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Business
Hours comment period extended to March 4
FMCSA extended comment period from Feb. 28 and made corrections to proposal notice.
February 15, 2011
Channel 19
Mack CEO on âUndercover Bossâ this weekend; Overdrive editor on magazineâs 50th anniversary
Mack prez works from the trenches Class 8 trucks come to CBS reality-TV series Undercover Boss this weekend, featuring Mack Trucks President & CEO Denny Slagle. The broadcast will be from 9-10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, Eastern and Pacific. In making the episode, as with others in the series, the company president went undercover to work side-by-side [âŚ]
February 14, 2011
Business
TCA names 20 top fleets
Company drivers and owner operators were asked to nominate carriers that operate 10 trucks or more.
February 11, 2011
Channel 19
Android âFreight Finderâ app from TQL
ATTN: Owner-operators. Yesterday, Total Quality Logistics announced functionality and availability of a new âFreight Finderâ app for Android-based smartphones. The free application enables quick searches from current location or other location of available loads, by trailer type and within an adjustable radius of up to 300 miles. Iâve downloaded and done a quick run-through with [âŚ]
February 11, 2011
Trucking History
Ties that bind: three generations of produce haulers
Owner-operator Ed Kimball created a family legacy when he hauled bananas from Florida in the 1950s.
February 10, 2011
Business
Forecast: Capacity shortfall into 2013
A trucking capacity shortage will extend through 2013, an FTR economist said.
February 10, 2011
Business
O&S offers owner-operator pay raise
Owner-operators paid by the mile are eligible for a pay increase, Springfield, Mo.-based O&S announced recently. Independent contractors now receive $1 per mile on all miles with an opportunity to increase to $1.02 per mile within 90 days. Lease purchase operators receive 92 cents per mile on all miles and can increase that to 95 cents [âŚ]
February 10, 2011
Business
Keeping up with hours of service
Regulators have proposed an hours of service revision that many in the industry consider too complex. Read whatâs going on and how to comment.
February 10, 2011
Channel 19
700,000 prophylactics yanked from cargo container
You just canât discount the humor in some cargo thefts â long as, of course, itâs not your load getting boosted. While in the cases of the zoo-bound camels and tiger heisted in Quebec or the stolen load of green highlighters in South Carolina there was at least a probability, albeit a small one, that [âŚ]
February 9, 2011
Reader Rigs
Log hauler Stuart Lowen of Quincy, Calif., owns th
Log hauler Stuart Lowen of Quincy, Calif., owns this 1996 Kenworth W900L. The rig is equipped with a 550-hp Caterpillar and an 18-speed transmission and has an 18-in. custom bumper, custom cut lights and other modifications.
February 9, 2011
Partners in Business
USE WIDE SINGLES. Wide singles weigh less than dou
USE WIDE SINGLES. Wide singles weigh less than doubles and save fuel. They also cost less than the two tires theyâre designed to replace, although you have to buy new rims to get in the game. Wide singles are retreadable, too. An automatic tire inflation system can help keep the tires inflated to proper pressure. [âŚ]
February 9, 2011
Channel 19
âShowing Severeâ w/ Texas dump fleet
I met the Redwines of Nederland, Texas, at the Great American Trucking Show last year by the back bumper of Jerry Redwineâs prize-winning 2007 Peterbilt 378 tri-axle dump (pictured). The labor of love is a hardworking truck in Redwine construction business. Powered by a Caterpillar C13 boosted to 600 hp and an Eaton 8 LL [âŚ]
February 8, 2011
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