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Business
Electronic recorder bill introduced in Congress
Commercial Driver Compliance Improvement Act would mandate electronic on-board recorders for commercial vehicles.
October 1, 2010
Business
Kenworth T700 tour returns
Veteran trucker Mike McDowell is driving a Kenworth T700 equipped with a 2010 Paccar MX from Maine to Texas in an encore of the truck tour that began this summer, Paccar announced. After the tourās Canadian run ends in Moncton, New Brunswick, Oct. 1, it will continue with a stop at C-B Kenworth-Bangor in Hermon, [ā¦]
September 30, 2010
Business
Drivers win mentoring awards
Interstate Distributor Co. husband-and-wife team Richard and Linda Thomas have been named Trucker Buddies of the Month for July, and Walmart driver Chuck Lobsiger, shown aboveĀ in the photo, is honored with the same such award for August, Trucker Buddy International announced. Residents of Edgewood, N.M., the Thomases have volunteered for the last two years with [ā¦]
September 30, 2010
Channel 19
Say ____ to electronic logs
Outside of leased owner-operators reacting to strong encouragement, for lack of a better phrase, from their lessor fleets, Iāve yet to actually speak to an owner-operator whoās voluntarily adopted an electronic logging platform that conforms to the federal definition of an EOBR, i.e. essentially an electronic logging system that is tethered to the engineās electronic [ā¦]
September 30, 2010
Business
Charlotte Diesel Super Show set for Oct. 8-9
The Charlotte Diesel Super Show is set for oct. 8-9 in Charlotte, N.C.
September 29, 2010
Channel 19
Still ādressed for successā ā Henry Albertās opening salvo at GATS PIB
Overdrive 2007 Trucker of the Year, independent owner-operator Henry Albert (pictured, right, with our current Trucker of the Year, Mike Crawford), delivered an opening salvo at Overdriveās Partners in Business seminar Friday, Aug. 27, at the Great American Trucking Show in an address that elucidated the effects of a very-small adjustment in his Ā business that, [ā¦]
September 29, 2010
Channel 19
Dangerous roads ā for animals ā cataloged in California, Maine
The last time Truckers News addressed the subject of dangerous roads, you might forgive us for having focused on the obvious, the treacherous mountain passes, cold and snowy winter roads and congested urban centers that make the job of the nationās truck drivers a sometimes harrowing adventure. Researchers and other users of Ā the California and [ā¦]
September 29, 2010
Business
Cozad purchases Reliance Trailer
Reliance trailer parts, sales and service have been purchased by Cozad Trailer Sales, LLC, the Stockton, Calif.-based, heavy-haul and construction trailer company announced. Operations will be located at Cozadās manufacturing facility and dealership in Stockton.Ā Inquiries about Reliance, Sturdy Weld, Alloy and Comet parts and services can be made to Steve Clark, parts manager, at (209) [ā¦]
September 29, 2010
Business
October: Celebrating Overdriveās 50th year
Join us next month when Overdrive begins a retrospective examining 50 yearsā coverage of owner-operators. That month weāll also launch a 50th anniversary website, OverdriveRetro.com.
September 29, 2010
Reader Rigs
William Robinson, of Atwood, Tenn., hauls grain an
William Robinson, of Atwood, Tenn., hauls grain and fertilizer throughout the Southeast with his 2003 Kenworth W900L, shown here. The truck is powered by a 475-hp Caterpillar and geared by a 13-speed transmission. Robinson, 37, has been an owner-operator since he was 22.
September 28, 2010
Business
Pegasusā Transflo Express to replace scan service
Scan & Go scanning and document management service will no longer be available at former Flying J truck stops after Oct. 5, Pilot Flying J Travel Centers announced. Transflo Express truck stop scanning from Pegasus TransTech is offered at all Pilot Flying J stops and will replace Scan & Go for fleets that sign up [ā¦]
September 28, 2010
Channel 19
Having the cake and rolling it too
You may remember our reporting on the āBiggest tractor-trailer cake in the worldā on the occasion of Iowa 80 Truckstopās Walcott Truckers Jamboreeās big anniversary more than a year ago now ā the confection, an 8-foot-long creation, still probably holds the title, but weāve gotten word via the Birmingham News of another (pictured, by the [ā¦]
September 27, 2010
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