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Contents
From the President’s Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Trucking on Kentucky’s roads-It is safer than you may think
Where the Rubber Meets the Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
An app for that? Five tech strategies to retain drivers.
Crash Accountability Study: Costs Outweigh Benefits.
Distracted Driving-One Text or Call Could Wreck It All
Are You Fiscally Fit?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Planning for the Future Today-Succession Planning
ATRI Study Tackles Cost of Running a Carrier
The Political Pulse.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Trucking: A Bedreck of Kentucky’s Economy
KATS-Kentucky Automated Truck Screening
Here’s What’s Happening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Suspending HOS Rules Forced ELD Makers to Adjust
FMCSA Surveying Recently Licensed Truck Operators
President/CEO
Jamie Fiepke
jfiepke@kytrucking.net
Workplace Wrap-Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Director of Communications
Melissa Zink
mzink@kytrucking.net
Safety Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Director of Safety
Glynn Powers
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kentuckytruckingassociation@
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Professional Truck Drivers-Hard to Find Today, Wait 10 Years!
FMCSA Delays Publication
Membership Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
KTA Leadership & Management Conference
Send in Your Nominations for the 2015 Safety Awards
KTA Calendar of Events
Why Join the Kentucky Trucking Association?
New Members
“To promote the trucking industry
by educating governmental entities, the general public, cus-tomers
and related industry groups through
advocacy, career development,
and the supporting of value-added
programs which enhance industry
safety and productivity.”
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FROM THE
President’s Desk
Change is important for any organization
because, without change, businesses would likely lose their competitive edge and fail to meet the
needs of what most hope to be a growing base of loyal customers. The Board of Directors made the
decision to change the name from the Kentucky Motor Transport Association to the Kentucky Trucking Association with growth in mind. While our Association has had terrific success in advocating and promoting the trucking industry of
Kentucky we have found that many trucking companies weren’t aware of the KMTA brand. As the
trucking has changed over the years so has the Association business. It is important to change our
business to adapt to the changes occurring in the trucking industry. Motor carriers of Kentucky need to immediately identify our Association as a one stop resource for
all their commercial trucking needs. The name change to Kentucky Trucking Association is the first
step of many in improving our brand identity to the motor carriers of Kentucky.
Changing name not our mission.
Kentucky Trucking Association Mission Statement
To promote the trucking industry by educating governmental entities, the general public,
customers and related industry groups, through advocacy, career development, and the
support of value-added programs enhancing industry safety and productivity.
Sometimes
People Must
Come Together
for a Mission
Thank You
Since 1954, the American Transportation
Research Institute and its predecessor have been
the trucking industry’s source for scientific data
and analysis on the many high priority issues
facing freight transportation today. If you or your
company has not contributed in the past, now is
the time to step up and do your part.
Step up and leave your footprint for the good of
the industry.
Visit www.atri-online.org to explore your giving
opportunities.
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Kentucky Trucking Association
Jamie Fiepke, President/CEO
Trucking on Kentucky’s roads .
It is safer than you may think.
2 million miles. That number is not just the distance traveled on a scenic road trip along Kentucky’s roadways. It’s also
an achievement earned by Kentucky professional truck driver Donald Travis for the amount of accident-free miles he has
logged throughout his career as a driver.
Don is a proud member of A&M Carriers. Like Don, these
professional truck drivers who exemplify safe driving and road
sharing also invest time to share the message of safety with
their peers and the public.
Kentucky has major highways that are the arteries across
the United States, and there is no shortage of trucks on those
roads. In fact, every day, more than 3 million professional truck
drivers take to the road to meet our nation’s biggest and smallest freight needs, and many strive for this critical safety feat – to
be accident free.
Trucking professionals make safety their number one priority in all facets of the job: their own safety, a safe delivery
of their cargo, and the safety of fellow motorists on the road.
From trucking company employees to drivers to mechanics
and dispatchers, every level of the trucking industry wants to
ensure that the drivers and the cargo make it to their destinations safely.
Kentucky and the rest of the country relies heavily on trucking to meet our nation’s freight needs. No other mode of freight
transportation carries the amount that trucking does over the
course of one year. The trucking industry alone delivers more
than 80 percent of our nation’s goods directly to your homes,
stores, or offices. It’s the only industry that can say it directly
ships to every community in America.
In answering the call for safety, the trucking industry has
made great investments to ensure trucking professionals have
all the tools necessary to deliver goods across the country
while traveling alongside our own vehicles. Professional trucking associations in Kentucky and many other states have been
providing trucking professionals the tools to make safety the
top priority of the industry.
The Kentucky Trucking Association, for example, works
closely with its members, students, and the general public to
educate and inform these groups on industry safety. Simple
lessons, such as knowing a truck’s blind spots, or the proper
distance to keep between your vehicle and a truck, can make
the difference when sharing the road.
Of course, advances in technology have enabled the indusKyTrucking.net
try to be safer on the roads. New warning signals, advanced
brake systems, and stability mechanisms all provide great
assurances of avoiding obstacles and pitfalls to promote safe
driving.
Education and industry monitoring is critical for both truck
drivers and motorists to keep everyone safe on the road, and
it demonstrates safety in the industry is improving. The U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT) reports that the fatal
crash rate has fallen 73 percent since 1973, when the agency
started compiling this data. In 2011, the fatal crash rate was the
lowest it had ever been according to DOT records. Our association will continue to work with the state and our legislators
on removing the non-compliant and unsafe carriers from our
highways.
The 140,000 trucking professionals that call Kentucky home
are your friends, family, and neighbors, and they want to make
it home safely as much as you do. The same can be said for the
7 million trucking professionals across the country who work
hard every day to move America forward for us all.
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WHERE THE RUBBER
Meets the Road
An app for that? Five mobile tech strategies to retain drivers
More than 70 percent of drivers
now use smartphones or tablets, putting them ahead of the national rate
of 56 percent. Besides responding to
emails, texts, and Facebook notifications during their breaks, many use
personal devices to stay engaged with
their jobs.
