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GATS Pride & Polish preview: Chance 2 Transport 389 glider and van, ‘Twisted Obsession’

Video, photos of Rod Miller’s Chance 2 Transport “Twisted Obsession,” a 2014 Peterbilt 389 glider/Great Dane dry van combo you’ll see out on the show floor at GATS this week.

August 26, 2015

C2T stripe detail on hood

GATS Pride & Polish preview: Rollin’ Transport’s 1985 Peterbilt 359

The 359 of perennial Pride & Polish champ Vinnie Diorio is a different animal from his long-and-low newer models of recent years. It combines both old- and new-school features for a tastefully nostalgic design.

August 25, 2015

Before view of Rollin Transport 359

GATS Pride & Polish preview: ‘Contender,’ J&L Contracting’s custom ’15 389, Blackhawk RGN

Whether you’re headed to GATS or not, this Pride & Polish national championship “Contender” 389 and Blackhawk trailer has all it takes to turn your head.

August 24, 2015

Black Hawk low boy heavy haul trailer

AxleOutPro ups the ante for Trucker Talent Search participants — and a new Keith Sampson vid

The winner of the talent search will receive a professional recording and video production care of AxleOutPro, much like 2014 winner Keith Sampson’s own work on his new video/song, released here.

August 21, 2015

Launched around a year ago in 2014, the AxleOutPro app, available via Android and iOS app markets, helps users determine the most fuel-efficient fifth-wheel position 'with one trip to the scale.' Find them on Facebook via this link.

Quick work made of I-93 sinkhole; More alt. routes for I-65 NB in Indiana

Highway haps: While InDOT continues to divert NB I-65 traffic along the official detour, local media have specified a variety of potential alternates for points north of Lafayette.

August 20, 2015

Navigating ‘amateur day’ with the four-wheelers

“Amateur Night,” by driver Bill Patterson: “I dread Saturday nights. You never know what will happen.” Profiling the texter, the brake-footer, the rubbernecker, the NASCAR wannabe and …

August 18, 2015

congestion on SB i85

Restored Evel Knievel Mack haul rig to travel to GATS!

The Evel Knievel Mack’s showing at the Great American Trucking Show will come on the heels of the Aug. 21 opening of the “Being Evel” feature documentary about the daredevil’s life. Watch the trailer here.

August 14, 2015

Evel Knievel Mack 2 (800x534)

Run an e-log as a team? Keep a regular weekly schedule? …

Here’s the criteria FMCSA used to allow McKee Foods’ private fleet’s drivers to use 5/5-, 4/6- or 3/7-hour sleeper splits to satisfy the required 10 hours of sleeper berth time.

August 13, 2015

split sleep poll

Exemptions adding fuel to hours debate

Bob Hearns, among others, weighs in: “keep asking for those legitimate exemptions, and maybe the rule makers, who do not know the industry … might wake up and do not only the right thing, but the necessary thing.”

August 11, 2015

Round-up: Sundown at the truck wash; Pay the tolls already!

Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo digging in her heels on her trucks-only bridge toll plan. And spectacular shots from the Reader Rigs gallery by truckers Tim Ramsey, Dan Parker.

August 8, 2015

Homewrecker edit

Owner-operator Robert Gray wins Democratic primary vote for Mississippi governor

Gray’s CB handle, “Silent Knight,” is evidence he’s not much of a people person, he says. If he truly hopes to win, that will have to change. The Terry, Miss., native has his work cut out for him.

August 6, 2015

Photo: Screenshot from a Jackson Clarion-Ledger video interview with Gray you can view via this link.

Chi-Town Large Cars’ Southern Prez and his 359

The Chi-Town group’s annual benefit and truck show is August 15 in Lynwood, Ill. — Eady and his classic custom Pete (find photos here) are sure to be a part of it.

August 4, 2015

Hayden Eady Pete

Monday round-up: 15L option in the making for Cat trucks, another ‘ghost fleet’ debuts

Interesting news bits in a Jack Roberts interview with Caterpillar about its split with Navistar on Cat trucks. And: Tip on the new “Ghost Fleet” novel war-gaming a near-future China-U.S. conflict, techno-thriller style.

August 3, 2015

J&L Contracting’s 2013 Peterbilt 389 — Back in Black

The “Back in Black” glider, powered by a 6nz Cat, was formerly the truck of then-Landstar-leased Brett Cole — J&L retooled it for heavy haul, among other extensive customizations, says J&L’s Randy Menkel.

August 1, 2015

J&L driver Randy Menkel

Redux: The cost of emissions-system maintenance

For too many truck buyers, such costs and associated practices are unforeseen and unheeded at time of purchase, notes a longtime truck sales/service rep. And: “Let’s face it, even with proper maintenance emissions systems are still not as reliable as they should be.”

July 30, 2015

Owner-operator Dave Palmer

Another Godfrey goes after semi-truck jump record — and nails it

Daredevil Gregg Godfrey nailed a world-record-worthy semi-truck jump at Evel Knievel Days July 24, landing the rig 166 feet from the launch point.

July 28, 2015

Gregg Godfrey World record jump

‘Operation Truck Stop’ enforcement effort targets off-toll-road traffic in Northern Indiana

Of the recent enforcement blitz in northern Indiana, one trucker asks: Just another way to move more truckers to the Indiana Toll Road?

July 27, 2015

Indiana CMV enforcement car

The Mistress at the truck show with the wife and kids

Profiling the scene around David McDaniel’s 2002 Moore Freight Service-leased Peterbilt 379, “The Mistress,” caught last weekend at the Pride & Polish in Crossville, Tenn.

July 24, 2015

Mistress back of sleeper

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Silver Peterbilt semi-truck with dual exhaust stacks parked at sunset with American flag visible

'Gangster Hauler': Al Capone-themed 1967 Kenworth W925

Airbrushed murals around the rig feature Al Capone and similar 1920s-era gangster themes, while the rig's interior depicts a barroom scene, complete with a chandelier, mounted Tommy guns and more.

Blue Aurora refrigerated semi-truck hauling white trailer on highway with motion blur

Court shoots down operator’s driverless warning-device waiver lawsuit as FMCSA gives 5-year extension

Flatbed trailer transporting tan military vehicles at an industrial facility with mountains in background

No more paper numbers: U.S. military freight update, amid ‘shadowy’ practices

Webpage showing complaint filing information for transportation services, financial chart, and commercial truck on highway with warning triangle

Broker 'fines' shaving the bottom line? How truckers can fight and win

Row of illuminated semi-trucks parked at night with colorful LED lights under street lamps

FMCSA details upcoming hours-of-service flexibility test rules

Home to stay: Mintu Pandher on 2017 ELD protest legacy, non-domiciled CDL crackdown

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