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Channel 19
Put your CD player in âOverdriveâ â hauler Joe Lee Smith reissues record
Sitting outside Overdrive sister mag CCJâs Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas yesterday and typing away on a story, one of the presenters, with whom Iâve talked in years past, walked by and nodded my way with a quip Iâve heard near countless times over the years from folks who know who I work for. âPut it [âŚ]
August 26, 2010
Channel 19
In defense of food transport
Tip of the hat to Marathon Trucker Jeff Clark for this one (and, readers, if youâll be at the Great American Trucking Show, beginning this coming Thursday, join Clark and I and Jazzy Jordan, among so many others, at Truckers Newsâ Fit for the Road programâs Too Hot to Trot 5K Friday morning)âŚ. Self-described âliberal [âŚ]
August 24, 2010
Channel 19
Tune in tonight!
Itâs going on a year since I chatted with Daniel Audet of Truckstar Radio for my Truckers News âExit Onlyâ piece about TruckStar Radio, his online radio show. Audet, formerly a hotshot boat hauler and industry blogger, is still going strong with TruckStar, and tonight Iâll visit with him on his show to talk about [âŚ]
August 23, 2010
Channel 19
Wiper blades with a cause
The folks behind the AutoTex Pink wiper blades tell me the blades are sized to fit 85 percent of heavy-duty trucks on the road, as well as all manner of autos â but thatâs not the most interesting thing about them. The idea behind the blades comes from wiper-blade manufacturer Wexco Industries cofounder Paula Lombard, [âŚ]
August 20, 2010
Channel 19
Honeybees get revenge on bear
North Carolina Wake County Sheriffâs Deputy Brandon Jenkins had to sit in his cruiser for upwards of 15 hours yesterday after a truck driver under a load of honeybees had been disabled west of Raleigh. âThe truck driver,â CNN reported, was on his way to Rocky Mount, N.C., and âhad been hauling the bees at [âŚ]
August 19, 2010
Channel 19
Ice roads to Dallas; truck lot entertainment schedule for GATS
Next week, itâs safe to say that all roads in the North American trucking world lead to Dallas, even the Canadian ice roads â or at least those typically run by Yellowknife, Canadaâs Alex Debogorski, past âIce Road Truckersâ star, who will be on hand at the Dallas Convention Center for the Great American Trucking [âŚ]
August 18, 2010
Channel 19
WNBA star and her mother, a former trucker, recognized by industry organization
Did you know that the most decorated player in the WNBA (and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner besides), former L.A. Sparks star Lisa Leslie, grew up the daughter of a career truck driver? I didnât, that is, until last week, when at the Staples Center in Los Angeles during a game between the Sparks [âŚ]
August 17, 2010
Channel 19
Live online CD release party for âWhen the Big Rigs Donât Rollâ
Join the www.AsktheTrucker.com proprietors this Wednesday for a live online exclusive release event for a new record aimed squarely at the politically conscious among you. âWhen the Big Rigs Donât Rollâ is its title, and the country musicians/songwriters behind the 10 songs on the CD, David Ayers and Barry Allen, have birthed several winners in [âŚ]
August 16, 2010
Channel 19
Trucking shutterbugs bring it in Truckers News first photo contest
Photographers brought pretty stunning images to the online photo forum we host at the the Flickr.com photo site for the first, July contest on the theme of âJunked or Forgotten Trucks/Trailers.â Check out Bob McGilvrayâs runner-up âRusyâ  here to see the quality of the work sent in from around the nation (McGilvrayâs been featured in [âŚ]
August 13, 2010
Channel 19
Fitness and health to be big themes at GATS
Named for the laudable goal of launching truck drivers writ large past the statistical driverâs average age of death (less 61 years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 years younger than the average American), the 61+ Driver Health Awareness Walk of 2010 will take place Aug. 28 at the Great American [âŚ]
August 11, 2010
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Original âVince and Larryâ crash test dummies donated to Smithsonian
The U.S. Department of Transportation last month donated a number of âVince and Larryâ crash-test dummy costumes and related auto safety items to the Smithsonian Institution. You probably remember the PSAs from the 1980s, such as this one in which Larry convinces Vince to get out of bed in time for a crash test by [âŚ]
August 10, 2010
Channel 19
New âgold trucksâ vid from owner-operator Howard Salmon
Remember that little mention I made a few weeks back about my serendipitous meeting with past Overdrive Trucker of the Month Howard Salmon (pictured), the one where I talked about participating in a bit of a video experiment with him singing at the fuel island (I held the camera, donât worry; he did all the [âŚ]
August 9, 2010
Channel 19
12 big legs on 18 wheels
Cargo thieves in Quebec didnât waste much time dumping a truck and trailer they lifted while in transit to an Ontario zoo June 18. Just 25 miles from where the rig was stolen, the trailer was spotted. The truck was found a few miles down the road. Ron Petrie creatively reconstructed the scene in the [âŚ]
August 6, 2010
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NPR looks at truckersâ health issues and regulation
A radio story on regulatorsâ scrutiny of truckers health aired last week Friday for a larger than usual audience â on NPR by reporter Frank Morris out of station KCUR in Kansas City, Mo. He introduced the heart â or stomach â of the story quickly: âOutside the Iron Skillet restaurant on I-70 east of [âŚ]
August 4, 2010
Channel 19
Punt on the spicy pork rinds
Add pork rinds to a haul in the Pacific Northwest and you might find yourself with a sore foot and back and a charge of  âdriving with wheels off the roadway,â or such was the case for a Mt. Vernon, Wash., hauler in July,  Washington State Trooper Keith Leary told reporters at the Bellingham (Wash.) Herald. [âŚ]
August 3, 2010
Channel 19
Custom heavy haul: Introducing Modern Machinery Movers
Clark Tucker opened his Indianapolis-based small fleet Modern Machinery Movers as a single-truck operation in 2002 to capitalize on heavy-haul opportunities in the wind-energy sector, a move that has proved fruitful. Today he employs 10 drivers. âGrowing up on a farm, I bought my first truck, a 1946 Dodge, and never looked back,â says Tucker. [âŚ]
August 2, 2010
Channel 19
âNo Zoneâ redux
A look at one of the âNo Zoneâ safe-driving advocacy trailers.
July 28, 2010
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Con-way Truckload driver pens âSemi Awareâ book for teen drivers
But itâs not just for teens, Toby Bogard says. The Crossville, Tenn., resident and seven-year Con-way Truckload company driver hopes all drivers can get something out of the Semi Aware book.
July 27, 2010
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