Recognizing the opportunity, fleets
are using mobile apps to help drivers earn more money, get paid faster,
improve safety and perhaps most importantly, stay on their payroll longer.
“Gamification” is one of the most recent trends in fleet mobility. Many
apps incorporate game elements like
scorecards and leader boards to foster competition and appeal to the
basic emotional need of drivers and
all humans — to obtain status and
achievement.
When used effectively, gamification and other mobile strategies can
help keep drivers engaged, especially
the younger generation. Here are five
ways to use mobility to gain a retention advantage.
Fuel savings>> Efforts to improve
fuel economy have traditionally been
met with fierce headwinds. Drivers
quickly lose interest if they feel penalized by factors they do not control
like load weight, weather and topography. New apps give drivers immediate feedback and score them fairly to
increase engagement.
A mobile app from PedalCoach
to help drivers achieve the bonus,
he says. The bonus is paid out every
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18,000 miles or approximately 2.5
months. PedalCoach gives instantaneous feedback on throttle input
through its user interface that resembles a digital gauge.
With PedalCoach, Smith has increased his own fuel economy from
7.5 to a consistent 8.5 mpg and earns
a bonus each period.
Zonar Systems recently created a
fuel efficiency application called ZFuel. The app calculates a score for each
driver that shows, at a glance, how
they performed given the circumstances. ZFuel also shows the amount
of money drivers could have saved
each trip (each ignition on/off event)
if they had optimized the factors they
do control like speed, shifting and
idling.
The ZFuel application is an option
for Zonar’s fleet management system
which comes with a ruggedized Android tablet display called 2020; an
onboard computer, V3; and an online
management portal, Ground Traffic
Control.
Virtual rewards>> Businesses often use loyalty programs to influence
their customers’ buying behaviors.
Some in the transportation industry
use similar programs to increase driver engagement.
Loyalty programs typically use
points as currency. Websites and mobile apps are a convenient way for the
customer, or in this case drivers, to
track points and convert them to rewards.
“Drive for Gold” rewards program
that is administrated by Stay Metrics.
Drivers visit the website regularly to
track their points and exchange them
for items from an online catalog.
Drivers are introduced to the program at orientation and immediately
earn points by completing the fleet’s
safety training from the website.
Performance pay>> Carriers are
using the amount of data they have
available on driver performance
to create sophisticated perfor-
mance-based pay packages. These
efforts are a way to increase engagement by putting drivers’ income in
their own hands.
As part of this trend, some fleets
have developed mobile apps to give
drivers a scorecard to monitor the
performance criteria that will determine their future income
Extending fleet mobility>> For
fleets, one of the advantages of Android and Apple devices is that most
drivers — and especially the younger generation — are already familiar
with the technology and appreciate
the many conveniences they provide.
Same-day pay>> Perhaps one of the
most tangible benefits that fleets can
offer their drivers is same-day pay.
Mobile apps that capture images and
integrate with payroll and billing systems in the back office have become
essential to make this a reality.
Drivers can now use their phones
to instantly transmit images from any
location. A custom software system
from EBE Technologies to automate
its settlement process. Drivers can
choose to have their same-day pay
wired to them through Comdata or
have a check mailed to their house.
Using mobile technology is not the
only way to differentiate yourself
from the competition in the minds
of drivers, but it can certainly narrow
the field.
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Crash Accountability Study:
Costs Outweigh Benefits
The difficulty and cost of including a crash fault in the
CSA safety enforcement system appears to outweigh the
benefits, according to an analysis by the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration. American Trucking Associations said it is disappointed by the findings.
The long-awaited report to Congress says police
accident reports probably don’t provide enough information to support determinations of fault. Almost
all (91%) of the reports contain information about the
cause of the crash, but his information did not consistently match other agency databases.
The report also says that incorporating fault does not
consistently improve CSA’s ability to predict crash risk.
Further, the cost of a system that gives the public a
chance to weigh in on crash fault determinations would
be at least four times greater than the cost of the initial
review of the police accident reports, the report says.
The initial review itself would cost from about $4
million to $11 million, depending on the number of reports.
And, it would take a long time to complete the review
process – more than two years from the initial report to
completion of an appeal process, the report says.
The report is not the final word on the crash accountability issue. The agency said that these conclusions
will inform its final decision, but they are not definitive
and it may have to do more analysis.
CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) uses roadside inspection and traffic enforcement data to find the
carriers most in need of enforcement action.
The agency includes non-fault crashes in the CSA
Safety Measurement System because its ability to distinguish fault is limited and there is a statistical probability that some of the crashes will be the carrier’s fault.
The agency and safety advocacy groups contend that
past crashes are a predictor of future crash risk no matter who is at fault.
Carriers say it is illogical and wrong to include nonfault crashes in a system that measures safety performance.
ATA said the agency is delaying action on the issue.
The association has repeatedly asked the agency to
screen out crashes in which the truck driver is plainly
not at fault, said ATA Executive Vice President David
Osiecki in a statement.
“Instances where a truck is rear ended by a drunk
driver, or hit head on by a motorist traveling in the
wrong direction on the Interstate, or as happened (reKyTrucking.net
cently) when a truck was struck by a collapsing bridge,
are clearly not the fault of the professional driver,”
Osiecki said.
“(They) certainly should not be used to target his or
her carrier for potentially intrusive government oversight.”
FMCSA is asking for comments on the study, and
suggestions on what to do next. Specifically, the agency
wants ideas for how to improve the data in police accident reports, and if there is other information it should
consider.
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WHERE THE RUBBER
Meets the Road
continued
Distracted Driving
With all the new rules and regulations being implemented by the FMCSA, commercial drivers are being held
even more accountable for distracted
driving.
WHAT IS A DISTRACTION?
Eating, drinking, texting, using a
navigation system/radio, and using a
cell phone are the most common distractions.
Eating/Drinking: In order to eat or
drink something you must take one
hand off the steering wheel. Then you
must look at the food to pick it up,
which can take your eyes off the road
for 3 to 5 seconds. Those few seconds
could result in a serious accident. Is it
worth it?
