Tara BullockHomeATDynamics Expands 2014 TrailerTail Product LineATDynamics announced it will expand its 2014 TrailerTail product line to offer fleets and truck owners options for more applications. In addition to the company’s flagship TrailerTail, rebranded as the TrailerTail 4×4 (four-sided, four foot long device), ATDynamics will offer the TrailerTail Trident 3×3, a lower cost, three-sided, three foot long TrailerTail. They also […]October 10, 2013BusinessTrucker Buddy names Outstanding TeacherCaroline Walradt, a second grade teacher at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, N.J., was named Trucker Buddy’s Outstanding Teacher following her nomination by K.C. Brau, a Trucker Buddy and driver for Crete Carriers. Brau said that her influence and success with the students has been visible in the improvement of language and […]October 9, 2013LifeLindsay Lawler’s truck stop concert series a dedication to trucking heroesCountry singer and Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler played with her band in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Oct. 4, where she talked trucking heroes, truck stop concerts and more.October 4, 2013BusinessSt. Chris fund getting $10k in grantsTBS Factoring Service, LLC will provide $10,000 grant toward a trade school scholarship provided by the St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund exclusively for military veterans. The St. Christopher Fund (SCF) will accept applications for the TBS Factoring Service Trade School Scholarship beginning Oct. 1. The scholarship, which can be used at a trade […]October 4, 2013BusinessThe Pantry’s Kangaroo Express Joins Comdata to Extend Reach of FuelComdata has announced it is expanding its Comdata Fuel Consortium (CFC) network by more than 5,000 locations through an agreement with The Pantry. Developed in 2008, the CFC is a nationwide network of 30,000 retail fuel locations offering an automatic price-per-gallon discountto Comdata MasterCard Corporate Fleet Card customers. Through the CFC network, The Pantry offers […]October 4, 2013BusinessPaper Transport adds 20 KW natural gas trucksPaper Transport has added 20 natural gas-powered Kenworth T660s to its regional fleet and started using the trucks this month. Paper Transport began testing two Kenworth natural gas trucks in 2012, and this spring the company became one of Kenworth’s first customers to run CNG-powered Kenworth T660s with the Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine. Paper […]October 4, 2013BusinessLove’s Raises $2 Million for Children’s Miracle NetworkLove’s Travel Stops has given $2 million to the Children’s Miracle Network to benefit 92 CMN Hospitals across the country. Love’s recently wrapped up a five-week fundraising campaign at its 304 travel stop and country store locations. Love’s employees and customers worked together to raise the record amount for its 15th campaign, most of which […]September 30, 2013BusinessMack adds dealer locationsMack Leasing System recently added 11 member dealer location in the U.S. and Canada. Mack Leasing members provide full-service leasing, short- or long-term rental and service contract customers. New locations are listed below. RDO Truck Center Co., Fargo, N.D. Truck & Equipment Corp./MacLease, Inc., Winchester, Va. Columbus Truck & Equipment Ctr., LLC/Southeastern Leasing […]September 25, 2013BusinessMinimizer introduces coding systemMinimizer has implemented the Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standard system for its line of fenders and other products. The Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standard, or VMRS, is a trucking business system that describes parts and maintenance activities using numbers instead of words. VMRS helps repair facilities improve maintenance management for their customers or their own fleets by […]September 13, 2013BusinessKenworth starts 2013 Kenworth Road TourKenworth Truck Company launched the 2013 Kenworth Road Tour this week. The tour takes the new Kenworth T880 vocational model and the Kenworth T680 on-highway model with the new mid-roof 52-inch sleeper on the road to customer events hosted by 34 Kenworth dealerships across the United States and Canada before year-end. The Kenworth Road Tour opens […]September 13, 2013Previous PagePage 19 of 21Next PageTop StoriesPride & PolishLet your truck shine -- enter Overdrive's annual Pride & PolishThe entry period for the annual competition is now open through August 18. The five categories for the contest are: Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Limited Mileage/Show, Antique and Interior.Overdrive Radio4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600Equipment'Long-haul with natural gas' possible: Tour new Cummins X15NCustom Rigs'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after restoFeatured SponsorThe ALL NEW Rand Tablet