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Custom Rigs
Chuck Timbrookâs âBlack Outâ vets-support rig now available at 1/32 scale
Regular readers will recall owner-operator Chuck Timbrookâs now-famous military veterans-support âBlack Outâ 1999 Freightliner â a scale model of the unit is now available, produced by the New-Ray model manufacturer.
November 17, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Carriersâ âmagic eraserâ role in compounding uncompensated-detention issue: Rico Muhammad on the e-log shift
As a trade-off for the ultimate hassle of mandated e-logs, in this Overdrive Radio podcast Muhammadâs hopeful owner-operators can both individually and collectively use the change as a cudgel to their advantage when dealing with brokers, shippers, receivers ⌠anyone who would insist on wasting driversâ time.
November 14, 2017
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March 24, 2025
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New app puts load tracking in the hands of independents
FreightPrint is out with a smartphone app and tracking service that harnesses the GPS and cellular communication capabilities of smartphones in order to put tracking tools and service into the hands of independents and small fleets.
November 13, 2017
Channel 19
Round-up: Meme-ing the ELD mandate w/ Ind. enforcement, Hoosier toll plan floated with study
In which the state of Indiana conducts a study of the revenue-producing effect of tolling most every Hoosier interstate. And an enforcement rep shares a personal opinion on ELDs that will sound pretty familiar, among plentiful e-log memes âŚ
November 9, 2017
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E-log antipathy ânot all about the moneyâ: Readers respond âaround the dunk tankâ to Wes Memphisâ latest
The pseudonymous Memphis noted his Friday positing of the possibility of a ânew golden age of truckingâ â if imposed ELDs actually limit available hours in a fashion they arenât already limited post-December 18 toward substantially better rates, income (hardly a certainty) â was âgetting some good comments around the dunk tank.â âŚ
November 7, 2017
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Remembering Carl Rhodes â with his son, Rick â after well more than a half century trucking
Rhodes was a fixture of Morgantown, W.Va.-area trucking business since his own father hauled pulpwood in a 1932 Ford. Carl passed August 14, 2020.
November 6, 2017
Channel 19
âMaybe OOIDA was on to somethingâ with âRun Compliantâ campaign: Wes Memphis stares down another good income year on e-logs
Wes Memphis returns with cautiously optimistic thinking about ELDs: âMaybe, if we constrict the amount of miles that are collectively available, rates will soar and we will see a new golden age of trucking.â Or not.
November 3, 2017
Channel 19
Trends in violations, inspections move in truckersâ favor
Since year 2012, when the violation-free inspection percentage was below 40 percent, while the total number of inspections has remained relatively level and even fallen a little, violation-free inspection numbers have grown considerably, by more than 18 percent.
November 2, 2017
Channel 19
Tuesday fright: Parking issues downright scary?
Toward a more-perfect Halloween post: A reader on the need for more parking capacity â and the legacy, or lack thereof as yet when it comes to publicly funded parking spaces, of Jasonâs Law.
October 31, 2017
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âIt just keeps happening in the Notchâ: Truckers, beware Vermont route 108
The notorious Smugglerâs Notch route continues to snare tractor-trailers blindly following GPS despite recent 20x fine increases â says a reader familiar withthe area: âAny large vehicleâ attempting the route, âespecially any tractor trailer, is doomed.â
October 30, 2017
Overdrive Radio
âBringing the cultural diversity of trucking togetherâ: ELD protest outcomes
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, youâll hear ELD protest part organizer Scott Reedâs reflection on outcomes and next steps, and owner-operator Mike Landis offers his narration of what it was like to have been a part of the effort, with his 1999 Peterbilt cabover along for the ride.
October 27, 2017
Custom Rigs
Checking in with Ben Cadle and a recent fleet addition: The âJoy Ride 3â 1982 Freightliner cabover
Video: Take a run through small fleet owner Ben Cadleâs new flagship 1982 cabover, as seen at GATS this year as well as at the Southern Classic Truck Show in N.C. He hauls about a load a week in it today, he says, after spending a year and a half or more turning it into this custom gem.
October 26, 2017
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âAmateur hourâ: ATA prez takes a seeming swipe at anti-ELD mandate protests
And reader Glenn Gilbert offers an âIsaiah and the ELDâ biblical take on it all, of a fashion ⌠Meanwhile, Lucas Oilâs founder joins the Sikhs PAC leader in expressing official concern over the mandate, amid a slow drip of ELD delay cosponsors.
October 24, 2017
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Round-up: The parking issueâs grassroots problems; And the California convoy that capped the ELD protest week
Too often, the roots grow against new-parking development â Loveâs Travel Stops pulls out of Otsego, Minn., truck stop plans after local opposition. And: Video and more from the sizable anti-ELD demonstrations two weeks back out west.
October 19, 2017
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The saga of Tony the Truck Stop Tiger is over as tiger passes at age 17
After a long battle between Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin in Louisiana and animal rights activists, tiger Tony, who spent his life at the stop, was euthanized Monday at age 17 and in ill health after repeated attempts at improving the big catâs health.
October 17, 2017
Overdrive Radio
âItâs time somebody starts looking out for the little guyâ â more voices from the ELD protests
On Overdrive Radio: As ripples continue to emanate from a renewed sense of camaraderie among many of the ELD-mandate-protest participants in D.C. and around the country, a run through a variety of conversations during protest days 1 and 2 a week and more back, and more from the mailbag.
October 16, 2017
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After ATA-organized event, Trump is getting an #ELDorMe tweetstorm
The ELD or Me Facebook group is tweetstorming at the President following another appearance at an event organized in part by the ATA, with nary a mention of ELDs, hours of service and other top operator concerns. Also: A reminder from an operator to take special care with cigarette butts.
October 12, 2017
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Rates up: A result of last weekâs ELD protests?
Rates havenât been as good as they were last week since the Snowpocalypse of 2014, notes DATâs Ken Harper. But before you attribute that to the number of owner-operators who shut down last week in solidarity with ELD protests around the country, consider truck posts on DAT boards werenât off by much. Reefer, van demand updates here.
October 11, 2017
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