Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 54

Business

TCA owner-operator competition open

TCA has teamed up with Overdrive and Truckers News to name the nation’s top drivers.

June 3, 2011

Business

XTRA Lease to re-open in Birmingham

XTRA Lease will re-open its Birmingham, Ala., location Monday, June 6, the company announced.   The trailer rental and lease provider had extensive damages and lost more than 50 trailers nearly six weeks ago due to the April 27 tornado that swept through Alabama.

June 3, 2011

Channel 19

Amsoil now on the marquee at Wisconsin dirt track

Synthetic oil manufacturer Amsoil, with a significant presence in the trucking industry, continues its support of dirt track racing in the Midwest as the new title sponsor of the Superior Speedway in its home city of Superior, Wis., at the Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds on the south end of the city. The sponsorship agreement […]

June 3, 2011

Business

Path of Lease Assistance

Lease-purchase plans are the only way for some owner-operators to buy a truck. Use a wary eye to assess contract terms and do the math to see if it’s really a smart deal.

June 2, 2011

Trucking History

Revisiting a 12-month truck calendar

Readers still remember Overdrive’s January 1980 12-month calendar of trucks, which ranged from modern to antique, American to European.

June 2, 2011

Business

Con-way wins CTA safety award

Con-way Freight won the California Trucking Association’s best safety program award for companies with more than $10 million gross revenue, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based carrier announced. The less-than-truckload carrier also won two first-place safety awards in the more than 4 million mile short-haul and more than 7 million mile long-haul categories.  The 2010 Fleet Safety […]

June 2, 2011

Channel 19

Driving Miss Crazy shoots straight

Just how Birmingham News “Driver’s Side” traffic columnist Ginny MacDonald settled on the handle Driving Miss Crazy is something of a mystery. But like the friendship that evolved between the black chauffeur and the elderly Jewess in the film the handle plays on, the moniker smacks of a magnificent sense of humor. And that’s something […]

June 2, 2011

Overdrive Extra

These 14 sectors were hopping in May

Manufacturing slowed down last month, but it’s still growing.

June 1, 2011

Business

Volvo to assemble I-Shift in Hagerstown, Md.

The I-Shift automated manual transmission will be assembled at the Hagerstown, Md., powertrain plant, Volvo Trucks North America announced.  Production is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2012.   The truck maker’s $7 million investment for the assembly, which is being transferred from Koping, Sweden, includes making a new assembly line, installing new […]

June 1, 2011

Business

Oak Grove 70 Petro to host Truckers Jamboree

The 13th Annual Truckers Jamboree will be June 10 and 11 at the Oak Grove 70 Petro, located at I-70 Exit 28 in Oak Grove, Mo., the travel center said.   The event celebrating American’s truckers includes exhibits, antique trucks on display, barbecue and live music.

June 1, 2011

Business

Prime Inc. increases pay per mile to independent contractors

Independent contractors in reefer and flatbed segments will have minimum pay set at $1.02 per mile starting June 1, said John Hancock, Prime Inc.’s recruiting director. The increase is available to all new and existing operators. The Springfield, Mo.-based carrier pays its contractors 72 percent of revenue. “With our freight network, we’re confident of our […]

May 31, 2011

Channel 19

New website aggregates links to free stuff

Ever wonder how you might get free coffee at McDonald’s, Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Free Trucker Stuff, launched in May as a portal into free services useful to the American long-hauler, has the answer. Created by a truck stop manager to benefit drivers, the site aggregates various truck stop freebies, industry information, free entertainment and productivity […]

May 31, 2011