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Channel 19
More ‘bird business’: Share your ‘Most Loved Pet’
Checking in with Sammons-leased owner-operator Larry Leckrone, whose 25-year-old pet macaw Mugsy rides along with him in his 1962 C-model Kenworth.
October 4, 2013
Larry Leckrone and Mugsy
Channel 19
Obamacare upside for independent contractor model?
Only if insurance rates get reasonable, as it were, on the long-term basis.
October 2, 2013
Download Transport Capital Partners’ most recent business expectations survey of large and small fleets by clicking here.
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Channel 19
Three advocate-operators on why they do what they do
A look back at three operators/advocates recently featured in a brief driver-appreciation Q&A at Load Delivered Logistics’ website.
September 30, 2013
TRUCKERSTEVE is the social media handle of STEPHEN ADAMS (pictured), whom I wrote about in this “Trucker webmasters” feature from 2010 as well as in this brief blog post way back in 2009. You can find him today via his Youtube Channel and Twitter and Facebook profiles. See one of his recent videos below. “Truckers: Got Skill?”
Channel 19
Tragedy in Nashville after low-speed tip-over
The above looks due west/northwest on Glenrose Avenue in Nashville, Tenn., just up the road from the site of a tragedy a few nights back that, like so many, could have been avoided. I don’t know all the circumstances, but a fuel tanker driver heading east on Glenrose toward the Delta Express fueling station on […]
September 28, 2013
The fuel tanker driver’s accident occurred on a truck-restricted route route.
Channel 19
Rate undercutting getting worse?
Independents are feeling the pinch in certain quarters — some contend rate undercutting by other carriers without the business sense to make a healthy profit are a sizable part of the problem.
September 26, 2013
Recognize this 1978 Mack R-767ST? It’s a replica owner-operator Robert Steele put together of the Rubber Duck 1978 RS700L used in Sam Peckinpah’s class “Convoy” film. The truck, powered by an old 500 Cummins, Steele says, shows but one difference from the 1978 RS700L used in the film — the top of the hood is not quite as tall. Steele had to modify the RS700L grille to fit the 767. Steele uses the rig only sparingly, but says it’d look great at the head of a convoy. Read his letter appealing for greater industry unity in our Voices section here.
Channel 19
Say no to stacked light violations
An advocate, going to bat for a driver hit with five “stacked” lighting violations during an inspection, uncovers some intel on a potential final fix for stacking ongoing via CVSA/FMCSA development work. High time for it. . .
September 24, 2013
Find a variety of ways to manage the CSA program, as well as discussions of the regime’s inequities and what’s being done to challenge them, via our CSA’s Data Trail main page.
Channel 19
More on the HHG miles problem (and kettlebell workouts)
Says owner-operator Jeff Clark: If market forces do not force a sunset on carrier use of the HHG miles system for pay, “we should start demanding it from FMCSA and Congress.”
September 23, 2013
Karen Moore was a top-ten finalist in Overdrive’s “Most Beautiful” competition earlier this year. Read more about her via the Most Beautiful main page.
Custom Rigs
Blast from the past — and future — at Landmark International show
Scenes here from the customer-appreciation event and antique truck show September 13, 2013, at Landmark International’s Cookeville, Tenn., location.
September 19, 2013
This 2014 International Prostar+ daycab with a 500-hp Cummins engine featuring SCR emissions technology was bought through Landmark Cookeville by the Robert W. Agee fuel-hauling fleet, part of an uptick in sales at the location Price reports as results following the addition of the Cummins power option by International in the past year. In addition to trucks, Landmark International offers Fontaine, Vanguard, Rogers and other trailers.
Channel 19
Guess who CARB’s biggest tipsters are…
According to the L.A. Times, the California Air Resources Board is getting the most help in enforcing its powertrain emissions regs from, well, truckers themselves.
September 17, 2013
California’s aggressive regulatory climate provoked this sentiment, which has circulated online in different forms. Kentucky-based owner-operator Chris Thomas made stickers of this version he planned to offer up to anyone who wanted one. Find him via his IndieTrucker.com website.
Channel 19
The 1,000,000-lb. challenge begins!
Driver Toby Bogard’s 1,000,000 Pound Challenge weight-loss competition seeks to encourage and support drivers in their goals of better health. You can register to take part now.
September 14, 2013
Toby Bogard in 2010 — we’ll update with further shots as Bogard’s 1,000,000 Pound Challenge weight-loss competition continues through November. You can register to take part in the challenge yourself via this link.
Channel 19
A fine read in owner-operator’s ‘Hotshot Chronicles’ book on expediting
Gary Shade’s book of the expediting life and business could be an important resource for those starting out in the segment.
September 12, 2013
Gary and Barb Shade with pup Oliver and the couple’s Freightliner M2 expediter
Channel 19
Rest in peace: Owner-operator Don Mulder of Nebraska
Owner-operator Donald Ray Mulder of Lincoln, Neb., passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. In the 1980s he was head of the Nebraska chapter of the Independent Truckers Association.
September 10, 2013
Funeral services for Donald Ray Mulder will take place beginning at 10:30 am Wednesday, September 11, at Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home, 4040 A Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Channel 19
Top 16 unsafe four-wheeler maneuvers; Big closure in Indy ongoing
Insurance.com’s most recent consumer survey reveals some fairly common rude — and unsafe — practices among motorists; and: details on the Indianapolis South Split construction detour.
September 9, 2013
Indiana south split sign
Channel 19
Preps for Brake Safety Week, starting tomorrow
Brake maintenance tips and resources from longtime brake system components manufacturer Bendix — and the top states for brake inspections/violations.
September 7, 2013
Inspection in Franklin County, Kentucky
Channel 19
Utah Trucking Association president’s recent daredevil past
A couple years back Scott Godfrey of Utah-based Godfrey Trucking tried to beat the Class 8 truck jump record — this video tells the tale.
September 5, 2013
Scott Godfrey of Godfrey Trucking in the cab before his 2011 jump.
Channel 19
Too little too late? New grants for CARB upgrades
News of new grant funding available for truck DPF retrofits and truck replacements for California-based owner-operators shows limitations of California’s grant programs.
September 3, 2013
Click this map for a CARB page where you can access each California air quality district’s website via links embedded in a map there.
Channel 19
‘Left Lane Gang’ celebrates right in S.C.
Need some ideas for a Labor Day gathering for the ages? Look no farther than the annual whole-pig barbecues of the South Carolina Association of Large Car Operators.
August 31, 2013
The South Carolina “Association of Large Car Operators,” or the “Left Lane Gang,” pictured at their last, July 6, 2013, gathering.
Channel 19
Some jurisdictions ‘do not compute’ new restart limitations
Uproar in an hours session at GATS yields intel on some jurisdictions’ faulty interpretations of the revised restart provisions in the new hours rule.
August 29, 2013
Hours of service packed house at GATS
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