Texting: It seems like everyone has a
smart phone and social media has become a part of our daily routine. Texting
takes your eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. This is the equivalent of driving the length of a football
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WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES
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You could personally face fines of up to
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fines of up to $11,000. Violations will
result in points on your company’s CSA
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a few years ago a Federal regulation
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392.80 which prohibits texting.
Navigation System/Radio: Programming the navigation system or adjusting the radio takes your attention away
from the road. Make sure your navigation system is fully programmed and
your radio is tuned to your favorite station before starting your trip.
Cell Phones: It can be tempting to
look at your phone when it beeps but
it really isn’t essential – it is illegal AND
could cost you your job OR more importantly your life. Hands-free can be
an option, but the best choice is just
wait until you are parked. If you are using your phone for a GPS or radio and
are holding the cell phone in your hand,
do you think this would be a violation?
YES. Take a look at regulation 392.82
Using a hand-held mobile phone.
As a professional driver, you are concerned about keeping your CSA score at
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News Blog
Planning for the Future Today – Succession Planning
and Business Continuity
By Katz, Sapper & Miller
One of the most difficult business decisions and processes for trucking company owners is developing a succession plan, or determining the best timing for a sale
to maximize value. Often owner concerns involve the
welfare of employees, or the impact on the community
home to the business. If transition to the next generation
is the desire, issues related to equitability among children
participating in the business with those pursuing other
dreams can be challenging.
A study by the Business Enterprise Institute, Inc. found
in 2012 41 percent of businesses were transitioned to key
employees, co-owners, or Employee Stock Ownership
Plans (ESOPs). While 29 percent were sold to third parties
and 24 percent were transferred to children. Regardless
of the potential acquirer of the family business, understanding and knowing the trucking company’s value is
paramount.
Valuation professionals commonly use three approaches in determining an estimated value of closely
held businesses.
1. The income approach, or discounted cash flow
method, analyzes the projected free cash to be generated
by the business. This cash stream is discounted to determine a value.
2. The market approach, or guideline public companies method, compares the target company with publicly-traded companies. The market approach will compare
price to earnings, revenue and book of public companies
in calculating the value of the closely held business.
3. Lastly, the asset approach is simply relying on the
appraisal of the underlying assets as if the equipment is
to be sold. The asset values can differ depending on if an
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Family succession of transferring leadership and ownership to the children usually works best when done over
time. It is difficult to predict the future success of the
business under the next generation without mentoring
and time spent learning the business before the hand-off.
Complete or partial transfers of ownership can be done
through various tax strategies such as Grantor Retained
Annuity Trust, Defective Grantor Trust and Family Limited Partnerships. If planned properly in advance, these
strategies can minimize, or eliminate, estate and gift taxes.
Selling to an outside buyer can occur through an IPO
in the public markets; however, for family-owned trucking companies this can be an expensive endeavor and
usually only practical for the largest of the large privately-held carriers. Private buyers often fall into one of two
categories; strategic buyers and financial buyers. A strategic buyer is often a competitor, or in the industry, and
can justify a premium valuation for the business knowing
savings and profit will be achieved through synergies and
gains in market share. A financial buyer will be driven primarily on the investment return the business can generate. The financial buyer is capitalizing on ways to improve
and increase the business valuation for a not so distant
flip of the company.
An ESOP transaction is the sale of the company stock to
a qualified pension plan. An ESOP allows trucking owners
to reward employees and maintain jobs in the community in a tax efficient manner. Attributes of an ESOP candidate include capable management team, debt capacity
and cash flow to support ESOP debt service, company
size and motivation of tax advantages. Cash flow of a
post-ESOP S-corporation is greatly improved since there
is no federal tax on the ESOP-owned portion. A sale to an
ESOP can be for 100 percent of the stock or a lesser percentage. An ESOP’s purchase price is often less than what
a strategic or financial buyer can offer for the company
since an ESOP can only pay what the business cash flow
can service. However, because of advantageous tax treatment to the seller, after tax proceeds could be greater.
About the Author Mark Flinchum is a partner in Katz,
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Kentucky Trucking Association
According to a recent update to an American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) report, operational costs
for motor carriers are on the rise.
The annual report, “An Analysis of the Operational
Costs of Trucking,” was first published in 2008. The 2014
version of the report uses fleet financial and operational
data to identify trucking costs from 2008 through 2013.
The 2014 edition of the report found:
The average marginal cost per mile in 2013 was $1.68, as
compared to $1.63 in 2012.
After the Great Recession and a sharp decline in fuel
prices resulted in decreased industry costs between 2008
and 2009, costs steadily rose through 2010 and 2011, with
a slight decline in 2012.
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The increase in average operating costs in 2013 is attributed to the ongoing driver shortage and the resulting
wage increases by motor carriers to ensure retention of
experienced, qualified drivers.
“Carriers have experienced significant increases in
equipment and labor costs, as well as second-level line
items like tolls and health care benefits. Given tightening
capacity and strengthening freight demand, ATRI’s operational costs report enables carriers to evaluate business
opportunities wisely,” commented Andrew Boyle, Executive Vice President of Boyle Transportation and a member
of ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee.
This year, ATRI is also publishing a one-page fact sheet
with the key findings of the report.
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Legislative News from Frankfort and Washington, D.C.
Trucking: A Bedrock of Kentucky’s Economy:
9 out of 10 Communities Rely on Trucking
Trucks: we see them every day on
Kentucky roads. We ride alongside
them on the highway. And we see
their trailers, decorated with the logos
of nearly every major industry that
moves goods and services across our
country.
And yet, many of us don’t make the
connection that these trucks are likely
delivering something that you’ll use
today and rely on tomorrow: food on
our tables, toys for our children, and
even the Easter eggs that will be delivered to thousands of stores and soon
dot the green lawns of our neighborhoods and parks.
Many of us might be surprised to
learn that more than 90 percent of
Kentucky communities depend exclusively on trucks to move their goods.
