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Dedicated freight — an antidote to chasing rates
After years chasing rates and high miles, over the last decade and more Keith Sampson shifted his thinking. His example is clear evidence that keeping your eye out for dedicated-freight opportunities can deliver the best of both worlds — income stability and high profitability, without sacrificing your home life in the process.
June 22, 2017
Business
Trucking’s Top Rookie award accepting nominations for year’s best new driver
The winner will receive $10,000 cash, and nine finalists will receive $1,000 each.
June 22, 2017
Business
Truckers Against Trafficking receives $89,000 for auctioned Kenworth T680
The auction held by Ritchie Bros. in Phoenix, Ariz., resulted in the largest one-time donation in the history of Truckers Against Trafficking, a nonprofit that aims to stop human trafficking by educating truck drivers and truck stop employees on how to watch for signs of trafficking.
June 22, 2017
Business
Mixed week on the spot market for vans, reefers
This week’s spot market demand update sees capacity loosening up a bit — truck posts. However, volumes remained high, and rates held for vans on most top-volume lanes.
June 22, 2017
Business
Free GATS registrations benefit trucking charities for next two weeks
For every driver who registers before July 4, GATS will donate $1 to the driver’s choice of Truckers Against Trafficking, TruckersFinalMile.Org or the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund.
June 22, 2017
Business
XPO drivers recognized for surpassing 3M safe driving miles
The 19 drivers recognized for exceeding three million safe driving miles have an average tenure with the company of 30 years.
June 22, 2017
Voices
Trucking: Like father, like son
Daughter, too. 7 in every 10 of Overdrive’s mostly owner-operator readers, whether male or female, reported having descended from a trucking father, in some form or another.
June 21, 2017
Business
House bill would nix 12% excise tax on truck purchases
U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) introduced Tuesday a bill that seeks to repeal the federal excise tax (FET) on the retail sale of most heavy-duty trucks, tractors and trailers.
June 21, 2017
Custom Rigs
Bandit Big Rig Series revives action-packed truck racing
See big rig racers roaring around the Montgomery Motor Speedway.
June 21, 2017
Business
As Gulf Coast, Southeast hit by tropical storm, two states suspend hours regs
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards issued emergency declarations Tuesday, June 20. The declaration of emergency suspends certain regulations for truckers responding to the emergency, including hours-of-service regulations.
June 21, 2017
Business
We’re off to see the wizard
“Sometimes, getting ready to meet with your representatives is hard.”
June 21, 2017
Business
Port truckers strike not impacting port operations
The strike was spurred by the Teamsters Union Local 848. The union alleges that carrier XPO misclassified port and rail drivers as independent contractors. Picketers are also protesting a plan recently revealed by the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach to implement a zero-emissions port truck pilot program in upcoming years.
June 20, 2017
Business
Missourians say show me the I-70 project money; state plan includes trucks-only lanes
Missouri leaders continue pondering how to pay for a 200-mile reconstruction of deteriorating I-70. Efforts to ban tolls on the project are ongoing. The most expensive proposal for the project includes four trucks-only lanes.
June 20, 2017
Voices
POLL: Owner-operators, how’s business trending for you over the last months?
What’s your business-conditions situation been over the last few months as the traditional spring freight season has come into play.
June 20, 2017
Business
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index: Latest moves show positive change
The Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) from the analysts at FTR Transportation Intelligence showed a big jump in April after falling in March.
June 20, 2017
Business
Trucker Path secures funding for factoring service
The company’s InstaPay factoring service, which launched in 2016 and is available in its Truckloads mobile app, allows drivers to upload photos of their bills of lading and rate confirmations to get paid within one to two business days at a 3.5 percent flat factoring rate.
June 20, 2017
Business
Supreme Court refuses another trucking case, this one about carriers’ access to drivers’ history
The six driver plaintiffs claimed FMCSA’s PSP reports disparaged their reputations and made it harder for them to find work. The courts have also consistently disagreed with OOIDA-backed plaintiffs’ assertions.
June 20, 2017
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Back to the future: ‘Trucks of America’ in 1973; The drones are coming! (take four)
Did you know Overdrive once published truck jigsaw puzzles? We didn’t either … And: The drones are coming! Congressional moves reportedly would prevent erection of state barriers to autonomous vehicles and centralize rules at federal level…
June 20, 2017
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