Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 65

Business

GPS available in Internationals

Rand McNally and Navistar Inc. on Thursday, Nov. 3, announced an agreement to make Rand McNally’s IntelliRoute TND truck GPS units available as an in-dash option in International trucks starting next year. Navistar will begin offering an in-dash version of the high-definition 7-inch IntelliRoute TND 710 navigation unit for new truck production in January 2012. […]

November 7, 2011

Business

Mack to haul Capitol Christmas tree

A lighting ceremony on the west lawn of the Capitol will be held Dec. 6, and the tree will remain lit throughout the holiday season.

November 7, 2011

Business

Stolen cargo recovered in LA

Detectives discovered a warehouse containing stolen cargo of consumer goods in the San Fernando Valley.

November 7, 2011

Channel 19

Tanking independent — Meet owner-operator Dan Bollinger

Hauling in a 2007 Peterbilt 379 (pictured) — “one of the legacy class editions,” he says, with a 48-inch flattop sleeper — owner-operator Dan Bollinger just got his own authority early this year. He hauls dedicated for a liquid feed supplier to feedlots in Western Kansas, where he lives. Formerly hauling under the feed company’s […]

November 6, 2011

Channel 19

Salve for your shifting hand…

And your soul, says the maker of a line of shift knobs built from precious rocks. “If I’m ever stuck in traffic or I’m stressed out by circumstances in my life, the mere acts of looking at and touching one of these shift knobs drains away the stress,” the maker notes on its website, gemstoneshiftknobs.com. […]

November 5, 2011

Business

Online event on truck stop electrification planned

The presentation by Shorepower Technologies and Cascade Sierra Solutions is scheduled for Nov. 15.

November 4, 2011

Business

Trucking adds 3,100 jobs in October

Compared to October 2010, seasonally adjusted trucking employment is up by 36,600, or 2.9 percent.

November 4, 2011

Business

I-5 lane closures set for north of Los Angeles

Overnight freeway lane closures will occur 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Nov. 4 through Nov. 10.

November 4, 2011

Channel 19

Truckers Against Trafficking: A cause we can all get behind

Truckers News Editor Randy Grider says it best in his column in this month’s issue, titled “Your most important call” in reference to the Truckers Against Trafficking national hotline number for reporting incidents of child sex trafficking witnessed on the nation’s highways. “Each year in this country,” Grider writes, “tens of thousands of kids are […]

November 4, 2011

Business

Channing Owner-Operator of Month

Richard Channing has been trucking for more than 50 years.

November 4, 2011

Business

Medical certificate changes begin Jan. 30

A new law affecting medical certificates for CDL holders will begin implementation Jan. 30 and be phased in through 2014.

November 4, 2011

Business

Primex Transport driver named Trucker Buddy for July

Craig Dickason, Primex Transport company driver, was named the July Trucker Buddy of the Month, nonprofit outreach Trucker Buddy International said. Fourth-grade teacher Laura Conway of Las Vegas nominated Dickason for his volunteer partnering since 2002 with students in her classes. Read more on Trucker Buddy’s website about its educational mission and programs held since […]

November 3, 2011