Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 72

Channel 19

Michelin Iphone, Android roadside service apps join Blackberry functionality

The further CSA gets in ongoing rollout, the more critical repairing noncritical vehicle defects is going to get for both owner-operators and company drivers, potentially counting as they do against the former’s safety ranking in the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC and the latter’s employment history. More and more, service shops and OEM parts manufacturers are making […]

January 14, 2011

Channel 19

Revisiting the oil bubble, as diesel continues up, up, up

In the July 2008 issue of Truckers News, I reported on huge and speculative, long-only investment positions in commodities markets then contributing to the dramatic rise in crude oil and other commodities prices. Oil topped off at an historic high of near $150 a barrel that month, and if you were around trucking then I […]

January 13, 2011

Business

Event to cover FMCSA contact

Truckers for a Cause will host an educational conference call on “Do’s and Don’ts of submitting comments to FMCSA” Jan. 22.

January 13, 2011

Business

Peterbilt makes large contribution to United Way

Peterbilt Motors Co. donated $269,814 to the United Way of Denton County’s 2010 fundraising campaign, the Denton, Texas-based truck maker announced in December. The company’s employees raised $159,814, and parent company PACCAR contributed an additional $110,000. “Peterbilt and our employees are dedicated to helping improve the lives of friends, neighbors and those in our community who […]

January 13, 2011

Business

Diesel price to rise

Diesel likely will cost 41 cents more on average during 2011 than it did during 2010.

January 12, 2011

Business

Freight index fell 0.3% in November

Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported the Freight TSI has increased in 14 of the last 18 months.

January 12, 2011

Channel 19

Got snow?

Here in the Southeast (though in Nashville I’m approaching the region’s northern edge), it’s been uncommonly wintry this week, as you can see from this pic, taken at the Love’s on Trinity Lane at I-65. Further South, things have been much worse, though, evidenced in part by Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based driver Vernon Cook’s 24-hour wait […]

January 12, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Trucking resumes growth as 2010 fades

Freight improved in November and then surged in December – enough to offset the decline in August through October.

January 12, 2011

Business

America’s Road Team selected

These 18 drivers, with a collective 483 years behind the wheel and over 36.5 million accident-free miles, were selected from 34 finalists.

January 12, 2011

Business

Team drivers named TCA Highway Angels

Dave Woodman and Tony Rheault of N. Yanke Transfer have been named TCA Highway Angels for their help at the scene of a serious accident.

January 12, 2011

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: SPEC FOR YOUR APPLICATION. Effort put int

PIB TIP: SPEC FOR YOUR APPLICATION. Effort put into careful spec’ing will pay off in any of the four main tire applications: long haul, regional, on/off road and urban. The different applications mean different tire lives. Specific steer, drive and trailer tires are available for each application. If you’re spec’ing a new truck, you can […]

January 11, 2011

Channel 19

Fair or foul?: A trucking story on Onion satirical news site

Sandwiched between satirical headlines like “Fully Validated Kanye West Retires to Quiet Farm in Iowa” and “Virgin Mary Statue Crying for No Good Reason” today on TheOnion.com was this one: “Modern-Day Cowboy Rides 18-Wheeler Full of Entenmann’s Products Westward.” Satirical newsmag The Onion has long been known for its lampooning of the mainstream press and, […]

January 11, 2011