Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 94

Channel 19

In defense of food transport

Tip of the hat to Marathon Trucker Jeff Clark for this one (and, readers, if you’ll be at the Great American Trucking Show, beginning this coming Thursday, join Clark and I and Jazzy Jordan, among so many others, at Truckers News‘ Fit for the Road program’s Too Hot to Trot 5K Friday morning)…. Self-described “liberal […]

August 24, 2010

Channel 19

Tune in tonight!

It’s going on a year since I chatted with Daniel Audet of Truckstar Radio for my Truckers News “Exit Only” piece about TruckStar Radio, his online radio show. Audet, formerly a hotshot boat hauler and industry blogger, is still going strong with TruckStar, and tonight I’ll visit with him on his show to talk about […]

August 23, 2010

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Overdrive celebrates 50 years

‎50 years! Overdrive‘s about to start celebrating this publishing milestone. Let us know if you want to be notified when the anniversary website launches. Visit http://www.overdriveretro.com/

August 23, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: CONTROLLING FUEL COSTS. You can make the

PIB TIP: CONTROLLING FUEL COSTS. You can make the wisest business decisions about fuel when you know your fuel economy, expressed in miles per gallon, and your fuel cost per mile. The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator business services firm, and is sponsored […]

August 23, 2010

Reader Rigs

Mark Voeltz’s 2006 Peterbilt 379 extended hood tri

Mark Voeltz’s 2006 Peterbilt 379 extended hood tri-axle dump truck hauls blacktop and concrete. The truck has a 475-hp Caterpillar and an 18-speed Fuller transmission.

August 23, 2010

Business

Shippers stop providing chassis

Rule made intermodal equipment providers subject to federal roadability regulations for the first time.

August 20, 2010

Channel 19

Wiper blades with a cause

The folks behind the AutoTex Pink wiper blades tell me the blades are sized to fit 85 percent of heavy-duty trucks on the road, as well as all manner of autos — but that’s not the most interesting thing about them. The idea behind the blades comes from wiper-blade manufacturer Wexco Industries cofounder Paula Lombard, […]

August 20, 2010

Business

Transport America wins top award

Transport Corp. of America has been named Limited Brands’ 2009 Mid-Sized Carrier of the Year.

August 19, 2010

Channel 19

Honeybees get revenge on bear

North Carolina Wake County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Jenkins had to sit in his cruiser for upwards of 15 hours yesterday after a truck driver under a load of honeybees had been disabled west of Raleigh. “The truck driver,” CNN reported, was on his way to Rocky Mount, N.C., and “had been hauling the bees at […]

August 19, 2010

Business

Seattle port schedules truck registry deadline

Port has given drayage truckers until Dec. 31 to register their trucks, which must have a 1994 engine or newer.

August 19, 2010

Business

FedEx Ground honors entrepreneurs

Owner-operators were recognized for their business development, customer service, safety record and community support.

August 18, 2010

Channel 19

Ice roads to Dallas; truck lot entertainment schedule for GATS

Next week, it’s safe to say that all roads in the North American trucking world lead to Dallas, even the Canadian ice roads — or at least those typically run by Yellowknife, Canada’s Alex Debogorski, past “Ice Road Truckers” star, who will be on hand at the Dallas Convention Center for the Great American Trucking […]

August 18, 2010