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Business
TransTech replaces former scan service at Flying J
Pegasus TransTech truck stop scanning services are replacing all of Flying J’s 180 Scan & Go Express scanning, the newly merged Pilot Flying J travel center company announced. Transflo Express scanning will be installed at all Flying J stops in the United States and Canada within the next 60 days, said Pegasus TransTech spokeswoman Karen […]
July 1, 2010
Voices
SpeakOut
Truckers weigh in on dodging tax liabilities, the oil spill and retread tires.
July 1, 2010
Fish
Business
More visitors, exhibitors at Great West Truck Show
Attendance grew by 2 percent and floor exhibit space increased by 17 percent.
June 30, 2010
Business
Pilot, Flying J merge
Pilot Flying J is selling 26 locations to Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores as required by the Federal Trade Commission as a condition for the merger.
June 30, 2010
Merged company to be called Pilot Flying J.
Business
Daimler increases truck production
Company announced it will recall approximately 540 workers to three of its manufacturing facilities in North Carolina.
June 30, 2010
Daimler Trucks is increasing production of its Freightliner Cascadia.
Channel 19
Meet the North Carolina ‘Swamp Loggers’
Working his operation from Jacksonville, N.C., Bobby Goodson, owner of Goodson’s All-Terrain Logging, is one of several pioneers of the method of “shovel logging” he’s become somewhat famous for today, thanks to the Discovery Channel’s “Swamp Loggers” series. The reality show, depicting Goodson and crew’s work in the low-country swamps, helped propel the Discovery Channel to near the top prime time […]
June 30, 2010
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Business
Averitt’s flatbed service expands
Regional flatbed drivers are being hired in a company-wide expansion, Averitt Express announced. The Cookeville, Tenn.-based carrier recently ordered nearly 50 flatbed trailers to augment its current fleet of more than 50. The carrier is increasing flatbed services in Birmingham, Ala.; Atlanta; Cincinnati; Louisville, Ky.; and Nashville, Tenn., said Averitt spokesman Chris Asberry. For details, call (800) […]
June 30, 2010
Business
North America trade increases 32% in April
The value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico fell 5.9 percent in April from March, but increased over the previous year.
June 29, 2010
Partners in Business
PIB TIP: AIM FOR THE MIDDLE ON WEDNESDAYS. By midw
PIB TIP: AIM FOR THE MIDDLE ON WEDNESDAYS. By midweek, about half of your gross revenue for the week already should be in hand. The other half of your gross revenue should be generated by Saturday to be profitable for the week. The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at […]
June 29, 2010
Reader Rigs
David and Wanda Shelby, of Hilliard, Fla., own thi
David and Wanda Shelby, of Hilliard, Fla., own this 2007 Peterbilt 386, their first truck. It is equipped with a 475-hp Caterpillar.
June 29, 2010
Daddys Hand
Business
Central Freight Lines driver logs 5 million safe miles
Central Freight Lines company driver Sandy Menzdorf earned the fleet’s 5 Million Miler Award, having logged 5,375,000 miles safely in 43 years of driving long-haul, the Waco, Texas-based carrier announced. Menzdorf began working at age 16 as a dock worker for Central Freight. He drove supply trucks in Vietnam for U.S. Army service from August […]
June 29, 2010
Business
Diesel prices mixed
The national price declined 0.5 cent to $2.956 in the latest week. The price is 34.8 cents higher than a year ago.
June 29, 2010
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