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Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA clarifies ELD compliance extensions, non-compliant devices
Two new guidelines from FMCSA on ELDs: Older devices that buy carriersâ time but arenât long-term compliance options for the mandate can be transferred to a new truck and operators will have eight days to deploy a compliant device if their ELD is found to be non-compliant.
February 22, 2017
Equipment
W900L glider rolls in log-hauling fleet
Last year, Dan Pardovich and his brother, Ryan, took the engine and transmission from a donor truck and built a W900L glider.
April 25, 2014
Custom Rigs
Check out this workhorse: Don Cooperâs 379
A neat internal-breather treatment on the Cooper Farms 1998 Peterbilt 379 â photos and more of the McAlpin, Fla.-based rig of owner-operator Don Cooper.
January 16, 2014
Channel 19
More off/on-duty discussion
Debate continues over loading/unloading situations and what exactly consitutes âoff-dutyâ time under the new hours rule.
August 1, 2013
Channel 19
Final send-off for a Maine log-hauling legend
Dale Crawford was the owner of the Maine Crawford familyâs log-hauling outfit until he sold it to his brother, Robin, in 2000 upon becoming ill. He passed away last week.
January 12, 2013
Equipment
Heavy log hauler gets âer done
Burke Purdon Enterprises of British Columbia, hauling heavy as a contract log hauler, extols the virtues of a relatively young Freightliner model.
September 29, 2012
Channel 19
EOBRs, broker bond in limbo as highway bill nears
If passed as drafted, MAP-21 would mandate EOBRs for virtually all interstate carriers and raise brokersâ minimum surety requirements to $100,000.
June 22, 2012
Channel 19
Log-haulers, Bastrop County TX wants you
In addition to the Lost Pines Log Pull competition Bastrop nonprofit Logs to Lumber is hosting this coming weekend to add competitive spirit to their efforts harvesting viable timber from an area devastated by wildfires last year and help more than 1,700 homeowners rebuild, Jamaica Morz, working with the organization, could also use a little [âŚ]
May 21, 2012
Voices
SpeakOut
Truckers weigh in on pay for waiting, a âwitch hunt,â improving their health and more current issues.
March 1, 2012
Channel 19
Pacific, Hayes truck enthusiasts gathering this weekend in B.C.
Itâs the first-annual Cache Creek Truck Show, a production of the British Columbia-based Hayes and Pacific truck clubs. Truck club member and organizer Wes Bergman, a former off-highway hauler now spending much of his time keeping the Canadian-made makes and their models alive, says theyâve got a good number of trucks set to show and [âŚ]
July 29, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 Monday: Fallen log hauler gets send-off; Court to Tiger Truckstop: âSet Tony freeâ
Last ride for Maine log hauler âMackie,â R.I.P. The Central Maine Morning-Sentinel news site reported late last week on the Skowhegan memorial-service convoy that was reportedly âone last rideâ for area log-hauler Maxell C. âMackieâ Moore. Around 20 trucks joined the ride, including Mackieâs own, piloted by Tim Clements, best friend to Mooreâs youngest son, [âŚ]
May 9, 2011
Channel 19
Meet the North Carolina âSwamp Loggersâ
Working his operation from Jacksonville, N.C., Bobby Goodson, owner of Goodsonâs All-Terrain Logging, is one of several pioneers of the method of âshovel loggingâ heâs become somewhat famous for today, thanks to the Discovery Channelâs âSwamp Loggersâ series. The reality show, depicting Goodson and crewâs work in the low-country swamps, helped propel the Discovery Channel to near the top prime time [âŚ]
June 30, 2010
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