2019 Ram 1500 Goes on Sale
The 2019 Ram 1500, which is entering its 15th generation, will include a combination of three engines and three powertrains, including a 5.7-liter V-8, V-8 mild hybrid, 3.6-liter V-6 mild hybrid, and 3.0-liter V-6 EcoDiesel.
Great Dane plant wins safety award
STATESBORO, Ga. – Great Dane’s manufacturing plant in Statesboro, Ga., has been recognized for its commitment to safety. It received the Georgia Association of Manufacturers award for having no lost work cases in 2017. “Great Dane is a proud memberR…
Don’t be a ‘one-and-done’: Know your customer to survive/thrive in the first year with carrier authority
For most new independent owner-ops, emphasizes Kevin Rutherford in this edition of Overdrive Radio, the customer (fundamentally the entity that pays your business for its service) is one, a few or several brokers. Too many owner-ops fail to see or trea…
Denham Amendment revived: House again eyes measure to block states’ driver pay/break laws
The provision seeks to reassert the federal government’s role in managing drivers’ hours of service by preventing states from requiring carriers to comply with any state-level laws. The measure also restricts states from forcing carriers to pay drivers…
Pilot Flying J adds three new travel centers in West Texas
The first of the new locations opened on April 14 in Orla, Texas, along U.S. Highway 285. Another location is set to open on Saturday, April 21, in Kermit, Texas, along Texas Highway 302, followed by the company’s second location in Pecos, Texas, on So…
Tanker fleet doles out big pay boost for certain drivers
Texas-based 700-plus truck fleet Crestwood Transportation is now starting tanker drivers in its central region at 60 cents per mile, a 14-cent-per-mile bump from the previous 46 cents.
See how to get a trailer back on fifth wheel
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Registration for FTR’s annual conference now open
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Registration is open for the 2018 FTR Transportation Conference. The FTR conference, now in its 14th year, is being held September 11-13, 2018 in Union Station in downtown Indianapolis, Ind. With over 80 of the industry’s lead…
Expedite Expo staging in Ky. July 20-21
According to the organizers behind the Expedite Expo show, set to kick off July 20-21 at the Lexington Center in downtown Lexington, Ky., attendees’ two-day, time-only investment at the Expo (it’s otherwise free for owner-ops, drivers and fleet owners)…
Driver loves trucking so much he changed his name to Diesel
Learned to drive in the military