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Business

Tonight: Chat with ex-IRT bad boy Dave Redmon

Sign up for a free live chat session with Dave Redmon, who was fired from the “Ice Road Truckers” TV series.

November 14, 2011

Business

Pilot Flying J iPhone app launched

One customer weekly will be given a $200 gas card for downloading the newly available iPhone app, My Pilot, Pilot Flying J said. An Android platform version of the app is expected to launch as early as January. The apps help users plan trips, compare fuel prices and provides locations to the more than 550 […]

November 11, 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

Business

Online payment service launched

Customers can now pay bills online and access account balances, Bellevue, Wash.-based Paccar Financial Corp. announced. The website allows customers to schedule automatic payments, electronically transferring money from their financial institution to their financial service account, Paccar Financial Corp. spokesman Doug Siefkes said. For details, visit Paccar Financial. Hubbard said the new service is a […]

November 3, 2011

Business

Truck engine retrofitting part of emissions reduction grant

Twenty dump trucks and 10 garbage trucks in several Missouri municipalities are among other heavy-duty vehicles that will be retrofitted to reduce diesel exhaust emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. The $1.5 million project will help retrofit, repower and replace diesel engines on locomotives, tugboats and loaders in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and nine […]

November 2, 2011

Business

Love’s stop opens in Ottawa, Kan.

Truckers will receive extra points on purchases with store cards through Nov. 27 at a newly opened stop in Ottawa, Kan., at Exit 183 off Interstate 35, Love’s Travel Stops said. The new travel center features a Hardee’s restaurant, 70 truck parking spaces, diesel exhaust fluid dispensers, CAT scales, five showers and a game room. […]

October 27, 2011

Business

ATA Good Stuff Trucking Image Award winners announced

Two carriers and two state trucking associations received the American Trucking Associations’ Good Stuff Trucking Image awards. Milan, Ind.-based Baylor Trucking Inc., Greensboro-N.C.-based Mack Trucks, the Minnesota Trucking Association and the Tennessee Trucking Association were honored for enhancing the industry’s image, said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. For details, visit Trucks Bring It.

October 26, 2011

Business

Marten ups pay 5 cents per mile

Owner-operators’ pay has been increased 5 cents per mile for hauls 151-800 miles, Mondovi, Wis.-based Marten Transport announced. This rate increase is the third such made in the last five months. For details, visit Marten Transport Ltd.

October 19, 2011

Business

Ailing driver gets emergency help

An IdleAir employee helped resuscitate a trucker with CPR after he collapsed at a Jackson, Ga., truck stop, IdleAir spokesman Jeffrey Maurer said. While two other drivers assisted the trucker, the employee, identified only as Amanda, administered CPR until paramedics arrived. The driver was transported to a hospital soon after that and was later reported […]

October 14, 2011

Business

DEF locator app available

An Air1 diesel exhaust fluid locator app is available for free on Android smartphones, DEF maker Yara announced. Both the Android and iPhone apps will be updated monthly to account for any new retail partnerships and to incorporate additional user feedback, the Tampa, Fla.-based manufacturer said. The Air1 mobile locator application allows drivers to locate […]

October 7, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Driver’s “beans-and-rice budget” needed in D.C.

Someone who’s experienced his own financial crisis during this period is hot-shot hauler Frank Hagwood.

September 30, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Does added hydrogen really boost fuel mileage?

Some research shows that hydrogen slightly improves diesel combustion, but the improvement may not be significant enough to warrant all the equipment necessary to separate it and meter it back in.

September 27, 2011