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Channel 19
Popular Mechanics seeks âWorst Roadâ nominations
Make your voice heard! No, Iâm not talking about the proposed mandate of electronic onboard recorders for hours of service compliance (for more about that: comments are open through May 23). Popular Mechanics editors are seeking out the âworst road in the USA,â they say at the magazineâs website. Who better to nominate it than [âŚ]
April 27, 2011
Channel 19
The great tomato heist â Cargo thieves still operating in plain sight
I missed this report from the New York Times a week and a half back, about a sophisticated cargo-theft ring operating a seemingly legitimate trucking company in Florida, with a twist. The freight targeted wasnât consumer electronics or cigarettes or pharmaceuticals. âThe high price of produce, especially for tomatoes after the deep winter freezes,â reporter [âŚ]
April 25, 2011
Channel 19
Truckster app âby and for driversâ
From the Maine Morning Sentinel newspaper comes news of the former hauler, 42-year-old Leigh Gagnon, who created and launched in 2009 the Truckster app for the iPhone and Android phones. Available for $3.99 in the Android market and iTune App Store, the multifunction app provides a searchable platform to the majority of truckstops the nation [âŚ]
April 19, 2011
Channel 19
TA Petro: âFor drivers by designâ
Last week when I wrote about my brief meet-up with expediters Phil and Diane Madsen, I mentioned the pairâs assessment of updated showers at TravelCenters of American locations systemwide, with particularly high marks for the La Vergne, Tenn., location where we met. As I noted in that post, the improvements were begun last year, as [âŚ]
April 18, 2011
Channel 19
Rhetoric on Tony the Truckstop Tiger boils over into truckstop villification
Itâs been a little while since I checked in on the efforts by animal-rights activists and others â including a large coterie of truck drivers â to force owners of the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., to give up their caged Bengal tiger, Tony. The latest efforts including a lawsuit filed this week [âŚ]
April 15, 2011
Channel 19
âSomething new every dayâ: Meeting Phil and Diane Madsen
Phil and Diane Madsen haul expedited in this 2006 Volvo with 132-inch ARI sleeper and 16-foot box. Over the past several years, Iâve called on the pair several different times for perspective on all manner of topics, from truck maintenance/warranty issues to unique hauls to examples of the many owner-operators out there taking to the [âŚ]
April 14, 2011
Channel 19
UPDATE: âHats for heroesâ special delivery, take two
You will recall my story here about the genesis and progress of Marten Transport driver Candy Bassâ âHats for Heroesâ program of providing an outlet for a wide array of trucking industry participants to honor the sacrifices of U.S. soldiers. Well, the past yearâs volume of hats was significant enough to require more than just [âŚ]
April 11, 2011
Channel 19
New Frito Lay trailer wrap supports Women in Trucking
Last week in Louisville, the Women In Trucking Association went for the Guinness World Record again for the largest gathering of female truck drivers with their second annual Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel. You may recall my reporting on last yearâs unsuccessful attempt. This year, the gathering drew 204 professional female drivers (last year, [âŚ]
April 7, 2011
Channel 19
Back to the past: $4 diesel returns
Well itâs official, folks. The Energy Information Administrationâs weekly diesel report this week showed the national average with 3 cents of the $4 mark, reaching the highest point yet in the now near nine-month run-up in price weâve seen since last August, by now oh-so eerily reminiscent of the 2007-08 run (an Overdrive headline in April 2008 [âŚ]
April 6, 2011
Business
Flatbed and dry van pay increases
Drivers can earn an additional 2 cents per mile pulling flatbed and dry van loads for Nashville, Tenn.,-based carrier Western Express.
April 6, 2011
Business
Pilot offers ConocoPhillips lube
ConocoPhillips lubers are now available at Pilot Flying J locations.
April 6, 2011
Channel 19
âTruck spottingâ takes off in England to industry image benefit
Remember the oft-described âgood olâ daysâ of the 1970s? When truck drivers were portrayed by the movie stars of the day and lionized by the public as hardworking heroes of the American way? The image of drivers and public interest in trucking may never have been higher on this side of the pond, itâs certain, [âŚ]
April 5, 2011
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