Tag: 18-wheelers: Page 4

Channel 19

Fitting insurance to the operator — trends in usage-based pricing

If you missed a feature about insurance costs I wrote for the August edition of Overdrive, it contained a brief item relative to how insurance companies determine customer risk — and as a result of that risk determination, premium rate pricing. Canal Insurance Chief Underwriting Officer Paul Brocklebank made brief mention in the piece about […]

September 27, 2011

Channel 19

How high am I? AutoHaulerSupply.com has the answer

If you’ve ever asked yourself that question after loading a car hauler or an expensive piece of machinery on an open-deck trailer, Oregon-based Stephen Rowe (pictured: don’t try this at home) has a tool to help you answer it. His Auto Hauler Supply company’s new Life Saver Height Stick is made of durable bright-orange fiberglass […]

September 25, 2011

Channel 19

Truckers lobbied to support National Pork Rind Day

This wouldn’t be the salty snack’s first appearance on the Channel 19 blog. For that, we’d have to go back to August 2010, when a driver choked on one and his rig left the roadway — and didn’t spur mainstream media calls for a ban on eating behind the wheel. All the same, Ohio-based Rudolph […]

September 22, 2011

Channel 19

‘Where’s the love’ for truckers? Dr. Love has the answer

Or at least he knows where it’s not: I-55 South into Hammond, La., from the No. 46 milemarker about 15 miles to I-12 (much smoother). Dr. Love, or truck driver B.G. Love, takes online viewers on a tour down this road in a video posted in June to the blog for his “Lovology” project, a personal […]

September 12, 2011

Business

Kentucky Trailer has grand opening of paint, decale division

A paint and decale division of Kentucky Trailer is having its grand opening in a new 80,000-square-foot building, the Louisville, Ky.-based trailer maker announced. The facility for the new division, Kentucky Trailer Paint & Reconditioning, is located near the company’s headquarters in the Louisville-Jefferson County Riverport Industrial Park. The division is a full service paint, […]

September 1, 2011

Channel 19

Freewheelin’s top 10 trucking songs after 1985

With Overdrive‘s September 50th anniversary issue hard on the way, and considering folks at the Great American Trucking Show got a sneak peak at the 50 top technical milestones John Baxter and oiur editorial crew put together, I thought I’d offer up a little for you. You’ll recall our all-time top ten trucking songs, of […]

August 31, 2011

Channel 19

How to save fuel: ‘Fix the roads!’ researchers say

We all know the tire makers have done their due in improving truck-tire rolling resistance in recent years to help operators save fuel with tire choices. Two Auburn University researchers say it’s time for the paving industry and the governments that allocate funds for roads to step up to the plate. They located a holy […]

August 1, 2011

Trucking History

For the dog days of summer: Doug dog to the rescue

Doug Dog, a canine with his own twitter account, has trucking roots with Overdrive and is a reminder of a pooch’s warmth.

July 28, 2011

Business

Internet Truckstop partners with ALK Technologies

Internet Truckstop is providing routing, mileage and mapping software through ALK Technologies, the freight matching service announced. ALK Technologies’ PC Miler software will be available to members of Internet Truckstop, based in New Plymouth, Idaho. ALK Technologies develops mobile navigation and transportation technology.

July 28, 2011

Business

Truck insurance app available

The Insure My Truck app for getting truck insurance estimates is available for iPhone users, Progressive Insurance announced.  An android version of the app is in development. Get more details at iTunes.

July 25, 2011

Trucking History

Blasts from the past: Bennies and bad checks

Cartoons by Overdrive artist C. Livolsi in the 1960s were hard-hitting satires fused with corny humor.

July 22, 2011

Channel 19

Tonight on American Trucker — Gully Transportation’s antique trucks

Gully Transportation will be featured on tonight’s edition of the American Trucker television show. The episode will air on the Speed Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern. The program will show the production of one of the Quincy, Ill.-based regional hauler’s newest trucks – a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia – in the manufacturer’s Cleveland, N.C., facility. “My father started […]

July 21, 2011