Fewer trucks on the road would mean
more expensive products, less interstate commerce, and slower deliveries. Remove trucking altogether and
essential cargo would not arrive to our
doorsteps at all.
In other words, trucking is not only
connecting the country and delivering goods that keep us healthy and
comfortable; it’s an economic engine
that is valuable to our country and our
state in many ways.
Here in Kentucky, the trucking industry means jobs—about 109,000 of
them, in fact. That’s nearly one out of
every 13 jobs in the state and a substantial portion of the nearly 7 million people employed nationwide in
trucking jobs. In fact, of Kentucky’s total industry jobs in 2013, truck drivers
alone—whether heavy, tractor-trailer,
or delivery—make up nearly 38,000
jobs.
In Kentucky, the trucking industry is
strengthening small businesses—an
ever-important element of Kentucky’s
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economy and arguably the most important element of our nation’s longterm economic stability. As of last
April, there were more than fifteen
thousand trucking companies located in our state, and most of them are
small, locally-owned businesses with
fleets of fifteen trucks or fewer.
The trucking industry is robust in the
bluegrass state. It keeps the larger,
state-wide economy moving, allowing
Kentucky businesses to prosper—to
the benefit of business owners, employees, and consumers of all types.
Total trucking industry wages paid in
Kentucky for 2013 exceeded $4.6 billion. This economic activity brings in
almost $675 million in tax revenue for
our state.
Trucking helps other state businesses stay efficient by delivering those
essential products that all of us need.
Trucks transport 77 percent of total
manufactured tonnage in the state that’s 355,000 tons per day.
Add these benefits together, and
trucking is one of our best-kept secrets, driving our nation’s economy
forward with every delivery. But such
a vital economic driver doesn’t need
to be, and shouldn’t be, a secret here
in Kentucky, or anywhere. So our industry has to do a better job of pounding our chest.
So when the public is out on I-65, I-71,
I-75 or I-64 and a tractor-trailer passes
by, or they are at the local grocery as
a truck docks in the delivery bay, they
aren’t just looking at an impressive big
rig traveling the road or dropping off
food that will stock the shelves; you’re
looking at a vital machine for Kentucky’s economy.
More Than 800
Drivers Input on
Truck Parking Systems
Arlington, VA – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
collected over 800 driver surveys
on the topic of truck parking at
last week’s Mid-America Trucking
Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky. ATRI’s latest survey cross-references driver perceptions of truck parking availability with the viability of
truck parking reservation systems
and exactly how truck drivers put a
“value” on truck parking availability.
This latest ATRI data collection
initiative was driven by the selection
of truck parking as one of the top
priority research topics for 2015 by
ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee (RAC). Additionally, truck parking continues to rank high in ATRI’s
annual Top Industry Issues Survey;
in the 2014 survey Truck Parking
ranked 6th overall but among truck
drivers in the survey it ranked 2nd,
eclipsed only by the challenges associated with the Hours-of-Service
regulations.
Drivers who were not able to attend MATS last week can still provide input on truck parking. ATRI’s
survey is now available for drivers
online through its website at www.
atri-online.org. ATRI will collect driver responses on the truck parking
survey through the end of April.
ATRI is the trucking industry’s
501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization. It is engaged in critical
research relating to freight transportation’s essential role in maintaining
a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.
Kentucky Trucking Association
KATS – Kentucky Automated Truck Screening
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 8, 2014) –
Kentucky’s innovative use of technology for screening large commercial
trucks that pass through the Commonwealth has been named 2014
Project of the Year by the Intelligent
Transportation Society of the Midwest.
The program is KATS – Kentucky
Automated Truck Screening. It employs a license plate reader, U.S.
Department of Transportation (USDOT)/ KYU number reader and scene
camera technology to collect and
process identifying information as a
commercial vehicle comes up a weigh
station ramp.
KATS is being implemented across
the state through efforts of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Department of Vehicle Regulation, the
Kentucky Transportation Center at
the University of Kentucky and the
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement division of Kentucky State Police.
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“KATS is an example of the high
quality projects that can come about
when groups work toward a common
goal,” said Kentucky Transportation
Secretary Mike Hancock. “We were
proud to be a part of this project and
do our part to ensure our roads and
those driving on them are as safe as
possible.”
The goal of KATS was to create a
system that could more quickly identify commercial vehicles and pinpoint
and correct violations that posed
potential hazards on Kentucky roadways. In 2013, nearly 3.5 million trucks
came through Kentucky’s 14 weigh
stations. But due to limited staffing
and the lengthy time required, only
about 1 percent of large trucks were
inspected. KATS technology allows
trucks to be inspected quickly and efficiently.
As a truck enters a weigh station
equipped with KATS, data collection
begins immediately. A complete re-
cord contains the date and time, vehicle weight, license plate number and
jurisdiction, USDOT and KYU numbers, and an overview image. The data
is correlated into a single record and is
checked against several state and federal systems. In all, 16 tests are run on
every vehicle. KATS flags vehicles that
fail any tests, but only those violations
specified by enforcement are automatically directed to stop.
Research has shown that inspections initiated through KATS tend to
have more violations. Finding and
correcting these violations results
in safer roadways and a possible increase of revenue for Kentucky if KATS
also spots tax violations for commercial vehicles.
To date, five KATS systems are operational and four more are being deployed at weigh stations, to be fully
operational by the end of 2014. KATS
was developed using federal grant
money.​
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Here’s What’s Happening
News from the Cabinet and National Institutes
Suspending HOS Rules Forced ELD Makers to Adjust
Transportation Topics
A congressional mandate that suspended parts of the
hours-o f-service rule until Sept. 30 required electronic
logging device manufacturers to make costly adjustments
and retests of their software for their customers.
A provision included in the $1 trillion omnibus bill signed
into law in December suspended until Sept. 30 a requirement th at drivers take off two consecutive periods of 1
a.m. to 5 a.m. during a 34-hour restart.
