Freight and rates slip again this week, but overall remain high with flatbed coming on strong. Terry Scruton gets the latest from Mark Montague of DAT, a company that provides market information for owner operators, carriers, brokers and shippers.

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee talked with several of the president’s nominees for positions within the government. Among those was the nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Mark Reddig discusses what happened and what it says about where the agency would head under a new leader with Nile Elam of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

Filing taxes may seem a long way off, but as the year draws to a close you need to attend to a number of things so when you do file it’s not an impossible task. Mark Reddig talks with Shasta May of MBA Tax and Bookkeeping Service.

The U.S. Senate will soon hear from the nominee to head the FMCSA, and in the meantime, numerous trucking issues are percolating both in that agency and on Capitol Hill. Mark Reddig takes a look at where it all stands with OOIDA Director of Government Affairs Mike Matousek.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

If you have a piece of equipment you aren’t using, does it need to be covered? Terry Scruton talks about a specific form that deals with that kind of coverage with Trina McIntyre and Stacey Sanders of OOIDA’s Truck Insurance Department.

There is even more confusion brewing over the enforcement of the FMCSA’s ELD mandate. Terry Scruton tries to sort out what’s going on with Jay Grimes of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

Winter is not far away at all and that means it’s time to get your truck ready for the cold weather. Mark Reddig and Land Line Now Producer Barry Spillman will get some advice on how to do just that from Bryan Martin of the Chrome Shop Mafia.