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A "single screw" Freightliner cabover parked in front of the (now defunct) Liberace museum in Las Vegas. www.addmedia.com
Kenworth and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) have again teamed up for the 15th year in a row to provide a $1,000 savings to OOIDA members on qualifying purchases of new Kenworth sleeper trucks during 2017. Eligible trucks include this Kenworth T880 with 76-inch mid-roof sleeper.
Dart Transit also uses the PACCAR Solutions Portal to further track the health of all the company’s new Kenworth trucks in real-time, in a single snapshot. The portal enables TruckTech+ users to view a map with pins indicating the health of each truck in its entire fleet of Kenworth trucks equipped with TruckTech+ Remote Diagnostics.
Full moon on the Peterbilt, Plateau, Texas
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Scania S520 CS20H from my fellow countryman, trucker and Youtuber "David on the road" shot in Albacete. Here is his channel (you'll need to have notions of Spanish) => www.youtube.com/@david_on_the_road
Kenworth and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) have again teamed up for the 15th year in a row to provide a $1,000 savings to OOIDA members on qualifying purchases of new Kenworth sleeper trucks during 2017. Eligible trucks include this Kenworth T680 Advantage 52-inch mid-roof sleeper.
Founded in 1964 by Tom Love, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., and remains family owned and operated. With more than 260 locations in more than 35 states, Love’s current growth rate is approximately 15 stores per year. Love’s is currently ranked No. 18 on Forbe’s Magazine’s annual listing of America’s largest privately held companies.
Cholla power plant near Joseph City, Arizona makes perfect background.
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The Kenworth T680 is a popular truck among Dart Transit Company's owner-operators and company drivers with more than 300 of the trucks in the company's fleet. Kenworth TruckTech+ has contributed to even greater driver satisfaction with the T680 through improved uptime and fewer tows. According to Paul Mages, the lead on the company's efficiency team, email alerts notifying drivers when they need to conduct exhaust re-generations have been the biggest contributor to the improved uptime.
When Dart Transit managers see one of the company's Kenworth T680s idling in stop-and-go traffic or at a truckstop through Kenworth TruckTech+, they can instruct the drivers to park their trucks and begin the exhaust re-generation process to clean the diesel particulate filters.
Remote diagnostics through Kenworth TruckTech+ is showing Dart Transit managers trends, and frequency of occurrences, so they can share that data with drivers. Before implementing TruckTech+, managers say they didn’t realize that some Dart Transit drivers didn’t know the procedure for a parked re-gen. Now the drivers do know.
Owner-operator Tommy Willis rarely pulls in to the westbound Knoxville weigh station near Exit 372 on U.S. Interstate 40, about 3 ½ miles east of the I-40 and I-75 interchange. Because of his safety score, Willis earns weigh station bypasses through the Drivewyze weigh station bypass service. Before he got Drivewyze, WIllis says he pulled into that station several times each month. Since the off-ramp has a long rising grade, he’s certain he saves a lot of money right there. He doesn't have to burn a lot of fuel to get off the highway and in to the weigh station. Photo courtesy of Tommy Willis and taken by P.J. Slowiack of Cleveland, Tennessee.
Kenworth TruckTech+, which Dart Transit began implementing in early 2016, delivers an email notification to Dart Transit managers when the soot level reaches a critical level as a result of a driver overlooking an alert or waiting too long to clean the emissions system.
The amount of information and detail provided to Dart’s call center via the remote diagnostics available with Kenworth Truck Tech+ is taking the guesswork out of roadside issues, according to Dart Transit's fleet efficiency team leader - Paul Mages.
J & M Ward's Sterling rigid & tri dog tipping trays. Based at Kew, nsw.
Wardie operated an International coe rigid for a while, this is his new rig, detroit power. HR also hauls a 3-axle woodchip bin for boral mill at Herons Creek.
*update- - truck has new colour scheme, see my stream.
