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Business

Pride & Polish championship set

Top truck beauty show winners will meet in Dallas in August to compete for the Custom Rigs Pride & Polish National Championship.

February 2, 2011

Business

Storm socks Midwest

Governors of Missouri and Illinois declared emergencies for their states in advance of the ferocious storm.

February 1, 2011

Business

UCR enforcement begins

Individuals and companies operating commercial motor vehicles in interstate or international commerce must register and pay a fee annually.

February 1, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Reports confirm strong freight demand

Three positive reports came in today about the state of trucking (or the economy) at the end of last year. These agree with recent earnings statements from publicly traded truckload carriers, most of which made strong profits in the fourth quarter.

February 1, 2011

Channel 19

‘Carhartt Tough’ contest finalists include two truckers

Not exactly long-haul drivers, John Irish from West Allis, Minn., and Bubba Peters from Seattle, Wash., are two of 12 finalists in the national Are You Carhartt Tough? Contest. Voting will continue from today through  Feb. 28 at www.CarharttRental.com, and two grand prize winners will be selected based on the public’s votes. The contest began a […]

February 1, 2011

Business

Surface transportation trade dips in November

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 15.5 percent in November over November 2009.

February 1, 2011

Partners in Business

USE RETREADS. Premium tire makers design casings f

USE RETREADS. Premium tire makers design casings for retread use. Theoretically, undamaged casings can be repeatedly retreaded, although the tire maker’s casing warranty might run out at, for example, 750,000 miles or after three retreadings. On the downside, some carriers restrict retread use on steer axles, and some states limit the number of times a […]

February 1, 2011

Reader Rigs

Owner-operator Gene Jackson, an Ozark, Mo.-residen

Owner-operator Gene Jackson, an Ozark, Mo.-resident, hauls fence posts in his 1986 Peterbilt 359, shown here. The rig is equipped with a 3406C Caterpillar and a 15-speed transmission.

February 1, 2011

Business

Diesel price increases

Prices rose moderately in all regions, led by New England’s gain of 2.4 cents to $3.633, the highest in the nation.

February 1, 2011

Business

FMCSA proposes to mandate onboard recorders

All interstate commercial truck and bus carriers that use logbooks would have to use electronic onboard recorders under a proposed regulation.

February 1, 2011

Channel 19

Curtain falls on new scale house inspection technology, opens on EOBRs

I just finished a visit with Lieutenant James A. McKenzie and troopers at the Greene County, Tenn., scales on I-81, where  among other events I had the perhaps unfortunate occasion to witness an oversize hauler being put out of service due to a brake inefficiency. But perhaps more interestingly, today is the day, McKenzie said, […]

January 31, 2011

Business

U.S., Mexico begin cross-border trucking talks

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with her Mexican counterparts in Mexico.

January 31, 2011