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Channel 19
Is large truck lemon law needed?
Thereās only a couple effective lemon laws in the country that actually provide protection from ādefectiveā Class 8s for buyers. If youāve as yet missed my March cover story in Overdrive on the subject, click on the images here to read, or access the text version here. Among sources was Mike Noll, a retired owner-operator [ā¦]
March 11, 2011
Channel 19
A few extra horses power rig through snow
Sometimes, the best solutions to problems are the simplest. Or thatās one way of looking at the vid below, postedĀ to YouTube by user roush61799 on Feb. 21 and purporting to come from Amish country in Central Pennsylvania. Four horses and a farmerās cart tied to the front end of a big Peterbilt pulling a tanker [ā¦]
March 10, 2011
Channel 19
FMCSA listens: PSP update clarifies co-driver inspection violations
While Iām on the subject of CSA, I thought Iād share a bit of an update to this monthās Truckers News CSA cover story. In it, during dicussion of the DataQs system and Ed Webbās case (which I wrote about yesterday), OOIDAās Joe Rajkovacz raises a very particular problem with Pre-Employment Screening Program driver inspection/crash [ā¦]
March 4, 2011
Channel 19
One driverās war: Taming CSA and the DataQs challenge process
I finally got the the opportunity to meet Boonville, Ind.-based driver Ed Webb (pictured) in person yesterday afternoon at the newly reopened downtown TA here in Nashville (speaking of which, Aaron Tippenās performing tomorrow morning there at 10 a.m. and 12 noon if youāre headed down Tennessee way today). Webb was a source in my [ā¦]
March 3, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Transport equipment a big part of factory growth
In ISM indices that measure growth in manufacturing and manufacturing employment, ātransportation equipmentā was the third fastest growing segment in February.
March 2, 2011
Business
Truck Show and BBQ of ATHS
April 30: Central California Chapter, Kirkland Ranch, Plymouth, Calif., (916) 381-6036.
March 1, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Hot trucking sectors draw attention
Two big parts of the trucking industry are bouncing back very strong and getting the attention of financial media outside of trucking.
February 24, 2011
Channel 19
Correcting the āB.J. & the Bearā truck replica record
When I wrote about the new āAmerican Truckerā TV series, premiering tonight on the Speed Channel, I mentioned their sample episode, in which host Robb Mariani runs through the build/restoration process on Paul Sagehornās original āB.J. & the Bearā Kenworth K100 and matching trailer, and included a photo of Paul with his other, 1984 Kenworth [ā¦]
February 24, 2011
Channel 19
Mack CEO shined as plant worker on āUndercover Bossā
This past Sunday, as we wrote here last week, Mack Trucks CEO Denny Slagle appeared on the popular CBS show Undercover Boss disguised in a mustache, cap, and toupee. Slagle (pictured, right) struggled to install front covers straight on 11-liter engines at the Hagerstown, Md., engine plant, took corners too fast driving a high-lifting fork [ā¦]
February 22, 2011
Channel 19
South African driver strike approaching closure after a violent week
Always a shame to see haulers around the world taking out their on-road frustrations on their peers. The news in South Africa this morning (photo of striking drivers by Lerato Maduna) is that, after a week of work stoppage by driversā unions in that nation that saw more than a little violence perpetrated on haulers [ā¦]
February 21, 2011
Channel 19
Have you seen your CSA scorecard?
Back just before the new CSA Safety Measurement System went live in December, I reported on a driver-focused CSA scoring service upcoming from the folks at CSA data mining firm Vigillo, which has been working with carriers for a long time now to develop in-house systems for tracking the progress of their efforts at improving [ā¦]
February 18, 2011
Channel 19
Owner-operator John Crozman emerges from Dakota blizzard hailed a hero
āIāve been doing this a long time, 30 years,ā says owner-operator John Crozman (pictured) of his long trucking career, for the past two years leased to Albertville, Minn.-based Long Haul Trucking. Over those three decades, like so many haulers, heās seen his fair share of on-highway rescue action. āItās not a problem. You come upon [ā¦]
February 17, 2011
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