Tag: blizzard

Overdrive Radio
Learning from the mistakes of others, with owner-op Bill Ater from last week’s early-Spring blizzard
In this week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast we drop into the scene at The Junction truck stop in Blunt, S.D., round about mid-week last week just ahead of the blizzard. Owner-operator Ater and a fellow hauler on a run from Midland, Texas, up to the Williston, N.D., oil fields, ended up spending three nights there, leaving with a new appreciation for the place and its generous manager.
April 19, 2019
shoveling in junction truck stop blunt sd-2019-04-17-15-17
Business
Rough weather clouds the spot rate forecast
With extreme weather events across the Rockies, Plains and into the Midwest, it’s notable that the number of loads moved last week increased 3.5 percent compared to the previous week. But the number of trucks looking for loads gained 3.4 percent, and van and reefer rates slipped, flatbed holding steady.
March 20, 2019
DAT Van Loads Moved-3-16-2019-Special to Overdrive-2019-03-20-08-20
Business
Interstates shut down in Rockies, Plains following intense blizzard
An intense blizzard that consisted of hurricane-force wind gusts and heavy snow has forced the closure of some major highways in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. Portions of I-25, I-80, I-90, I-94 and I-29 are closed throughout the region.
March 14, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-03-14 at 10.47.23 AM-2019-03-14-10-48
Business
New York lifts winter storm travel bans
New York has lifted all travel bans that were a result of Winter Storm Stella, which included a truck ban on interstates 81, 84, 86, 88 and the New York State Thruway.
March 15, 2017
Winter Storm Stella is predicted to dump as much as 20 inches of snow in some locations in and around New England Monday and Tuesday. Blizzard warnings have already been issued for parts of the region. (Weather Channel photo)
Business
UPDATE: Travel bans begin to lift in N.J., N.Y., Conn.; Mass. set for midnight
Following Winter Storm Juno’s landfall Monday night, travel bans in place began to lift in some areas on the Southern end of the storm’s path.
January 27, 2015
NOAA CLOUDS
Business
Dometic launches updated battery-powered auxiliary AC
The Dometic Split-System Blizzard 134a moves the split unit away from increasingly difficult-to-find R22 refrigerant into the newer 134a standard.
March 27, 2014
In addition to the Blizzard, in its MATS booth Dometic is showcasing custom solutions like this underseat drawer refrigerator, made for John Deer to go under a tractor seat. Its relatively new CD-030 drawer refrigerator holds the potential be installed under a truck seat.
Parking
Snow, wind play havoc on plains
Snow prompted Wednesday evening closures of I-70 in Kansas among other roadways.
December 20, 2012
Winter Edit 800x590
Page 1 of 1