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The harsh realities of excessive debt

Congress has muddled through the debt-ceiling crisis, but it’s obvious the problem is not solved. Not only has the nation’s debt rating been lowered, but massive deficit spending remains the norm in Washington, D.C. We’re still going to hell in a hand basket, just at a slightly lower pace. On a smaller scale, any owner-operator […]

August 10, 2011

Business

Super Service ups new driver bonus

New owner operators and company drivers who sign on with Super Service are eligible for a $2,500 bonus, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based carrier announced.

August 9, 2011

Business

Great American Trucking Show app available

An app for the Great American Trucking Show is available on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smart phones.

August 9, 2011

Business

How to spot flood-damaged trucks

Although shoppers should consider if the truck is for sale in an area that’s sustained flood damage, the truck could have been taken to another region to sell.

August 9, 2011

Channel 19

Overdrive top 10 songs streaming online this week

Longtime trucking radio host “Big Al” Weekley have put together a two-hour program that will stream from the Dispatch Me Home Radio website 24-7 throughout the week. It’s all starting, well, now, and featuring a run through trucking history via our Top 10 Trucking Songs of all-time poll.  If you missed the polling results last […]

August 9, 2011

Business

Diesel price drops

Average prices in all regions dropped in the latest week led by a plunge of 6.9 cents to $4.067 in California.

August 9, 2011

Channel 19

Scale It: The platform-scale axle-weights app, designed by a driver

John Christner Trucking driver Jerry Wilks is the programmer/developer of an application that, if you’re packing an iPhone and find occasion to use platform scales, could be of great use. Launched early in 2010, the Scale It app for the iPhone is a quick cheat that allows you to input the different weight readings you […]

August 8, 2011

Business

Federal fuel taxes to expire

Federal taxes on diesel fuel, truck tires, heavy equipment and heavy-vehicle road use are set to expire Sept. 30 unless Congress acts.

August 8, 2011

Channel 19

‘A creep or crazy’: Roseanne Barr on today’s truckers

News today is that celebrity media, as usual, is having fun at the expense of the nation’s haulers. You’ve got two choices, as I see it: go on and have fun with them or get madder than a hornet. There’s a poll over at the Hollywood Life site that asks readers to vote on whether […]

August 6, 2011

Business

Trucking adds 1,300 jobs

Compared to July 2010, trucking employment is up by 43,000 positions, or 3.5 percent.

August 5, 2011

Business

Obama to unveil truck fuel economy standards

The standards, to be released Aug. 9, will affect work trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles.

August 5, 2011

Business

‘Ice Road’ star to appear at GATS

Maya Sieber and “Deadliest Catch” fisherman Edgar Hansen will appear at the Great American Trucking Show.

August 4, 2011