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Channel 19 tip line: Super sleepers in Penn., electrified tiny highway coming across the pond
Following the âworldâs first ehighway,â a 1.25-mile stretch in Sweden, coming to fruition, watch for the second in 2017 in CA â and: owner-operator Joe Bielucki offers tip on a custom classic 1983 359 appearing in Penn. this weekend.
July 21, 2016
Channel 19
âGhost Fleetâ becomes reality in new comic
The new âGhost Fleetâ comics series builds on the notion of such a fleet of âelite combat-trained truckersâ hauling no-touch, no-look cargo. One of them âtakes a forbidden peek at his payloadâ and âuncovers a conspiracy that will change his life forever!â
December 4, 2014
Channel 19
Truck stop operatorâs new novel set during the âGreat Warâ
Karen Gettert Shoemakerâs âThe Meaning of Namesâ interrogates the reality German-American communities in the U.S. were confronted with following the outbreak of World War I.
May 27, 2014
Channel 19
Former truckerâs new novel chronicles young driverâs failure
By writer Dave Newman â who spent a couple years OTR some time ago â âTwo Small Birdsâ tells the story of Dan Charles, a would-be poet and Walt Whitman devotee on a crash course with OTR trucking.
April 3, 2014
Channel 19
A fine read in owner-operatorâs âHotshot Chroniclesâ book on expediting
Gary Shadeâs book of the expediting life and business could be an important resource for those starting out in the segment.
September 12, 2013
Life
Operatorâs new book details fitness turnaround
Mike Sammonsâ âWorking Manâs Road to Weight Lossâ details the driverâs story to losing more than half his body weight in a quest for better health.
May 30, 2013
Channel 19
âLiberated trucker-babeâ embraces âinner cougarâ with new book
Meet Xandra âSunnyâ Moon, author of the self-help tome that tells her story â in part about her discovery of trucking after years at home as a full-time mother â of getting over a âmid-life slump.â
May 14, 2013
Channel 19
Big Rig Books hauls reads for the kids
John C. Gervase founded the nonprofit to encourage literacy among underprivileged children.
May 2, 2013
Channel 19
Owner-operator Rick Ashâs health reading list
The Trucking Solutions Group of owner-operators, of which Ash is a member, is hosting an open call tomorrow, Oct. 31, at 3 p.m. Find call-in details, along with recommended health reading, in this story.
October 30, 2012
Channel 19
Where do the trucks sleep at night?
âWhere Do Diggers Sleep at Night?â is the first childrenâs book by Brianna Caplan Sayres.
August 13, 2012
Channel 19
New trucking thriller from former tank-hauler manager
Set in Charleston, W.Va.âs âChemical Valleyâ just after deregulation of the trucking industry, former Quality Carriers and Mason & Dixon lines (among others) rep Rowland Henry Judgeâs Acid Stained Steel is a murder-mystery thriller of a novel, says Judge. But thatâs not all, he adds. It combines those page-turning attributes with an examination of âthe effect [âŚ]
December 29, 2010
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