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Piling on — overweight fines reaching new heights

If the headline seems too outlandish to be true of a truck that actually had some sort of permit — “Truck bound for drilling site 49.7 tons overweight” — think again. Enforcement officers in Towanda, Pa., reported the Star-Gazette of Elmira, N.Y., have cracked down hard of all manner of weight infractions due to, some […]

February 23, 2010

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Nashville driver reaches out to targets of hate graffiti

This story, published in the Nashville, Tenn.-based daily City Paper, highlights the efforts of a truck driver to represent the best of his community to a group of Somali immigrants and their house of worship. When the Al-Farooq Islamic Center, a community meeting hall and mosque, was tagged with the words “Muslims Go Home” and a cross […]

February 22, 2010

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Truck Gallery, Feb. 25, 2010

Owner-operator Reed Thompson’s 2007 Western Star 4900 extended hood is powered by a 515-hp Detroit Diesel and pulls dry van freight in 48 states and Canada in a 2010 Cornhusker trailer. Thompson is leased to Skyview Farms of Gothenburg, Neb.

February 19, 2010

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Another drop in the ‘No Truck Parking’ bucket

Fayetteville, N.C., Observer reporter Myron Pitts put out a clarion call in a recently published editorial for the North Carolina DOT to do the prudent thing to increase safety outside the Motiva Enterprises fuel terminal in the area and add at the least a turning lane for trucks backing up waiting for entry on Shaw Mill Road. The article, […]

February 18, 2010

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Drug test changes proposed

The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed amending provisions of its urine drug testing procedures, included testing for lower amounts of amphetamines and cocaine. Some proposals will apply to collectors and medical review officers and are meant to create consistency with new requirements established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The proposal […]

February 17, 2010

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‘SuperTruck’ draws Navistar attention

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – When Navistar’s Steve Bruford envisions the truck of the future, he sees a tractor-trailer getting over 10 mpg. The truck manufacturer is taking the first step toward hitting that goal through testing it’s been performing here the past 15 months in the world’s largest wind tunnel at NASA’s Ames Research Center. […]

February 17, 2010

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Iowa starts carrier rule

Iowa has begun requiring intrastate carriers display their company or farm operation name and USDOT registration number, but won’t enforce this rule until 2011. The state’s transportation department’s Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement will issue verbal warnings only until 2011. After that, a citation could be issued, which carries a $25 fine and court costs. […]

February 17, 2010

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Free webinar on CSA 2010 set for March 17

As carriers begin to cope with the realities of Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, they’ll look at retention and recruitment in new ways. In a webinar produced by Overdrive and Truckers News, Schneider National’s Don Osterberg will examine how fleets need to evaluate drivers’ safety performance and whether the new federal safety initiative will create a […]

February 17, 2010

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Baltimore columnist: ‘Can’t avoid jackknifing? Don’t be a truck driver’

Michael Dresser, writing in the Baltimore Sun after the deluge of snow that blanketed the East Coast over the Super Bowl weekend, singled out several jackknifed rigs and their drivers in the Baltimore area as “Public Enemy No. 1.” One such jackknifing incident, he writes, turned I-95 into a parking lot for the entirety of […]

February 17, 2010

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Trucking industry self-policing, Montana-style

How’s this for taking matters into your own hands? After a few truck accidents on Montana highways 93 and 35 around Flathead Lake in the western section of the state, one of which spilled several thousand gallons of gasoline into soil precariously near the body of water, the public called for a ban of all […]

February 16, 2010

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Owner-operator’s record hits Roots Music charts

I’ll bet Overdrive October 2009 Trucker of the Month Howard Salmon, an independent you may likewise remember from a couple posts (here and here) late last year about his part in the Convoy for a Cure festivities in Texas, is having a good old time watching news of all the snow folks all over the country are suffering […]

February 11, 2010

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Jerry Beaudoin owns SRS National, a trucking company that hauls environmental waste to landfills in the Northeast, and Triple One is the star of his fleet. The 2007 Peterbilt 379 is powered by a 565-hp Cummins ISX and an 18-speed Eaton Fuller.

February 10, 2010