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Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 74
Channel 19
Truck Centers Inc.: âWe have a winnerâ
Remember the â12 Days of Truck Centers Christmasâ sweepstakes I posted on back in late November? Well folks, we have a winner, the Illinois-headquartered dealer network reports. Or âwinners,â I should say, as the grand prize winner was chosen from a monthâs worth of daily giveaways to drivers from 12 different states stopping into any [âŚ]
December 30, 2010
Business
Speeding tops safety violations
Top three reasons warnings and citations were issued to commercial vehicle drivers included speeding, failing to use a safety belt and failure to obey traffic control devices.
December 30, 2010
Business
FMCSA posts hours proposals
Comments on the proposal are due Feb. 28. The agency announced the proposal on Dec. 23.
December 29, 2010
Business
ATA challenges port concession plan
Aspects of the concession agreement imposed on carriers operating at the Port of Los Angeles are preempted by federal law, the association claimed.
December 29, 2010
Business
Agency gets more time on driversâ log regulations
FMCSA receives another month to propose regulations outlining supporting documents carriers must retain for verifying driversâ logs.
December 29, 2010
Trucking History
A coffee-table book of Freightliners
Ron Adamsâ book, âWhite-Freightliner Trucks of the 1960s,â features more than 100 photos, many similar to the rigs in 1960s Overdrive issues.
December 29, 2010
Channel 19
New trucking thriller from former tank-hauler manager
Set in Charleston, W.Va.âs âChemical Valleyâ just after deregulation of the trucking industry, former Quality Carriers and Mason & Dixon lines (among others) rep Rowland Henry Judgeâs Acid Stained Steel is a murder-mystery thriller of a novel, says Judge. But thatâs not all, he adds. It combines those page-turning attributes with an examination of âthe effect [âŚ]
December 29, 2010
Partners in Business
PIB TIP: YOUR IFTA ACCOUNT. You must get your own
PIB TIP: YOUR IFTA ACCOUNT. You must get your own International Fuel Tax Agreement account to do your own fuel tax reporting, whether you do it yourself or through a third party. You do not have to have your own operating authority to get an IFTA account, but independent owner-operators must have such an account [âŚ]
December 29, 2010
Reader Rigs
Wesley Guest, of Comer, Ga., hauls tombstones from
Wesley Guest, of Comer, Ga., hauls tombstones from Elberton, Ga., to destinations nationwide with his 1978 Peterbilt 359. Among other customizations, he rebuilt the Cummins engine and sanded the much of the chrome, painting over it with semi-gloss enamel.
December 29, 2010
Channel 19
Driver hours changes: Bummer of a proposal?
Expectation among many haulers leading into FMCSAâs Dec. 23 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change driversâ hours of service regulations was that at least some larger degree of sleeper berth flexibility would be reintroduced in order that, as so many have put it to me over the past yearâs worth of debating the issue, âtruck [âŚ]
December 28, 2010
Channel 19
Former long-hauler makes N.Y.C. Met opera debut
Carl Tanner (pictured) worked as a long-haul driver before making moves toward pursuing a career in what New York Times writer David Belcher painted as his calling in a piece published in the Times yesterday, available online here. Tanner, by the terms of his contract as stand-by in the role of Dick Johnson in Pucciniâs [âŚ]
December 27, 2010
Business
FMCSA proposes hours-of-service changes
One of the big questions had been whether FMCSA would reduce the number of driving hours allowed between off-duty periods from the current 11 to 10.
December 23, 2010
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