Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 89

West Side Transport offers $1,000 sign-on bonus

Newly hired company drivers and owner-operators will be paid $1,000 sign-on bonuses, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based dry van carrier West Side Transport announced. Josh Schauf, West Side Transport recruiting director, said that the bonuses come in response to the company’s rapidly increasing freight business. For details regarding the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based dry van carrier, call (800) […]

September 24, 2010

One week left in Sept. Truckers News photo contest

The contest asks for pictures of “Truckstop scenes,” such as this night shot I took in the early a.m. Wednesday, at a Georgia Pilot on the way back from Atlanta with Western Express driver Derek Dorsey. The prize, in addition to publication in Truckers News, will be something of a “field guide” to the basics […]

September 23, 2010

CRST named technology innovator for third straight year

CRST International Inc. has been named to Information Week 500 as one of the magazine’s top technology innovators for 2010. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based carrier ranked 221 on the list, on which it has placed for three consecutive years. “We see the value new technology brings to our company and pass that value on to […]

September 22, 2010

Residential park services available

Over-the-road truckers can reside in their trucks at and have mail service from Truckers Home Base, a residential park at Exit 288 on Interstate 40 in Cookeville, Tenn, halfway between Nashville and Knoxville. The company has more than 1,000 drop locations in the United States and Canada. Mail and small packages can be sent overnight to […]

September 22, 2010

One-day Memphis trucking expo slated for Oct. 23

A trucking exposition will be from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Agricenter International in Memphis, Tenn., said Worldwide Transport & Permit Service, the expo’s sponsor. The one-day expo will feature products and services, career fairs and educational seminars. For details, call (800) 886-1492 or go online to Write Up the […]

September 22, 2010

Some fleets proactive on distracted driving

In 2003 Schneider National examined its high-severity crashes and found well over half resulted from distracted driving.

September 22, 2010

Tandem axle adjuster

The Mark is a battery-operated, portable device that uses visual and audio alerts to help drivers make tandem axle adjustments. The Mark consists of two pieces – a trailer unit and a ground unit. When the two become aligned in the proper position, the unit will alert the driver. The Mark can be used in […]

September 21, 2010

Security service package

Owner-operators can purchase a security package that includes cargo theft deterrence and advanced analytic functions to recover stolen freight in a nationally coordinated data-sharing system that delivers cargo theft information among theft victims, their insurers and law enforcement. CARGONET, www.cargonet.com, (888) 595-2638

September 21, 2010

Former Arrow Trucking driver advocate Donna Creekmore needs your help

At the collapse of her employer, Arrow Trucking, just days prior to Christmas in 2009, she was there when stranded drivers the nation over needed her help getting home — Arrow driver advocate “Momma” Donna Creekmore was up for much of four days straight in those heady times, though her own troubles were beginning as […]

September 21, 2010

Paccar Leasing opens new facilities

Twenty-three new locations, 15 of which are in the United States, opened recently in North America, Paccar Leasing Co. announced. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company provides customized full-service leasing programs and truck rentals. PacLease President Bob Southern said that customers can custom spec medium- and heavy-duty trucks, as well as hybrid units. “PacLease also helps to […]

September 20, 2010

Old Dominion opens service centers

A 38-door service center in South Houston, Texas, and a 44-door facility in Kalamazoo, Mich., opened recently, Old Dominion Freight Lines Inc. announced. The Kalamazoo service center will staff 15 employees and is southeast of the city, near the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport. The South Houston facility will employ 30 staff members and is near […]

September 20, 2010

Robert Shockey of Moorefield, W.Va., hauls chicken

Robert Shockey of Moorefield, W.Va., hauls chicken nationwide in his 2007 Kenworth W900. The truck is equipped with a 625-hp engine and an 18-speed transmission and has an 86-in. studio sleeper.

September 20, 2010

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