Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 37

World’s Toughest Trucker — premiering on Discovery Monday

Since I wrote briefly last Friday about this TV show, one in a long line of trucking shows to have debuted over the last year, I’ve garnered a little more info. Not least among it is the fact that Overdrive‘s own new blogging owner-operator, Landstar expediter Phil Madsen, was himself approached last year by the […]

February 10, 2012

Feds set date for stability control proposed rule

The NHTSA also expects to issue a notice for a proposed rule to mandate speed limiting devices for heavy trucks.

February 10, 2012

NTSB repeats driver cell phone ban recommendation

The recommendation originally was issued Dec. 13, following NTSB’s meeting on a multi-vehicle Missouri accident.

February 10, 2012

New iPhone app from Load Delivered Logistics 3PL

Carriers utilizing the Load Delivered Logistics provider for loads now have access to the company’s freight pool via an iPhone and iPad app that the company says provides not only the ability to view and bid on available freight but includes robust filtering tools. Carriers can search for shipments by using a variety of criteria, […]

February 9, 2012

Baylor Trucking raises driver pay

Company drivers can make up to 44 cents per mile in a fleet-wide pay increase, Milan, Ind.-based Baylor Trucking Inc. announced. The carrier also started a minimum of $1,000 weekly on Feb. 1. In business for 67 years, the carrier has terminals in Indiana and Tennessee and serves areas east of the Mississippi River. The […]

February 9, 2012

Con-way offers incentive plans

A new lease-purchase plan and a guaranteed team driver pay plan are being launched, Joplin, Mo.-based Con-way Truckload announced. The so-called Destination Ownership program allows drivers who are in good standing and have one year’s service with the carrier to buy a fleet trade truck at low cost or through an affordable leasing program. The […]

February 9, 2012

Alliance starts fantasy race league

Truckers can enter weekly challenges to predict top 10 finishers in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series with a possibility of wining $100,000 for perfect predictions, Alliance Truck Parts announced. The fantasy racing league contest is one of several promotions the Daimler Trucks North America parts franchise is offering in its sponsorship of the No. 12 Dodge Challenger […]

February 9, 2012

Ryder introduces smartphone app

Ryder System Inc. now markets a free smartphone application to aid customers in finding the nearest Ryder rental, maintenance, fueling location in the United States and Canada. Customers can search for the closest location and get a list of services offered at that specific location. The app is available on all iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices.

February 8, 2012

KW of South Carolina joins network, wins dealer award

Worldwide Kenworth of South Carolina is now a part of the Kenworth dealer network across the U.S. and Canada. Worldwide Kenworth’s parent company, Worldwide Equipment, based in Prestonsburg, Ky., also celebrates its chairman and CEO, Terry Dotson, being named the 2012 Truck Dealer of the Year by the American Truck Dealers. Worldwide Equipment recently purchased […]

February 8, 2012

Trucker wins Lucas motorcycle

Enright Ranch & Supply driver Randy Brundige, of Irwin, Mo., won a Lucas RSD 250 Pro-Street motorcycle, America’s Best Truck Stops said of the grand prize in the 2011 AMBUCK$ contest. Brundige’s winning transaction with the truck stop’s loyalty card on July 24 at Huck’s Travel Center in Kuttawa, Ken., was one of nearly two […]

February 8, 2012

IdleAir opens Minnesota service

Service has started at the Travel Centers of America stop off Interstate 35 at exit 11 in Albert Lea, Minn., electrification provider IdleAir announced. As part of its grand opening, the station will offer free, limited service through Feb. 15 and full premium service for $1.25, plus tax, through Feb. 29. The shore service provider […]

February 8, 2012

Elephants in the room: MCSAC snapshot

There were two of them in the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meeting room at the Hilton Old Town in Alexandria, Va., yesterday. At a certain point in the committee’s discussion yesterday, Feb. 7, about the issue of electronic logs and harassment, as the discussion ranged seemingly away from the task at hand — discussion […]

February 8, 2012

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