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Business

News roundup, Nov. 21: Be wary of increased cargo theft activity during Thanksgiving; Heavy haulers to conference in Feb.

SensiGuard reports that it has recorded cargo thefts at a 51% higher rate during Thanksgiving holiday periods than throughout the rest of the year. Heavy and oversize haulers of the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association look ahead to February conference in Charlotte this February.

November 21, 2019

Channel 19

More split-sleeper wishful thinking: Specialized carriers association backs sleeper splits up to 5 and 5

A look at the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association’s commentary on FMCSA’s hours of service proposal. It closely mirrors what I’ve heard from so many truckers who remember the split-sleeper-berth rules of days gone by. Namely, that’s something along these lines: “Let us split as we see fit.”

October 31, 2019

Business

423,430-lb. move on modular open deck

On a Faymoville modular heavy-haul trailer, Dynamic Specialized of New Kent, Va., recently hauled a transformer in Newport News, permitted at a gross weight of 423,430 lbs. and “rough outline dimensions,” says operations manager Josh Sohler, of 130 feet long, 11’4” wide and 15’3” high.

April 2, 2019

Overdrive Extra

61 years trucking — and counting

Truck driver James Tharp shares some of history based on his 61 (and still going strong) year career as a truck driver. Read what he has to share here.

February 11, 2019

Custom Rigs

Heavy-haul 2004 W900L is four-axle ‘Movin’ On’ homage

Menominee, Mich.-based 13-truck Extreme Transportation Specialized LLC is the business of owner-operator Robbie Harris’ father, and the younger Harris leases this pristine workhorse 2004 W900L to the six-truck heavy-haul side of it. Harris advocates for greater federal encouragement of uniformity in oversize/-weight permitting among states. “”They’re all over the board on what you can and can’t do.”

November 13, 2018

Business

Heavy-haul: Oil/gas plant expansion project complete

The Comanche project involves an increase in plant efficiency, modernization, & volume capacity for pipeline development and natural gas gathering and processing

May 24, 2018

Channel 19

Credit (or lack thereof) for clean, redux: Overdimensional haulers in inspectors’ crosshairs over visible violations

Calvin Dahl has a new approach to CSA scoring and inspection violations, specifically for oversize haulers. Read the details here on Overdrive.

May 9, 2018

Business

Heavy haul trailer brands partner up

The Goldhofer and Trail King Industries companies, both brands in the heavy haul industry, are teaming up to promote and support each other’s products both in the United States and around the world.

April 18, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Faces of the Road: Open-deck specialized hauler Randy ‘Kemosabbi’ Cunha

Do shippers and in-house brokers have an interest in seeing to it that their freight bill isn’t financing someone’s Maserati? “Shippers need to become more educated about what happens to these loads once they’re given to the brokers,” Cunha says, in this “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer’s Overdrive Extra debut.

March 13, 2018

Business

This year’s mammoth Christmas-tree haul to St. Peter’s Square, across the pond

Wonder how the mammoth 82-foot spruce that served as a Christmas tree this year on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican got to its destination? This pictorial, from reps of the Belgian Faymonville trailer manufacturer, tells the story.

January 2, 2018

Business

Comdata, FR8Star partner on dynamic load payment

Using Comchek Mobile, carriers hauling heavy-haul loads booked on FR8Star.com will be able to receive fuel advances at the moment of pickup as well as full payment quickly after Proof of Delivery is received.

September 28, 2017

Business

New heavy-haul load marketplace

The FR8star marketplace employs a patent-pending rate calculator for pricing oversize/overweight loads, including up-to-date state permit fees and escort costs.

March 21, 2017