EOBR debated over driver harassment
The harassment issue may be the key consideration for the FMCSA, which aims to devise a rule that mandates electronic logging devices.02.08.12
| FMCSA ordered U & D Service to immediately shut down after discovering the company was using drivers who did not possess valid ...
02.07.12
| Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks. 02.07.12
| The reopened lane of I-40 West is near the Tennessee-North Carolina border. 02.07.12
| The Peterbilt 587 SmartWay conventional tractor won in the heavy-duty division. George Spears
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Close encounters on the Alaskan ‘Haul Road’
June 14, 2010
Carlile Transportation driver Jim "J.D." Dobbs sees "a lot of wildlife" on somewhat regular runs on the Dalton Highway in Alaska to and from the Prudhoe Bay oil fields. "Moose, caribou, ...
Trucker trades Haul Road for farm
February 12, 2010
“Everywhere you go, people recognize you,” says George Spears, one of the stars of "Ice Road Truckers."
‘Ice Road Trucker’ comes home to thaw
February 11, 2010
When I rode with Alaskan Haul Road driver George Spears in the summer of 2006, he was planning to retire in the next year or so. However, he kept postponing ...
A rare roadside attraction on the Dalton
July 23, 2009
Faithful watchers of “Ice Road Truckers” this season know that there ain’t much between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay. There’s a few state highway facilities for maintenance of the Haul Road, ...
'On those wrecks just like a vulture'
June 5, 2009
The top three photos on the right are from my 2006 ride along Alaska's Dalton Highway with the smiling trucker, George Spears. It was published in Truckers News.
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