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Partners in Business

PIB TIP: AVOID FRIVOLOUS SPENDING. The average ATB

PIB TIP: AVOID FRIVOLOUS SPENDING. The average ATBS client nets only 32 cents for every dollar of gross revenue, hence, 68 cents per dollar earned goes toward vital business expenses. Heeding that ratio can help you resist a frivolous spending spree the next time you have a big settlement check. The Partners in Business program […]

August 17, 2010

Reader Rigs

Lee, Fla., resident Von Tompkins Jr. owns this 200

Lee, Fla., resident Von Tompkins Jr. owns this 2002 Peterbilt 379. The working truck is equipped with a 550-hp Caterpillar.

August 17, 2010

Channel 19

WNBA star and her mother, a former trucker, recognized by industry organization

Did you know that the most decorated player in the WNBA (and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner besides), former L.A. Sparks star Lisa Leslie, grew up the daughter of a career truck driver? I didn’t, that is, until last week, when at the Staples Center in Los Angeles during a game between the Sparks […]

August 17, 2010

Business

General tires renamed Grabber

The General Truck tires will be renamed Grabber and expanded as individual products are launched, Continental Tires the America announced Aug. 16.

August 16, 2010

Channel 19

Live online CD release party for ‘When the Big Rigs Don’t Roll’

Join the www.AsktheTrucker.com proprietors this Wednesday for a live online exclusive release event for a new record aimed squarely at the politically conscious among you. “When the Big Rigs Don’t Roll” is its title, and the country musicians/songwriters behind the 10 songs on the CD, David Ayers and Barry Allen, have birthed several winners in […]

August 16, 2010

Channel 19

Trucking shutterbugs bring it in Truckers News first photo contest

Photographers brought pretty stunning images to the online photo forum we host at the the Flickr.com photo site for the first, July contest on the theme of “Junked or Forgotten Trucks/Trailers.” Check out Bob McGilvray’s runner-up “Rusy”  here to see the quality of the work sent in from around the nation (McGilvray’s been featured in […]

August 13, 2010

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Aug. 19: Evaluating Prospective Carriers

As part of Truckers News’ How to Become an Owner-Operator series, we are offering a free webinar Thursday, Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. (CST) to help you evaluate your options. Our featured speaker is Richard DeForest, ATBS vice president of fleet sales.

August 13, 2010

Channel 19

Fitness and health to be big themes at GATS

Named for the laudable goal of launching truck drivers writ large past the statistical driver’s average age of death (less 61 years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 years younger than the average American), the 61+ Driver Health Awareness Walk of 2010 will take place Aug. 28 at the Great American […]

August 11, 2010

Business

Aug. 15: Owner-operator contest deadline

Overdrive and the Truckload Carriers Association have announced a new monthly and annual owner-operator recognition program.

August 11, 2010

Channel 19

Original ‘Vince and Larry’ crash test dummies donated to Smithsonian

The U.S. Department of Transportation last month donated a number of “Vince and Larry” crash-test dummy costumes and related auto safety items to the Smithsonian Institution. You probably remember the PSAs from the 1980s, such as this one in which Larry convinces Vince to get out of bed in time for a crash test by […]

August 10, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: FIXED AND VARIABLE COSTS. A fixed cost is

PIB TIP: FIXED AND VARIABLE COSTS. A fixed cost is determined and does not change from month to month. Any expense related to time, such as a tractor payment, insurance payment, permit and license fees, is a fixed cost. That cost will be the same every day whether your truck is driven one mile or […]

August 10, 2010

Reader Rigs

Team drivers Robert and Julie Badker, of Osage, Io

Team drivers Robert and Julie Badker, of Osage, Iowa, call this 2006 Kenworth W900L their “motor home that makes money.” The truck features a 120-in. custom bunk and is powered by a 530-hp Cummins ISX geared by an 18-speed transmission.

August 10, 2010