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Business

Charlotte Diesel Super Show to expand in 2011

Next year’s show will enlarge the diesel truck segment and add a construction pavilion.

October 20, 2010

Channel 19

Novelist takes literary achievement to the truckstop

Beyond the spotlight of trucking industry news in July this year a novelist was hard at work promoting a book, her first, in which one of four main characters is a long-hauler turned local delivery driver struggling to maintain a connection to his son. What’s more is where the writer was promoting the novel. Making three […]

October 20, 2010

Reader Rigs

Tempe, Ariz., resident Trent Waller hauls milk in

Tempe, Ariz., resident Trent Waller hauls milk in the Southwest in his 2007 Peterbilt 379. The truck is equipped with a 550-hp Cat and an 18-speed Eaton Fuller transmission. Waller has added custom touches as well, including aftermarket fenders, stainless steel steps, a custom-built flush-mounted bumper, and some diamond plating.

October 20, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: PERFORM REGULAR PM. Preventive maintenanc

PIB TIP: PERFORM REGULAR PM. Preventive maintenance ensures your truck is running efficiently. Check your current miles per gallon at each fill, and if it falls off, determine the reason. Check often enough to catch low oil, a dirty air filter or an air compressor leak. Don’t use a higher-viscosity oil than you need. The […]

October 20, 2010

Trucking History

Kandel Transport’s seasoned legacy

Owner-operator Richard Daniels started trucking in 1946 and retired as Kandel Transport Co. president in 1992. His son, Jack Daniels, grew the Akron, Ohio-based reefer carrier with his father’s guidelines: “Flash has no place in a business owner’s life.”

October 20, 2010

Business

Great Dane plant restarts

The first Great Dane trailers were completed at the Jonesboro, Ark., facility in mid-October following a recall of about 70 employees in September, the trailer maker announced. The plant had been idle since October of last year. Initially, 20 SSL dry freight vans featuring single-sided laminate interior lining will be built per week, said a […]

October 19, 2010

Trucking History

Read his lips

Owner-operator F. P. Sykes expressed much of the same frustration in September 1965’s issue of Overdrive that truckers saythe feel today.

October 19, 2010

Business

Volvo re-ups to sponsor Road Team

Volvo Trucks again will sponsor America’s Road Team in 2011.

October 18, 2010

Business

Home-weekly fleets offered

Home-weekly fleets have started in several regions nationally, Crete Carrier Corp. announced. Drivers will be paid on practical route miles and can enjoy home time on a weekly basis, a spokesman with the Lincoln, Neb.-carriers group said. Both Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking recently increased starting driver pay 3 cents per practical mile. Read more at […]

October 18, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Learning from a crash course

Such opportunities will increase as the economy struggles to get on its feet, and trucking already is ahead of the curve. It’s easy in the flush of good times to forget lessons so clearly illustrated during hardship. It’s best not to.

October 14, 2010

Business

Wheel nut replacement

The Skirt Nut is an aftermarket replacement for common wheel attaching nuts on hub-piloted wheels. It has an extended threading design that allows it to enter the hub-piloted disk wheel a 3/16-in. farther than the stud hole to stop vibration and conditions that cause loose wheels. The nut is coated in graphite-based sealant to prevent […]

October 14, 2010

Business

Xtra Lease to host grand opening

The Xtra Lease Nashville trailer dealership will celebrate a grand opening from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 at the company’s site, which has been newly relocated following devastation from floods in early May. Now in LaVergne, near Nashville, the dealership will commemorate the opening with talks on CSA 2010 regulations and U.S. Department […]

October 13, 2010