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Overdrive Extra
One Girl Trucking: āMore courtesy nowā
An encounter with a pair of joy-riding, inconsiderate motorcyclists over Memorial Day turned dramatic when truck driver Bethany, blogging at One Girl Trucking, decided enough was enough and confronted the bikers at a red light. Read her account, a sort of pitch and plea to bikers, motorists and truckers alike for more courtesy and common [ā¦]
June 1, 2012
Overdrive Extra
How-to: Identify quality air coils
A quality air coil will exhibit good āstrength, durability, flexibility, memory recoil and performance in hot and cold temperatures,ā say the writers behind parts manufacturer Phillips Industriesā Qwik Tech Tips monthly newsletter. A chief consideration is the material the air line is made of. The company says a shortage of castor beans in 2002-03, the [ā¦]
May 5, 2012
Channel 19
Flying high, running low: Friday Channel 19 news round-up
Big birds to fly by truckWriting on the New York Times blog yesterday, Matthew L. Wald delivered a little unexpected news about a flock of young whooping cranes currently settled down for the winter about 45 miles southwest of Decatur, Ala.: they would travel the last leg of this yearās winter journey, led in large [ā¦]
February 3, 2012
Channel 19
Big Idaho Potato Tour peels out behind T660 drives
More trucking news here emerging from the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl like a shoot from a half-pound baker left on the windowsill. Youāll recall my post about the fine salute Women in Trucking delivered to the females of our industry during the televised contest ā and now, check out the giant re-creation of one of [ā¦]
December 28, 2011
Channel 19
Truck Centers Inc.ās Christmas food drive a success
Freightliner/Western Star dealer network Truck Centers Inc. recently hosted a first-ever food drive for the St. Louis areaās largest food suppliers for shelters and food banks, Operation Food Search (OFS). The companyās Troy, Ill., headquarters kicked off a one-month can drive for OFS, also a TCI customer since the recent economic downturn has resulted in [ā¦]
December 23, 2011
Channel 19
Driversā safety conversation continues
If the handheld cell ban for drivers (which goes into effect Jan. 3) has done anything for the nationās interstate haulers, itās upped the ante on the conversation on this blog about the direction of safety in the industry. Driver and radio host Big Al Weekley is back today with a lament for the safety [ā¦]
December 20, 2011
Channel 19
Kicking the habit: Why a blanket cell-phone ban wonāt work
As if hearing the plethora of truck driversā objections to the prohibitions on handheld cell use in-cab while driving, minus any similar prohibition for the motoring public and given the wide problem of motorist distraction on the highways, the National Transportation Safety Board formally recommended that all personal electronic devices be banned from use while [ā¦]
December 15, 2011
Channel 19
Salute: Writer trumpets independent truckers
Colleen Kelly Mellor (pictured) is a 30-year veteran of the classroom with near a decade in real estate. Today sheās a writer who keeps a blog dedicated to items of āencouragement in a difficult worldā at Biddybytes.com. Her husband was a long-haul household-moves owner-operator with Atlas Van Lines with more than a million accident-free miles [ā¦]
December 14, 2011
Channel 19
Modest proposal: āBan truck drivingā
The comments on the news of the handheld cellphone ban while driving for the interstate pilots of the nationās tractor-trailer rigs continue to come in. (Read them for yourself here, including among them at the very end a reaction by driver Wayne Leverton to witnessing a state patrol officer in Washington State use both hands [ā¦]
December 9, 2011
Channel 19
Mack Trucks on āMade in Americaā TV Tues., Nov. 15
TheĀ Made in America series will featureĀ Mack Trucks in an episode Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.Ā MackĀ continues to build every truck it sells in North America ā and every truck it exports ā in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Made in America host George Motz (pictured with a Mack Pinnacle tractor) and [ā¦]
November 13, 2011
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