Countdown through a parking shortage, tech surge, truck boot … 2019’s Top 10 podcast episodes
Listen: A year-in-review on the Overdrive Radio podcast this week, covering a boatload of ground all told: From trucking history to shutdowns and slow rolls, parking and booting, the ELD mandate and hours of service, small fleet business and the limits…
Top 19 News Stories of 2019
After scouring through news items of the past 12 months, HDT came up with the top 19 stories of 2019, giving you a look back on some of the important moments from this past year.
Winter storm forecast for middle of U.S.
Showers in the East and Southeast
Truck crashes through side of Missouri supermarket
‘Sounded like a bomb went off’
FMCSA Doubles Random Drug-Testing Percentage for 2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is doubling the minimum annual percentage rate for random controlled substance testing for commercial motor vehicle drivers, from 25% to 50% percent, effective Jan. 1.
Before and after: Chad Keegan’s 1983 Kenworth K100
Chad Keegan bought this 1983 Kenworth K100 in June 2018. It’s powered by a 350-hp Cummins Big Cam III and a 9-speed Eaton-Fuller with Reyco spring suspension. It had been sitting for two years and hadn’t been used on the road since 1996.
Truck loaded with plane hung up under bridge
They had to remove the tires
2019 was a year filled with award-winning truck drivers
And the winners were …