The la w also required that the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration provide Congress with an extensive
study detailing the rule’s safety benefits.
Severa l ELD makers told Transport Topics that after
the suspension provision was signed by President Obama
they had to quickly make software changes to allow their
customers to continue to be in compliance with the existing hours rule that became effective July 1, 2013.
“We tracked it, and we knew it was coming,” said Fred
Fakkema, vice president of compliance with ELD manufacture r Zonar Systems. “We’re pretty agile in the things
that we do. But at the same time, we had to change our
whole system around, and then we had to do over-the-air
updates.”
He added, “You pull out what you need to pull out, and
then you have to do retesting to make sure that it works
properly.”
Testing the revamped software was the longest part of
the process, Fakkema said. “We needed to tweak and test
the software to reflect the change to the existing hours-ofservice rule,” said Alexis Capelle, ELD program manager
for Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket. “We
actually needed to replace the entire ELD software module.”
Frank Lancaster, regional sales manager of Rand McNally’s mobile communications group, said the fact that
the suspension did not include a requirement that drivers take a break before the first eight hours of driving time
made the software changes more difficult.
When they suspended the restart rule, they kept the
eight-hour break,” said Frank Lancaster, regional sales
manager of Rand McNally’s mobile communications
group. “If they had taken the eight-hour break away, we
could have just gone back to the old rule.” It took a couple
of weeks after the bill became law to adjust and test the
software, Lancaster said.
Fakkema said Zonar representatives first got word Feb.
16 while attending American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council annual conference here
that FMCSA planned to issue a final ELD rule in November.
“The biggest issue is retraining drivers and telling everybody on the 34-hour restart what the changes are,” said
Fakkema, who added that Zonar has 350,000 ELD units
deployed
By the numbers
42%
The amount truck orders
increased in 2014 over 2013
375,000
Total Class 8 truck orders for 2014
The second best year in history,
behind only 2014
360,000
Trailer orders for the year – the
best order year ever, with dry van
orders also setting records (FTR)
$2.86
Diesel dropped to its lowest price
per gallon since March 2010.
New Driver Training
FMCSA Surveying Recently Licensed Truck Operators
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration is surveying recently
licensed truck operators as part of its
data-gathering process in producing
an entry-level driver training rule.
The agency says it seeks to determine what type of entry-level training
truck operators received to obtain a
commercial driver’s license and what
additional training hazmat haulers
received. The agency is looking to
survey drivers licensed within the
past three years.
FMCSA says it also will survey motorcoach and bus drivers. Drivers
surveyed must also have received an
inspection within the past 12 months,
which will verify they still drive for
a living, the agency says in its announcement.
The agency says the survey will
take about 15 minutes to complete
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and will be done online on a secure
website. The agency will send invitations to roughly 82,000 CDL holders
asking for participation. The survey
will be confidential, the agency says.
The research is part of broader research being done for the rulemaking, FMCSA says. “The goal is to obtain a better understanding of the
amount and type of total training
they received, and its composition
between that received before obtaining the CDL, and that received after
obtaining the CDL,” according to the
agency’s Federal Register announcement.
A driver training rule has been in
the works for more than 20 years now,
with the agency making several attempts to produce a rule, with all of
them being overturned in court. 2012’s MAP-21 highway funding
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The Teamsters, along with a few
“safety” advocacy groups, filed a lawsuit against FMCSA in October for not
having produced an entry level driver
training rule. The rule has been “unlawfully withheld,” the groups argue,
as Congress has more than once since
the 1990s mandated the agency produce a rule.
FMCSA announced it was exploring the possibility of producing the
rule via a “negotiated rulemaking,”
meaning industry stakeholders would
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Workplace Wrap-Up
Human Resources, Employer News
Professional Truck Drivers-Hard to Find Today, Wait 10 Years!
Every company has a number of great
professional drivers unfortunately; those
many drivers are probably entering into
their retirement years. As with any retirement there are many factors to consider
when making the move. The talk of more
regulations, increased stress of not knowing what the car next to them is going to do,
congestion, hours of service, and the challenges the job creates at home are all factors in making that decision to retire. These
drivers are probably in a better position financially to retire as well. The elephant in
the room is what will happen when these
professional drivers leave the industry?
ATRI’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau
data found that the trucking industry is disproportionately dependent on employees
45 years of age or older, many of whom will
retire in the next 10-20 years. Complicating this is a sharp decrease over the past 20
years in the number of younger drivers that
make up the industry, particularly those 35
and under.
According to a University of Minnesota
study the most common job in Kentucky,
since 1990, is the truck driver. In 1978 to
1982 it was the machine operator and 1986
to 1990 it was the farmer. While the truck
driver is a very large pool compared to our
job types the truck driving job is immune
to two trends, globalization and automation. A worker in China can’t drive a truck
in Ohio, and machines can’t drive cars (yet).
Who knows if technology will ever be able
to replace truck drivers in the future? In the
meantime the truck driving profession will
continue to be a reliable career. Especially,
when you consider 90% of the communities in Kentucky rely on trucking to deliver
food, gas, sand, rock, I-phones, and clothes
the driver issues is a significant problem.
It is a significant economic development
problem. States that embrace the transportation and partner with the transportation industry will see tremendous benefits.
Truck driving wages are on the increase the
average wage is close to $42,000.
Professional drivers that are safe and
dependable will see their earning potential increase. The challenge is how do we
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attract more people into the driving profession? How does the industry produce a cost
effective ways to educate and training new
drivers into our industry.
As Mr. Tuttle stated this is a problem that
has to be dealt with collectively. As we look
for a solution we have to make the profession attractive to the younger generation.
Priority 1-Safety, we have to continue
to making strides in making our industry
safer. Professional drivers gravitate to companies that have invested in their driver’s
safety and wellbeing. For our industry to
compete with other industries safety can
no longer be negotiable. We have to invest
in education and training to ensure the
safety of our drivers and the general public.
