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Channel 19
OOIDA on bond increase: Large brokers not the problem
I spoke to Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer about the broker minimum bond increase issue earlier this week. The conversation followed posts to the blog looking at opposition to the measure (to raise it from $10,000 to $100,000) from small brokerages and their advocates, who have been reaching out to owner-operators [âŚ]
April 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Landstarâs 2012 start good sign for owner-operators
The nationâs largest owner-operator fleet, Landstar, reports that it had its best first quarter ever.
April 27, 2012
Channel 19
Speak out today in EOBR session
If youâve not taken the opportunity to tell the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration your thoughts on just how electronic onboard recorders for hours-of-service monitoring are or will be used in the industry, today is your day. For haulers shutting down in late afternoon on the East Coast, the opportunity is particularly good. The agencyâs [âŚ]
April 26, 2012
Overdrive Extra
âShipping Warsâ hotshot reality TV show extended
The Shipping Wars reality TV show, launched earlier this year and featuring the work of several hotshot owner-operators competing for earnings by bidding on and moving freight from the uShip.com online marketplace, hasnât exactly lit up the trucking world with interest in the manner of, say, the Ice Road Truckers show at its height, but the [âŚ]
April 25, 2012
Channel 19
Sleep apnea reg recommendations: Comments closed?
If youâve missed the news as yet, the recommendations put forward by the joint meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Board to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on sleep apnea entered a 30-day comment period late last week. Or did they? The agency sent out updates to various media [âŚ]
April 24, 2012
Overdrive Extra
New service space at Nebraska Pete dealer
The folks at South Dakota / Nebraska / Iowa-based four-dealer network Sioux City Truck Sales (pbtruck.com) shared this photo with us of construction, now completed, of a new nearly 7,400-square-foot addition to the Peterbilt of Norfolk (Nebraksa) building. Eight new service bays, with a wash bay and some additional parts storage space included, have been [âŚ]
April 24, 2012
Channel 19
Truck safety flames fanned in Ind.; columnist banks dinner with police chief
When Jerry Davich, columnist at the Post-Tribune of Chicago-area Merrillville, Ind., wrote about the case of an Indiana truck-car accident in which a death occurred recently, an area police chief challenged him to sit for an hour at the intersection of U.S. 30 and County Road 500W between Valparaiso and Merillville and count the number [âŚ]
April 23, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Lucky 13: Natural gas engines performing well in ready-mix
Chicago-based Ozinga Ready Mix drivers report plenty of power and responsive shifting from 13 Cummins-Westport natural gas-powered Kenworth mixer trucks now in operation, moving from its Chinatown Plant near downtown. âSince city officials are trying to reduce emissions from trucks that operate in downtown Chicago,â says Tim Ozinga, company communications director, âwe thought placing all of [âŚ]
April 21, 2012
Channel 19
Brokers: Highway bill unlikely prior to election; more on the bond issue
With news of President Barack Obamaâs threat to veto any highway reauthorization or extension bill that comes to his desk with authorization of the Keystone XL Pipeline included, as it is in the House version that passed the Rules committee earlier in the week, came my conversation with James Lamb, head [âŚ]
April 20, 2012
Channel 19
Checking in with Jazzy Jordan â and a rig named in her honor
When we quizzed Overdrive Facebook fans on their rigsâ nomenclature, i.e. not just the make and model but the names they used to give voice to that most personal of relationships â the on-highway operator and his or her machine â one in particular stood out for me. âI named mine âJasmine,â to honor Jazzy [âŚ]
April 19, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Chuck Bosselman inducted in racing hall of fame
The 15th class of the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame, to be inducted in October at the Firemanâs Hall in Lincoln, Neb., is set to include one Chuck Bosselman, second-generation owner of the famous Bosselman Truck Plaza in Grand Island, Neb., at I-80 and Highway 281, and later related businesses. Bosselman, who passed away [âŚ]
April 18, 2012
Business
Trucking still dominant, says ATA
Trucking continues to be the dominant mode of freight transportation and an integral part of the U.S. economy, according to the American Trucking Associationâs 2012 edition of its American Trucking Trends, which is available now for sale through ATA Business Solutions.
April 18, 2012
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