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Channel 19
The long road for rescue dog transport: Introducing P.E.T.S. LLC
Peterson Express Transport Service was founded by Kyle and Pam Peterson with a unique trucking mission -- moving dogs from overcrowded shelters to new homes.
December 9, 2015
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Overdrive Radio
CSA scores pulled behind the curtain — what’s next?
Following FMCSA’s pull of the CSA SMS from public view, some signs that the CSA bell will continue to ring in carrier selection processes from brokers and shippers in the “private CSA world.” Some reader views, too, on FMCSA’s next move.
December 7, 2015
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Channel 19
Looking back — and forward — with Pure Grain to the band’s ‘Truckin Song’ video
“We are grateful of the support and love we have received from the truck drivers who have embraced us over the years.” –Pure Grain’s Brian DeBruler on the band’s first vid, “Truckin Song,” reaching 1 million views.
December 5, 2015
Pure Grain today (from left): Courtney D’Amico, Michelle D’Amico, Brian DeBruler, and Scott Siefferman
Channel 19
Two views from the independent road
Two views on the KW and Pete of two operators that express what we don’t hear enough — that’s joy, simply put, in memories of the past, satisfaction at a job well done in the present, and hope for the future.
December 3, 2015
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Channel 19
‘Poison pill’ for independents reportedly out of highway bill
House-Senate reconciliation of differing versions of a long-term highway bill, announced Tuesday afternoon, notably excluded “interim hiring standards” language that excluded unrated carriers.
December 1, 2015
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Channel 19
What sets your business apart?
In any bid to build long-term relationships with (and secure direct freight from) shippers, it’s a question “you have to be able to answer before” you embark, says Henry Albert: “Why you?”
November 30, 2015
The Freightliner Team Run Smart van trailer Albert pulls, pictured in 2014 at the Great American Trucking Show event in Dallas.
Channel 19
‘Do we need any more trucks in our community?’
What happens when a service shop wants to put in secured truck parking on their property — citizen backlash, citing “every kind of crime” trucks supposedly bring with them.
November 27, 2015
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Channel 19
New tool for the holiday road: Aggregated road alerts from Twitter
Introducing our new “Roads 511” list on Twitter, a central spot for live updates from state DOTs and 511 traffic sites posting timely updates from around the nation.
November 26, 2015
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Channel 19
Alert: Brokerage fuel-advance scams on the rise with sophistication of identity thieves
Thieves posing as both brokers and carriers, and in some cases successfully claiming old or even active authorities for themselves, are increasingly using this scam to nab unearned fuel advances before disappearing.
November 24, 2015
The scammers often target long-haul cross-country loads to give themselves plenty of time, after pickup, to collect the advance and avoid early detection.
Channel 19
Christmas in November — drone video of the Capitol tree haul
And: Pictures of the loading of the Rockefeller Center tree in Gardiner, N.Y., earlier this month, care of reader Scott LeVan.
November 21, 2015
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Channel 19
‘Truckers for hope’ — big plans for the new year
Founded to benefit children and their families while being treated at St. Jude hospital, the Truckers for Hope group spearheaded by driver Chris Dowdy enters its third year with big plans.
November 19, 2015
Chris Dowdy outside St. Jude children’s hospital
Channel 19
ScoopMonkey’s new ‘CSA Score Explainer’ tool
The broker/carrier business-to-business online rating and review service is taking up carriers’ and brokers’ concerns with the CSA SMS, offering “technology’s response to the ineffectiveness and incompleteness of CSA scores.”
November 17, 2015
One carrier’s measure in the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC changing over time, as shown today in the CSA SMS.
Channel 19
Driver voices raised against highway bill amendment to resolve state/federal legal conflicts
Protection of independent/small-fleet business freedom or “wage theft” from company drivers? A growing conflict over a highway-bill amendment as House-Senate conference gets under way.
November 16, 2015
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Channel 19
Building the customer base: Introducing Utah-based Brandt King of King Farms Trucking
King and his King Farms Trucking grew from a one-truck Utah-based operation to 34 trucks by building lanes loaded both ways with shipper-direct reefer freight.
November 14, 2015
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Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Lindsay Lawler’s ‘Highway Angel’ live in Nashville
In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, hear Lawler’s performance of the “Highway Angel” song at her Nashville tour finale.
November 10, 2015
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Channel 19
The ‘poison pill’ that remains in the recently passed highway bill, by the numbers
Unless fixed or removed in the House-Senate highway bill conference committee, the House’s carrier “hiring standard” would unduly disadvantage well more than 1.5 million drivers for 440,000 carriers in the competition to secure business.
November 9, 2015
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Channel 19
New profile vid in ‘Life of a Trucker’ series by Tex Crowley hits close to home
From driver-videographer Tex Crowley, another slice of trucking from the voice and through the eyes of the stand-up human being behind the wheel — this installment’s subject, George Parker, certainly fits that description.
November 7, 2015
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Channel 19
Digging into Truckstop.com’s chat negotiations feature
It’s not a public freight auction, contrary to road rumors: Dispelling some false notions about Truckstop.com’s fairly new online-negotiations tool with a close-up look.
November 5, 2015
Online negotiations in progress then show up in the negotiations grid, Bullard notes, and the back and forth between you and the broker “works much like a text message. You can have multiple postings out there at once, with multiple counter-offers coming in.”
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