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Tag: pre-2000 exemption
Custom Rigs
Ruben Carrionâs recently custom-restored 2000 Peterbilt 379
No, itâs not an e-log exempt unit. âI checked with three different dealers,â owner-operator Ruben Carrion says, determining nonetheless to do a custom-restore of the unit he took about three months off for early in 2018. Catch a video walk-around and more of Carrionâs long trucking history since immigrating from Panama as a youngster.
October 17, 2019
Channel 19
Revisiting the soft-market banana peel â freight relationships paying off for some
Randy Carlson âwill have had my operating authority for 25 yearsâ come next May. Right now, âtrucking is the best itâs been in that entire 25 yearsâ in general terms, he says, despite the slowdown for so many in the spot market, illustrating the value of steady freight partners.
July 25, 2019
Custom Rigs
Iowa-based independentâs restoration of an e-log-exempt 2000 Pete 379
The FMCSAâs change to its guidance on the pre-2000 model year exemption to the ELD mandate â when the agency specified the engine year instead of the chassis year as the determining factor â sealed the deal for owner-operator Scott Hampton in his plans to do a $75K custom-restoration of his 2000 Peterbilt 379.
November 26, 2018
Overdrive Radio
ELD-exempt (or not) trucking with W. Joel Baker: Inspections, adjustments, bedrock profitability
In the latest Channel 19 article, W. Joel Baker discusses inspections, adjustments, bedrock profitability. Also, check out some of his most recent hauls.
May 18, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Trucking needs the âbrotherhood virusâ to come alive, spread
Listen to Overdrive Radio's podcast to hear what owner-operator Jim Bardsley has to say about his 30+ year trucking career, the trucking industry, and more.
May 11, 2018
Channel 19
With the rise in fuel over the last half-year, have rates really risen by much?
Separating out fuel surcharges from average rates over the July 2017 (when fuel prices hit a 2017 trough) to January 2018 period, spot market dry van and reefer rates are still up well more than 10 percent each, flatbed less so.
February 27, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: Engine ruling creates winners, losers
From Overdriveâs in-depth guide to ELD compliance: How FMCSAâs mid-game ruling on the pre-2000 exemption created winners and losers among the owner-operator segment.
November 27, 2017
Overdrive Radio
The mechanical prowess â and ELD trials and tribulations â of Randy Carlson
Owner-operator Carlsonâs approach to the business follows an early career as a mechanic, learning from his father, who also trucked, then in trade school and on the job at an International dealer â a solid basis on which to build an owner-operator business. Is it less common than it used to be?
August 10, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA: Pre-2000 ELD exemption applies to engine model year, not chassis
Owner-operators with trucks equipped with model year 1999 engines and older will not be not subject to the electronic logging device mandate, regardless of the model year of the truck, according to fresh guidance from FMCSA.
July 28, 2017
Channel 19
The ELD mandateâs double bind for owners of post-1999 trucks with earlier model mechanical engines
Owner-operator Randy Carlson runs a 2001 Freightliner chassis powered by an early-90s Cat 3406B. Itâs increasingly looking like the truck as configured (and others similarly situated) is between a compliance rock and a hard place with the ELD mandate.
December 1, 2016
Voices
ELD mandate pre-2000 exemption: Manufacture date or model year?
The short answer is that FMCSA intends to draw the line according to model year, not date of manufacture. The long answer is that mixing language on model year and date of manufacture only complicates things for operators, eventual enforcementâŚ
December 21, 2015
Overdrive Radio
ELD mandate represents a âpiece of freedomâ under threat, say readers
Audio: Three views of the ELD mandate show the strong opposition felt among many â meantime, more debate on the pre-2000 model year exception and just who benefits most, by the numbers.
December 15, 2015
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