Kenworth and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) have again teamed up for the 15th year in a row to provide a $1,000 savings to OOIDA members on qualifying purchases of new Kenworth sleeper trucks during 2017.Eligible trucks include this Kenworth T680 with 76-inch sleeper.
Alberta, Canada-based owner-operator Don Needham and his drivers operate a fleet of five trucks — one Kenworth W900 and four Peterbilt 379s. Photo by Neil Crichton
Kenworth and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) have again teamed up for the 15th year in a row to provide a $1,000 savings to OOIDA members on qualifying purchases of new Kenworth sleeper trucks during 2017. Featured eligible Kenworth trucks include this Kenworth T880 with 52-inch mid-roof sleeper.
Dart driver Vincent Sykes, left, appreciates how Highway Sales Inc. vice president Phil Marston, right, was able to put him in a Kenworth T680 with 76-inch sleeper. Marston says he's blown away by the popularity of the T680 among owner-operators like Sykes. The company purchased 150 Kenworth T680s and already there's a waiting list for more.
Equipped with the PACCAR MX-13 engine rated at 430-hp and driven through the Eaton(R) Fuller Advantage(TM) 10-speed manual transmission, the Kenworth T680 is equipped to be fuel-efficient and lightweight. Dart Transit started implementing Kenworth TruckTech+ on its Kenworth T680s in early 2016 and the company has realized even greater operational efficiencies through improved uptime.
Dart driver Vincent Sykes enjoys being the first contracted owner-operator to get a Kenworth T680 with 76-inch sleeper offered under Highway Sales' lease-to-own program for Dart owner-operators. Sykes gets over 8 mpg with the T680. It's a big jump from the mid- to high 6s he was getting with his previous truck.
A fully customized Peterbilt Model 378 parked at sunset near Denver. Image captured for one of the first issues of Custom Rigs magazine. www.addmedia.com
Global package transport carrier Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Corp.) will be planning with regard to the rapidly nearing day of December 14, which the carrier has estimated to become the biggest volume level working day in company history. The transport corporation (which delivers numerous modes of transportation which includes freight solutions, truckload trucking, and also intermodal overseas transport, along with small package pickup and also delivery solutions). FedEx Corporation will be forecasting the daily volume of sixteen million package deliveries on December thirteenth. If successful, the package giant could encounter a strong 11% maximise from the largest volume level day of last year, when the transporter had managed fourteen. two million package deliveries. The package carriers normally deliver 8 million package deliveries as a result of their world wide network each day, upon average for the the rest of calendar year.. During this particular holiday year (between Thanksgiving and Christmas), FedEx will be geared up to be able to manage practically 225 million deliveries as a result of it's wide International system. In addition to December thirteenth becoming the most significant transport working day of the entire year for the package carrier, this week as well may serve as the actual solitary busiest full week of the calendar year. Experts believe that that FedEx is going to meet or exceed sixty three million package deliveries this specific week alone, when compared with fifty seven. five million deliveries in 2009.
Almost all the parcel shipments are consisting of FedEx SmartPost Deliveries which have been delivered simply by significant, retailers along with fulfillment houses of retail organizations. These massive corporate shippers ordinarily send great lists of less heavy deliveries to personal buyers compared to much more heavy deals along with other corporate purchasers. Other sorts of revenue pertaining to the Package Service provider giant include household deliveries planned as a result of FedEx's large retail system of FedEx Kinkos shops along with drop destinations. The merchandise transported change considerably from retail store to retail store, although often include things like books, apparel, electronics, along with high end merchandise normally ordered on the net through shoppers fascinated by holiday offers and also deals of enormous online sellers.
Industry experts will be foretelling of a decrease in holiday profits coming from the 10 year expansion normal. In the course of last year, holiday revenue had improved underneath .5% although usually are set pertaining to a joblessness in 2010. The Countrywide Retail Federation (NRF) is definitely planning on holiday income to be able to come back modestly by 2.3% only to underneath $450 billion. While the year of 2010 has available favourable information associated with an global financial recovery around 09 information, the majority of gross sales increases may be from internet based gross sales opposed to regular brick and morter locations . Web-based business in 2010 are hoped for to leap around 15% over holiday gross sales for the duration of last year as advised in a very the latest Deloitte report.
