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Business

Independent Crozman named TCA Highway Angel

Long Haul Trucking owner-operator saves couple in winter blizzard.

March 29, 2011

Business

NAFTA surface trade rises in January over year

Surface transportation trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 19.5 percent.

March 29, 2011

Business

Joplin 44 Petro showroom opens

A new multi-million dollar, 15,000 square-ft. showroom has opened at the Joplin 44 Petro truck stop in Joplin, Mo., the travel center announced. The addition nearly doubles the size of the truck stop and features a retro-styled, bright green Peterbilt 379 dubbed LimeLight and a teal and purple Kenworth W900 tractor-trailer combo with a mural […]

March 29, 2011

Business

Diesel climbs again

The national average price is at its highest level since Sept. 29, 2008, when it was $3.959.

March 28, 2011

Business

1st Guard offers fuel card giveaway

Owner-operators will be eligible for fuel cards worth $500 through referrals starting March 31, 1st Guard Corp. announced.

March 28, 2011

Business

I-405 near Seattle to be closed

Truckers will face detours as a section of Interstate 405 in Bellevue, Wash., will shut down April 1-4.

March 28, 2011

Business

Anti-trafficking group to visit truck show

The non-profit Chapter 61 Ministries started the project two years ago to fight human trafficking.

March 28, 2011

Reader Rigs

Matthew Frechette, a resident of Uncasville, Conn.

Matthew Frechette, a resident of Uncasville, Conn., owns and operates this 2001 Peterbilt 379 heavy hauler. The truck is powered by a 550-hp Caterpillar.

March 28, 2011

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: USE OVERDRAFT PROTECTION. Most banks offe

PIB TIP: USE OVERDRAFT PROTECTION. Most banks offer this service, which automatically draws from your savings or credit card account to cover a bad check. If savings, you obviously need to keep a good stash to make it work. Linking to a credit card is a less favorable option, but paid off quickly it’s still […]

March 28, 2011

Channel 19

Tools for trucking career, issues advocacy at social media meeting

Making the wider world work to your particular advantage, whatever you choose that to mean, has always been the goal of the more ambitious among us — in today’s world, the tools toward making that a reality are multiplicitous and downright confusing in the pace at which the written and unwritten rules for their use […]

March 28, 2011

Channel 19

Overdrive’s Coulter remembers Fred…

Another fond memory here of Mike “Mustang” Crawford’s trucking companion, Fred, who passed on early the morning of Thursday, March 24, 2011. The memory and the wonderful picture here come from Lucinda Coulter, Overdrive’s managing editor, who met Crawford for the first time in person during a photo shoot to accompany our Trucker of the […]

March 25, 2011

Overdrive Extra

A “corporate mouthpiece” responds

A few readers have taken me to task for my March editorial. I had argued that the proposed mandate for electronic onboard recorders could eventually put pressure to raise pay.

March 25, 2011