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Channel 19

John Deere pedal car grand prize in Trucker Charity benefit raffle

And what’s best about it all is that the proceeds will go toward benefiting trucking families in need at Christmastime via Trucker Charity’s Christmas Group. Tickets to enter the raffle for the car (pictured), which was donated by Freedom Air Filters, can be purchased through Paypal via the Trucker Charity website for $3 for a […]

November 18, 2011

Business

Love’s jumps to 7th on Forbes’ annual list

Forbes ranked Love’s Travel Stops in seventh place on its list of America’s largest private companies. The Oklahoma City, Okla.-based travel center chain rose 11 places from last year’s ranking, the largest jump on the list of 212 companies. Companies on the Forbes list must make at least $2 billion in revenues, have more than […]

November 17, 2011

Overdrive Extra

The year-end tax dance

One benefit of good cash flow management is having leeway in covering costs. The end of the year is a good time to put that flexibility to use to reduce your income tax bill on April 15.

November 17, 2011

Business

Mississippi officials oppose higher truck weights

Senate and House bills would raise limits to 97,000 pounds for six axles.

November 17, 2011

Business

Idaho, Tennessee to mount holiday patrols

Idaho police statewide will conduct an enforcement campaign to target impaired driving Nov. 19-27.

November 17, 2011

Business

Love’s stop opens in Belleville, Ind.

A  travel stop opened in Belleville, Ind., on Interstate 70 at exit 59, Love’s Travel Stops announced. Through Dec. 16, drivers are eligible for double loyalty points on purchases. The stop features Subway and McDonald’s restaurants, 100 truck spaces, diesel exhaust fluid dispensers at the diesel islands, CAT scales, five showers and a game room. […]

November 17, 2011

Business

Brake out-of-service rate up

14.2 percent, of vehicles were placed OOS for brakes overall, up from 13.5 percent in 2010.

November 17, 2011

Channel 19

Heads-up on new partnership that could change the leasing game

This month in Overdrive, I examined a couple different alternatives to traditional leasing models carriers and their advisers are exploring for ways to avoid what some see as long-term growing challenges to the independent contractor business model. Two models in particular stand a chance to take hold in the future, one being the conversion of […]

November 17, 2011

Business

FMCSA shuts down carrier

Agents issued order after concluding Gunthers Transport was an “imminent hazard to public safety.”

November 16, 2011

Business

Goodyear opens 2 Wingfoot locations

Truck centers are in Joplin, Mo., and Greenwood, La.

November 16, 2011

Business

Idleair opens at Pilot Flying J stops in Georgia, Tennessee

Electric shore power provided by Idleair is newly available at travel centers in Dalton, Ga., off I-75 at exit 326, and in White Pine, Tenn., off I-81 at exit 4, Pilot Flying J travel centers announced. Limited free service for the shore power is being offered through Nov. 30 and, following that, a discount of […]

November 16, 2011

Business

Trucking safety record improves

The fatal crash rate involving large trucks has fallen each year since 2005, according to FMCSA statistics.

November 16, 2011