Though the International financial system may be from internet based gross sales opposed to regular brick and morter locations. Web-based business in 2010 are hoped for to leap around 15% over holiday gross sales for the duration of last year as advised in a very the latest Deloitte report.
Though the world financial system is constantly on the spudder long, it appears that United states consumers have begun to regain self-assurance throughout the market. Internet based merchant's appealing offers as well as promotional good buys like cost-free home based transport and the like has convinced a lot of people to buy internet. Same store revenue continue to keep conduct in close proximity to traditional statistics as internet based sales continue to win over experts. FedEx is situated very well as the market has rebounded. FedEx has taken extensive measures to flourish it's world-wide community, increase technologies, while keeping focused on increasing worldwide market share versus challengers Ups (United parcel service) and DHL.
(Note: FedEx National, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Truckload divisions easily present shippers trusted transportation by means of a world-wide networking of trucking carriers along with a number of of the industry's most qualified truck drivers. Many company truck drivers for FedEx freight divisons are CSA 2010, FMCSA, and DOT certified for pickup along with transport of shipments.)
By: Brad Hollister
Owner-operator Tommy Willis travels most often up I-65 from Tennessee to Kentucky and I-81 from Tennessee to Virginia and down I-75 into Florida. With quite a few weigh stations along those routes, it wasn’t uncommon for Willis to get delayed several times along the way before he started using Drivewyze weigh station bypass service. He used to get pulled in almost every time he hit the weigh station on U.S. 11 near Winchester, Virginia. Willis says the addition of more locations and more states, particularly the Florida ag inspection stations added earlier in 2015, has greatly increased Drivewyze’s value. Photo courtesy of Tommy Willis and taken by P.J. Slowiack of Cleveland, Tennessee.
The United States is Moving Forward concerning Controversial Rules Outlawing Use of Personal Devices Whilst Driving
Washington DC.
Currently, Monday December 20, 2010, the u . s Department of Transportation recommended a new safety legislation which, as part of its commitment to safety, would likely try to decrease inattentive driving through reducing the use of hand-held cellphones while operating a commercial freight truck on interstate roadways. This particular subject has surfaced many times and circumstances as a result of the creation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 legal guidelines.
The top of the United States Transportation Authority, Secretary Ray La Hood suggested his support for such legislation. Mr. la Hood thinks that such restriction definitely will significantly help make the freeways more secure by way of recommending the freight delivery driver maintains his / her total attention on the road and not on a portable mobile phone. Mr. La Hood emphasizes that every time a commercial truck driver or owner operator takes their eyes off the road, you will find a potential for accidents or fatalities on Our country's Highways.
If this regulation is offered, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) might restrict commercial drivers, in operation, from operating a handset whilst driving. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could propose federal civil penalties ranging up to $2,750 for each occurrence and multiple offenders of a cellular phone ban could possibly face disqualification of driving privileges. While presently only in the discussion phase, this guidelines being considered might move to suspend a driver's CDL after a second occurrence of any existing state limitation with regards to cellphone usage whilst operating commercial vehicles.
The the effects of this unsafe practice could not be limited to only the driver - offender. Current versions of legislation being considered would certainly hold the freight carriers liable for their truckers who use cellular telephones for driving as well. LTL and Truckload Carriers may possibly face a maximum penalty of greater than $10,000 for each and every occurrence. This particular proposal, if enforced, can effect up to four million interstate commercial drivers.
