" >
Trucking Industry and Road News for August, 2019
Love’s just made it a little easier for truckers to get a shower
One of the best feelings after being all sweaty for hours on the road is that refreshing hot shower. But sometimes you have to wait! For jobs that are highly time sensitive, no one wants that!
The Love’s Connect app has updated with a new feature that will allow truckers to check when the “busy times” are for showers at every Love’s location, so drivers can take a look when they’re near one, or they can plan a trip around hitting a Love’s at a non-busy time.
There’s a New Love’s Location that Just Opened
Related to the shower app news, Love’s just added a new location
There’s a New Love’s Location that just opened in southern Texas on July 8. It’s in Brownsville near Highway 511 and Highway 48, and it has 39 parking spots as well as a Chester Chicken and a Godfather’s Pizza. This one has 4 showers in it.
One of the nation’s largest car haulers files for bankruptcy
With more than 2000 employees, I’m sure there was a sigh of relief when the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed Tuesday, August 6 by Kansas City’s Jack Cooper Ventures (an auto hauler) was followed by statements that most employee jobs with the company are safe.
The company is restructuring, reducing its debt by half, and the Chapter 11 will allow them to continue to operate as normal while this all goes on. They want to cut company debt $300 million.
