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Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 168
Business
Freight index increases in October
Octoberâs Freight Transportation Services Index increased 0.2 percent from September, rising for a second straight month.
December 8, 2010
Channel 19
Wikileaks offers window into Iranian trucking community
However you feel about the WikiLeaks organizationâs recent and ongoing release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables, thereâs no doubt that many of the releases offer fascinating windows into the ways of world power â and more. Not least among the latter was the view a series of cables detailed at the Eurasianet.org site, dedicated to [âŚ]
December 7, 2010
Reader Rigs
Von Tompkins, a resident of Lee, Fla., owns and op
Von Tompkins, a resident of Lee, Fla., owns and operates the 2002 Peterbilt 379, powered by a 625-hp Cat and an 18-speed tranny, shown above. He pulls a step-deck trailer, hauling âanything I can possibly get on it,â he says, mostly in the Southeast. He recently painted his trailer to match his truck and added new [âŚ]
December 7, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Ghosts of violations past
For owner-operator purposes, CSA 2010 started three years ago. Thatâs how far back your violations are taken into account.
December 7, 2010
Business
Agency defends CSA 2010
FMCSA claims similar data have been available for more than a decade.
December 7, 2010
Business
Diesel price jumps
The national average price jumped 3.5 cents to $3.197, after falling 2.2 cents the previous two weeks.
December 6, 2010
Business
Knoxville bridge to be closed
The Henley Bridge will be closed for 24 to 30 months for an extensive rehabilitation project.
December 6, 2010
Channel 19
Tony âthe truck stop tigerâ â calls from the driver community to uncage him
Nearly two years have passed since I first wrote about efforts by animal-rights activists (post from January 2009 originally on old Channel 19 blog home on Blogger.com) to require Gross Tete, La., Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin to relocate the caged Bengal-Siberian tiger on the site of stop. Itâs been there as an attraction to [âŚ]
December 6, 2010
Business
Western Star body builder book
The downloadable resource provides equipment manufacturers comprehensive component information.
December 6, 2010
Business
Forecast: Major truck, driver shortages
FTR Associates consultant Noel Perry forecast freight growth in 2011 will average 4 percent, with some quarters hitting 7 percent.
December 5, 2010
Business
1,400 trucking jobs added
Trucking jobs in November also grew on a year-over-over basis for the second month in row.
December 4, 2010
Trucking History
TV drama of a gypsy trucker still magic for fans
In 1975, Overdrive covered the filming of the TV series, âMovinâ On,â starring Claude Akins as trucker Sonny Pruitt.
December 3, 2010
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