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‘Truck’ front and center in MA Senate victory
National media, at the behest of the candidate/soon-to-be-senator himself, are putting a GMC Canyon pickup at the center of his (some say) upset victory over the Democrat running against him for Senator Edward Kennedy’s former Senate seat in Massachusetts. If eTrucker.com polls we conducted in August and December are any indication, it’s appropriate that a […]
January 20, 2010
Channel 19
Have truck, can’t hunt
Over-the-road drivers deal with all manner of annoyances, some rising to the level of outright injustice — I think immediately of the numerous times I’ve watched a fellow auto-driver cut across three lanes of traffic at 70-plus mph within mere feet of a rig’s front bumper, to name just one — but writing in the Montana newspaper Billings Gazette, reporter Brett French recently uncovered one such injustice that might take the cake for most downright silly.
January 19, 2010
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iPhone app as dealer lot
The folks at CommercialTruckTrader.com have introduced the latest in iPhone apps from the heavy duty trucking industry, and with it comes the following slick, simple, well-soundtracked video, detailing the app’s truck-searching and social functionality. And thinking about on the past year or so, which saw at least three trucking-related iPhone apps detailed in these pages — […]
January 15, 2010
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One Arrow driver’s story, through the eyes of the Schneider National hauler who picked him up
Nacogdoches, Texas-based Schneider National driver Robin Reese recently told me a story that ranks among the absolute most positive I’ve heard to come out of the bankruptcy of Arrow Trucking, which before officially filing as bankrupt late last week abruptly ceased operations a few days before Christmas, leaving drivers the nation over in the lurch and […]
January 13, 2010
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UPS hauler weighs in on foggy driving
In Gary Richards’ Monday “Roadshow” column in the Silicon Valley Mercury News paper, Richards called on Aptos, Calif.-based UPS trucker Dan Casas to help answer the question of a writer about the safety of closely following a big rig in fog to get through a dangerous drive. Casas was gracious and knowledgable in his reply.
January 12, 2010
Channel 19
South Pole ice roads redux
More pictures from South African Antarctic research expedition — now that’s extreme intermodal.
January 11, 2010
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Owner-operator ‘Singin’ Sam’ Little launches campaign for governor of Alaska
“Singin’ Sam” Little has dedicated one of the Kenworths in his Little Country small fleet to pull parade floats and other materials during his own 2010 campaign for the governorship of Alaska. The sometime country singer Little has also issued a new record, “Truck Driver for Governor,” that features a tune updated from his original […]
January 8, 2010
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Cranking up the new year — queue everbody’s favorite Sammy Hagar tune, will you?
With unfortunate toll hikes in New York, haulers got another late Christmas gift with the new year in the implementation of an Illinois state law that raised maximum interstate speed limits, formerly split between 55 and 65 mph for trucks and cars, respectively, to an even 65 for both.
January 6, 2010
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Introducing the ‘ice road truckers’ of the South Pole
South African Times-Live correspondent Tiara Walters is the first female writer-in-residence with that country’s team of research scientists probing the barren landscape of the South Pole, and her Pole Dancing blog recently chronicled the team’s trek across what many Americans will be familiar with from the History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers series. “[Caterpillar] Challenger drivers […]
January 5, 2010
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Best coffee on the road?
The Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper reports that Pilot Travel Centers is launching several new marketing campaigns in our new year, including not only a new Facebook fan page but an extension of the one suggested by the image included here. As News-Sentinel reporters put it, “The company’s fleet of 325 tanker trucks now display the message ‘Best Coffee on the Interstate’ on the back panel of their trailers, a nod to recent recognition from the readers of Truckers News magazine.”
January 4, 2010
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New vid: an interview with Truckstar Radio host Daniel Audet
A video interview with Truckstar Radio host Daniel Audet
December 31, 2009
Channel 19
Permitting Tony the truckstop tiger
After a year and more of challenges to the legality of Tony the truckstop tiger’s residence at the Gross Tete, La., Tiger Truck Stop by animal rights activists, the AP reports the owners have obtained necessary permits from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to keep the tiger. South Carolina-based hauler Kris Ewing took […]
December 30, 2009
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‘Most Wanted’ lumper apprehended in Phoenix
After a twisting series of events that included a reported call from an over-the-road hauler stating a fugitive featured in August on the ‘America’s Most Wanted’ television program was in the cab of his truck, the Phoenix New Times reports that Michael Chaves (pictured), wanted for questioning about the April 2009 murder of then-fellow lumper/sometime driver […]
December 29, 2009
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Helping friends in need: Arrow drivers find support among fellow truckers
Over the Christmas weekend, legions of truck drivers reached out to help former employees of recently closed Arrow Trucking get home. After the company announced its closing Dec. 22 and reportedly instructed drivers to turn their trucks in at dealerships around the country, offering $200 or a bus ticket from there, the mammoth effort of getting drivers home wouldn’t have been possible without the outpouring of help from fellow drivers feeling the giving spirit of the holidays.
December 28, 2009
Channel 19
Canadian cube van driver’s three Santas
A heartwarming trucking Christmas story, via Canadian news site Canoe.ca.
December 24, 2009
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One hauler’s early Christmas at the truckstop
Trucker Jeremy Holley blogs at www.jholley.wordpress.com, and his post from Wednesday, Dec. 22, was a gem of a story from “about five years ago,” he wrote, “something that I’ll never forget because it really made my day.”
December 23, 2009
Channel 19
Mother Nature Network covers California dray operators’ New Year’s gift from CA
California-based drayage truck owner-operator Filiberto Cervantes is quoted in this recent story, part of the Mother Nature Network’s coverage of news relating to the environment, reacting in dismay to California’s drayage rule, which sees at yearend a deadline for compliance for the many trucks serving the ports through the state. Essentially, trucks with powertrains older than model year 1994 will be banned, and pre-2004 engines will require retrofit with a Level 3 diesel particulate filter. While many operators have already made upgrades, many others simply couldn’t afford to, as Cervantes’ case seems to illustrate.
December 21, 2009
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Trucker asks: ‘Who moved my cheese?’
Why it’s a bad idea to leave loads unattended.
December 18, 2009
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