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Deep Fried Diesel?

Enviado por Getloaded en Mié, 03/21/2012 - 08:19

Soon, you may be topping off your tank with old chicken grease and cow fat.

Though freight companies have heard about biodiesel for several years now, synthetic renewable diesel may become the new hot topic in the trucking fuel industry.

Earlier this year, Dynamic Fuels (a 50/50 venture of Tyson Foods, Inc. and Syntroleum Corporation) announced that it would work with Mansfield Oil Company to start distributing more synthetic renewable diesel to the commercial fleet and freight trucking vehicle markets.

We'll see you at MATS this weekend!

Enviado por Getloaded en Mar, 03/20/2012 - 10:58

If you're attending the Mid-America Trucking Show this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, come hang out with the Getloaded crew!

This year, Getloaded is breaking out all the stops. Visit us at booth 68084 to check out our new hats, an edgy new T-shirt design, really nifty bottle opener key chains (you know you need another one), and more.

We are also giving away an iPod Touch every day of the show!

Got your ears on?

Enviado por Timothy D. Brady en Mar, 03/13/2012 - 09:33

We’ve all seen the cell phone commercial where an actor is yelling into a phone, “Can you hear me now?”

In trucking, it’s not just being able to hear someone on the other end of a line that’s important—it’s just as important to be listening and understanding what is being communicated.

Diesel theft on the rise in the U.S.

Enviado por Getloaded en Vie, 03/09/2012 - 10:07

It's 1 a.m. Do you know where your diesel is?

Last week, the Centre Daily Times in State College, Penn. reported on a string of diesel fuel thefts at local truck stops.

But these weren't typical pump-and-roll drive-off thefts.  Pennsylvania state police say the diesel fuel was stolen directly from the tanks of parked trucks at a Boggs Township, Penn. truck stop.

Fighting Godzilla: Beat the big boys by being a nimble freight carrier

Enviado por Timothy D. Brady en Mié, 03/07/2012 - 08:18

In the world of freight logistics, there are two distinctively different types of trucking operations.

One is the very large behemoth of a trucking machine that seemingly eats every load that’s in its path. Though it’s slow to adjust to changes in the trucking environment, it's very efficient in moving large volumes of freight all at once.

Getloaded gets loaded with site updates

Enviado por Getloaded en Vie, 03/02/2012 - 07:57

You've spoken and we've listened.

Our computer geeks (just kidding, guys) have been working feverishly to update many areas of our site, thanks to your comments and concerns.

Check out what we've updated!

LOAD SEARCH

We recently released several updates to the Load Search Results page, which will make the auto-refresh function much more useful and easier to use. Here's what you'll notice:

Date set for 2012 SuperRigs truck competition

Enviado por Getloaded en Jue, 03/01/2012 - 13:46

If you're all about hauling freight in style, break out the chrome polish, grab your favorite shammy, and make your way to Missouri this May.

The 30th anniversary Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition is right around the bend! The 2012 competition will take place May 17-19 at the Speedco in Joplin, Mo.

What's your trucking company’s prime directive?

Enviado por Timothy D. Brady en Mié, 02/29/2012 - 08:46

Have you ever wondered, "What is my trucking company’s prime directive?"

Like guiding values, your prime directive determines your behavior as an organization.

Ultimately, a carrier’s prime directive is to pick up and deliver loads on time, with items shipped arriving at destination in the same condition they left origin, while creating a reasonable profit along the way.

What’s the best way to accomplish this goal?

Dear Diesel: The Cost of Moving Freight

Enviado por Getloaded en Lun, 02/27/2012 - 08:03

Diesel fuel—why can’t you be consistent?

While moving freight, every trucker must plan around your seesaw prices to protect their bottom line, but you insist on fluctuating—and increasing—at all the wrong times. Don’t get me wrong—when you dropped 22.7 cents over six weeks around the holidays, truckers gave three cheers. But starting 2012 by increasing six out of the past seven weeks after steadily dropping for six weeks prior? Can’t you throw our truckers a bone?

Fighting the nods: ATA demands review of new reduced hours-of-service rule

Enviado por Getloaded en Mié, 02/22/2012 - 08:35

It’s happened to everyone. After putting a few hundred miles behind you, the drone of your tires and the hum of your engine start to work on you like a lullaby. Without warning, you start battling a wandering mind and heavy eyes.

But as a professional in the freight industry, you know all the tricks to combat getting sleepy behind the wheel. Caffeine, your AC on max blast, and good tunes on the radio help, but a good night’s sleep is always the most important tool in a truck driver’s toolbox.

Last week to visit travelling World War I big rig gallery

Enviado por Getloaded en Mar, 02/21/2012 - 11:50

From ribbon bumper stickers to national holidays to grand monuments, Americans honor our military in countless ways. But, for the past year, two financial firms have chosen a unique way to share their patriotism: with a big rig moving freight across the country.

But this isn’t just any freight or any truck—the Honoring Our History Tour transformed a tractor-trailer into an incredible World War I museum that will travel more than 70,000 miles from town to town throughout the United States.

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