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TD194: Knight-Swift Buys U.S. Xpress, Daylight Savings Time Challenged, Truckers Given Stoplight Priority, Bad Choice For Secretary Of Labor, What To Do With Old Tires, Possibly The World’s Tiniest Trucker, & More

Podcast Show Notes TD194: Knight-Swift Buys U.S. Xpress, Daylight Savings Time Challenged, Truckers Given Stoplight Priority, Bad Choice For Secretary Of Labor, What To Do With Old Tires, Possibly The World’s Tiniest Trucker, & More In this week’s news, Knight-Swift buys yet another large carrier, daylight savings time is being debated in Congress for the…

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TD193: New Secretary of Labor?, Senator/Teamster Fight, Love’s Founder Dies, Diesel Mechanic Pay Rises, Cool Products, & More

March 11, 2023 Todd McCann 01:21:57

Podcast Show Notes TD193: New Secretary of Labor?, Senator/Teamster Fight, Love’s Founder Dies, Diesel Mechanic Pay Rises, Cool Products, & More In today’s episode, we’ve got a possible new Secretary of Labor, a fight between a Senator and the Teamster’s President, rising pay for diesel mechanics, the Love’s Travel Stop’s founder dies, I’ll tell you…

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TD191: State Of The Union & Trucking, EV Rollout Not Going As Planned, FMCSA Stays Busy With Exemptions, TA’s New Restaurant, & More

February 25, 2023 Todd McCann 01:06:14

Podcast Show Notes TD191: State Of The Union & Trucking, EV Rollout Not Going As Planned, FMCSA Stays Busy With Exemptions, TA’s New Restaurant, & More In today’s show, we’ll talk about how the trucking industry was a hot topic at the State of the Union address, we’ll talk about how this futuristic trucking world…

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TD190: BP Buys TA, New State Traffic Laws, Truck Stop News, Preparing For Weigh Stations, Right To Repair Trucks, What Your Tires Can Tell You, & More

February 18, 2023 Todd McCann 01:31:33

Podcast Show Notes TD190: BP Buys TA, New State Traffic Laws, Truck Stop News, Preparing For Weigh Stations, Right To Repair Trucks, What Your Tires Can Tell You, & More In this week’s show, we’ve got lots of truck stop news, I’ll tell you the top 10 worst traffic bottlenecks in the US, we’ve got…

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TD181: Struggling LTL Industry, Eco-Friendly Truck Solutions And Problems, Healthcare For Truckers, European HOS Explained, & More

November 19, 2022 Todd McCann 00:55:13

Podcast Show Notes TD181: Struggling LTL Industry, Eco-Friendly Truck Solutions And Problems, Healthcare For Truckers, European HOS Explained, & More In today’s show, we’re going to talk about the struggling LTL industry and what makes it so finicky. We’ll discuss new ways to make trucks more eco-friendly and the problems that come with trying to…

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TD179: Diesel Fuel Shortages, Crash Data Before/After ELD Mandate, Double Brokering Explained, & More

November 5, 2022 Todd McCann 01:04:32

Podcast Show Notes TD179: Diesel Fuel Shortages, Crash Data Before/After ELD Mandate, Double Brokering Explained, & More In today’s mega-episode, we talk about the looming diesel shortage, how autonomous vehicles are still moving forward, what crash data shows before and after the ELD mandate, how the FMCSA has been keeping really really busy, and Jeremy…

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TD169: COVID Exemption Wrecks, New Engines, Wacky HOS Exemption Requests, & More

August 20, 2022 Todd McCann 00:46:06

Podcast Show Notes In today’s show, we discuss new engines, a new driving skills test, autonomous boo-boos, COVID exemption wrecks, electric vehicle rebates, lots of reminders on lots of different things, and some wacky HOS exemption requests. Oh, and you may want to get your shot glass out of the cupboard. This episode of Trucker…

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TD168: Overtime Pay, 60-ft Trailers, Rising Trucker Pay, & More

August 13, 2022 Todd McCann 00:57:10

Podcast Show Notes TD168: Overtime Pay, 60-ft Trailers, Rising Trucker Pay, & More In this week’s show, we discuss more about AB5, drug testing, overtime pay, Tesla trucks, 60-ft trailers, new trucking services, apps, and truck stops, and unfortunately a crap-ton of recalls. On the plus side, trucker pay has gone up. So there’s that….

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TD164: Government Overreach, EV Battery Issues, Trucker Movies, AB5, New Regulations, & More

July 16, 2022 Todd McCann 01:06:48

Podcast Show Notes TD164: Government Overreach, EV Battery Issues, Tucker Movies, AB5, New Regulations, & More This week we discuss autonomous yard trucks, new regulations, government overreach, a new trucker movie, more on AB5, the 15 best truck stops in the US, EV charging and battery issues, hot tires, what young people are looking for…

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TD159: All Trucking News; All The Time

January 24, 2022 Todd McCann 03:28:11

(c) Can Stock Photo / iqoncept Podcast Show Notes It’s been over two months since the last episode, so we’re skipping a main topic today to get caught up on a crap-ton of news. We’ve got several recalls, new emissions and inspection standards, autonomous and electric trucks, Teamster elections, the top 500 trucking companies, fixing…

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