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Channel 19
Bill Mack still in āfriendly negotiationsā over return to SiriusXM
The latest on Bill Mackās plans for getting back in the saddle as the Midnight Cowboy on overnight radio.
July 10, 2012
Channel 19
Jabin Boganās Mexico entry re-enacted
The latest news, from AP reporter Juan Carlos Llorca in El Paso, Texas, notes that on July 5, U.S. truck driver Jabin Boganās defense team gathered with local officials, prosecutors (which is trying Bogan on smuggling charges) and experts to āreenactā the alleged wrong turn that saw Bogan enter Mexico with a load of surplus [ā¦]
July 10, 2012
Channel 19
R.I.P. Sheriff āCottonmouthā ā Ernest Borgnine dead at 95
The trucking-film classic āConvoyā costar played a sherriff who used CB subterfuge in attempts to undermine a group of protesting haulers in the 1970s Sam Peckinpah flick.
July 9, 2012
Channel 19
PHOTOS: Tracked Land Rover put together by Bill Bradford
After I posted about South Pittsburg, Tenn.-based Bill Bradfordās immaculate Kenworth cabover last week, I got a note from Bradford about a vehicle he came across on YouTube after looking back over his own KWās vid. Check out a couple pics of it below. Youāll recall I noted in this post that, though Bradfordās driven [ā¦]
July 6, 2012
Channel 19
Rapper 50 cent rear-ended by ā¦ a lesser-known Kool Keith track
Over on the Juice blog at Billboardās website, word is rapper 50 Cent (pictured) collided with a Mack truck on the Long Island Expressway after the driverās load shifted, causing him to lose control of the rig. (The driver was OK.) Many of you may remember 50ās āIn Da Clubā record from 2003, whose rolling [ā¦]
July 5, 2012
Channel 19
Bummer, eh? Beer load sinksā¦
U.S. patriots living in Canada will no doubt be bummed by the news today: Click through the thumbnail of the pic here by Mathew McCarthy of The Record newspaper of Kitchener, Ontario, in Canada, for a story about this collapsed trailer loaded with beer outside the Beer Store on King Street in the same town. [ā¦]
July 4, 2012
Channel 19
Should HHG miles-based pay be illegal?
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, in the conference the Trucking Solutions Group organized Wed., June 20, with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro (Clark is a TSG member owner-operator), presented Ferro with the discrepancy between household-goods miles and actual door-to-door miles. āTheĀ household goods miles system that weāre paid on is often fewer miles than we could legally make a [ā¦]
July 3, 2012
Channel 19
Short haul v. long haul ā Where do you stand?
Informal poll results from Overdriveās Facebook fans on the growing trend among owner-operators toward operation in short-haul applications.
July 2, 2012
Channel 19
10 benefits of EOBRs
In the wake of the EOBR mandateās inclusion in the 2012 MAP-21 highway bill, this round-up comes by way of the people at Xata Turnpike, makers of the RouteTracker EOBR.
June 30, 2012
Channel 19
10 problems with EOBRs
These problems are among many noted by frequent Overdrive commenter E.F. McHenry as Congress considered an EOBR mandate ultimately included in the MAP-21 highway bill.
June 29, 2012
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Ferro introduced to CSA ā8th BASICā: Driver turnover
Some watchers contend carriersā driver turnover rates should be considered in computing ultimate safety scores in CSA.
June 28, 2012
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EOBRs reportedly dropped, then back in highway bill
According to this report from Fox News, citing confidential sources knowledgeable of ongoing Senate/House conference committee work on final highway bill language, a deal has been reached that includes removal of the mandate for interstate carriers to use EOBRs for hours-of-service compliance. Hereās the language in the Fox report: āAt the insistence of House Republicans, [ā¦]
June 27, 2012
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