Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 48

Navistar training facility opens

A new Navistar product support facility opened in Woodridge, Ill., the Warrenville-based engine and International brand truck maker announced. The 70,000-square-foot facility houses an office area, three classrooms, a photo and video studio, computer lab, a tool and fabrication shop and training space for dealer and fleet technicians. The center will be used to host dealer […]

July 25, 2011

Truck insurance app available

The Insure My Truck app for getting truck insurance estimates is available for iPhone users, Progressive Insurance announced. An android version of the app is in development. Get more details at iTunes.

July 25, 2011

Veteran long-hauler uninjured in run-in with 2009 Heisman winner

Lee Roop of the Hunstville (Ala.) Times yesterday reported, fortunately, that long-haul driver Paul Clewis was uninjured and will drive out the remainder of the 2011 season after an attempted right-side pass resulted in disaster for 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram’s four-door Infiniti — and Clewis’ tractor’s front end. Clewis wasn’t aware an incoming […]

July 23, 2011

Trucking History

Blasts from the past: Bennies and bad checks

Cartoons by Overdrive artist C. Livolsi in the 1960s were hard-hitting satires fused with corny humor.

July 22, 2011

1968nov Truckstop Cartoon

Overdrive Extra

Landstar sees “continued strength in revenue per load”

If this week’s earnings report from Landstar Systems is any indication, the rest of the year looks good for owner-operators. “I would characterize the overall second quarter freight environment as a little choppy, but moving in an upward direction,” said Henry Gerkens, chairman, president and CEO of Landstar, the nation’s biggest owner-operator carrier. “Pricing continued […]

July 22, 2011

Tony’s Convoy for Hope of a cancer cure in Alberta Sunday

The man it’s named after wasn’t a trucker, as notes Canadian Stouffville (Alberta) Sun-Tribune editor and columnist Jim Mason in the story he wrote about Tony’s Convoy for Hope, published July 15. But thanks to his in-law oil-tank haulers, his “is is a big name in Western Canadian trucking circles,” as Mason writes. Rossi (pictured) […]

July 22, 2011

Tonight on American Trucker — Gully Transportation’s antique trucks

Gully Transportation will be featured on tonight’s edition of the American Trucker television show. The episode will air on the Speed Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern. The program will show the production of one of the Quincy, Ill.-based regional hauler’s newest trucks – a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia – in the manufacturer’s Cleveland, N.C., facility. “My father started […]

July 21, 2011

New state laws affect owner-operator status

Trucking supported changes affecting owner-operators and workers’ compensation are subject of laws in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Maine.

July 21, 2011

Court orders Long Beach port to do more work

The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club went to court over the port’s plan to cut out some provisions.

July 20, 2011

Suspecting foul play in trailer deck collapse, car hauler vows vigilance

File this under “lessons learned,” folks. On May 9, 2011, after an afternoon loading cars in Shreveport, La., car hauler Marc Pogrebneak wheeled over to the Petro off I-20 for a quick shower, dinner and a call to his wife. He was set to roll into West Texas to stage near his load’s destination, and […]

July 20, 2011

Dart cuts 67 nondriving jobs

The Minnesota-based company will focus resources on recruiting and retaining truckers.

July 20, 2011

PACCAR Financial used truck center opens in Salt Lake City

A third used truck center opened in Salt Lake City, PACCAR Financial announced. Others centers are located in Hickory Hills, Ill., and Spartanburg, S.C. At the grand opening, Jason Skoog, PFC’s director of operations said the company sold 88 used Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, adding to the more than 28,000 trucks the company has sold […]

July 20, 2011

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