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Driver to FMCSA: ‘Stop coming after us!’

Owner-operator Greg Petit gave federal regulators a mouthful Friday morning during a hearing to get input on electronic onboard recorders.

March 24, 2012

Business

Loathe to deadhead but may have to

We spent a pleasant day in Sparks, Nev. today but are still sitting here without freight to haul.

March 23, 2012

Channel 19

The haps at MATS: Rounding up driver-led efforts

I’ll make an attempt, at least. So much is going on at next week’s trucking show in Louisville it will be next to impossible to catch it all in this space today, but here are a few of the highlights folks have reached out to me about these last few months: Health walk-and-talk, blood driveAs […]

March 16, 2012

Channel 19

‘Outcast Kustoms’ TV show to debut March 26

If you give a look at the March 26 schedule on Discovery’s Velocity Channel website you’ll find a listing that may well ring a bell or two for the custom-truck enthusiasts among you. Listed at 9 p.m. on that date is Episode 1 of a show called “Outcast Kustoms,” which will feature Kelvin and April […]

March 14, 2012

Business

How to customize your truck

These 10 upgrades, photo-illustrated in step-by-step form, will get your truck on the path to looking as cool as any show truck.

March 13, 2012

Business

Protecting our profits from obscene toll hikes

I learned today something about New York mileage tax and fuel tax that I did not know before and that may work to our benefit.

March 7, 2012

Channel 19

Hours debacle covered at news site Politico

**(Overdrive editor Max Heine is posting updates from the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting via the OD Twitter feed and Facebook page today. Expected to be included among the news are company driver and owner-operator of the year awards. Stay tuned.)** Click through the thumbnail of the graph here for Politico writer Adam Snider’s brief […]

March 6, 2012

Business

Thoughts about a house and a home

Leaving our Florida vacation house prompts thoughts about home.

March 6, 2012

Channel 19

Contest for small-biz office furniture upgrade

Small fleet owners, does your office furniture need an upgrade? Furniture maker DreamSeat just launched a contest geared specifically toward small businesses like yours. They’re looking for the best entry to award a full furniture upgrade to one of their deluxe lines of office furniture, which can be customized with your company logo or other […]

March 3, 2012

Business

‘What saved me was that truck driver’

Truckers Against Trafficking is making a difference at truck stops around the country. A Las Vegas TV station looks closer at truck stop prostitution.

March 1, 2012

Channel 19

Driver conference calls, online radio shows Wed., Thurs.

All Drivers Together hosts Trucker BuddyFirst up, the folks with the All Drivers Together series of conference calls, which have been ongoing with increasing prominence in the months since I reported on them last year, this afternoon are hosting Trucker Buddy International’s Randy Schwartzenburg. He’ll detail the organization’s plans for MATS as well as ongoing […]

February 29, 2012

Business

Reuters says Panther Expedited is for sale

A report that Panther is for sale prompts this overview of the expediting sector of the trucking industry.

February 28, 2012