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Hold tight! Storms lashed parking-lot festivities the final day of MATS
More than a hundred fans of Tony Justice braved storm warnings to hear the beloved trucker-songwriter play, only to be forced to evacuate the Uber Freight Tent Saturday night at MATS two songs into the long-awaited concert in The Papa Johnâs Parking Lot. Smaller tents, with the help of truckers holding tight, fared better.
April 1, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Why pick a fight with the air? And: Downtime for the spot market 3 oâclock hustle
This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast comes as MATS continues in Louisville, with conversations with two owner-ops showing commonality between them in a willingness to be the contrarian in this loud age, on a variety of things â Chad Boblett and Henry Albert, on rates, ELDs, aerodynamics and more.
March 29, 2019
Channel 19
From within or without? â pressure to run over hours in the wake of the ELD mandate
Drivers face increased risks in the ELD era for any hours violations â hence more pushback against pressure to violate, met with one of those âequal and opposite reactions.â Yet not everyone agrees that external pressures to violate the regs are being truly felt, as one trucker commented: âThe pressure I feel from the ELD is not from management. The pressure I feel is from me, the driver.â
March 28, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Truckers helping foster 12-year-old Robbie Welshâ creative journey
In this edition Overdrive Radio, St. Louis mother Sarah Welsh details how the trucking community, particularly a variety of owner-operators among it, has helped foster her 12-year-old son Robbieâs passion for so many things trucking â and particularly: âmeeting drivers to talk about their trucks,â Sarah says. A kindred spirit, as it were. MoreâŚ
November 19, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Will FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez thread the needle toward hours change?
Colleagues James Jaillet and Davis Hollis joined me for this special edition Overdrive Radio podcast about their interview of FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez at MATS. Full audio of that interview is included, with further thoughts on hours-change potential in light of recent Congressional moves to grease the skids for it, so to speak, on tap for withdrawal, according to aides. âŚ
April 26, 2018
Channel 19
Monday round-up: MATS hours session descends to chaos, truckers plan D.C. return
Chaos mars a Mid-America hours of service seminar conducted by FMCSA as anti-regulatory emotion boils over; and some of those participating, among others, plan to return to D.C. for demonstrations beginning April 9.
March 26, 2018
Hours of Service
FMCSA administrator hits a buzzsaw of criticism and frustration at MATS listening session
The good news: Martinez and other officials are for once at least seeming to understand owner-opsâ principal problem with the hours of service rule. And the 14-hour conversations keep on keeping on.
March 24, 2018
Business
Watch: Trucker Talent Search winner, trucker, singer-songwriter Jason Lee Wilson live from MATS
A knock-out performance by 2016 Trucker Talent Search winning trucker-singer-songwriter Jason Lee Wilson of Maryville, Tenn., including a track those of you whoâve been dealing with those persnickety ELDs might relate to.
March 23, 2018
Business
One20 launching teladoc, health insurance, fuel card services
MDLive provides medical consultations with board-certified doctors and licensed therapists via secure online video, and phone around the clock.
March 23, 2018
Business
Avoiding âfalse alertsâ: Primer on the driver-assist systems increasingly common in Class 8s
Bendixâs Fred Andersky presented on what to expect from driver-assistance systems, including crash-mitigation features, as they develop. That includes perhaps the biggest issue drivers have with such systems at present: false, and annoying, alerts.
March 23, 2018
Business
Cooper introduces premium tire lines
Cooper Tire & Rubber is introducing premium radial tires for long haul, regional and severe duty applications.
March 23, 2018
Custom Rigs
Introducing the Parkersâ Coronado â and rat â retooled; and more scenes from MATS
George and Wendy Parkerâs 2004 Freightliner Coronado debuts after 4 State Trucksâ treatment, scenes from the active Pavilion, outtakes from seminars on trucking for profit, music and more scenes from MATS 2018.
March 23, 2018
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