Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 128

Navistar drops emissions equipment suit against CARB

The truck and engine maker had asked a state court to rule CARB was improperly certifying 2010 diesel engines equipped with selective catalytic reduction.

April 23, 2010

Flex time — ATA lays down support for sleeper berth/HOS flexibility in comments to feds

The latest wrinkle in the ongoing debate over potential changes to trucking hours-of-service regulations, for which so many drivers have offered various proposals for injecting flexibility into the system, is the biggest trucking-company organization in the nation’s support for codifying split rest in the sleeper berth. “Allowing shorter documented sleeper berth periods [other than the currently […]

April 22, 2010

$48.8B in highway funds ready

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $48.8 billion in highway funds is available for federal projects.

April 21, 2010

CVSA sets Roadcheck for June 8-10

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has scheduled its annual Roadcheck event for June 8-10. CVSA scheduled the event to eliminate scheduling problems during the weekend following Memorial Day, May 24. Roadcheck is a 72-hour event in which an estimated 10,000 inspectors set up more than 1,000 checkpoints on highways across North America to monitor truck […]

April 21, 2010

Study: short intermodal revenue share drops

The share of domestic intermodal revenue movements accounted for by moves of 1,000 miles or less has declined in the past year, a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows. Domestic intermodal equipment moving less than 1,000 miles accounted for 42 percent of total North American domestic equipment revenue moves, down 1 percent from the same […]

April 21, 2010

Congressional hearings set on Clean Truck Programs

A U.S. House subcommittee has scheduled a May 5 hearing to assess the Clean Truck Programs for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit has listed “Assessing the Implementation and Impacts of the Clean Truck Programs” for the two ports, but did not elaborate. The Port of Los […]

April 21, 2010

Study: Short intermodal share dips

Domestic intermodal equipment moving less than 1,000 miles accounted for 42 percent of total moves.

April 21, 2010

Introducing Wayne Dollar, a story-telling quilter who loves trucking, too

Though he perhaps needs no introduction, since you may have met him at his booth at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last year, owner-operator Wayne Dollar (pictured), 54, not only stitches his own quilts, he’s been winning awards with three of his uniquely themed creations since he started making them last summer. A trucking-themed quilt, […]

April 21, 2010

Trucking-specific iPhone app

iLoadFinder reads the iPhone’s GPS location and retrieves available loads within a certain radius of the iPhone. Drivers can specify the radius to search and the distance they want the load to travel. The app also allows drivers to search by origin and destination city, state and shipper. Once a load is found the driver […]

April 21, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: PLAN TRIPS EFFICIENTLY. Deliver as early

PIB TIP: PLAN TRIPS EFFICIENTLY. Deliver as early in the day as possible. On appointment loads, deliver 30 minutes early. An empty trailer gives you more options than a load sitting on your trailer waiting to be delivered. The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at ATBS, the nation’s largest […]

April 21, 2010

New Bedford, Mass., firefighter Shawn Foley owns t

New Bedford, Mass., firefighter Shawn Foley owns this 1980 Peterbilt 359 extended hood, powered by a 400-hp Cummins mechanical big cam and a 13-speed transmission. The red and gold rig displays a hearse for fallen firefighters, police officers and veterans.

April 21, 2010

Navistar ProStar+

The new International ProStar+ has improved aerodynamics and a nearly 1,300-lb. weight reduction from the existing ProStar model. The truck is powered by the Advanced EGR MaxxForce 11 and MaxxForce 13 engine. The ProStar+ has a re-engineered overhead console. Cab noise has been reduced 9 percent compared to last year’s ProStar. Other improvements include a […]

April 21, 2010

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