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Overdrive trucks to NYC today
Overdrive editor Max Heine and I are doing a little air-trucking this afternoon to NYC for the Jesse H. Neal awards banquet put on by American Business Media. My two-part feature on the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is one of three finalists in the Best Series category for [âŚ]
March 15, 2012
Business
Randy Houser to headline Walcott concert
Country music singer Randy Houser will headline a 7 p.m. concert July 12 for the 33rd Walcott Truckers Jamboree July 12-13, the Iowa 80 Truckstop announced. The event will be at the truck stop, off Interstate 80 at exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. This yearâs jamboree will feature more than 200 exhibits, a Super Truck [âŚ]
March 14, 2012
Business
Senate OKs transportation bill
Two-year $109-billion transportation bill includes funds for creating truck parking and an electronic onboard recorder mandate.
March 14, 2012
Business
CARB offers lease-to-own truck financing
Objective of the program is to encourage early compliance with CARBâs on-road diesel vehicle and tractor-trailer greenhouse gas regulations.
March 14, 2012
Business
DOT freight index dips in January
For-hire transportation freight fell 3.6 percent in January from December but was 1.6 percent higher than in January 2011.
March 14, 2012
Business
Driver named Highway Angel for helping couple at roadside
Kool Pak company driver Mike Mozley has been named a Highway Angel for helping a couple attach chains to their car at roadside, the Alexandria, Va.-based Truckload Carriers Association said. Near lunchtime in January, Mozley saw the stranded husband and wife attempting to put chains on their Cadillac on Interstate 5 in southern Oregon before [âŚ]
March 14, 2012
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âOutcast Kustomsâ TV show to debut March 26
If you give a look at the March 26 schedule on Discoveryâs Velocity Channel website youâll find a listing that may well ring a bell or two for the custom-truck enthusiasts among you. Listed at 9 p.m. on that date is Episode 1 of a show called âOutcast Kustoms,â which will feature Kelvin and April [âŚ]
March 14, 2012
Business
How to customize your truck
These 10 upgrades, photo-illustrated in step-by-step form, will get your truck on the path to looking as cool as any show truck.
March 13, 2012
Business
Trio to perform at Kentucky trucking show
El Camino, Blackberry Smoke and James Otto will perform March 23 in Mobil Delvac concert.
March 13, 2012
Business
West Virginia expected to extend idling limit
Bill extends the rule banning heavy truck idling more than 15 minutes an hour. The bill removes a sunset date of May 1 that was in the original rule.
March 13, 2012
Business
TWIC fees cut
Applicants for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials will pay slightly less starting March 19.
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
Former operatorâs novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didnât set out to launch a trucking career when he took a job working for a Bekins Van Lines-affiliated moving company in Austin, Texas, in high school in the 1970s. He caught the fever all the same. âThe owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are [âŚ]
March 13, 2012
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