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‘Workin’ Class’ — a new trucking tune from Leland Martin
It’s named after owner-operator Colin Stuart’s “big ol’ Peterbilt all decked out and tricked out with beautiful murals of horses on the sides of the trailer,” country crooner Leland Martin told my colleagues over at Custom Rigs magazine — “Workin’ Class” is the latest in Martin’s catalog, written after meeting owner-operator Stuart and posing for […]
October 18, 2010
Business
Fewer trucks removed for defective brakes
Fewer vehicles were taken out of service for brake defects during Operation Air Brake’s Brake Safety Week this year.
October 18, 2010
More inspections uncovered fewer brake defects during Brake Safety Week this year.
Business
Survey: Economy top issue facing trucking
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new regulatory framework for evaluating carrier and driver safety is a close second to the economy.
October 18, 2010
Business
Agency displays technologies
Demonstration showed technologies expected to help state law enforcement do truck inspections.
October 17, 2010
Business
Clean truck event planned
EPA, environmental and industry representatives will hold a press conference Oct. 19 to outline advances in 2010 diesel trucks.
October 15, 2010
Business
Minnesota to close 3 rest areas for repairs
The rest areas on Interstate 90 will be closed temporarily beginning Oct. 18.
October 15, 2010
Business
Trucker’s brain revealed
Discover this and other fascinating images and stories from the past 50 years of Overdrive at www.overdriveretro.com.
October 15, 2010
Truckers Brain Feb 19641 Od
Overdrive Extra
Learning from a crash course
Such opportunities will increase as the economy struggles to get on its feet, and trucking already is ahead of the curve. It’s easy in the flush of good times to forget lessons so clearly illustrated during hardship. It’s best not to.
October 14, 2010
Business
Hoover Dam bridge dedicated
It will become the western hemisphere’s longest single-span concrete arch bridge and one of the tallest in the world.
October 14, 2010
The 1,900-foot-long span looming over Hoover Dam.
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Oh driver where art thou?
Dear driver, I have been hearing there is a shortage of you. Is it because all the owner-operators are succumbing to that CSA 2010 bug and electronic logs? Or are all those newfangled hybrid trucks themselves cross-breeding with a new monster species of broker to drive them out of business? Or, just maybe, since whether […]
October 14, 2010
Business
Freight index fell 0.6% in August
The Freight TSI has risen 4.4 percent over the last 15 months, after declining 15.3 percent in the previous 10 months.
October 14, 2010
Freight trend is higher despite August decline.
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DOT awards university grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $18.7 million in grants to 11 University Transportation Centers.
October 14, 2010
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