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Business

Register for MATS health walk

The walk is scheduled to take place the afternoon of Friday, March 22, at the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

February 4, 2013

Channel 19

‘Monkey Gouger’ Jimmy Ardis in Real Life Trucking Hero running

The owner-operator is one of several up for the Progressive Commercial contest’s $15,000 grand prize. Vote by October 31 to register your support for your favorite contenderss.

October 16, 2012

Business

Kinedyne names raffle winner

Kinedyne Corporation awarded a $5,000 shopping spree of Kinedyne products to Gary Baldwin.

October 2, 2012

Channel 19

A salute to women truckers at MATS

Women in Trucking honored 67 women who had driven one million accident free miles, 36 who had reached two million safe driving miles, fifteen with three million mile records and seven women who had attained four million safe driving miles during their careers at MATS in 2012.

March 28, 2012

Channel 19

Owner-operators deliver in MATS EOBR listening sessions

If you haven’t read the report my colleague James Jaillet filed from the Mid-America Trucking Show on the Friday listening sessions the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration conducted on the subject of electronic on-board recorders for hours of service compliance, find it here. Time and again, operators urged regulators to address the real problems in […]

March 27, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Driver to FMCSA: ‘Stop coming after us!’

Owner-operator Greg Petit gave federal regulators a mouthful Friday morning during a hearing to get input on electronic onboard recorders.

March 24, 2012

Channel 19

Stories from MATS: Perkins on a heavy haul

Perkins Specialized Transportation has launched the biggest series of hauls in its history. The Northfield, Minn.-based company specializes in super loads — the biggest, longest, heaviest cargo allowed on the nation’s highways. Over 40 years the firm has grown from a dozen workers and trucks to 65 employees and 22 heavy-haul rigs. It hauls everything from steam turbines and […]

March 23, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Megatron lives!

Mack booth at Mid-America features Megatron in full costume — the same Granite used in the 3rd of “Transformers” movie series.

March 22, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Is the cabover coming back?

So why is Freighliner displaying the Argosy in its booth? The company says it’s a big part of its export business.

March 22, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Class 8 forecast for 2011

At Cummins press event- engine company expects class 8 truck market to reach 278,000 in 2012 and remain strong through 2014

March 20, 2012

Channel 19

The haps at MATS: Rounding up driver-led efforts

I’ll make an attempt, at least. So much is going on at next week’s trucking show in Louisville it will be next to impossible to catch it all in this space today, but here are a few of the highlights folks have reached out to me about these last few months: Health walk-and-talk, blood driveAs […]

March 16, 2012

Channel 19

‘Outcast Kustoms’ TV show to debut March 26

If you give a look at the March 26 schedule on Discovery’s Velocity Channel website you’ll find a listing that may well ring a bell or two for the custom-truck enthusiasts among you. Listed at 9 p.m. on that date is Episode 1 of a show called “Outcast Kustoms,” which will feature Kelvin and April […]

March 14, 2012