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Truck Stops
Get a free hot dog at Pilot Flying J July 19-26
Pilot Flying J is giving its customers a free hot dog or roller grill menu item July 19-26 in honor of National Hot Dog Day on July 19.
July 18, 2017
Custom Rigs
Show trucks earn hardware at Walcott Truckers Jamboree
Mike Manuel’s “One of Many” autism awareness 2015 Peterbilt and 2017 Mac trailer took home the award for “Best Overall Theme” in the Super Truck Beauty Contest during the event, while Brian Dreher’s 2016 Peterbilt 389 and 2016 Great Dane was named the winner of the Trucker’s Choice award in the contest.
July 17, 2017
Business
FMCSA rejects fleet’s 30-minute break exemption request
In its denial, FMCSA says when the 30-minute break provision was proposed, it was based on research that stated periods free from work were followed by improved work performance. The agency says the break benefits drivers and improves safety.
July 17, 2017
Business
Walmart tells truckers it may drop them if they haul for Amazon
As the war for online retail dollars heats up, Wal-Mart has told carriers that work for the company that it may rescind its business with them if they haul loads for Amazon.
July 17, 2017
Business
First-ever Expediter of the Year award delivered at industry expo
Donating the $500 prize that came with the award to the St. Christopher Fund, Robert Burton, who hauls leased to V3 Transportation, embodied one of the giving quality his wife lauded him for in her nomination of him for the award.
July 17, 2017
Business
Comdata launches mobile app to send, receive funds
The Comchek Mobile app gives users the ability to send, receive and access funds on their Comdata cards. The company says the app builds on its Comchek Express Checks paper-based money transfer system.
July 17, 2017
Business
From film-noir to long haul trucking: The roots and branches of Paul Marhoefer
With a grandfather who was a pioneer in filmmaking and a bevy of masterful folk tunes to his credit, long-haul Paul Marhoefer is a unique creature of American trucking.
July 17, 2017
Truck Stops
Love’s opens new locations in Mississippi, Ohio
Love’s Travel Stops has opened two new locations, in Mississippi and Ohio. The West Point, Mississippi, travel stop is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 45A and Lagoon Road, and the Circleville, Ohio, store is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 23 and Pittsburg Road.
July 17, 2017
Channel 19
Don’t ‘drive through the lights’ — and other aftertreatment system PM refreshers, tips
Daniel Mustafa, Assistant Manager of Technical Development for TravelCenters of America, says he still sees otherwise upstanding, wonderful people doing the kinds of things with their trucks that can turn a less-than-$1,000 major nuisance repair into a soul-crushing $11,000 one. When it comes to the aftertreatment systems on trucks with engines of 2007 and later […]
July 15, 2017
Business
‘Slime Tsunami’: Truck dumps 8,000 pounds of slime eels on Oregon highway
From July 2017: The driver of the flatbed reportedly was slowing at a construction site, couldn’t stop and the tuck tipped spilling the containers filled with what Smithsonian.com calls, the “most disgusting animals in the ocean, if not on earth.”
July 14, 2017
Business
DAT’s new TruckersEdge Pro now shows rate averages paid to owner-operators in recent weeks
Loadboard DAT Solutions on Friday announced the availability of TruckersEdge Pro, an updated version of its loadboard that allows owner-operators to see the rate averages in specified lanes paid by brokers over the past 15 days.
July 14, 2017
Business
There be monsters on the shoulders
More center-lane angst, debate: “Finish this thought: I (do/do not) ride the middle lane because ____.”
July 14, 2017
Business
State of insurance for independents with new authority: Pricey, and getting pricier
When it’s time to shop coverage around: With a fleet at around four years old and no significant history of claims, a seven truck fleet’s liability insurance rates had risen substantially in its fourth year to roughly $15,000 annually per truck, all in. That’s not how it’s supposed to go, noted presenters at an insurance session at Expedite Expo.
July 14, 2017
Business
Human trafficking convicts would be barred for life from trucking under Senate bill
A bill introduced by the Senate’s Commerce Committee this week would permanently disqualify truck drivers from holding a CDL if they’ve been convicted of a human trafficking offense. The legislation part of a two-bill package aimed at combating human trafficking that occurs on U.S. roadways.
July 14, 2017
Truck Stops
Pilot Flying J inks sponsorship deal with ESPN, Southeastern Conference
PFJ says the sponsorship will provide exposure for the company on SEC Network programming and on the network’s football pregame show, SEC Nation.
July 14, 2017
Truck Stops
Love’s will give away free hot dogs next week on National Hot Dog Day
Love’s Travel Stops is celebrating National Hot Dog Day by giving away free hot dogs Wednesday, July 19, at participating locations.
July 14, 2017
Gear
Purkeys’ handheld electrical tester
Purkeys’ Handheld Electrical Analyzer is designed for testing the electrical systems of heavy-duty trucks. The analyzer has a menu-driven system formatted to guide users through tests of starting, charging and battery systems and to help simplify identify
July 14, 2017
Business
As cow haulers applaud ELD exemption in DOT funding bill, legislation advances
A bill that would exempt carriers from state laws requiring paid meal and rest breaks for drivers and, at least short term, exempt livestock haulers from compliance with the federal electronic logging device has been passed by the House Appropriations Committee’s transportation subcommittee.
July 13, 2017
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Lawsuit seeks to halt FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL final rule
That latest filing in the case of owner-operator Jorge Rivera Lujan v. the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asks for an emergency stay of the government's final rule restricting non-domiciled CDL eligibility, pending judicial review. Here access the full text of the petition for stay, summary of the arguments. FMCSA's rule will be effective March 16 if the court declines to act.
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