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Business
WSJ says Navistar ready for SCR to meet emissions regs
Navistar will move from EGR and adopt the SCR path taken by its competitors to meet 2010 diesel emissions regulations.
July 3, 2012
Business
Saia acquires Georgia-based Robart Transportation
Saia Inc. has acquired Robart Transportation Inc. and its subsidiary for $7.8 million, plus an earnout.
July 3, 2012
Channel 19
Should HHG miles-based pay be illegal?
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, in the conference the Trucking Solutions Group organized Wed., June 20, with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro (Clark is a TSG member owner-operator), presented Ferro with the discrepancy between household-goods miles and actual door-to-door miles. āTheĀ household goods miles system that weāre paid on is often fewer miles than we could legally make a [ā¦]
July 3, 2012
Business
FMCSA shuts down Tennessee carrier for multiple violations
The agency said it found multiple federal violations in hours-of-service compliance, driver qualification requirements, drug and alcohol testing and vehicle maintenance.
July 2, 2012
Channel 19
Short haul v. long haul ā Where do you stand?
Informal poll results from Overdriveās Facebook fans on the growing trend among owner-operators toward operation in short-haul applications.
July 2, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Midnight Cowboy Bill Mack back in the saddle
If you havenāt heard, the trucking radio giant is back on overnight radio via Willieās Roadhouse on SiriusXM Channel 56, broadcasting Sunday through Friday in the midnight-3 a.m. Eastern time slot. A couple of years back, Overdrive Editorial Director Max Heine interviewed Mack leading intoĀ Overdriveās 50th anniversary coverage. Check out the two vids below, a [ā¦]
July 1, 2012
Channel 19
Some good news: Jasonās Law in the highway bill
In all the hubbub over the mandate for electronic onboard recorders included in the highway-bill language, itās perhaps been easy to overlook some of better results for truckers and advocates, chief among them other language in the bill that, if it ultimately passes (as expected), brings to fruition nearly four yearsā worth of advocacy that [ā¦]
June 29, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Highway bill highlight reel
The American Trucking Associationsā summary of new highway bill items that are of interest to motor carriers, sent out to various media, follows ā Iāve rearranged a few items of driver/owner-operator interest to bring them closer to the top. Electronic Logging Devices The bill requires DOT to establish regulations mandating electronic logging devices (EOBRs) for [ā¦]
June 28, 2012
Business
Highway bill compromise raises broker bond to $75,000
Language in the tentative agreement raises the surety bond minimum to $75,000 from $10,000, where it had been since the deregulation era.
June 28, 2012
Business
House removes funding for onboard recorder mandate
In separate legislation Friday, House passes measure to block funding for EOBRs after both houses pass highway bill that mandates them on trucks.
June 28, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Bug-removal tip: Scotch Brite āDobieā pads
This one comes by way of owner-operator Henry Albertās blog, where he shares an anecdote about the Scotch Brite āDobieā cleaning pads (pictured) he uses to clean bugs from his windshield ā and how he somewhat inadvertently passed the trick off to Daimler engineers at the Uvalde, Texas, proving grounds. Give it a read here. [ā¦]
June 28, 2012
Business
House removes funding for onboard recorder mandate
In separate legislation Friday, House passes measure to block funding for EOBRs after both houses pass highway bill that mandates them on trucks.
June 28, 2012
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