Owner Operator articles from June 2000

Owner Operator archives from June 2000

Put the brakes on HOS proposal.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The hours-of-service (HOS) rules recently proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent a tremor through the trucking industry. (See "News & Views," page 13.) Truckers fear the proposal limits them in a number of...

An e-change is coming.(electronic commerce in trucking)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Whether or not you like it, and you may have good reasons not to like it, e-commerce is coming to the trucking industry. And it appears that its biggest impact will be in the movement of freight. What this means for owner operators...

SPEAK UP.
June 1, 2000... Here's a spot for you to speak up about anything that's on your mind. All letters must be signed and have a return address and phone number, although we will withhold your name on request. Sorry, space won't allow us to print every letter....

New HOS proposal contains less leeway and requires on-board monitoring devices.
June 1, 2000... Owner operators would face tighter curbs on the hours they operate and would have to install electronic on-board devices in their cabs to monitor those hours, under proposed new hours-of-service (HOS) regulations published by the Federal...

FMCSA Safety hotline extends hours.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Federal Motors Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) increased the hours of its toll-free driver hotline (1-888-DOT-SAFT) for reporting safety violations to 24 hours per day, seven days per week, excluding federal holidays. Drivers...

Volvo and Mack will join forces.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Volvo intends to become the second largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer worldwide by combining Renault's Mack Truck operations with its own. In April, Louis Schweitzer, chairman and ceo of Renault, which owns Mack Truck, Inc., and Leif...

Tennessee court refuses to rule on fuel surcharges.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The Tennessee Court of Appeals refused to decide whether the extra money truck drivers pay when they use credit cards is legally a surcharge, or whether the lower price cash customers pay is actually a discount. Instead, the court remanded...

Attracting produce truckers isn't easy.(Martori Farms)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... "On the produce side, we're really in trouble. Short term we'll be able to survive. Long term we may not be able to. We're interested in developing relationships with transportation entities." This statement was made by Paul Fleming,...

Clearing your inspection record II.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... In my last column on this subject, I described a problem: Sometimes, even a court victory leaves a citation on your inspection record because the agency in the state where the citation was written refuses to clear the record on the basis of a...

Sweepstakes.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... When you fill out and return the Sweepstakes Registration Card each month (see next page), you're entering a drawing to win valuable prizes. You're also providing Owner Operator editors with valuable feedback on lots of topics that help us...

Preparing for the e-marketplace.
June 1, 2000... Savvy Internet and trucking industry professionals are developing Web sites where, if all goes as planned, owner operators will be able to purchase, finance, and insure equipment on-line. It may be the biggest thing since the invention of...

How Resources Management provides rock-solid service.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The key to success in trucking is service. And with a dump truck operation, the right service means the right equipment. Ray Mosley and his partner Mike Johnson, co-owners of Resources Management Co, Inc. ("RMC") of Nashville, Tenn.,...

Automatic Remote Control Mirrors.(ACRM lanescan mirrors)
June 1, 2000... The Lanescan motorized mirror not only moves at the turn of a knob, it scans two lanes of traffic and returns to its set position with the touch of a button. We set out to see just how easy it is to install this mirror. While our...

Fuel economy.(Detroit Diesel Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The good news is that fuel prices have come way down from their peak. The bad news is that fuel prices have stabilized at a national average of about $1.50. While that is much better than the $2.00 or more per gallon that fuel was going...

PRODUCT NEWS.(Peterbilt Motors Co.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Class 6 Peterbilt Peterbilt Motors Company, a division of PACCAR Inc., further strengthened the company's presence in the Medium Duty market with the introduction of its new Model 330 Class 6 configuration. The new product offers Class 6...

2000 Buyers' Guide.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... The first section of our buyers' guide is an alphabetical listing of companies with addresses, phone numbers and brand names. The second section lists products by category, and the companies that provide them. For more information, see ads...