Author: kellett2023

Do you guys know if any freight brokers deny working with carrier who have progressive insurance? (Dry van operation) Source link

One of the nation’s largest auto-haulers will lay off hundreds of workers in the Kansas City area following the cancellation of the company’s long standing contract with Ford Motors Inc. Trucking company Jack Cooper Transport filed notice with Missouri workplace officials on January 14 detailing plans to shutter the company’s Liberty, Missouri, facility located at...

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Federal authorities have ordered a trucking company to pay a monetary penalty to settle a suit over alleged sexual harassment of female workers by the company’s owner. Wyoming-based Waller’s Trucking Company, Inc., was ordered to pay $124,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on September 30, 2024, in U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming...

Truck hasn’t been started since around Thanksgiving. I went over today, turned on the power, it started right up. I jumped out and into my pickup while it warmed up. Within about 4 mins I heard it shutdown. I got back in and saw both CELs and red stop light. I cycled the key, it...

Daimler Truck North America has resumed the sale of diesel powered commercial vehicles in Oregon less than a month after halting them.  Daimler halted sales in the state of Oregon on December 20th, 2024 due to uncertainty over an Advanced Clean Trucks rule implemented by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) on January 1st....

Background: You drive for an LLC exempt from HOS. You do what the boss says, when he says or you're on the outside looking in. The hours are grueling but the pay is on time and for every hour worked. The equipment is garbage with some leeway in what you drive/pull if the equipment is...

The father of the Florida Highway Patrol trooper killed in a head-on crash with a semi truck during an unrelated high speed chase is pushing back on a lawsuit filed by the deceased trucker’s family.  The lawsuit was filed by the family of trucker Arsenio Mas just after Christmas 2024, claiming that if FHP Trooper...

Is there a way to determine how shop supplies are charged? Is it a percentage of parts cost, total labor, or combination of both? I cant figure it out. I have estimates for two different unrelated repairs. One estimate is for $4100 the other for $2600 But the shop supplies are $260 and $210 only...

16 hearing impaired people have been granted an exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to operate commercial vehicles.  The ruling from the FMCSA will extend through December 2026 and is based on the individuals’ ability to maintain or surpass safety standards currently required to operate a commercial vehicle. The safe driving of the...