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Channel 19
New āgold trucksā vid from owner-operator Howard Salmon
Remember that little mention I made a few weeks back about my serendipitous meeting with past Overdrive Trucker of the Month Howard Salmon (pictured), the one where I talked about participating in a bit of a video experiment with him singing at the fuel island (I held the camera, donāt worry; he did all the [ā¦]
August 9, 2010
Channel 19
12 big legs on 18 wheels
Cargo thieves in Quebec didnāt waste much time dumping a truck and trailer they lifted while in transit to an Ontario zoo June 18. Just 25 miles from where the rig was stolen, the trailer was spotted. The truck was found a few miles down the road. Ron Petrie creatively reconstructed the scene in the [ā¦]
August 6, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Would you like fries with that?
Driver demand is higher than itās been in more than two years. For leased owner-operators, it could be a good time to get updated on compensation packages and other lease terms, especially if youāve been with the same carrier for more than a few years.
August 5, 2010
Channel 19
NPR looks at truckersā health issues and regulation
A radio story on regulatorsā scrutiny of truckers health aired last week Friday for a larger than usual audience ā on NPR by reporter Frank Morris out of station KCUR in Kansas City, Mo. He introduced the heart ā or stomach ā of the story quickly: āOutside the Iron Skillet restaurant on I-70 east of [ā¦]
August 4, 2010
Business
Averitt receives St. Jude award
Averitt Express recently was recognized as St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospitalās Employee Giving Partner of the Year.
August 3, 2010
Channel 19
Punt on the spicy pork rinds
Add pork rinds to a haul in the Pacific Northwest and you might find yourself with a sore foot and backĀ and a charge of Ā ādriving with wheels off the roadway,ā or such was the case for a Mt. Vernon, Wash., hauler in July, Ā Washington State Trooper Keith Leary told reporters at the Bellingham (Wash.) Herald. [ā¦]
August 3, 2010
Business
Truckers fined for using Rhode Island bridge
Carriers are getting fined up to $3,000 and drivers $85 for not detouring around the I-95 Seekonk River crossing.
August 2, 2010
Channel 19
Custom heavy haul: Introducing Modern Machinery Movers
Clark Tucker opened his Indianapolis-based small fleet Modern Machinery Movers as a single-truck operation in 2002 to capitalize on heavy-haul opportunities in the wind-energy sector, a move that has proved fruitful. Today he employs 10 drivers. āGrowing up on a farm, I bought my first truck, a 1946 Dodge, and never looked back,ā says Tucker. [ā¦]
August 2, 2010
Channel 19
āNo Zoneā redux
A look at one of the āNo Zoneā safe-driving advocacy trailers.
July 28, 2010
Channel 19
Con-way Truckload driver pens āSemi Awareā book for teen drivers
But itās not just for teens, Toby Bogard says. The Crossville, Tenn., resident and seven-year Con-way Truckload company driver hopes all drivers can get something out of the Semi Aware book.
July 27, 2010
Channel 19
āNice mouse, driverā
The folks at Avant Garde Gifts, LLC, offer theĀ MotorMouse, a computer mouse of wireless design and in varying colors ā and that looks like a sports car, as you can see (that the Porsche 911 you recognize). As company reps have it, it might well be a āgreat giftā for car lovers at Christmastime or [ā¦]
July 26, 2010
Business
Webinar: Trucking freight stays strong
Transportation-dependent manufacturing growth has been leading the recovery, which is slowing down.
July 23, 2010
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