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IdleAire may be restarted

IdleAire announced a new group is working to restart the truck shore power provider, but that is all it is saying. The Tennessee-based company made a brief announcement on its website. A company official did not respond to requests for more information. IdleAire, the major provider of shore power for truckers at truck stops, closed […]

March 16, 2010

Reader Rigs

John Steed, of Grand Junction, Colo., owns this 20

John Steed, of Grand Junction, Colo., owns this 2004 Kenworth W900L, which placed first in the working class combination category at the 2009 Mid-America Trucking Show. The truck is powered by a Caterpillar that has been modified to 1,500-hp and an 18-speed transmission.

March 16, 2010

Business

Diesel prices up again

Compared with a year ago, the national average price is 90.7 cents a gallon higher.

March 16, 2010

Business

Testing firm guilty of fraud

Michael R. Bennett and his company, Workplace Compliance Inc., both pled guilty to three counts of wire fraud.

March 15, 2010

Business

Examiner guilty of CDL test results falsification

Harold G. Stewart, a third-party commercial drivers’ license examiner, pled guilty to one count of making a false statement.

March 15, 2010

Business

CRST Malone doubles referrals

Under the new referral program, any CRST Malone independent contractor who refers another driver will receive $1,000 for an independent contractor.

March 15, 2010

Business

Mack ranks as top exporter

Mack Trucks finished 2009 as the leading exporter of heavy-duty North American trucks.

March 15, 2010

Business

Spot freight index up 215% in February

TransCore’s spot marketplace soars year-over-year, within 5 percent of record level.

March 15, 2010

Channel 19

Driver-led health walk at MATS; video interview with O/O Dick McCorkle

At the “It’s a Teams Life” blog home of expediters Bob and Linda Caffee, you’ll find all manner of good information about the business of trucking, from the singular point of view of this versatile and experienced couple. But a recent item caught my attention, as it reminded me of three fairly recent conversations I’ve had with […]

March 11, 2010

Business

Tennessee funds APUs

Tennessee truck owners are eligible to apply for up to $4,000 in grant rebates.

March 10, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Distracted driving needs uniform restrictions

It’s a pity that it takes the heavy hand of government to ban practices that common sense would say are stupid, if not deadly. Such is the case with text messaging while driving, which the U.S. Dept. of Transportation recently outlawed for commercial drivers. Studies show that texting and related behaviors – talking on a […]

March 9, 2010

Channel 19

Watermelon Slim’s on-the-road ‘Escape From the Chicken Coop’

Clarksdale, Miss., resident, longtime Oklahoman and North Carolina-reared blues musicmaker Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans plays a mean slide guitar. And “I was an above-average harp player,” he says of his early years making music, his first record of work-song blues coming out in 1972. But when he hears what young blues players like Craig Lawler and Jason Ricci can […]

March 8, 2010