Priority 2-The Industry has to train the
new driving workforce. Over the years our
industry has been very fortunate we have
being able to put drivers in trucks with little
or no formal training. Our industry relied
on others to train our workforce or the drivers taught themselves, working on farms
or operating heavily machinery. Those
were our training grounds. The Minnesota
study reaffirms those training grounds aren’t nearly as strong as they once were, this
is a significant shift in our industry. The industry is going to have to figure out a way
to invest in new drivers. The traditional
CDL school model will doesn’t work for
the medium to smaller carriers. We have
to produce a much more polished driver
for these companies to hire. We can’t bring
the younger generation into a program that
does scream professionalism! Look at what
our state universities are doing to attract the
best athletes everything is top notch. Our
industry has to take that same approach we
can’t bring a students into a program that
is unclean, messy, unorganized, and that
doesn’t truly prepare them for their career.
This new generation will immediately pick
up on the lack of commitment to them. As
much as this is an industry issue it is a state
issue. The state needs to embrace the truck
driving profession as a key career in our
state. Investments need to be made by the
industry and state.
Priority 3-Overall image has to be improved. The trucking industry is very diverse which is part of its overall strength,
but it also one of our biggest weaknesses.
That diversity makes seeing the big picture
a little more difficult. There are very few
regulations that impact everyone’s business
the same in the commercial trucking world.
The recently change to hours of service is a
good example, the 30 minute rule was a big
deal for part of our membership, the restart
was big for another part of the membership
and others weren’t impacted at all. When
these types of regulations come up it is
very easy to only look how it impacts my
company not how it impacts the industry.
I see it in our membership our members
are very reactive to things that impact their
business directly, but very passive when it
doesn’t impact their business directly. The
same goes for non-compliant carriers we
tend to point the finger and say that is a
state or federal problem. That is our problem as well because those carriers impact
your business. Those unsafe carrier impact
how your company/industry is perceived
in the eyes of the general public. Those
carriers impact how future drivers look
at our industry. We have to work with the
state and federal governments on supporting legislation or policies that remove these
carriers. The industry will never agree on
many different issues, but we all agree on
our commitment to safety, our essentiality
and sustainability. That is the message we
have to send to our legislators on a consistent basis. You have to be engaged or we
will continue to be a secret.
The driver issue is going to come with
some sticker shock to the shipping community, but we all know we have covered
up some of their inefficiencies at the driver’s expense. Those days are coming to an
end sooner than later.
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Safety Corner
FMCSA Delays Publication
The Department of Transportation
has pushed back projected publication dates for several major trucking
regulations expected this year, according to its monthly rulemakings
report.
Here are the dates the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration expects
to publish each:
Electronic logging device mandate: The projected publication date
for a Final Rule to mandate use of
electronic logging devices by all drivers required to keep records of duty
status has been pushed back to Nov.
9 — about six weeks later than the
Sept. 30 publication date the DOT
has teased for several months. The
rule will take effect two years after its
publication date in the Federal Register, which, with any more delays,
could be in 2016 — pushing the rule’s
compliance deadline into 2018. The
agency published the proposed ELD
mandate in March 2014.
Speed limiter mandate: The DOT
has pushed back the projected publication date of a rule to require the
use of speed limiters on heavy trucks
to June 8 — a month later than the
May publication date it has projected in recent months. The rule is
being produced by FMCSA and the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but neither agency has
said what the limited speed would be
after the mandate takes effect. The
upcoming rule will be published as a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and
would include a public comment period prior to the agency’s production
of a Final Rule.
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CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse: The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse rule is now projected to be
published Dec. 14 — another roughly six-week delay from from the Oct.
30 projected publication date in the
DOT’s January report. The rule will institute a database of drivers who have
failed or refused to take a drug or alcohol test. Carriers will be required to
upload such information to the clearinghouse and query it when making
new hires. The agency published a
proposed rule last year. The projected dates are for the Final Rule, which
would go into effect 18 months after
its publication in the Federal Register.
Safety Fitness Determination: A
rule to institute the next step in the
agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program — the Safety Fitness Determination — is now
projected to be published July 1 — a
few weeks later than the June 17 date
from the agency’s last report. The
Safety Fitness Determination would
allow FMCSA to use ratings from
CSA’s Safety Measurement System
BASICs, along with data from investigations and inspections, to produce a
score for carriers, which it would use
to target carriers for intervention.
Prohibition of driver coercion: The
agency’s rule to impose penalties on
carriers, shippers, brokers and other
entities who coerce truck operators
to drive in violation of federal safety
rules is still projected to be published
Sept. 10. The agency published a proposed rule last year, and the Final
Rule will take effect upon its publication in the Federal Register.
FMCSA Picks
Committee to Update
Truck, Bus Driver Training
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration announced the formation of a new, 26-member committee to offer guidance on training
requirements for truck and bus drivers.
The Entry-Level Driver Training
Advisory Committee will feed its
recommendations to FMCSA prior
to the agency’s publication of a proposed training rule, which is expected this fall. FMCSA also said in its
Feb. 10 statement that the final rule
is expected to become effective in
2016.
Larry Minor, associate FMCSA administrator for policy, will lead the
committee.
“Over the next 30 years, we’re going to be relying on trucks — and
truckers — to move more than 40%
more freight than they currently do,”
Transportation Secretary Anthony
Foxx said.
“With more people and freight
crossing our country than ever before, this committee’s work will be
critical to ensuring that commercial
drivers are fully capable of operating
their vehicles safely,” he added.
Among the 25 other committee
members are Clyde Hart, acting
FMCSA administrator during the
Clinton administration and now an
executive with the American Bus
Association; union representation
from the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters;
Boyd Stephenson, a policy director
for American Trucking Associations;
David Heller, a policy director for the
Truckload Carriers Association; two
people representing owner-operators; and Louis Spoonhour, a manager for refrigerated carrier Stevens
Transport.
FMCSA is producing the rule to comply with MAP-21, the federal highway-funding law passed in 2012.
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invaluable for the leaders in the motor carrier industry.
