Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 246

Home

Contact us

To comment on a story: Lucinda Coulter Managing Editor [email protected] To advertise here: Chip Magner Executive Director of Sales [email protected] Reach Thousands in the Trucking Industry. Download our media kit. If you received this newsletter from a friend and would like to start your own subscription, please click here.

April 12, 2010

Channel 19

Newton’s laws of motion at work on NYSE?

Every driver knows, at least intuitively, Newton’s third law of motion, right? Or is it the first? In any case, it typically runs something like “for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction,” and is meant to describe momentum and the interaction of objects. The wheels and tires, propelled by the truck’s engine, give […]

April 12, 2010

Overdrive Extra

How recorders can protect you

If it seems electronic onboard recorders are becoming much more prevalent, it’s because they are. Thousands of units are in place in major carriers. The recent final rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration means that thousands more are on the way for fleets that rack up too many hours-of-service violations. The May Overdrive […]

April 9, 2010

Channel 19

Amid industry discussion of EOBR rule, smartphone logging apps proliferate

Though the FMCSA’s just-published limited-mandate and performance-standards rule for electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) for logging did next to nothing to open up the market for tools beyond the paper log and expensive devices tethered to the truck’s ECM, smartphone applications with similar functionality continue to proliferate. The UDrove app and online storage service, released earlier this year (functional […]

April 8, 2010

Business

Internet Truckstop launches new service

Internet Truckstop has a new brokering service, BrokerBing, scheduled to launch April 8.

April 7, 2010

Channel 19

Third time’s the charm? Feds say no to tolling I-80 in Penn.

A development that could mark the end of a long saga (you could make a case that it goes back to the 1980s — heck, even that it begins prior to the establishment of the Interstate Highway System itself) happened yesterday with the third federal rejection of an application by the state of Pennsylvania for authority […]

April 7, 2010

Home

Iowa bans texting while driving

Iowa became the 21st state to ban texting April 2 when Gov. Chet Culver signed an anti-texting-while-driving bill into law for all drivers in the state.

April 7, 2010

Home

Drivers named ‘Angels’

Marten Transport driver James McDowell and Trucks, Inc. driver Danny Carmichael have been chosen as Highway Angels by the Truckload Carriers Association.

April 7, 2010

Home

Diesel price passes $3

The national average retail price of a gallon of diesel topped $3 the week of April 5.

April 7, 2010

Home

Truck orders up 35% in March

March Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American manufacturers increased 35.9 percent higher than February, preliminary data from FTR Associates indicate.

April 7, 2010

Reader Rigs

This 2005 Peterbilt 379X runs from Colorado to Tex

This 2005 Peterbilt 379X runs from Colorado to Texas for Arvada, Colo.-based Beisemeier Equipment Leasing, a petrochemical sales and distribution company. The truck runs on a 550-hp Cat and 18-speed Eaton Fuller transmission. Driver Clyde Carroll says the WTI rear fenders make it classy.

April 6, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR DOWNTIME: Make the

PIB TIP: MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR DOWNTIME: Make the most of your waiting time, such as while loading or unloading or getting truck washes. A few ways to use the time well include taking a walk, organizing clutter in your cab or checking your tires, lights and maintenance records. The Partners in Business program […]

April 6, 2010