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Channel 19

Cubby Buddy toolbox maker’s new storage system for load bars

Hensley Inc.-leased owner-operator Jeff Zehrer (pictured), with a Great Dane dry van and Freightliner tractor and a unique line of tool-box systems for owner-operators you may well recall me writing about here back in January, has added yet another patent-pending storage system to the repertoire of his growing Cubby Buddy side business. The business and Zehrer […]

April 2, 2012

Business

The beauty and power of a goal

Since I decided to write a book, long put-off tasks are suddenly getting done.

April 2, 2012

Business

Melton Logistics renamed

Melton Logistics has been renamed Conexus, LLC, the Tulsa, Okla.-based third-party logistics company said. The company, which was launched in 2003, will operate at its current site under the same leadership. Read more details at the company’s new website, conexuslogistics.com.

April 2, 2012

Business

Leland Martin to sing at 16th annual Truckers Jamboree

Country music singer Leland Martin will perform at a 7 p.m. concert May 18 as part of the 16th Annual Joplin Truckers Jamboree, said event coordinator Joel Hamilton. To be at the Joplin 44 Petro, off Interstate 44 near exit 4, the May 18-19 festival will also feature an antique truck and car display, exhibits, […]

April 2, 2012

Business

These truckers were paid tourists today

It took some doing, but we figured out how to park the truck in Sacramento where we could enjoy a day of tourist fun.

April 1, 2012

Channel 19

Red alert: Get your uniform or else!

Now that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has begun to reach its long regulatory arm into your daily dress, drivers are sounding off in record numbers. “This is just taking it too far,” said owner-operator Bob Mandible of Blue Gill, Ohio, of the new red shirt requirement, joining the fast-growing chorus. “The agency has […]

April 1, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Four-wheeler: ‘I am so sick of 18-wheelers!’

Over the transom today in Overdrive‘s Nashville bureau here, as my office is often known among the editors in Alabama, came this letter. So much for sharing the road! Dear editor,I am so sick of 18-wheelers. They are always in the way. Who needs them? I sure don’t. They never seem to do the speed […]

April 1, 2012

Business

Feds close Utah carrier

Federal officials have shut down a small Utah carrier after declaring the company and its principal an imminent public safety hazard.

March 31, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Looking good, Michelin man

We didn’t realize the Michelin mascot was such an avid consumer of owner-operator news and views before this photo was sent in. In any case, kudos for reading, MM. But too bad he didn’t get to pick up the latest, April edition, just out and available in a digital edition via http://dmtmag.com/current/overdrive. There’s a great […]

March 31, 2012

Channel 19

Behold the Red Giant — Bryan Dax’s custom 1990 Diamond Reo

Just what is that motorcycle doing in front of Two Rivers, Wis.-based owner-operator Bryan Dax’s custom 1990 Diamond Reo “Red Giant?” When I visited with Dax this past week (you may recall his rig from my coverage of the Nashville Chrome & Class show last year) at the tail end of my tour through Minnesota […]

March 30, 2012

Business

Court of Appeals denies OOIDA’s EOBR request

A federal court has denied OOIDA’s request that it order the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to not encourage EOBR use.

March 30, 2012

Business

Newbies: Could you survive events like these?

We have had a dry spell but are OK. Financial reserves are important.

March 30, 2012