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The Safety & Risk Management
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the inaugural year for many of these
awards. With your participation we
hope to make this a program that we
can build on year after year, participation is the key.
We know the amount of effort that
you put into your job and we assure
you that your efforts are appreciated.
We also know that sometimes, in the
hustle and bustle of the day, you may
not receive the appreciation as you so
rightly deserve. With this in mind we
have developed the Kentucky Safety
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We will offer awards in the follow-
ing categories. Please review your
company’s performance and apply
for each award in which you have
met the requirements. Click on the
awards below to get details on the requirements and qualifications.
Safety Director of the Year Award
Driver of the Year Award
Fleet Safety Award
Industry Safety Award
This program is designed to reward
your efforts and loyalty to the trucking industry with beautifully handcrafted awards, with the primary focus of the program being safety and
performance. These awards represent
our appreciation and will serve as an
ongoing reminder of your achievements.
The successful growth of our industry
is the direct result of you, our valued
members. Your dedication and commitment to these programs serve as a
vital link in the chain which drives the
motor carrier industry in Kentucky.
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What: Kentucky Trucking Assoc. Risk & Safety Management Council Meetings
When: 3rd Tuesday each Month (no meetings in May,
June, July or December)
Where: Holiday Inn South, 4110 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY
Information: Kentucky Trucking Association hosts
meeting each month with an array of speakers that is
designed to help the motor carriers of Kentucky with
their daily operation. Everyone is welcome to attend,
members and non-members. Plan on attending these
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Association Staff. Click Here for Sessions
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What: 2015 Derby Week Raffle Tickets on Sale
When: Now Thru April 15, 2015
Where: www.kmta.net or call 502.227.0848
Information: Derby Week Package that could be
valued at $7,500! Prize Package Includes: Two Tickets
to the Oaks & Derby 141 (access to the Pilot Flying J
Pavilion). Dinner on Friday and Saturday Night. Accommodations for Friday & Saturday Night at Marriott Downtown Transportation to and from Hotel Raffle tickets
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What: Towing & Recovery Association of Kentucky
Meeting
When: March 31, 2015
Where: Lexington, KY
Information: TRAK will have their quarterly meeting at
Denny’s Restaurant, 1880 Newtown Pike, Lexington,
KY. Steve Clark with Zonar Systems will be the guest
speaker. Dinner will start at 6:30 with the TRAK meeting
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What: Mid-America Truck Show
When: March 26 – 28, 2015
Where: Kentucky Exhibition Center, Louisville, KY
Information: For any carrier that conducts business in
the state of Kentucky or any company that is a vendor
to the trucking industry. Contact the office for your free
tickets. If you are not a member join us to meet Kentucky
Trucking Association staff and members.
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What: 2015 Driver of the Year
When: Deadline May 11, 2015
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Louisville, KY
Information: Kentucky Trucking Association annually recognizes our members best drivers through our
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Driver of the Year award. To win this award drivers must
have an impeccable driving record with no accidents or
violations, and must be involved in their community and
a great company representative. The winning driver is
recognized at our annual Truck Driving Championship
in front of his or her peers. Click here to nominate your
driver!Winner will be announced at the Truck Driving
Championship Awards Banquet on May 16, 2015.
What: KTA Kentucky Truck Drivers Championship
When: May 15 – 16, 2015
Where: Papa Johns Stadium, Louisville Kentucky &
Hilton Gardens Inn Airport, Louisville, Kentucky
Information: The Truck Driving Championship is a
competition of professional truck drivers that is hosted
each year by the KY Risk & Safety Maintenance Council.
During the competition the drivers have an opportunity
to demonstrate his or her driving and inspection skills,
knowledge and professionalism through a series of tests.
Click Here for printable official registration forms or visit
our website to register.
What: KTA Annual Leadership & Management Conference
When: June 10 – 13, 2015
Where: Lake Barkley State Resort Park
Information: This year we are going back to the beautiful Lake Barkley State Resort. We will be promoting
this years convention as a family friendly event. There will
be several half day excursions to choose from that will
highlight the local area. Make plans to bring your whole
family. Seminars will be scheduled for half days to allow
for attendees to participate in the family excursions.
Call Lake Barkley State Resort Park for reservations at
270.924.1131 mention Kentucky Trucking Association
for discounted rates. Registration available soon.
What: Kentucky Trucking Association 2015 Safety
Awards Programs
When: Now Through May 15th, check each contest for
Award Specific Deadlines
Information: New for 2015 Kentucky Trucking Association Risk & Safety Council will be implementing a safety
awards program for all members of the association. This
will be the inaugural year for many of these awards. With
your participation we hope to make this a program that
we can build on year after year, participation is the key.
Deadlines for entry are in April and May, please check
the respective application for details. Awards will be presented during the awards banquet. CLICK HERE FOR
REGISTRATION INFO.
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Why Join the Kentucky Trucking Association?
KTA Member Benefits
The KTA network allows its members to realize larger discounts than what
they normally receive by working directly with various members.
Voice in Frankfort
An intangible service results in a tangible benefit for our members and the
commercial trucking industry as a whole. The KTA network, through our legislative efforts, has produced a savings of $3,200 PER TRUCK PER YEAR.
National Fuel Program
The KTA has partnered with a 3rd party (Profit Tools for Trucks) to administer a fuel program for our members. They will do a fuel analysis for the KTA
members to their current fuel program compares to your current program. The
3rd party will also handle the entire billing process for the motor carrier. Possible savings of up to 0.15 per gallon of fuel. The truck shop offers over 200
locations nationwide. Contact the KTA office for details on this program.
UPS Discounts
All KTA members can save up to 28% on UPS shipping services thanks to
the exclusive agreement with the Kentucky Motor Transportation Association. That’s a significant savings, all with a carrier that guarantees delivery of
more packages around the world than anyone, and delivers more packages
overnight, on time in the U.S. than any other carrier. Simple shipping! Special
savings! It’s that easy!
JJ Keller Discounts
KTA members can save up to 20% on all compliance supplies purchased
through KTA and J.J. KELLER & ASSOCIATES.
