Trucking news and briefs for Monday, Jan. 19, 2026:
Vermont waives HOS reg for road salt shortage
The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, under direction of Gov. Phil Scott, has declared an emergency in the state related to a shortage of road salt.
As a result, motor carriers and drivers providing delivery of highway salt for maintenance purposes are granted emergency relief from the maximum driving time hours of service regulations.
The declaration is in effect from Jan. 15 through Jan. 29. Drivers that operate under declaration are required to have a copy (paper or electronic) in their possession.
Drivers who utilize the exemption can come back into compliance and restart their hours-of-service clock after taking 34 consecutive hours off-duty at the end of their extended hours period.
Truckstop.com launches heavy-haul focused load board
Pricing heavy haul freight has long required specialized carriers to juggle multiple tools, incomplete data, and costly assumptions -- often under tight time pressure.
To address that challenge, Truckstop.com this week announced its new Heavy Haul Load Board Pro, a platform designed to help oversize and over-dimensional carriers price and book higher-margin freight with greater accuracy.
To price heavy-haul loads, carriers often rely on multiple tools to determine the permit requirements, escort needs, and route options, Truckstop.com noted. This fragmented process delays decision-making and increases the risk of underpricing.
“Carriers that specialize in oversize freight face more complexity and greater risk when evaluating and pricing loads,” said Scott Moscrip, CEO and Founder of Truckstop.com. “When a single miscalculation can erase margin or create compliance issues, carriers need tools that reflect how they actually work.”
The new Heavy Haul Load Board Pro is designed to reduce guesswork and help carriers make confident decisions by bringing critical heavy-haul details into a single workflow, including:
- Load searches filtered specifically for oversize, over-dimensional, and heavy-haul equipment types from the Truckstop.com database
- Expanded search radius up to 1,000+ miles to find the right loads
- Permit requirements, escort needs, and route considerations in one place
- Key details for each load displayed in the search results to generate fast, accurate rate quotes
- Access to everything that is already included in Truckstop.com’s Load Board Pro platform to support efficient planning and quick action on the best opportunities
Heavy Haul Load Board Pro is available for $299 per month. The platform includes 25 rate quotes and 25 permit quotes, with transparent overage pricing so carriers pay only for what they use beyond the included amount.
The Heavy Haul Load Board Pro is the second niche-specific load board introduced by Truckstop.com in recent months. In October, the company introduced a dry van-only load board at a lower price point.
[Related: New dry-van load board goes live]
