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Business
GITI launches new website
GITI tire maker developed a new website designed to help commercial tire customers on use of truck and bus radials. The site features information on long haul, regional, mixed service, and BT Radial SmartWay fuel-efficient line-up. The site also includes a tire supplier locator and a video documenting the companyâs history and growth. For details, [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
Business
Wireless backup camera system
The WVRXCAMTC digital wireless backup camera and receiver system was made for drivers looking to replace or add a camera to factory-installed monitors. The component connects to an existing monitor with an optional adapter harness. The wireless cameras digitally lock to receivers creating a signal able to transmit around objects with no interference. The system includes [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
Business
Mobile document scanner
Xerox Company TripPak Services now offers a mobile scanner for all TripPak Mobile users thatâs compatible with most smartphones, computers and tablets. The scanner uses AutoLaunch technology, with the scanning beginning immediately upon recognition of a document. The battery is capable of scanning 300 pages before recharge, and any medium can be scanned. TRIPPAK SERVICES, [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
Overdrive Extra
ATTN Charleston port haulers: boosted cash incentive
The folks at Cascade Sierra Solutions, a nonprofit dedicated to connecting operators with opportunities to boost environmental friendliness and operational profitability, sent a notice today any Charleston, S.C., port haulers will want to take notice of, particularly if youâve been waiting for the right opportunity to get rid of that pre-1994 model truck you canât [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
Channel 19
Excerpting âRoll On,â a novel by Fred Afflerbach
The book is out, owner-operators. And what a book it is, telling the story, as Iâve written here, of owner-operator Ubi Sunt, an old-school âbedbuggerâ and child of the orphan trains facing down in the early 1980s an incoming rush of new faces, new ways of doing business, new pressure from his family to settle [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
Business
Truckers to be honored with contest
Progressive Insurance is giving truckers across the country the opportunity to be recognized for their everyday courage with the Real Life Trucking Hero Contest. Through Oct. 31, Progressive will award six cash prizes of $1,000, one of whom will win $15,000 and the title of âReal Life Trucking Hero.â âTruckers help keep this country running [âŚ]
April 16, 2012
Channel 19
Colin Stuartâs âWorking Class,â shown in Knoxville this weekend
Just as I was wrapping up my time at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show this past Saturday, April 14, what would pull into the lot at Knoxville, Tenn.âs Chilhowee Park on East Magnolia but this stupendous custom 1984 Peterbilt 359, the usually heavy-hauling (he had on a load of pallets Saturday) Working Class of Harvard, [âŚ]
April 16, 2012
Channel 19
New hotel-search iPhone app from Booking.com
Need a hotel last-minute on the road? The new free Booking.com Tonight app for the iPhone taps into the Booking.com websiteâs global listings for more than 200,000 hotels and other accommodations and offers some built-in price discounts for many, the company says. The appâs geared toward last-minute bookings and thus may be particularly useful for drivers. Simple, [âŚ]
April 15, 2012
Business
RWI increases driver pay
RWI Transportation will up driver pay 2 cents per loaded mile with a 1-cent safety bonus included in the total increase. Qualification for the safety payment is based on all dispatched loaded miles on completed trips within a calendar month. The increase will be paid out on a monthly basis. Visit RWI Transportation for details.
April 13, 2012
Business
Kenworth dealership opens in Casper, Wyo.
A new, 27,000-square-foot dealership is now open in Casper, Wyo. off Interstate 25 at exit 191, Motor Power Kenworth announced. The dealership features eight full-service bays, including one for express lube services, a 5-ton overhead crane, mobile truck lift system and a new original equipment manufacturer diagnostic and repair tool. The parts showroom is complemented [âŚ]
April 13, 2012
Channel 19
Latest job rankings: âTruck driverâ gains to 128
Next time you encounter a bear with an attitude, remember you may well not be dealing with a happy man â or woman, as it were. As a highway hauler, your occupation is ranked far ahead of âHighway Patrol Officerâ and âPolice Officerâ in CareerCast.comâs top 200 job rankings this year. Smokey Bear came in [âŚ]
April 13, 2012
Business
Meritor tire inflation system ups infuel economy
Use of Meritorâs tire inflation system can improve infuel economy up to 1.4 percent, the Troy, Mich.-based truck parts maker said. Developed by Pressure Systems International, the tire inflation system was tested by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs research division. Gordon Food Service, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Sheetz Inc., based in Altoona, [âŚ]
April 12, 2012
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