Do your homework on IFTA/IRP recordkeeping
Think back to the days when you had to bring a report card home. For the most part, the grades were a measure of how you were learning and progressing in school. But then there were the comments. Yikes! “Sandra…
Mailbag: Most readers feel ELDs have exacerbated parking issues
A run through the mailbag on Overdrive Radio with contrarians on and, mostly, true believers in the notion that the ELD mandate has exacerbated parking issues around the nation. And: A little detail on an hours-enforcement-with-ELD situation that begge…
QEW closures coming this weekend
BURLINGTON, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is warning truckers that the Toronto-bound QEW at the Burlington Skyway Bridge will be fully closed from 9 p.m. May 5 to 10 a.m. May 6. All traffic will be detoured via…
Better Health: What to make of stiff, sore joints
Joint pain may be more than just a side effect of driving on rough highways. It could be arthritis, a common condition affecting more than 50 million adults that worsens with age, according to the Arthritis Foundation.
Here’s how Los Angeles can achieve cleaner air quickly
Residents of metro Los Angeles woke up this week to what unfortunately has become all too regular news. Once again, the air we breathe was rated by the American Lung Association as the dirtiest and most ozone-polluted in the country. This news was…
Arkansas police seize 340 pounds of marijuana from trucker during inspection
The driver reportedly gave consent to search the truck, and inspectors found 340 pounds of marijuana and 2,340 units of cannabis oil with an estimated street value of $2.2 million.
Matt Arceneaux’s 1985 Peterbilt 359
The rig is powered by a 400-hp 3406B Cat with a 15-speed Eaton-Fuller and 3:70 rears.
Economic Watch: Unemployment Lowest Since 2000, Factory Activity Mixed
Unemployment in the U.S. hit a post Great Recession landmark, according to figures released Friday, while a separate report showed increased factory orders but declining capital investment for new factory equipment.
Multiple-calculator app for dump owners
The Dump Truck Math app was designed with estimators, foremen and truck owners in mind and includes three core calculators, cheats aimed to arrive at accurate rates per ton or cubic yard, number of trucks needed, and haul cost difference between two si…
Love’s opens new truck stops in Oklahoma, New Mexico
The company announced a new location in Oklahoma off of I-44 near the Oklahoma-Texas state line, and a new store in Belen, New Mexico off of I-25.