Naming a top three in a field like this is tough, yet the first juding round for Overdrive's Trucker of the Year award is in the books. Big congrats! A winner will be named come the new year. On the way out, judges lauded all 10 contenders for 2024: https://ow.ly/TJs650UvixY
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Most active time for cargo thieves year-in, year-out? That would be the time around Christmas and into the New Year. Also: FMCSA gets a bevy of recommendations from high-profile advisory committee on truck parking, more: https://ow.ly/f9cP50UvinE
FMCSA gets an earful on truck parking | Don't let grinch steal your load
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'Revert to paper logs or logging software': That's FMCSA's message to those using these two most recently revoked ELDs. Also: Trucking conditions improving, more: https://ow.ly/Cgbz50Uv4w8
Mountain ELD, XELD revoked by FMCSA
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Will FMCSA's transparency proposal squeeze brokers' margins overall? One analyst thinks so, but much of the pressure could well come from the shipper side, he notes, with minimal impact on owner-op decision-making, he feels: https://ow.ly/RUWc50Uv4mv
Would transparency put the squeeze on broker margins?
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Here's part two of our Overdrive Radio episode featuring the 2024 TOTY lineup - as this episode showcases owners ready for growth in the new year. Get insights from Alec Costerus, Greg Labosky, Mike Nichols, and the Zimmerman Ag brothers.
How Trucker of the Year contenders beat 2024's sluggish freight
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Congrats to owner-operator Michael Castaldi for the Working Combo Pride & Polish win! Anybody care to guess where the rig's "Paradise Express" moniker comes from? Hint: It has to do with his freight's origin and destination: https://ow.ly/7y7S50UuAik
'Paradise Express': Owner-op's 2003 Peterbilt 379 rolling at 3.3 million miles
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Latest EPA moves see new waivers for CARB enforcement of its heavy low-NOx rule, to the chagrin of trucking groups. Notably, the Advanced Clean Fleets rule hasn't yet been granted similar: https://ow.ly/jPzy50UuAcb
EPA grants waiver for CARB's heavy-duty Low-NOx regulation
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Part 3 in this series, sparked by an early-year survey focused on the impact of diesel-emissions regs' impact on truck pricing/reliability, turns to used-truck markets. With aftertreatment improved, necessary PM nontheless could play an increasing role in backstopping resale value: https://ow.ly/aS3h50Uu4JA
Used-truck pricing, value: A role for aftertreatment maintenance
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Diesel prices sitting still, rates presenting a mixed bag, now less than a week ahead of the Christmas holiday: https://ow.ly/Wnz850Uu4ze
Diesel settles around $3.50 as freight rates fluctuate
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The updated agenda provides a clearer timeline for when key proposed and final trucking rules are expected to be published.
When DOT expects to publish speed limiter, AEB rules
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