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Channel 19

‘Shipper of choice’ phrase on the rise, but what about its negative?

Be a "shipper of choice," not a "shipper of last resort." Overdrive sheds light on a growing problem of shippers taking advantage of truckers in the industry.

May 31, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Report from a #parkingdesert

With almost 250 fewer semi-truck parking spaces available along GA's I-75 corridor, truck drivers are facing new dilemmas in the wake of the ELD mandate.

May 29, 2018

Truck Stops

Love’s adds 157 truck parking spots with new Texas, Kentucky locations

The new Texas location features 94 parking spaces, and a Love's Truck Tire Care while the Kentucky store will add 63 truck parking spaces, and much more.

May 24, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Faces of the road: Dawn L. at the diesel desk and her extended family

From her childhood in the Mojave Desert to befriending professional truckers, Long Haul Paul stops to learn more about Dawn L., a Pilot diesel cashier.

May 14, 2018

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new truck stops in Oklahoma, New Mexico

The company announced a new location in Oklahoma off of I-44 near the Oklahoma-Texas state line, and a new store in Belen, New Mexico off of I-25.

May 4, 2018

Channel 19

Rise of the ‘shipper of choice’ phrase, particularly when it involves truck parking

In addition to the case of shipper Unilever’s Newville, Pa., facility, which I wrote briefly about last week, there are plenty other shippers and receivers who do make parking options available to drivers when space allows. At once, they’re hardly the norm, yet attention to parking issues is growing in the ELD mandate’s wake.

April 11, 2018

Truck Stops

New Love’s opens in Michigan near Canadian border

The new truck stop in Capac features Chester’s Chicken and McDonald’s restaurants, along with 104 truck parking spaces, seven showers, laundry facilities and a Love’s Truck Tire Care.

March 28, 2018

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new travel stop in Elizabethtown, Ky.

The new store, located at 601 South Ring Road (exit 133 off of Western Kentucky Parkway), adds 63 truck parking spaces to the company’s network.

March 16, 2018

Business

Unmentioned but not unappreciated

Here’s to those who didn’t make the printed stories of 2017. The people too weird or fleeting to create an entire post around, the folks I probably would have never seen or experienced without travel and trucking, but the very people who make this whole thing interesting …

January 1, 2018

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new location in Troy, Texas

The Troy location offers 114 truck parking spaces, a Love’s Truck Tire Care center, seven showers, McDonald’s and Subway restaurants, laundry facilities and more.

December 20, 2017

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new location in Ely, Nevada

The new location is the company’s fourth in Nevada. It features a Carl’s Jr. restaurant and 48 truck parking spaces.

June 30, 2017

Overdrive Radio

Partners in Business podcast: Managing your fuel costs

This installment of Overdrive’s Partners in Business covers how to control fuel costs. That includes minimizing fuel consumption, getting a fair fuel surcharge and choosing where to buy fue

May 24, 2017