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Our favorite agency: Guess who’s on Facebook…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Facebook page could be a great venue for drivers to get their viewpoints heard by the general public. Also: detail on an upcoming public meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.
August 21, 2012
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Wire walk between two moving trucks
Champion slackliner Faith Dickey walks a wire suspended between two Volvo cabovers pulling dry vans, at speed.
August 20, 2012
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Ohio takes on ‘trucker’ toll scam
A toll-evasion scam on the Ohio Turnpike yields no shortage of boosted cash for road operators — and a little indignation from haulers on being singled out.
August 17, 2012
Channel 19
More O/O challenges: Image, health, parking…
After primary reporting on owner-operators’ top five challenges, sources offer their personal sixth — from parking, training standards and health to driver image and industry unity to influence public opinion and regulatory direction.
August 16, 2012
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GATS health walk next Friday
Join me at the 61+ Health Awareness Walk at the Great American Trucking Show Friday, August 24, at 8 a.m.
August 15, 2012
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‘Veritable Vegetable’ puts $$ behind green trucking
Boosting fuel efficiency and reducing diesel engine emissions is a share goal of the Cascade Sierra Solutions nonprofit and Veritable Vegetable’s fleet.
August 14, 2012
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Low rates, high fuel ’round the world
U.S. trucking is by no means alone today with high-fuel-price, low-rate challenges.
August 13, 2012
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Where do the trucks sleep at night?
“Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?” is the first children’s book by Brianna Caplan Sayres.
August 13, 2012
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TruckBytes founding owner-operator: Software ‘still a great deal’
Channel 19 checks back in with independent owner-operator W. Joel Baker, also a National Guard member and creator of the TruckBytes owner-operator software.
August 11, 2012
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Equipment: Probing sticker shock
Reports from operators show roughly a 30 percent rise in new-tractor pricing between 2006 and 2012 model years. Find out how operators are reacting to that rise — and some advice — in supplementary reporting on the No. 5 top challenge to owner-operator businesses.
August 10, 2012
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VID: Humor in everything — even trucking software
Online video advertising group Epipheo’s vid for Accellos/Prophesy’s trucking business management software.
August 9, 2012
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Whence the great rates?
Supplementing reporting on the No. 4 top owner-operator challenge — freight rates — here find an update on the state of pay and further anecdotes, information and perspective from trusted sources.
August 9, 2012
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Playing the cards right in driver appreciation
Personal relationships drive good businesses — nowhere is that more true than in trucking.
August 7, 2012
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The forces at work on detention pay
Operators and industry reps weigh in on the problem of uncompensated detention time at shippers and receivers, and what is being and could be done about it. The problem was No. 3 in Overdrive‘s 2012 poll of top challenges for owner-operators.
August 6, 2012
Channel 19
Big safety fail: Get a load of this billboard
This comes by way of the Facebook page for the Big Road app (shared from that of CDLLife.com), which I wrote about yesterday. Anti-texting billboards are probably the wrong place for invitations to text for more info… Happy Sunday, folks.
August 5, 2012
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New BigRoad app offers hours, nav, messaging
BigRoad’s driver/owner-operator smartphone app for Android offers log capability, messaging, navigation/maps and other functionality, such as the ability to send and receive documents from within the app.
August 4, 2012
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Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?
Owner-operators’ No. 2 named challenge, the unsettled nature of the hours of service regulations and a potential electronic logs mandate, has moved some to embrace change, others to fight for fairness.
August 3, 2012
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NASTC’s ‘Daily Fuel Hedge’ and discount program
Two fuel-price fighting tools from the National Association of Small Trucking Companies — their Quality Plus Network of fuel stops offering members cost-plus discounts and their Daily Fuel Hedge.
August 2, 2012
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