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Channel 19: Page 128
Channel 19
Grascals tour bus driver âStubobâ Myrickâs Nashville flood tale
Stuart âStubobâ Myrick (pictured) of the Gallatin, Tenn., area paid his driving dues behind the wheel of several dump trucks, in the late 1970s, then logging miles over the road with a grocery-distribution outfit pulling vans and, most recently, a flatbed loaded with empty containers in the private fleet of a container refurbishing company. In short, heâs well earned his [âŚ]
May 27, 2010
Channel 19
Latest in distractions: One word, three letters, rhymes with âtextâ
Earlier this week, as Kansas became the 26th state to enact a behind-the-wheel anti-texting law applicable to all drivers, the folks at hands-free headset-maker Jabra released results of a survey/study conducted in April that threw a little wrench (and more!) into all the late discussion of worrisome activities drivers engage behind the wheel of fast-moving vehicles. While 28 percent [âŚ]
May 26, 2010
Channel 19
Trucks on Pakistanâs Grand Trunk Road
If you missed National Public Radioâs recent reporting along the Grand Trunk Road, an historic connection between far eastern and western sections of the Indian subcontinent, from Bengal to Peshawar in Pakistan, you probably missed this report by John Poole from a truckstop outside Islamabad. The stop, a rather informal spot on the Grand Trunk Road [âŚ]
May 25, 2010
Channel 19
Colorful codriver, trucking blues, health care reform and more in this monthâs Truckers News
If youâve missed the May edition of Truckers News on the racks out at the truckstops this month (I know copies in the more popular stops tend to go quickly), check it out online. Many great stories therein, including an examination of the health-care reform bill (the upshot: juryâs still of course out on how [âŚ]
May 24, 2010
Channel 19
Hauler narrowly averts disaster at I-24 Middle Tennessee sinkhole
As if the Tennessee Department of Transportation didnât have enough problems already, considering the damage recent flooding did to infrastructure in the middle part of the state, Tuesday earlier this week a reportedly 25-foot-deep, 40-foot-wide, 18-foot-long sinkhole opened up on I-24 eastbound between Nashville and Chattanooga (pictured, Courtesy TDOT) that nearly swallowed up a big truck, folks on the scene [âŚ]
May 21, 2010
Channel 19
Mission USAâs July I-75 âTour of Hopeâ
Ed Eubank, pastor of a nondenominational church in northwest Martin, Tenn., is hoping he can âmake a better connection with truckers so that we can better serve the people out there in genuine need.â Eubank, see, is also the primary man behind the humanitarians at Mission USA (www.missionusa.org), an organization providing relief to families and individuals displaced on the [âŚ]
May 19, 2010
Channel 19
Running below the E-O-B-RadarâŚ
In my research for the cover story of the current edition of Overdrive, âGetting on board,â about the growing use of electronic onboard recorders for logging among many major carriers throughout the United States, I had a conversation with expediting husband-wife team Bob and Linda Caffee about curiosities of their electronic logging system. âWe drove [âŚ]
May 18, 2010
Channel 19
To toll or not to toll: In PA I-80 controversyâs wake, debate over road privatization re-emerges
When a Devon, Penn., lawyer representing big commercial construction contractors insists that âNobodyâs against this,â referring to tolling major interstates as a method of funding their upkeep and expansion, I suspect heâs not talked to anyone among the nationâs long-haul owner-operators and drivers. Opposition to tolling, in my experience, is near universal among the former, particularly, and [âŚ]
May 14, 2010
Channel 19
Quebec filmmaker debuts âVapeurs diesel (Diesel fumes)â documentary web series
Quebecker Alain Fournier (pictured, of a fashion) is a filmmaker focusing his efforts on fantasy work and â this is where we come in â online documentary. His first big web series, on YouTube and titled âVapeurs Dieselâ or âDiesel Fumes,â looks at long-haul truckers, among them the character of âBig John,â featured in the [âŚ]
May 13, 2010
Channel 19
Doggie online social networking; Nashville flood update
Letâs put the disclaimers up top, how bout? âNo humans were harmed in the making ofâ the www.k9friendsunited.com doggie social-networking website, says founder Diarmuid Scullin, a long-hauler who started out with a simple, if somewhat off-the-wall idea. âHave you ever noticed that the vast majority of dog owners tend to be warm, open and friendly [âŚ]
May 12, 2010
Channel 19
Country artist showcased on Texas fleetâs reefer vans
Baldwin Distribution Services of Amarillo, Texas, launched its refrigerated operation in 1981 with 5 tractors and 7 trailers. Today, Baldwin boasts more than a dozen times those numbers, and operates nationwide â lucky for them, and also country artist Brian Milson, whose new âSaltwater Cowboyâ single is being promoted nationwide with floor-to-ceiling billboards on the sides [âŚ]
May 11, 2010
Channel 19
Pink truck more than just pretty
When Daren Parker prepared to ask a senior driver in his Raleigh, N.C.-based Parker Gas propane-delivery fleet to drive a new medium-duty Kenworth T370 straight tanker, all bets were off as to what kind of reaction Parker could expect from said driver. The truck, after all, was painted pink. âYou donât see many trucks painted [âŚ]
May 10, 2010
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Owner-operator assesses options for rig flooded at TA
The Cumberland River in and around Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, May 6, finally dropped below flood stage, and for many affected in the area, the cleanup process, if not already well underway, began in earnest. At the now-dry site of the inundated TravelCenters of America location downtown (the clean-up there, said sources at the site yesterday, could [âŚ]
May 7, 2010
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Jazzy and Lee rear-ended in N.C.
In Burlington, N.C., on highway 70 yesterday, Lee and Jazzy Jordan were rear-ended âjust as we were coming to a stop right around her Jâ to get ready to run, says Lee. âI had the four-ways on, and I guess this woman she didnât even look.â Jazzy has made great progress on her truckersâ benefit [âŚ]
May 6, 2010
Channel 19
UPDATE: Scenes from Nashville trucking central
Thereâs been little to no coverage of a big portion of Nashvilleâs industrial and transportation base, much of it situated along rail tracks north and south of the Cumberland River and east of downtown, that was still, as of yesterday, under water. In my last post, I mentioned Vitran Express and intermodal carrier TCW, both situated, along [âŚ]
May 5, 2010
Channel 19
More from greater-Nashville flood
Things continue wet, here, for anyone near the banks of the flooded Cumberland River, which reached levels not seen since well before flood-control efforts largely made it manageable since the last major event in the 1930s, which means that the flood level might easily be described as â100-yearâ or some longer period â âepicâ is probably [âŚ]
May 4, 2010
Channel 19
Flooding in Nashville, from basements to truckstops
I spent a large part of the afternoon Sunday shop-vaccing close to 40 gal. worth of water from the basement of my East Nashville home, unplugging overwhelmed gutters and generally through it all trying to stay dry. I got off pretty easy. At least some of the many stranded over-the-road drivers around here today are [âŚ]
May 3, 2010
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Flatbedders, had enough of tarping? . . .
You might recommend the folks at Fast Wrap to your shipper customers, who do the kind of work you see in the picture here, a wrap of a jet engine. Theyâve got mobile crews in more than 60 locations around the country who do the work, and the wrapping material is then recycled by the folks at [âŚ]
April 30, 2010
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