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Channel 19
More ELD questions answered by Wes Memphis
And: A word from reader Bob Glaves against the ELD mandate; Revisiting tax/per-diem strategies that can be short-sighted when it comes time to weighing the need for income at retirement.
April 4, 2017
Channel 19
In the per-diem weeds with company drivers
In which a reader asks a question about treatment of the standard per-diem deduction depending on how the carrier treats a standard reimbursement — after-tax or pre-tax. Mike Calahan of ATBS provides the answer.
April 3, 2017
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March 24, 2025
Channel 19
Wes Memphis answers your questions on ELDs’ potential income effect
Amid the charges of ‘fake news’ under Wes Memphis last Channel 19 post on ELDs’ income effect there were a few salient questions, which Memphis returns to answer here. Also: Poll results from our income/ELD question show some reality/expectation divide.
March 31, 2017
Custom Rigs
Meet Bill Warner Jr. and his ’87 Pete 359 / Mac dump combo
Powered by a 425-hp Cat, the original motor, through a 15-speed transmission and 3:70 rears, Warner’s 1987 Peterbilt 359 had been under his ownership for more than a decade waiting to be given the treatment it got early last year.
March 30, 2017
Channel 19
Another parting shot from Louisville: Paul Marhoefer’s ‘Mama Crystal’
A dark blues folks song about a scourge that’s touched the lives of many around the nation — crystal methamphetamine.
March 28, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Rate Per Mile Masters founder Chad Boblett from MATS: How broker relationships saved him during recent downturn
Following the demand on the spot market is all well and good when times are high, but when the market shifts it’s crucial to have solid broker relationships — more from a talk with Rate Per Mile Masters owner-operator Chad Boblett. And an answer to the question: Does the autonomous trap work on trucks?
March 27, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Navigating the trucking ‘tech bubble’: FMCSA reps outline ELD requirements, operation, edits for drivers at MATS
Standing-room-only in the ELD seminar room at MATS — hear the FMCSA’s presentation on implementation of a rule that has spawned something of a “transportation tech bubble,” clearly in evidence at the show.
March 25, 2017
Channel 19
Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver live at MATS
Video from trucker/singer-songwriter Bill Weaver’s live performance at the Mid-America Trucking Show of tracks a three-song digital EP he’s offering as something of a preview to a new record due in June.
March 24, 2017
Channel 19
An ‘Autonomous Trap’: The limits of technology, illustrated
A new video is a a fairly cheeky expression of the limits of technology in the face of the human mind and its proclivities for art, invention and persistence, by British artist James Bridle, trapping an autonomous car in a salt circle. Might it work on auto-trucks as well? …
March 21, 2017
Channel 19
‘Learning to truck’ with W. Joel Baker, and a verse salute from Kevin Barrett
Owner-operator W. Joel Baker, founder of the free TruckBytes accounting software for owner-ops, launches a new resource site for those getting into the business, LearnToTruck.com. And: Kevin Barrett’s rhyming couplets salute the driver.
March 17, 2017
Channel 19
Sun-up in the oil patch, and: ’14-hour rule is the real issue’
G’mornin’, drivers. One beauty of a scene from the Reader Rigs gallery, posted on Tuesday by John Reinhardt, a sunrise early-early in the oil patch in Texas “way out in nowhere,” Reinhardt wrote, north of Pecos. And: More from Gary Carlisle on the 14-hour rule/ELDs one-two punch.
March 16, 2017
Channel 19
New book from a familiar hand: Overdrive’s own Wendy Parker
Something that had to happen here on Overdrive, but of course: The debut of George & Wendy Show writer Wendy Parker’s “100,000 Miles of Crazy: Adventures from the Road with George and Wendy.” The book’s out now, a compendium of the best of her blog’s first year.
March 14, 2017
Channel 19
Owner-operator Scott Reed, Rich Wilson and legislative influence on hours and ELDs
Owner-operator Scott Reed and TCRG Consulting’s Richard Wilson stepped into the office of Ohio rep. Jim Jordan a week and a half ago to deliver a message on hours and ELDs. The main takeaway? Truckers need more flexibility.
March 13, 2017
Channel 19
Getting into an ELD just got a little less expensive
The Continental VDO RoadLog dedicated e-logger isn’t the only electronic logging device in the no-monthly-fee camp anymore. Introducing here two BYOD/smartphone-app-based ELDs that flip the BYOD pricing model on his head.
March 9, 2017
Channel 19
Tennessee carrier’s safety awards offer atonement for past mistakes, new beginnings
Lots of carriers have driver rewards programs, but how many use them in part to honor crash victims who perished at the fault of their own drivers? TN-based Conard Transportation’s Jeanne Mannes award is just such a program, recently awarding more than $8,000 to three company drivers in its first year.
March 7, 2017
Channel 19
Income and ELDs: The ‘rest of the story’ with Wes Memphis
Guest-blogger Wes Memphis returns to Channel 19: “Well, year one of e-logs is officially in the books, and what a year it was. Anyone care to guess how much money I lost in 2016 compared to 2015?” … The answer may well surprise you.
March 6, 2017
Channel 19
A word to Congress, Trump administration on ELDs from Vance Vergon
Anybody else miss a 30-minute break this week? Here’s hoping everyone’s getting a longer break this weekend. Take a load off with a note to Congress from Vance Vergon and a run back through recent ELD news.
March 4, 2017
Channel 19
Correcting the personal-conveyance record
Answering Russ Hoffman’s question: “Are you sure that Personal Conveyance requires that you not have a load or trailer? I believe the regulation is Unladen (unloaded) with an empty trailer being acceptable.” By the letter of the law, he’s right.
March 2, 2017
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