The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Anne Ferro believes that implementation of this regulation would probably make the roads more secure and aim to decrease the impact of the top reason behind inattentive driving. Ms. Ferro explained the FMCSA's commitment to making use of all resources to make certain that commercial drivers are operating safely at all times. FMCSA Research demonstrates that operating a cellphone while you are driving takes a significant amount of attention away from the driver's operation of the vehicle. Truck drivers who had reached for an object including a cell phone even while driving were more than three times more likely to be involved in an accident or other safety critical incident. The stakes go up more than 600% for truck drivers who are dialing a cellular telephone during operation of their semi truck. These reports are not new to many of the industry's leading LTL or Truckload Carriers. Trucking companies such as UPS, Covenant Transport, Wal-Mart and more have enforced company policies and have banned truck drivers who have engaged in use of hand held phones while driving. These carriers have taken proactive steps in eliminating these unsafe driving habits.
FMCSA research shows that using a hand-held cellphone while driving requires a commercial driver to take several risky steps. In particular, commercial truck drivers reaching for an object, this sort of as a handset, at the same time driving are three times more likely to be involved in a crash or other safety-critical event. Drivers dialing a hand-held mobile phone even while driving increase their risk by means of six times. Many of the largest carriers, this sort of as UPS, Covenant Transport, and Wal-Mart, already have company policies in place banning their drivers from using hand-held phones. In September 2010, FMCSA issued a regulation banning text messaging even while operating a commercial motor vehicle.
Despite the FMCSA being very busy with the role-out of Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA 2010) implementation, the Administration is moving forward on this particular rule rapidly. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is providing a 60 day time period for the public to reply to the rule making. The comment time frame begins following the suggested rule is printed in the Federal Register.
Brad Hollister is an Experienced Transportation Executive with a passion for Business Development through innovation, process improvement, and technology. Feel free to contact me with any inquiries, opportunities, or suggestions (http://www.bradhollister.com) Brad Hollister Official Homepage.
www.freightaccess.com: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken lots of steps in the course of the course of 2010 that will develop their governance of the Transportation Industry and Freight Carrier Market. The FMCSA is not stopping at purely implementation of controversial CSA 2010 Regulation. The Administration is definitely actively seeking to regulate use of hand-held mobile phones by truckers as well as truck drivers.
Marty Lester, an owner-operator leased to Integrity Logistics, likes the fact that the mobile-based weigh station bypass service Drivewzye is dedicated to privacy for drivers. “I was at first concerned about that, but after talking with the folks at Drivewyze and getting to know them, I’m very comfortable. They don’t track me, or my hours of service, or share any of my driving information with law enforcement. That’s important to me and I wouldn’t be using their service if it were otherwise.”
Dart driver Vincent Sykes enjoys being the first contracted owner-operator to get a Kenworth T680 with 76-inch sleeper offered under Highway Sales' lease-to-own program for Dart owner-operators.
Owner-operator Marty Lester hauls general freight and refrigerated loads while leased to Integrity Logistics. Lester generally makes north-to-south runs from Michigan to Florida and sometimes Texas. Drivewyze is in the majority of states Lester travels – including Florida and Texas.
The Authorities will be Advancing on Controversial Regulation Excluding Use of Cell Devices Whilst Driving
Washington DC.
At present, Monday December 20, 2010, the united states Department of Transportation proposed a new safety regulation which will, as part of its commitment to safety, would certainly try to reduce distracted driving by way of constraining use of hand-held mobile devices even while operating a commercial freight rig on interstate roads. This important subject has come up several times and circumstances because of the creation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA ) Comprehensive Safety Administration (CSA) 2010 legislation.
The top officer of the United States transportation Authority, Secretary Ray La Hood indicated his support for this kind of restriction. Mr. la Hood believes that this kind of guidelines definitely will significantly help make the roads more secure by implying that the driver will keep his complete awareness on the highway instead of on a portable handset. Mr. La Hood is convinced that each time a commercial truck driver or owner operator takes his or her's focus off the road, there is a potential for accidents or deaths on Our country's Roads.
If such guidelines is proposed, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA ) may restrict commercial truck drivers, in operation, from using a cellphone even while driving. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would probably propose federal civil penalties ranging up to $2,750 for each occurrence and multiple offenders of a handset ban might possibly face disqualification of driving privileges. Even though currently only in the discussion phase, this kind of restriction being considered might possibly move to suspend a driver's CDL after the second violation of any current state restriction with regards to handset usage when operating commercial vehicles.
