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‘Why do you hang on to that old truck?’
One answer here from Jenson Lawrence illustrates just what’s possible with his recently overhauled Cummins M-11 in a 1996 Freightliner FLD hauling within a 750-mile radius of his Wisconsin home base.
August 9, 2016
Custom Rigs
Supporting the blue at Class 8 on the Lake with Scott Carlson
More than one common thread runs through trucking and law enforcement communities, says Scott Carlson: “It only takes a few people to make all of us look bad.” Carlson showed his rig recently in support of the blue.
August 5, 2016
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One owner-operator’s evolution through continual education: A run with Gary Buchs
From the road with Landstar-leased owner-operator Gary Buchs: This podcast, recorded just prior to the July 4 holiday, ranged across Buchs’ business evolution as an owner-operator throughout much of the last decade and a half.
August 4, 2016
Channel 19
Making the ‘Road Hunter’ app
Created by Mikhail Dzarasov, Road Hunter’s a route-planner at heart, with map views that piggyback on Google’s map-, street- and satellite-view capabilities to deliver 100,000-foot and on-the-ground intelligence.
August 2, 2016
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Podcast: One driver’s bounce-back after two years lost to ‘suicide by truck’
After the head-on collision, Brian Rudisell needed reconstructive ankle surgery, but the physical rehabilitation wasn’t the toughest thing: “The more you talk about the problem, the faster you heal,” he says.
August 1, 2016
Custom Rigs
Pieter Williams’ ‘Almost Chrome’ custom polishing business
The journey from motor coach to truck polishing — Nashville-based Pieter Williams’ work can be seen on J.D. Terry’s custom KW, which I wrote about earlier this week. (Bonus: More Rolling CB interviews from Big Rig Videos’ Chris Fiffie.)
July 29, 2016
Channel 19
Stoking the log fires, redux: Crash incidence, hours violations and fleet size
Is the owner-operator/small fleet being “nitpicked” or “nickel-and-dimed” into oblivion? Crash data and inspection and hours violation rates, analyzed by fleet size, fuel further discussion following this month’s “Stoking the log fires” feature.
July 28, 2016
Custom Rigs
‘Gone Green’: The Kuhnle Bros. project ’05 Kenworth of driver Brian Rudisell
Driver Brian Rudisell’s second place finish at the last Pride & Polish won’t keep him away from the Dallas show coming up, he says. He’s doing the entire Pride & Polish circuit this year with his showpiece working KW, built in collaboration with his employing Newbury, Ohio-based tank fleet.
July 26, 2016
Custom Rigs
Independent J.D. Terry’s 1995 custom Cat-powered KW
Owner-operator J.D. Terry calls his 1995 Kenworth W900L the “Driveway Dream” in reference to the spot where nearly all of his custom work on it has been done. This video run through its mods was shot at the 2016 Tennessee edition of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish.
July 25, 2016
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Australian singer-songwriter Jayne Denham: ‘Addicted to the Diesel’
Country artist Jayne Denham — with several trucking-country No. 1s in her native Australia — will make her U.S. live debut at the Great American Trucking Show next month with Red Eye Radio.
July 22, 2016
Custom Rigs
Channel 19 tip line: Super sleepers in Penn., electrified tiny highway coming across the pond
Following the “world’s first ehighway,” a 1.25-mile stretch in Sweden, coming to fruition, watch for the second in 2017 in CA — and: owner-operator Joe Bielucki offers tip on a custom classic 1983 359 appearing in Penn. this weekend.
July 21, 2016
Custom Rigs
‘Here to stay’: Turner Transport’s 2015 Pete 389
A video run through owner-operator Eric Turner’s Turner Transport seven-truck fleet and its new flagship, the Best of Show (Working Combo)-winning 2015 Peterbilt 389 glider and 2016 Wally Mo car hauler.
July 19, 2016
Custom Rigs
Fleenor Bros. ‘Ace in the Hole’ ’08 KW
In this video, owner Kyle Cousins runs through the custom overhaul the ’08 W900 got in advance of Overdrive’s 2016 Tennessee Pride & Polish this month.
July 18, 2016
Channel 19
New Montague folding Paratrooper bike line
Bit of a detour today from the long road, as it were. Behold the Paratrooper Pro, the Montague company’s new line of full-size folding bikes the company believes are ideal for on-highway haulers.
July 14, 2016
Channel 19
Car haul for the long haul: Moving the Tesla with Earl Jackson
A run-in at a Nashville-area TA with veteran car hauler Earl Jackson, company driver today for small fleet The Finest Carrier, piloting a 2015 KW T680 w/ 144-inch ARI super sleeper hooked to an enclosed Kentucky trailer loaded with Tesla Model S and Model X cars bound for buyers.
July 12, 2016
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Expediters gathering for niche-specific annual event this coming week
Among the owner-operator niche trucking events out there, the Expedite Expo, first held in 2001, stands out for a variety of reasons, not least among them the close community of haulers that makes up the expediting niche.
July 8, 2016
Channel 19
‘The most important safety feature in any truck? The professional driver’
Jeff Clark’s video message to the next president of the United States: Think outside of the box and reward companies that keep their drivers by treating them like the professionals they are.
July 7, 2016
Custom Rigs
Photos: Six new military-themed tractors and their drivers
A happy and healthy July 4 holiday to all of you, whether on the road or at the house. Here find further information about the six trucks, and the honored military veteran drivers, I wrote about Friday from U.S. Xpress.
July 4, 2016
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