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TomTom Trucker 620 GPS helps keep you on track
A recent survey by a trucking industry research organization identified the 100 worst bottlenecks for truck traffic on U.S. highways. The annual study found these traffic chokepoints cost the trucking industry more than $74 billion and waste 1.2 billion hours of trucking time each year. The smart professional driver, if they can, will avoid these […]
March 17, 2020
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MATS victim of growing COVID-19 outbreak
The Mid-America Trucking Show scheduled for March 26-28 at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville will not go on as planned. Show management last week posted a statement to the MATS website: “It is with a heavy heart and deep regret that we announce the cancellation of the 2020 Mid-America Trucking Show scheduled for March […]
March 17, 2020
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Proposed hours of service changes sent to White House
Changes to the federal regulations that govern how many hours truckers may drive each day have taken a step closer to being changed. Speaking at the Truckload Carriers Association annual convention in Kissimmee, Florida Tuesday, March 3, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Acting Administrator James Mullen announced the final rule was sent last night to […]
March 10, 2020
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MATS includes opportunity to adopt shelter dogs
If you’ve been considering adopting a shelter dog as a ridealong companion or stay at home pet, now you have another reason to attend the Mid-America Trucking Show later this month. A Mutts4Trucks adoption event will be Friday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. during MATS, which is held at the Kentucky Exposition […]
March 10, 2020
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New Love’s opens on U.S. 30 in Nebraska
The latest new travel center adds 59 truck parking spots to eastern Nebraska. Love’s today opened its latest location in Schuyler, Nebraska about 75 miles west of Omaha. The store is located off U.S. Highway 30. The location is open 24/7 and offers: Chester’s Chicken Subway Six diesel bays Six showers Laundry facilities Fresh Kitchen […]
March 10, 2020
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Major travel centers tackle COVID-19
The three major truck stop companies are taking steps to ensure the safety of their customers and employees in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak spreading in the U.S. Oklahoma City-based Love’s shared this statement with Truckers News: “The safety and health of our customers and employees are our top priority. Earlier this year, Love’s […]
March 10, 2020
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Wife and husband named Highway Angels of the Year
Two drivers have been recognized for their highway heroics, being named 2019’s Highway Angels of the Year. The husband and wife team of Ed and Tracy Zimmerman, who are lease operators for Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc. of Dubuque, Iowa, were honored Tuesday, March 3, by the Truckload Carriers Association and EpicVue, sponsors of the program […]
March 10, 2020
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New CDL school opening in Tennessee
A new commercial driving school opens its doors in Clarksville, Tennessee later this month. Armored Trucking Company hosts its grand opening March 24 at 10 a.m. at their new location on Terminal Road, and not far from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The driving academy is in partnership with Austin Peay State University’s continuing education program. The […]
March 10, 2020
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500 new driver jobs to be created by Walmart
One of the largest private fleets in the American trucking industry is looking for more qualified drivers again, jobs that come with some of the profession’s top salary and benefits packages. Our colleague James Jaillet, executive editor for Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdrive writes: Walmart Transportation, which last year aggressively grew its private fleet by […]
March 10, 2020
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For when you want your own coffee on the road
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March 10, 2020
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Love’s adds 188 parking places at 2 new locations
Truckers have access to almost 200 new parking spaces thanks to the two new locations opened by Love’s Travel Centers last week. The new stores are located in Milan, Michigan and Madera, California. The new Michigan Love’s Travel Center opened along U.S. 23 about 15 miles south of Ann Arbor. The location is open 24/7 […]
March 3, 2020
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Carrier warns its drivers about coronavirus COVID-19
The U.S. as a country, as well as its businesses and individual citizens need to take seriously the coronavirus COVID-19, which started in China and has spread worldwide, claiming some 2,770 lives. That’s the outlook of top medical officials. One member of the trucking industry is paying heed to the possibility of the coronavirus spreading […]
March 3, 2020
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Watch as train slices truck’s trailer in half
An Amtrak train demolished a tractor-trailer stranded on a set of railroad tracks in San Antonio, Texas Tuesday, Feb. 25, morning. The truck’s driver escaped injury and can be seen in the video running from the truck. None of the train’s 116 passengers was injured; neither were any crew members. “Cibolo Police officials tell KENS […]
March 3, 2020
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CB handles discussed in Channel One Nine Special podcast
This begins a special series of off-week mini-episodes from the Over the Road podcast crew. The Channel One Nine Special attempts to provide answers to questions about trucking from listeners outside the business by consulting with the professionals. For this first episode, though, Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills reached back to an owner-operator who’s been a past Trucker of […]
March 3, 2020
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Woman at the wheel in Volvo’s latest jaw-dropping video
Volvo Trucks has a history of producing attention-grabbing videos to show off their heavy-duty trucks. In its latest one, there is a woman at the wheel of the most important truck. This is the company that gave the world action star Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits with one foot each on two moving trucks. […]
March 3, 2020
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CMA announces nominees for country music awards
The nominations for 55th ACM Awards are out. Here’s who you’ll see at the awards ceremony, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 4, on CBS. Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan Eric Church Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Carrie Underwood Female Artist of the Year […]
March 3, 2020
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Carrier closes terminal; 61 drivers out of work
Illinois-based Black Horse Carriers Inc. closed its terminal in Pewaukee, Wisconsin Monday, Feb. 24. In a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the company said the closing will result in the elimination of 68 positions, including 61 drivers. Black Horse Carriers, a major dedicated fleet operator, said the closure was caused by a […]
March 3, 2020
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Drive for a major carrier? See how they did last year
Last year was a tough one for some of the largest members of the U.S. trucking industry. Our colleague James Jaillet wrote in Commercial Carrier Journal recently: Some of the country’s largest trucking companies reported declining revenues and profits in 2019 compared to the year prior in their recent earnings reports, which comes as no […]
March 3, 2020
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