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Business

GT tires get SmartWay approval

The GT radial GSL213 steer tire and GT669+ drive tire have received SmartWay certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GITI Tire USA announced. Read about the tires at GITI TIre USA.

November 19, 2010

Business

Luber-finer on social media sites

Truckers can now access details about Luber-finer filtration systems on  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, Albion, Ill.-based Champion Laboratories, Inc. announced. The Facebook and Twitter channels provides access to news and information concerning lines of teh brand’s heavy-duty, medium-duty and automotive filtration products. People with questions on a wide variety of topics can seek answers on Luber-finer’s Facebook […]

November 19, 2010

Channel 19

Sioux City Truck Sales’ Peterbilt calendar

A Network of four Peterbilt dealers in the Midwest — Sioux Falls, S.D.; Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Iowa; and Norfolk, Neb. — is distributing a custom 2011 calendar called “Working Trucks of the Midwest.” Customers may obtain the free 2011 calendar at any of the group’s stores, while supplies last. But the photos are available online, […]

November 18, 2010

Business

Eastbound I-10 near Phoenix to be restricted

Eastbound Interstate 10 south of Phoenix will be narrowed to one lane from 10 p.m. Nov. 19 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21.

November 18, 2010

Business

Agency adjusts cargo scoring for CSA 2010

FMCSA is recalibrating the BASIC by adjusting the cargo securement violation severity weightings based on comments from experts.

November 18, 2010

Business

Class 8 orders increase in October

Net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets in October rose 24 percent over September.

November 17, 2010

Home

Bachman and Turner: Still takin’ care of business

On their climb to stardom in 1973, the Bachman-Turner band decided they liked the name Overdrive when they saw a copy of the magazine at a truck stop in Windsor, Ontario. They had stopped at the Colonial Steak House at the Brown Brothers Truck Stop to eat, “hungry, tired, battling with a cranky bus and […]

November 17, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: CUT OUT-OF-ROUTE MILES. If you’re like ma

PIB TIP: CUT OUT-OF-ROUTE MILES. If you’re like many owner-operators, with 6 percent to 10 percent of your miles out of route lost to detours, side trips and just human error, you could possible cut them 3 percent. Doing so would save 3 percent on fuel, as well as on other variable costs such as […]

November 17, 2010

Reader Rigs

St. Louis, Mo.-resident Rolan Mask customized this

St. Louis, Mo.-resident Rolan Mask customized this Werner company truck, a 2005 Peterbilt 379 extended hood. The rig is equipped with a 500-hp Caterpillar. View more readers’ rigs at OverdriveOnline.

November 17, 2010

Business

Landes driver wins customer award

Driver Bob Oitker is the first recipient of the Customer Appreciation Recognition for Employees award, said Landes Trucking Inc. CEO Jim House. The fleet, based in Jacksonville, Ill., started the award to honor employees who garner unsolicited praise from customers, House said. Oitker received $50, and his name is inscribed on the CARE plaque displayed in […]

November 17, 2010

Business

Court rules against ATA to speed up port case

A federal court has denied the American Trucking Associations’ request to expedite its appeal in its lawsuit against the Port of Los Angeles.

November 17, 2010

Business

DOT launches distracted driving video online

Online video series explores the consequences of texting and cell phone use while driving.

November 17, 2010