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Channel 19
What’s your California strategy?
More and more, owner-operators are choosing to hold on to high-performing older equipment and run routes that keep them far away from the Golden State rather than upgrade to meet CARB emissions requirements.
March 7, 2013
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Channel 19
On-highway reads: Revisiting ‘In the Driver’s Seat’
Writer and former owner-operator Marc Mayfield will be interviewed Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. EST on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program.
March 6, 2013
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Channel 19
Loads on your phone: More board, broker apps
Details of three more smartphone apps — CHRW Trucks, BulkLoadsNow, and Fikes’ Logistics’ custom app — for finding freight in your pocket.
March 4, 2013
Click through this screenshot to download the BulkLoadsNow app for Android phones (you'll need an account with the board for it to be of any utility, though you can sign up within the app); for iPhone version, follow this link.
Channel 19
Driver shortage: An economist and a recruiter ’round the bar
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, blogging as part of Freightliner’s new Team Run Smart initiative, breaks down the driver shortage issue in a crafty way: “An economist and a driver recruiter walk into a bar” and…
March 2, 2013
Jeff Clark and four other owner-operators are blogging via Freightliner's new initiative to highlight owner-operator business issues and their new equipment. Find them all here.
Channel 19
Audit your drug/alcohol testing consortium
Video interview with regulatory consultant Richard Wilson highlights the need to double-check and pre-audit your drug and alcohol testing consortium for compliance with regulations — if you don’t, it could come back to haunt you.
February 28, 2013
Richard Wilson
Channel 19
Owning your data: Trend toward usage-based insurance pricing
If 10n2 and other companies’ predictions come to fruition, it might not be long before it’s possible to utilize real-time operational data to negotiate rates with your insurance company.
February 26, 2013
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Blacktops may get a new scent
In the near future, don’t distrust your senses if that beautiful smell of asphalt in the morning is redolent of, well, hog farm.
February 25, 2013
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Channel 19
Help wanted: Reach out to a fellow driver sidelined by cancer
Driver Melvin Hendershot has been off the road since April 2012, when he was diagnosed with cancer — his daughter’s looking to fellow driver to lift his spirits.
February 23, 2013
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Channel 19
Pride in your ride, Midwest-style
Meet the project 2000 Peterbilt organizers of the Midwest Pride in Your Ride event, benefiting the American Cancer Society, are raffling off beginning this year.
February 21, 2013
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Channel 19
When trucks are ‘an eyesore and a nuisance’
It’s happened again: A city councilman’s idea to ban truck parking within town borders shows evidence of what drivers and other advocates are up against in the battle to improve parking availability in less-served areas.
February 19, 2013
Lack of a local parking ban on trucks in Erin, Tenn., means owner-operator Dan Heister is able with the property owner’s permission to utilize this gravel lot in his area at the intersection two state routes occasionally for overnight parking.
Channel 19
Why unintended acceleration isn’t a heavy-duty issue
Frenchman Frank Lecerf ‘s Renault auto recently led him on a 125-mph tour of the French coastline when its throttle/brake controls malfunctioned — have you ever had an unintended-acceleration problem?
February 16, 2013
Channel 19
Load tracking tools, for the right price
Detailing the new “Where you @?” app from the makers at Otter, likewise the Trucker Tools app’s relatively new “Load Track” functionality.
February 14, 2013
Reading on a desktop? Scan the QR with your Android to download Otter’s Where you @? app.
Channel 19
The horror! Tell your craziest trucking story
A thread on Reddit yielded numerous wild road tales — what’s the craziest thing you’ve seen in your time on the road?
February 12, 2013
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PHOTOS: Meritor trailer axle plant
A photo gallery and more, providing a window into the Frankfort, Ky., manufacturing facility where Meritor’s 10 millionth trailer axle was recently produced.
February 9, 2013
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CSA’s batting average: MCSAC snapshot
The program has hit one out of the park in getting carriers’ attention, but MCSAC CSA Subcommittee members point to more strikeouts than base hits.
February 6, 2013
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CSA subcommittee meeting this week
The MCSAC’s CSA subcommittee meets Feb. 5-6 in Alexandria, Va. — we’ll be there covering results and discussion.
February 4, 2013
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Get your load on
Some sweet pics of readers’ recent loads, and a snatch of a conversation overheard on the radio — sometimes things on Channel 19 reach a fitting end.
January 31, 2013
This middle section of a 300-foot-tall windmill tower was sent in by reader Paul Goldstein. It was hauled from San Diego, Calif., to Jawbone Canyon by the 2009 Peterbilt 367, powered by a 600-hp Cummins with an 18-speed transmission and two-speed rears. Load weight: 106,000 lbs.
Channel 19
More photos: Mel Davis’ custom Freightliner
A visit with Michigan-based independent owner-operator Melvin Davis in Nashville yields more great pictures of his custom big-bunk reefer hauler.
January 29, 2013
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