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Channel 19
With the rise in fuel over the last half-year, have rates really risen by much?
Separating out fuel surcharges from average rates over the July 2017 (when fuel prices hit a 2017 trough) to January 2018 period, spot market dry van and reefer rates are still up well more than 10 percent each, flatbed less so.
February 27, 2018
Channel 19
Remembering the âgood old daysâ: Brakes good, tires good, not a âpeep out of anyoneâ
Owner-operator Robert Whittingtonâs most recent inspection experiences have shown those good old days have been left way back down the road. . .
February 22, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Use DataQs to contest 395.8(a) violations written for not having an ELD prior to April 1
If you incurred a 395.8(a) prior to April 1 simply for not having an ELD record and you were keeping paper logs, challenge it through the FMCSA DataQs process to remove it from carrier records.
February 21, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Several states consider measures to block ELD mandate enforcement
The bills mostly cite concerns of small business truckers as the reasons to repeal the mandate or suspend its enforcement, as well as the potential for the mandate to drive up prices of goods for consumers. Legislators in South Dakota, Missouri, Tennessee and Idaho have introduced resolutions taking aim at the mandate.
February 20, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Not so calm before the ELD storm
Results of the ELD âsoft enforcementâ period have proved less than gentle for some owner-operators. Thereâs also evidence of other unresolved issues as the gate opens April 1 for issuing out-of-service orders.
February 20, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Magellan e-log operable on iOS devices
The BYOD (bring-your-own-device), $10-monthly variant of the longtime GPS provider Magellanâs electronic logging device is now available for iOS-powered devices like the iPhone and iPad.
February 20, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: Split sleeper-berth option high on haulersâ hours wish list
The large majority of reader respondents youâll hear in this mailbag edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast took the notion of a pause button for the 14-hour rule farther. Itâs split rest, or split sleeper berth period flexibility, that most want,
February 17, 2018
Business
You can âplanâ on making my eye twitch
âThings that make my eye twitch, for a thousand, Alex,â including recent articles about shippers âfalling all to pieces because theyâre having a hard time getting freight covered during the post-ELD adjustment period. ⌠They should have planned better.â
February 16, 2018
Channel 19
Let the 14-hour conversations ⌠begin?
âContinueâ rather than âbeginâ is probably the best word to describe whatâs been at the forefront of hours-change debate for years now. Voices here following OOIDAâs lodging of a petition to the FMCSA to add an up-to-three-hour off-duty pause to extend the clock.
February 15, 2018
Business
Rates up, volumes neutral to down year over year: The story so far in February for van, flatbed
With ELD proliferation constraining capacity in trucking and pushing up rates, thereâs evidence of some competition from rail/intermodal moderating volumes in van. Flatbedâs generally volume-neutral compared to this time last year.
February 15, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Electrical contractors seek ELD exemption
The group states the operation of commercial vehicles by the line workers that would be covered under the exemption âis so limited that the ELD requirement is triggered infrequently.â
February 14, 2018
Channel 19
â100 percent OKâ to bring up detention before you get off the phone
âDonât leave money on the table,â redux â that sentiment could increasingly include examinations of revenue and income per hour in your businessâ accounting and analysis to help determine effective detention rates in broker/shipper negotiations.
February 13, 2018
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