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Getting outside for exercise not an option? Portable stepper machine fills the gap for this operator
Earlier this year, trucker Martin Hill and his wife put to use a new stepper machine in the truck, which weighs about 15 pounds and utilizes hydraulic shocks to provide resistance, and comes with resistance bands for the upper body that can be employed as well.
July 31, 2019
Longtime TA Nashville employees recount historic 2010 flood, support and recovery
Listen: Getting close to the 10th anniversary of the historic flooding of Nashville in 2010, employees at the downtown TA who were there when it happened recount the rising waters, their relationships with longtime driver customers, and the recovery process in this podcast. Also: Why are some TA Petro stops moving away from traditional diners? HOS has something to do with it âŚ
July 30, 2019
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Appreciation of a truck-parking joke â whatâs it worth?
$5 â and a whole lot of wonder at the state of camaraderie among the nationâs truckers on the road today. A follow-up on the time Mike âMustangâ Crawford got $5 for a parking spot he was about to leave.
July 29, 2019
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Clarity on the difference beween an AOBRD and âelectronic logging softwareâ
An AOBRD, in many ways, is akin to an ELD â tethered in some way to the truckâs movement itself, so that, in motion, the record is not alterable. Most anymore accomplish that through an ECM link just like an ELD, and in some cases have much of the same functionality. âElectronic logging software,â howeverâŚ
July 26, 2019
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Revisiting the soft-market banana peel â freight relationships paying off for some
Randy Carlson âwill have had my operating authority for 25 yearsâ come next May. Right now, âtrucking is the best itâs been in that entire 25 yearsâ in general terms, he says, despite the slowdown for so many in the spot market, illustrating the value of steady freight partners.
July 25, 2019
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Rebooting Riteload, take two: Last no-broker board standing?
Newly re-branded Riteload (from âMyRiteloadâ) might well be the one of the last platforms still pursuing that âelusive holy grailâ of shipper-direct, brokerless matching we once wrote about. Theyâve relaunched a website, changed plenty, and hired an executive with deep trucking experience.
July 23, 2019
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More flexible sleeper splits: Didnât take long for this newbie team to see potential value
Introducing Hartsville, Tenn.-based Tommy and Linda Bryant of Hartsville, Tenn., mid-careers but brand-new to trucking and operating a team. Would they use a 5/5 split if it were an option? You bet.
July 19, 2019
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More on sun exposure and cancer risk, ways to prevent and a personal story of cure
Malignant melanoma can be very aggressive, traveling fast to other places in the body, but when the notion arose that the condition was a totally incurable one recently, Andrea Marks of TruckerNation took some exception â sheâs been cancer-free for quite some time, following a 2007 initial diagnosisâŚ.
July 17, 2019
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âThe Homeless Ainât Just Hobos Anymoreâ: More from trucker-songwriter Will Beeley via NPR
Trucker-songwriter Will Beeleyâs new âHighways and Heart Attacksâ record featured with an interview on NPR, and: The beginnings of a new âMusic to Truck Byâ playlist via Spotify.
July 16, 2019
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Sliding trailer tandems sticking? Pack wheel chocks in the side box (or elsewhere)
Do you carry a set of chocks? Though they havenât been required equipment for most truckers for years, plenty pullers still carry a set â or a four-by-four or other alternative â for this and other purposes.
July 15, 2019
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A Truckstop in the halls of Congress, a hotshot carrierâs tech-informed business
Failure to fund road repairs, notes Truckstop.comâs Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto in this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, can hasten the incidence and increase the likelihood of the perhaps No. 1 reason owner-ops go out business â thatâs a major mechanical failure, of course.
July 11, 2019
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Speed limiters: Senate bill to mandate a 65 mph setting a âterrible ideaâ
Voices on the Senate bill from a Georgia Republican that would mandate a 65 mph speed setting for trucks capable of it. And more on the âcareful what you wish forâ dynamics in regulatory change.
July 10, 2019
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Round-up: Words of trucking-newbie and back-on-the-right-path encouragment
Near-50-year trucking veteran Bob Miller offers Independence Day encouragement for the rookies out there â âAmerica depends on youâ â and a prison CDL schoolteacher and inmate narrates his turn back to the right path by helping others.
July 8, 2019
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Martinez heard the message â +flexibility â now will his agency deliver?
To cap the week, hereâs a celebration of the spirit of a system in which we can all at least participate by speaking freely. Views on and hopes for the impending hours revision hammer home the central message of a majority of haulers. In the words of one reader: âQuit stalling. Get some relief for us.â
July 5, 2019
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Crash data before and after the Ontario provinceâs speed limiter mandate
Detail on a 2017-completed Ontario Ministry of Transport analysis of some crash metrics pre- and post- its 2009 speed limiter mandate. Bottom line: some food for thought as you consider whether to take concerns to your reps with the recent U.S. Senate bill that would mandate a 65-mph speed setting.
July 2, 2019
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Shout to a stop: Crater Lake Junction in Chiloquin, Ore.
âBack at it for a Monday and thankful for the kindness of strangers at the Crater Lake Junction Travel Center in rural Chiloquin, Oregon. If you run U.S. 97 north-south through Oregon and need a stop in the vicinity, make it here. And tell âem thanks again for me.â Hereâs why.
July 1, 2019
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Resurgent rebellion against the prospect of CSA scores returning to public view
A loose coalition of groups such as the Motor Carriers for Regulatory Reform, the ASECTT group, NASTC and many others have been the most vocal speaking out against the draft language in a DOT funding bill in the House to return CSA SMS scores to public view.
June 19, 2019
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2018 talent-search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiroâs new CD/digital EP
Owner-operator Mandi Jo Pinheiro, in a team with her husband, William, distinguishes herself yet again with a four-song CD EP and three-song digital version thatâs out and available as of this past weekend.
June 17, 2019
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