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Business
Tonnage index dips
Index dropped in November from October and compared with November 2009, adjusted tonnage climbed 3.9 percent.
December 20, 2010
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Business
Truckers for Troops program raises $71,000
OOIDA members and supporters have contributed nearly $230,000 over the four Truckers for Troops campaigns.
December 20, 2010
Business
Class 8 orders increase
November net orders of Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets increased 38 percent over October.
December 20, 2010
Business
Class-action suit ruling favors FedEx Ground
The federal judge ruled mostly in favor of the company in its stand that its drivers are contractors.
December 19, 2010
Business
House passes short-term funding legislation
The Senate is expected to replicate the action of House members, who passed a three-day funding bill Dec. 17 to avoid a government shutdown.
December 19, 2010
Business
Hornady unveils redesigned website
Monroeville, Ala.,-based Hornady Transportation, a national flatbed carrier, has launched a redesigned corporate website. The new site has pages dealing with sales, safety, service, maintenance and customer service, in addition to corporate history, contacts and an archive of downloadable newsletters. For details, visit hornadytransportation.com.
December 17, 2010
Business
FMCSA seeks handheld cell phone ban
Rule would prohibit interstate commercial trucker from reaching for, dialing or holding handheld cell phone while operating a commercial motor vehicle.
December 17, 2010
Business
LA port program adds Class 7 trucks
Los Angeles Harbor Commission approved two measures to strengthen enforcement of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program.
December 17, 2010
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Partners in Business
PIB TIP: PASS UP COSTLY FUEL STOPS. Owner-operator
PIB TIP: PASS UP COSTLY FUEL STOPS. Owner-operators are well advised to pass up network fuel stops that are too costly, too far off route, sell inferior fuel, are dangerous or poorly maintained, or are perceived as a profit center for the carrier at owner-operators’ expense. If you have concerns about a stop on the […]
December 17, 2010
Reader Rigs
Blountstown, Fla., resident Rusty Tolley describes
Blountstown, Fla., resident Rusty Tolley describes this 2006 Peterbilt 379 as “the finest ride you’ll ever see with the load of logs.” The truck is equipped with a 425-hp Caterpillar and an Eaton Fuller 10-speed transmission. Tolley hauls logs in north Florida and south Georgia to saw mills for Prime Energy Group.
December 17, 2010
Truckin Up
Channel 19
Truck stop operators Sapp Bros. pen autobiography
Sapp Bros. Travel Centers’ Bill and Lee Sapp have penned their collective autobiography, out now from Addicus. The book follows from their youth among seven Sapp children in southeastern Nebraska to the near-present, with the Sapp Bros. name a veritable legend among longtime haulers, particularly in the Upper Midwest. In the year 1971, Bill and Lee, […]
December 17, 2010
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Business
Professional brake washer
The Oil Eater Brake Washer is an air-powered washer than cleans brake parts without using electricity.
December 17, 2010
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