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You gotta know when to hold ’em, when to fold ‘em
Anyone who’s been to an intermodal port or seen the container ships that serve them knows there is no shortage of big colored boxes being stacked like giant Lego walls. They’re also shuffled all over the place, too often empty due to global imbalances in world trade. That deadhead costs the industry $7 billion a […]
April 13, 2010
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How recorders can protect you
If it seems electronic onboard recorders are becoming much more prevalent, it’s because they are. Thousands of units are in place in major carriers. The recent final rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration means that thousands more are on the way for fleets that rack up too many hours-of-service violations. The May Overdrive […]
April 9, 2010
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Factories humming; inventories start growing
Today’s report on manufacturing shows it expanded in March for the eighth consecutive month, says the Institute for Supply Management, which does a monthly survey of supply executives. The good news mirrors what many in the trucking industry have said in recent weeks about freight demand – and driver demand with it – picking up. […]
April 1, 2010
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Dollars and Sense
Catching problems with oft-overlooked maintenance items can pay big dividends.
April 1, 2010
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Hours of services changes: Sooner and later
If you have any doubt about whether the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., are getting the message about needed flexibility in the hours of service revision, worry no longer. I attended part of the fifth hours of service public hearing last week in Louisville, Ky., and the calls for a more sensible approach to sleeper berth […]
March 30, 2010
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Fewer trucks + more freight = good news
It looks like freight is coming back. Or has been back for weeks. Some off-the-record conversations I’ve had with industry leaders in the last few weeks confirm that, as does other evidence. Internet Truckstop’s latest Market Demand Index report this week exceeded 7, meaning that carriers have more leverage with price than do shippers or […]
March 19, 2010
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Deadly roads, best Interstate, stupid drivers
Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Sam Venable took time to concur with our readers, who recently voted I-40 in Tennessee as the nation’s best highway segment in our annual Highway Report Card. However, if he didn’t know how diversely opinionated truckers are, he does now. He polled three of them at a truck stop about their […]
March 11, 2010
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Distracted driving needs uniform restrictions
It’s a pity that it takes the heavy hand of government to ban practices that common sense would say are stupid, if not deadly. Such is the case with text messaging while driving, which the U.S. Dept. of Transportation recently outlawed for commercial drivers. Studies show that texting and related behaviors – talking on a […]
March 9, 2010
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Watermelon Slim – on the road again with a killer sound
It’s not every day that we trucking editors get a private lunchtime concert, but such was the case Friday here at the offices of Overdrive and Truckers News. Former trucker Bill Homans, who records and tours as Watermelon Slim, had an evening set scheduled in downtown Tuscaloosa. He got to town early enough to treat […]
March 7, 2010
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Dollars and Sense
Owner-operators who are skipping small preventive maintenance items are finding out later it’s costing them much more money to get the problem corrected.
March 1, 2010
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Arrow Trucking: Lawsuits, blame and good news
Some new developments emerged in recent days with Arrow Trucking, now two months after its Dec. 22 closing. Two items are from the Tulsa World. One details how lawsuits filed individually against executives are moving forward even though bankruptcy proceedings protect the company from further lawsuits. Several of the civil cases are against Former CEO […]
February 24, 2010
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Credit card statements include free cold shower
You might have heard that banks have to play by new rules with their credit card terms and disclosures, starting today. If you’ve never faced the music when it comes to credit card abuse, your chance is about to come. One of the more digestible – and eye-popping – bits of information that now must […]
February 22, 2010
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‘Ice Road Trucker’ comes home to thaw
Carlile Transportation’s George Spears When I rode with Alaskan Haul Road driver George Spears in the summer of 2006, he was planning to retire in the next year or so. However, he kept postponing the day. Then he was asked to stay for production of the third season of the History Channel’s “Ice Road Truckers” […]
February 11, 2010
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Is it recovery yet?
It’s hard some weeks to stack up the economic reports and figure if things are getting better or worse. This week was no exception.
February 5, 2010
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Dollars and Sense
It no longer costs thousands of dollars to buy a laptop, and cellular data coverage on the road continues to get better.
February 1, 2010
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A confident public and stronger freight
Two bits of news breaking Wednesday offered some encouragement that the economy, and trucking with it, will continue rebounding.
January 27, 2010
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More bad news about your lifestyle
Trucking’s lifestyle has always gotten a bad rap for its impact on health because of driver inactivity, stress and poor diet, among other things. New studies bring even more bad news, and you don’t want to take this sitting down: Staying seated for prolonged periods, even when combined with regular exercise, could be bad for […]
January 21, 2010
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Early warning signs at Arrow Trucking
One of the lessons to come out of the Arrow Trucking collapse is to recognize warning signs and take appropriate action.
January 18, 2010
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