The the effects of this specific unsafe practice may possibly not be limited to only the driver - offender. Current versions of legislation being considered would hold the freight carriers liable for their drivers who use cellular telephones for driving as well. Carriers might possibly face a maximum penalty in excess of $10,000 for every single occurrence. This proposal, if carried out, could effect up to four million interstate commercial drivers.
The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA ), Anne Ferro thinks that implementation of this sort of regulation could make the roadways more secure and aim to minimize the impact of the top reason for inattentive driving. Ms. Ferro explained the FMCSA's commitment to applying all resources to make certain that commercial drivers are operating safely at all times. FMCSA Research demonstrates that operating a handset when driving takes a significant amount of attention away from the driver's operation of the vehicle. Truckers who had reached for an object including a cellular phone during driving were more than three times more likely to be involved in an accident or other safety critical incident. The stakes go up more than 600% for drivers who are dialing a cellular phone during operation of their semi truck. These figures are not new to many of the industry's primary LTL or Truckload Carriers. Trucking companies such as UPS, Covenant Transport, Wal-Mart and more have carried out company policies and have banned drivers who have engaged in use of mobile devices at the same time driving. These carriers have taken proactive steps in eliminating these unsafe driving habits.
FMCSA research shows that using a hand-held cellular telephone when driving requires a commercial driver to take several risky steps. In particular, commercial drivers reaching for an object, this sort of as a telephone, when driving are three times more likely to be involved in a crash or other safety-critical event. Truck drivers dialing a hand-held cellular telephone whilst driving increase their risk by six times. Many of the largest carriers, this sort of as UPS, Covenant Transport, and Wal-Mart, already have company policies in place banning their truckers from using hand-held phones. In September 2010, FMCSA issued a regulation banning text messaging even while operating a commercial motor vehicle.
Despite the FMCSA being very busy with the role-out of Comprehensive Safety Administration (CSA 2010) implementation, the Administration is moving forward on this rule rapidly. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is providing a sixty day time period for the public to investigate the rule making. The opinion time frame begins following the offered rule is printed in the Federal Register.
Brad Hollister is an Experienced Transportation Executive with a passion for Business Development through innovation, process improvement, and technology. Feel free to contact me with any inquiries, opportunities, or suggestions (http://www.bradhollister.com) Brad Hollister Official Homepage.
www.freightaccess.com: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken quite a few actions in the course of the course of 2010 to be able to extend their governance of the Transportation Industry along with Freight Carrier Market. The FMCSA is not stopping at just implementation of controversial CSA 2010 Regulation. The Administration is certainly actively seeking to manage use of hand-held mobile phones by truckers and truck drivers.
When owner-operator Marty Lester jumps into his 2033 Freightliner Classic, the first thing he does is turn on the Drivewyze app. Lester runs in the Midwest to Southwest for Integrity Logistics and uses the mobile-based weigh station bypass in several states. Since starting the service in December 2013, Lester has enjoyed 64 bypasses out of 71 bypass opportunities. In April alone, he had 14 out of 14 bypasses. According to a report that Drivewyze provided Lester, he’s saved 5.3 hours of time by bypassing weigh stations and saved more than $500 in time and fuel since starting the service.
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Alberta, Canada-based owner-operator Don Needham finds his trucks are constantly in a race against time. Needham hauls produce, meat and other refrigerated loads from Alberta to the United States. Photo by Neil Crichton
One of the WhiteOut Industries supervisors look at this red peterbilt which is owner operator rig and WhiteOut industries Freightliner Columbia . They do get bag up on the roads of northern Alaska.
Electric trucks garner little interest from truck owner-operators, despite growth projections.
Growth Projections?
1. The technology is unproven. Owner Operators can't afford to gamble with experimental equipment.
2. The recharge infrastructure doesn't exist.
3. No manufacturer has produced a working version of a longhaul truck.
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