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Be the next Owner-Operator of the Year

Drivers can be nominated for the Overdrive Truckload Carriers Association Owner-Operator of the Year award through Oct. 29.

October 4, 2010

Business

Agency forced to issue hours-of-service rule

FMCSA plans to issue a proposed rule by the end of this year on supporting documents for hours-of-service compliance.

October 4, 2010

Business

Iowa waives weight limits

Regulation allows agriculture haulers to exceed weigh limits by 10 percent per axle without a permit.

October 4, 2010

Business

I-64 near St. Louis to close Oct. 8-11

The detour for the closure is to take I-255 to I-70/55 to get into St. Louis.

October 2, 2010

Channel 19

A driver so good the shipper gave him his own desk

Talk about burying the lead: The Osakis Review, a paper published from Osakis, Minn., ran a great profile of resident Larry Herzog (pictured, by Greta Petrich), who runs beef destined for McDonald’s customers’ stomachs for carrier Hensley Trucking, also of Osakis. In the profile, Herzog spends due time stressing the difficulties he faces daily in […]

October 1, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Rebounding factories slow a bit in September

The recovery is still on, but it’s getting winded. That’s the conclusion of the Institute for Supply Management, which released its monthly manufacturing report today. While ISM’s Purchasing Managers Index “reading of 54.4 percent is still quite positive, the overall picture is less encouraging,” says ISM’s Norbert Ore. “The growth of new orders continued to […]

October 1, 2010

Business

Electronic recorder bill introduced in Congress

Commercial Driver Compliance Improvement Act would mandate electronic on-board recorders for commercial vehicles.

October 1, 2010

Business

Congress eyes diesel tax hike

Bill would establish a national freight planning process, financed through a 12-cent increase in diesel taxes and use of federal funds.

October 1, 2010

Business

Operation Safe Driver set for Oct. 17-23

The traffic enforcement program will focus on enforcement in high-crash corridors with high truck traffic volumes.

October 1, 2010

Business

Work to begin on I-65 in Indiana

The Indiana Department of Transportation said a nighttime resurfacing project on I-65 will begin Oct. 4.

September 30, 2010

Business

Kenworth T700 tour returns

Veteran trucker Mike McDowell is driving a Kenworth T700 equipped with a 2010 Paccar MX from Maine to Texas in an encore of the truck tour that began this summer, Paccar announced. After the tour’s Canadian run ends in Moncton, New Brunswick, Oct. 1, it will continue with a stop at C-B Kenworth-Bangor in Hermon, […]

September 30, 2010

Business

Drivers win mentoring awards

Interstate Distributor Co. husband-and-wife team Richard and Linda Thomas have been named Trucker Buddies of the Month for July, and Walmart driver Chuck Lobsiger, shown above in the photo, is honored with the same such award for August, Trucker Buddy International announced. Residents of Edgewood, N.M., the Thomases have volunteered for the last two years with […]

September 30, 2010