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Channel 19
Jasonâs Law: Time for action is now
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved a two-year transportation authorization bill (S. 1813, or MAP-21) extending current funding levels and making other enhancements that could lead, said Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, to new jobs. Of chief interest for trucking advocates is the inclusion in this bill of Jasonâs Law, intended [âŚ]
November 10, 2011
Channel 19
Setting the pace with owner-operator Henry Albert
Sundayâs post on Overdrive 2007 Trucker of the Year Henry Albertâs blog caught my eye with what it says about thinking outside the box to ensure success in running an independent business. In the post, Albert visits an old haunt of his, Charlotteâs Metrolina speedway (the old grandstands here pictured by Albert), shuttered long since [âŚ]
November 8, 2011
Channel 19
FCC continues hold on âTrucker TVâ exemption
Since 2004, missing persons advocate Marc Klaas of the Klaas Kids Foundation has been part of an effort by a company associated with Flying J travel plazas to get an FCC exemption to establish a low-power broadcasting operation at truck stops. The emphasis of the operation would be not only on entertainment but, most importantly [âŚ]
November 7, 2011
Channel 19
Salve for your shifting handâŚ
And your soul, says the maker of a line of shift knobs built from precious rocks. âIf Iâm ever stuck in traffic or Iâm stressed out by circumstances in my life, the mere acts of looking at and touching one of these shift knobs drains away the stress,â the maker notes on its website, gemstoneshiftknobs.com. [âŚ]
November 5, 2011
Channel 19
No-cost consultations for spine/lower back injury available
Back pain gotten out of control? Dr. Richard Kaul of New Jersey Spine and Rehabilitation has teamed up with the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund to provide no-cost consultations and MRI reviews for truck drivers whose pain problems have gotten out of hand. Dr. Kaul has seen many truck drivers whoâve suffered from [âŚ]
November 3, 2011
Channel 19
Truck-Lite goes gonzo with customer service in new YouTube series
âCustomers often ask the same questions about the features and design of our products,â says Bob Ives, Truck-Liteâs marketing vice president. Coming upon a creative way to address those customer questions and concerns, the company has undertaken a series of YouTube vids that Ives says has proven an âexcellent toolâ to address âfeedback and concerns with [âŚ]
November 1, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Santaâs elves cranking out electronics
Manufacturing continued growing in October, but at a slower pace than September, according to the Institute for Supply Management.
November 1, 2011
Channel 19
How to get â and keep â the contract
Success in hauling with your own authority often requires negotiating contracts directly with shippers and keeping those contracts when bigger competitors come prowling. The father-son operation of John and Erick (pictured) Engbarth learned this by experience. Erick makes regular hauls from North Carolina to California loaded with plastics and usually carrying motorcycles back. When Engbarth [âŚ]
October 29, 2011
Channel 19
Friday Channel 19 news round-up: Cross-border trucking; âdriver shortageâ; and the 1 on the 53 and the 99
Separate but not equal That separation could be diminishing when it comes to U.S. and Mexican tucking, now that a new pilot program for cross-border long haul is under way.  In the wake of the Oct. 21 border ceremony at Laredo, when the first Mexican truck crossed as part of the new cross-border pilot program, [âŚ]
October 28, 2011
Channel 19
Get jiggy with your riggy and win $1,000
The website Jiggyjobs.com has a quirky contest ongoing in their âGet jiggy in your riggyâ promotion. Potential entrants, be warned: it requires you to dance on a YouTube vid for the world to see. Check out the full rules at the end of the announcement company video below, and then to enter, post your 10-30-second [âŚ]
October 25, 2011
Channel 19
Memphis expo and Nashville show this weekend
Outreach, education in Memphis I had the good fortune of meeting Niki Brown and her husband, independent owner-operator Steve Nelson, this past weekend at the Truck Driver Social Media Convention (if you missed my reporting from the event, find two stories here and here) in Tunica, Miss., due south of their Memphis home base. Theyâre [âŚ]
October 19, 2011
Business
Landslide closes Utah road
About 12 miles of State Route 14 in Utah will be closed for months to make repairs after a recent landslide.
October 17, 2011
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