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Modest proposal: ‘Ban truck driving’

The comments on the news of the handheld cellphone ban while driving for the interstate pilots of the nation’s tractor-trailer rigs continue to come in. (Read them for yourself here, including among them at the very end a reaction by driver Wayne Leverton to witnessing a state patrol officer in Washington State use both hands […]

December 9, 2011

Channel 19

Language of the MCSAC/MRB sleep apnea recommendations

You’ve more than likely seen the news, available via Overdrive here, that firm recommendations for guidance on required evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea among truck drivers with a body mass index (BMI) measurement of 35 or higher came down from the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee in their joint meeting with the Medical […]

December 8, 2011

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MCSAC / MRB meeting webcast underway on sleep apnea

If you haven’t been able to tune into the meeting today of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee with the Medical Review Board, keep an eye on my Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/channel19todd, where I’m posting various items from the presentations ongoing. Benjamin Hoffman, director of the Medical Review Board and GE Chief Medical Officer, […]

December 7, 2011

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Angry about trucking? Occupy your business

You might have noticed the powers that be are not striving to make your work environment more trouble-free next year. A new, and likely more restrictive, hours of service rule is expected. Carriers are steadily adopting electronic onboard recorders. More emissions-related regulations start in California during 2012, and medical certification will be more closely tied […]

December 4, 2011

Channel 19

Michigan excavators use doubles rig to fight MS

For almost half a decade, the Champagne & Marx Excavating excavating company, of Saginaw, Mich., has been hauling Michigan Specials — double-dump trailers capable of transporting 50 tons of payload — with a fleet of Kenworth T800s for road prep, foundation digging and other commercial and industrial projects. But, the company has also long been […]

December 4, 2011

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Cumberland Collective: Road music to keep an ear out for

I had the rare opportunity to pay witness to a recording session Wednesday night in Nashville at Blackbird Studios — a group called the Cumberland Collective (a couple of members of which I’m familiar with via the folks-in-their-30s-with-kids-needing-an-occasional-babysitter circuit) had opened up the doors on the 45-track studio to turn the 10-hour session into something […]

December 3, 2011

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A growing spectacular: The Vancouver Island truck lights parade

The Vancouver Island Equipment Owners Association’s Christmas Truck Light Parade and Food Drive takes the cake for the most brilliantly extravagant of the Christmas truck parades.

December 2, 2011

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18 wheels, 12 months, 1 cool calendar

Don’t bother with fighting the crowds at shopping malls for ordinary consumer merchandise when you can find trucking-related gifts at the OverdriveOnline store.

December 2, 2011

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Factory freight finishing strong

Owner-operators with hauls tied closely to factory output should see good demand through year-end, based on today’s report from the Institute for Supply Management.

December 1, 2011

Channel 19

Air Force drivers haul the Iraq withdrawal

They’re “working overtime now with the 31 December deadline,” says Melissa Milner with U.S. Air Forces Central. Last week, she notified me of a special feature on their website detailing the hauling efforts of the Air Force’s 70th Medium Truck Detachment, charged with moving massive amounts of materiel out of Iraq before the end of […]

December 1, 2011

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Power to win: Do you have it?

We know Sugar Ray Leonard’s got it. He delivered a “Power to Win!” keynote (pictured) to the 2011 VIPAR Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference, held in October in Tuscon. The network of parts distributors benefited well from Sugar Ray’s message, which drew parallels between the stores of various qualities it takes to run a successful […]

November 30, 2011

Channel 19

$50,000 reward for some missing …

They’ve been gone a few years — a grand total of 175 of them, mostly between the ages 3 and 7 years old now, according to a story published yesterday at the website of AgWeek. They were the property of cattleman James Larsen, whose father, incidentally, was a trucker. ATTENTION LIVESTOCK HAULERS: in two ads […]

November 29, 2011