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Channel 19
āBring Jabin homeā ā rally around jailed driver continues
Yesterday, May 10, Allen and Donna Smith of the Truth About Trucking advocacy organization and AsktheTrucker.com hosted a whoās who of folks involved in the case of Demco Transportation driver Jabin Bogan, who is still being held by Mexican authorities after inadvertently proceeding to the border at El Paso/Juarez while toting a load of military-grade [ā¦]
May 11, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Awesome bull hauler: An Iowa Pete truck show winner
Peterbilt of Council Bluffs, Iowa, hosted a truck beauty competition and show this past Saturday, May 5, that attracted more than 40 entrants. Pictured here (beauty shot below) is the āhot lime-greenā 2000 Peterbilt 379 bull hauler that garnered the most votes from the judges (the entrants themselves) for Best in Show, along with staff [ā¦]
May 9, 2012
Channel 19
National day of remembrance ā for truck drivers
A self-proclaimed āproud truckerās wifeā is circulating an online petition she hopes to take to Congress and the President to create a September 16 National Truck Driver Remembrance Day for the sacrifices haulers have made for the country. It would be a public holiday, says Melissa Peranteau of Sunbury, Penn., in text accompanying the petition, [ā¦]
May 7, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Study indicates growing number of independents
A recent jump in carrier registrations might be due to drivers getting their own operating authority.
May 7, 2012
Channel 19
$100 off apnea test; Motorhead Garage TV at Diamond International
Motorhead Garage TV to feature International dealerships this morning Diamond Companies, a holding company for InternationalĀ Truck and IC Bus dealerships in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, will be featured on a special āBig Rigā episode of the Motorhead Garage TV Series on the Fox Sports Network. The episode airs this morning at 11:30 a.m.Ā Eastern and [ā¦]
May 6, 2012
Channel 19
Could EOBRs solve the detention dilemma?
EOBRs can give owner-operators a powerful tool when dealing with customers and the shipping/receiving facilities relative to detention time. Given that stopped time and location is easily retrievable with the systems, operators now have ready-made documentation to prove detention time to the shipper, beyond just driversā word.
May 4, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Natural gas + trucking = 6 stock tips
Itās interesting to see investors and mainstream business media take note of how the boom in natural gas production is affecting the truck market.
May 4, 2012
Business
Trucking, trading and writing
Trucking, trading and writing; thatās my routine
May 3, 2012
Channel 19
Interviewing NFI āroadside midwifeā Mike Hawthorne
How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the unlikely description that can now be appropriately applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne, of Somerdale, N.J. Since I wrote about him several weeks back, the driver, who delivered the third newborn baby of his hauling career in late March, has been back at work delivering [ā¦]
May 1, 2012
Channel 19
Humor in all places: Weigh stations, auto hauler suppliersā¦
Thatāll be $5, driver When we quizzed operators via Overdriveās Facebook page about their funniest weigh-station memories, moving van hauler Robert McConnellĀ didnāt hesitate: āMany years ago at a Colorado scale, when you used to have to go in and get your little yellow paper, a fellow mover was there and, when asked what he was [ā¦]
April 30, 2012
Voices
Fuel management: Optimization, taxes and surcharges
Overdrive columnist and trucking radio host Kevin Rutherford presents āFuel management: Optimization, taxes and surcharges.ā
April 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Penske Truck Rental/Logisticsā new driver
The folks at Penske Truck Rental and Penske Logistics have a new driver doing some hauling, so to speak, in their stable ā he might well be familiar to the IndyCar fans among you. None other than Helio Castroneves will wear the Penske Logistics/Truck Rental yellow for several races this season. Castroneves is in his [ā¦]
April 27, 2012
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