Hire Right
This member-benefit program helps employers fulfill DOT/FMCSA Compliance Requirements while protecting themselves from fraud, liability, and negligent-hiring exposure. With more than 25 years in the transportation industry,
USIS/DAC Services offers services such as drug/alcohol testing, MVRs,
employment histories, criminal records, and more. For Sales contact Angela
McElyea at 1.800.331.9175 ext. 2507.
Best Pass
KTA members can receive discounts on New York State Thruway tolls, Pennsylvania tolls, Maryland’s tolled bridges and now on the Ohio Turnpike. BESTPASS, owned and operated by the New York State Motor Truck Association,
works with NORPASS, PrePass, and/or E-Z Pass systems. To start realizing
your savings today, call 1.800.282.5463.
PrePass/DriveWyze
KTA members can save by using PrePass or DriveWyze for their scale house
screening. By keeping your vehicles on the highway, you will save money in
your operational costs.
Health Insurance Plan
Lower your health insurance premiums with KTA’s Healthcare Program.
KTA has a network of agents that will give you a quote for the Anthem Blue
Cross/Blue Shield plan. Ask your agent about the Wholesale Trade Trust
Insurance Program. This is an association-based insurance plan that has the
potential to reduce your health insurance cost. With the new health care laws,
KTA’s plan is going to provide our members a very good health care option.
KTA Allied Network
KTA members enjoy access to a network of vendors who support the commercial trucking industry. These “allied” members work very closely with our
members to provide quality products and services. Because all KTA members
have equal access to the allied members and their services, they are able to
discuss the benefits and drawbacks to each item -- one more way to increase
company effectiveness!
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New Members
KTA – Motor Carriers
Asphalt Paving & Maintenance Inc
dba APM
P.O. Box 22605, .Lexington, KY40522
(859) 299-9131
bshaw@apm-lex.com
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Company Name _______________________________________________________________
DBA ____________________________________DOT#______________________________
Representatives Name ____________________________ Title _________________________
Cahill Plumbing Co Inc
10500 Dixie Hwy, Walton, KY 41005
859-689-0896
jrcahill@fuse.net
Dever Inc
* Email ___________________________ Cell _________________________
Other Representative_____________________________ Title _________________________
2286 Frankfort Ct, Lexington, KY 40510
859-455-9568
jlocknane@deverinc.com
Ellis Transportation dba Ellis Trucking
Email ____________________________Cell __________________________
1200 Puncheon Creek Rd,
Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
502-859-1713
ellistransportation@aol.com
Safety Director ______________________________ Email ____________________________
115 Hud Road, Winchester, KY 40391
859-744-2721
troy@equipmentresoureces.com
State __________________ Zip Code ____________ -___________
Equipment Resources Transportation LLC
Hayes Drilling, Inc
1120 E. Main Street,
Georgetown, KY 40324
awaynick@hayesdrillinginc.com
913-768-9500
KTA – Owner/Operator
Bluegrass Transfer LLC
1619 Bypass Road #178,
Winchester, KY 40391
(859) 339-8186
rhbatty@gmail.com
Gold Transportation LLC
2178 Antoinette Drive , Union, KY 41091
859-869-1300
goldtransport1@outlook.com
Skips Construction Co Inc
6313 Lower Hunters Trace,
Louisville, KY 40258
502-448-2334
skip@skipsconstructionco.com
Mays Transport dba HG Mays Corp.
P.O. Box 797 , Frankfort, KY 40601
502-875-1282
kris@hgmayscorp.com
NWM Distributing Inc
10739 S US 127, Dunnville, KY 42528
606-787-7600
cindy.west@tartergate.com
Tarter Gate Company LLC
P.O. BOX 10, Dunnville, KY 42528
606-787-7455
Keith.tarter@tarterusa.com
KTA – Allied Members
The Little Clinic
1600 Ormsby Station Rd,
Louisville, KY 40223
jsilberisen@thelittleclinic.com
502-523-3919
Stay Metrics LLC
1400 E. Angelina Blvd #109,
South Bend, IN 46617
sean@staymetrics.com
574-213-5095
Street Address __________________________________ City __________________________
P.O. Box _____________________ City ____________________________________________
State __________________ Zip code _____________-___________
Phone (
) ______________________ ext. ________ Fax (
) __________________________
Website _____________________________________________________________________
State Representative___________________________________________________________
State Senator _________________________________________________________________
How Did You Hear About KMTA?
___ KMTA Staff
____ Website
____ KMTA Member -- Member’s Name ___________________________________
____ Publication -- Name _______________________________________________
____ Worker’s Comp Program
____ Health Insurance Program ____ Other Affinity Program(s)
Other _________________________________________________________________________________
Allied Member:
____ Financial Services
____ Advertising/Publishing
____ Legal Services
____ Safety Services
____ Engine Services
____ Equipment Leasing
____ Truck Repair
____ Truck Stops
____ Insurance Services ____ Medical/Drug, and Alcohol Services/Testing
____ Equipment Manufacturers
____ Trailer Dealers/Manufacturers
____ Tire Dealers/Manufacturers
____ Truck Dealers/Manufacturers
Hendrickson International
1517 Cardinal Lane, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122
dross@hendrickslon-intl.com
615-758-6957
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Other _____________________________________________________________________________
Trucking Company Member:
____ Private Carrier
____ For – Hire
____ INTERstate
Other ___________________________________
____ INTRAstate
* Number of Power Units _______________
Commodity:
____ Agricultural Goods
____ Building Materials
____ Bulk Commodities
____ Cement Hauler
____ Food
____ Forest Products
____ General Freight
____ Hazardous Materials
____ Hazardous Waste
____ Heavy Hauling/Machinery ____ Household Goods
____ Mobile Homes
____ Motor Vehicles
____ Paper
____ Petroleum Products
____ Refrigerated Liquids
____ Refrigerated Solids
____ Rock, Sand, Gravel, Soil
Other _______________________________________________________________________
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