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Channel 19
Trucking advocacy, education — getting started early
Twelve-year-old Coalton Fannin — son of longtime trucker Billy Fannin — delivered this speech to his class on some of the finer points of the trucking business.
January 25, 2014
Channel 19
‘Haul it for free?’: Readers sound off on recent hours study
Wisecracks and ideas on rates following the recent UT Global Supply Chain Institute’s study on the new hours of service’s economic impact, which noted companies along the supply chain should focus on efficiency rather than raise rates/pass along costs…
January 23, 2014
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Cancer-awareness advocacy from GA small fleet; Long Haul Survivor update
Junior Pippin Trucking profiled in Georgia local newspaper — while the Long Haul Survivor raffle rig to benefit cancer research keeps trucking on its yearlong mission. Final drawing is in May in Iowa.
January 21, 2014
Custom Rigs
Log-haul ‘pride and joy’ KW W900
This Kenworth is a regular at local parades since Byrd Trucking purchased it to haul logs, one of two similarly spec’d 2013 KWs they’ve now got on the road in Florida.
January 20, 2014
Channel 19
Driver Bettina Cameron ‘Losing It’, New Entrant test backgrounder
Driver Cameron’s new Facebook page is dedicated to sharing her story — she’s lost 75 pounds while driving over-the-road in just a year — to inspire others. Also: More on the New Entrant testing rulemaking under way.
January 18, 2014
Custom Rigs
Check out this workhorse: Don Cooper’s 379
A neat internal-breather treatment on the Cooper Farms 1998 Peterbilt 379 — photos and more of the McAlpin, Fla.-based rig of owner-operator Don Cooper.
January 16, 2014
Channel 19
CDL transfer rigamarole in IL: One operator’s experience
Paul Frederick, of Kalamazoo, Mich., details his experience transferring his CDL to Illinois — where the DMV required a full driving skills test. What has been your experience in different states?
January 14, 2014
Channel 19
Wonders of technology: Saving a life
Driver Tim Rutledge owes particular features — vibration, voice-dial — on his cell phone for his survival after being trapped under his rig in below-zero temps this past week.
January 11, 2014
Channel 19
CARB diesel regs’ human toll: Family uprooted, split by move’s necessity
Checking in Martin and Alice Jez — formerly of Galt, Calif. The pair have moved to Michigan anticipating CARB’s regs relative to their 2000 Freightliner, splitting them from a six-year-old son.
January 9, 2014
Channel 19
CARB extension a no-go for California independents
Checking in with California-based independents Tom and Karen Moore at the end of their long stare-down with CARB’s Truck and Bus Rule.
January 8, 2014
Channel 19
The ice truck cometh! And melt-eth…
Entry in the annals of, well, weird here on the Channel 19 blog — to promote the cold-starting power of the MotoMaster battery, Canadian Tire built a pickup out of ice.
January 6, 2014
Channel 19
Pit bulls in-cab: Resource for local laws?
In which reader Mary Hanlon adopts a pit bull and wonders, Is there a good central location to map routes to avoid locales with anti-pit ordinances? Any of the pit owners in the audience have suggestions?
January 4, 2014
Channel 19
Most Loved Pets winners: More pics, vid
I was happy to see both familiar and new (to me, anyway) faces among the Most Loved Pets first-place winners announced New Year’s Day.
January 2, 2014
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 3
The ruckus that was the “Ride for the Constitution” and ongoing confusion over CARB’s emissions rules, irritation with CSA and a slight hope for hours flexibility rounded out 2013. Happy early New Year, drivers. Hang on tight…
December 31, 2013
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 2
In the second third of the year, the hours of service took front and center, along with a bevy of spectacular rigs seen on the show circuit and elsewhere. Take a tour back through the year via this review.
December 28, 2013
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 1
Big themes for the year reared their heads in the first quarter on the blog, from upcoming CARB deadlines to increasing angst over CSA. Take a tour back through the year via this review.
December 26, 2013
Channel 19
Santa’s gift to owner-operators
He’s bringing a raft of deductions, say the folks over at owner-operator business/tax services firm ATBS in their annual humorous Christmas vid.
December 24, 2013
Channel 19
Holidays on the road
Rand McNally’s survey of 800+ drivers about how they celebrate holidays on the road yielded quite a few tales of generosity, camaraderie and veritable miracles… What your best story of Christmas on the road?
December 23, 2013
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