on EPA rule to protect glider trucks from emissions regs
Truckers and other industry stakeholders have until January 5 to file formal comments on the EPA’s proposal to exempt glider kit vehicles from the Phase 2 tractor-trailer emissions standards enacted last year by the Obama Administration.
November 28, 2017
Business
Unified Carrier Registration board meeting to be held Thursday
The board came under fire recently after a court ruled it violated federal open meetings laws by holding a meeting on Sept. 14 without notifying the public. During that meeting, the board voted to reduce carrier registration fees for 2018 and 2019, which the court did not strike down.
November 28, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: Engine ruling creates winners, losers
From Overdrive’s in-depth guide to ELD compliance: How FMCSA’s mid-game ruling on the pre-2000 exemption created winners and losers among the owner-operator segment.
November 27, 2017
Business
Tesla Semi to start at $150k, reservation prices jump to $20k
Tesla last week unveiled the pricing structure for its all-electric, semi-autonomous Class 8 lineup, with a tractor with a 300-mile range starting at $150,000. Those with a 500-mile range will cost $180,000.
November 27, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Bill Frerichs’ ELD implementation notes, hopes, worries as mandate bears down
In which a nine-truck fleet owner begins implementing ELDs. And: A few key differences between AOBRDs, grandfathered in with the ELD rule through 2019, and the much more detailed ELD specification/required capability.
November 27, 2017
Business
House committee to hear from small business truckers on regulatory burdens
The House’s Small Business Committee on Wednesday will hold a hearing featuring owner-operators and other small business truckers intended to examine the impact federal regulations have on small trucking companies and “explore ways to to provide regulatory relief to the industry.”
November 27, 2017
Business
I’ll take ‘Education and Training’ for the safety, Alex
“Any coherent business owner will tell you education and training are your most important safety features, in any setting, commercial or otherwise. … How is this being left out of the safety discussion?”
November 27, 2017
Business
Two days remain to nominate truckers for Goodyear’s Highway Hero award
Nominees must be full-time truckers and reside in the U.S. or Canada. Their heroic event must have occurred in the U.S. or Canada while the nominee was on the job or on their way to or from work and in his or her rig between Nov. 16, 2016, and Nov. 16, 2017.
November 27, 2017
Business
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Cats, not so much
Holiday home time: ” It was seriously a couch-potato Hallmark moment, until George said, ‘What’s wrong with the cat?'” Look out …
November 24, 2017
Business
Truck spills chicken waste on first responders on I-40
Several first response vehicles, a stretch of I-40 in North Carolina and a man directing traffic were covered with chicken waste Tuesday when the driver of the tractor-trailer loaded with the excrement stopped sharply to avoid a vehicle at an earlier accident.
November 23, 2017
Channel 19
Happy Thanksgiving! (And a recipe…)
Thanks to Brock Childress for this great shot of the Smitty’s Heavy Hauling KW — and on this fine Thanksgiving Day, thanks to all of you for doing what you do. (Bonus: Cilantro slaw to accompany all manner of smoked/roasted meats…)
November 23, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
New MobileTRAQ ELD from Mobile Awareness
The company’s baseline ELD option is outfitted with Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) & International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) tracking and reporting capabilities, with optional Canadian rulesets as well.
November 23, 2017
Truck Stops
Love’s Hospitality opens new hotel at South Hill, Virginia location
CDL holders can take advantage of a 20 percent discount on rooms at the hotel.
November 22, 2017
Truck Stops
Pilot Flying J opens new truck stops in Texas, Indiana
The Rhome, Texas and Rochester, Indiana locations offer truckers a combined 85 truck parking spaces.
November 22, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Penske deploys ELD service for rental customers
The Penske Driver app is available for both Android and iOS/Apple devices. The app connects using Bluetooth inside Penske’s rental trucks to integrally synchronize with the truck’s engine, meeting ELD mandate requirements.
November 22, 2017
Business
Seeking recommendations for wormhole repair
“I think we need some wormhole repair around this joint. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and the day before yesterday was Easter, right?”
November 22, 2017
Business
Reefer, van spot market demand remain high in the last week over much of the country
Last week, the national average reefer rate hit its highest mark in three years at $2.40 per mile, and the market has looked more like June than November.
November 22, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
OOIDA requests ELD mandate exemption for small businesses with no at-fault crash history
If granted, the exemption would include only such situated carriers who “do not have a Carrier Safety Rating of ‘Unsatisfactory,’ and can document a proven history of safety performance with no attributable at-fault crashes,'”
November 21, 2017
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