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Business
Top military veteran trucking rookie voting open, new Kenworth T680 up for grabs
Voting is now open for Fastport’s 2017 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award, which honors a rookie truck driver with a military background. The program awards a fully loaded Kenworth T680 to the winner.
October 4, 2017
Business
Pete, Kenworth add new Eaton automated transmission as option
Eaton’s new Endurant 12-speed automated transmission is now available on Kenworth’s T680 and Peterbilt’s models 579 and 567 spec’d with a Cummins X15 Efficiency series engine the truck makers announced Wednesday.
October 4, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD protests Day 2: Truckers roll in, stage along rigs in front of DOT headquarters
Early Wednesday, roughly 30 trucks rolled into Washington, D.C., bobtail, and parked along Constitution Ave. and in front of Department of Transportation headquarters, where truckers protested the ELD mandate, the hours of service rule and more.
October 4, 2017
Business
First look at Tesla semi? Unauthorized photo posted to Reddit
Tesla’s in-development Class 8 electric tractor, which is scheduled to be unveiled later this month, appears to have been spotted in an undisclosed location in California — the picture from which was posted to Reddit this weekend, though later removed.
October 4, 2017
Business
Trucker Buddy names new executive director
Trucker Buddy International has named Alan Welborn its new executive director.
October 4, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
PeopleNet offers ISE eFleetSuite e-log
PeopleNet will offer ISE ELDs specifically to fleets with less than 50 vehicles who are looking for a compliance-only solution.
October 4, 2017
Channel 19
It’s the little things: ELD conversations where it matters short- and long-term, on Capitol Hill
Poll results: Nearly half of respondents are reporting being shut down this week, and more from D.C. with a slow start to ELD protest events scheduled to run through this coming weekend. Drivers meet reps, Congressional staffers, more …
October 3, 2017
Truck Stops
Billionaire Warren Buffett buys large stake in Pilot Flying J
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Haslam family will retain majority ownership with 50.1 percent ownership in the company, and Jimmy Haslam will continue as CEO. PFJ President Ken Parent and the company’s management team will also remain in place.
October 3, 2017
Business
DOT looking to expand auto hauler definition, seeks public comment
The Federal Highway Administration is considering expanding the definition of auto haulers to include high-mount tractor-trailers that are not able to haul vehicles on the tractor itself. These trucks would then fall under traditional auto hauler length restrictions.
October 3, 2017
Business
Shell Rotella launches campaign to name pickup truck ‘Official Vehicle of the U.S.’
A formal petition must be submitted to the White House with 100,000 signatures collected within a 30-day period, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3. After reaching the 100,000-signature goal, the petition will be placed into a queue for a required review by White House staff.
October 3, 2017
Business
Bills in Congress would require FMCSA to implement sleep apnea rule
Following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s announcement this summer that it had tabled a rule meant to implement screening criteria and treatment protocol regulations for obstructive sleep apnea, Congressional Democrats aim to press the agency to resume working on the rule.
October 3, 2017
Channel 19
Truckers converge on Washington, D.C., for events this week
Scenes from Doswell, Va.: Among other efforts, the “ELD or Me” anti-ELD mandate group’s planned D.C. activities have gotten under way today, after things got started in earnest as the group members set up shop at the Doswell Truck Stop in Doswell, Va.
October 3, 2017
Business
I’ve been ‘Rick-rolled’
In which Wendy stoops in the Congressional-information/influence gain: “I popped off to Rick Crawford and I was just as ugly as the face of D.C. is, and I said something nasty about him personally, and lo and behold, he responded … with a wave of the hand.”
October 2, 2017
Business
Pilot Flying J seeking nominations for Road Warrior trucker recognition program
The grand prize winner will receive $10,000, and the second and third place winners will receive $5,000 and $2,500, respectively. New to the program this year, the nominators of the top three winners will also receive a $500 prize.
October 2, 2017
Business
Epes Transport raises driver pay
For company drivers, Epes raised its per-mile pay by 2 cents. Independent contractors have all been changed to percentage based pay and receive 66 percent on a load plus fuel surcharge.
October 2, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Are you participating in ELD-mandate protest efforts kicking off this week?
Having been promoted for a start date of Tuesday, Oct. 3, various protest actions against the mandate for truckers to use electronic logging devices are happening this week. Are you participating or not? Weigh in here.
October 2, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
GPS Insight ELD self-certified
GPS Insight, a technology provider of tailored GPS tracking and e-log products, has registered and self-certified its electronic logging device as compliant with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ELD specifications.
October 2, 2017
Business
Rates skyrocketed in September following hurricanes Harvey, Irma
Flatbed rates hit a three-year high, and van and reefer rates jumped two-year highs.
October 2, 2017
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