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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

Minnesota State Truck Driving Championships | photo by John Borman

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

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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

Martin Jez, with a 1980s Peterbilt he owned for a time before moving on with the 2000 Freightliner he owns today. The Freightliner falls this year under the prohibition on 1996-2006 model-year diesel engines operating in the state that is the CARB Statewide Truck and Bus Rule.

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

Tom and Karen Moore

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

Canadian Tire ice truck

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

Operator Hanlon certainly wouldn’t be the first driver to run with a pet pit. Gilbert (pictured) was an entry in our Most Loved Pets competition, recently rounded up. He’s the pet of owner-operator Lee Williams, who says he was adopted “from Villalobos Rescue Center” in New Orleans after having been there seven years following rescue from a California fighting ring. “We had applied to other places for a pet, but because we are truck drivers they wouldn’t adopt to us. Thank god Villalobos thought outside of the box.” Gilbert “loves riding…. His forever home is with us.”

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

Find more video from Trucker Josh and his ridealong companion via this link to his video blog’s main page.

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

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

Dispatcher Michael Winton’s staged “scare” with his pickup and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Peterbilt was chronicled in this May post.

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

Melvin Davis’ custom 1988 Freightliner FLD

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

ATBS Christmas spirit

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

10,000th student for B.R.A.K.E.S.; Keeping up a classic 359

10,000 more teen drivers now have been trained on safety around big trucks. Also: Photos of one classic workhorse of a 359.

December 21, 2013

Todd Modderman and BRAKES, photo by John Davison

Split sleeper wishful thinking, redux

Is there hope for a good outcome of FMCSA’s apparent focus on split sleep? Utilize 530-408-6423 to leave a message to contribute to a future podcast on the split-sleep subject.

December 19, 2013

Rear of convertible hopper bottom trailer

Last haul from the Texas pea harvest: Unloading with Cody Blankenship

Photos and reporting from a Bells, Tenn., unload with Cody Blankenship, who sees parking availability as the biggest issue going, despite Jason’s Law. Hours, e-logs compound the problem…

December 17, 2013

Owner-operator Cody Blankenship

Scenes from Wreaths Across America in Nashville

Wreaths were laid in a section of the cemetery devoted to Civil War-era soldiers. Catch a video of the ceremony, as well as several still photos from the day, here.

December 16, 2013

Junior ROTC salute fallen Civil war soldiers at Nashville National Cemetery

Dashcam documents four-wheeler bad behavior

Libby Clayton sent along a harrowing dashcam vid showing one of the more egregious instances of aggressive driving by one of our four-wheeled friends that she’s seen recently.

December 14, 2013

Libby vid screen grab

A final run for Dolphy Dickerson, and an introduction: South TX Truckers for Kids

Rest in peace Dolphy Dickerson, career hauler from W.Va. who lost a battle with cancer Dec. 6. Also: South Texas Truckers pulls Toys for Tots drive in Mission, Texas.

December 12, 2013

Dolphy Dickerson

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Rise of the 'non-domiciled CDL' for non-citizen truck drivers: Safety, rates, security

In Overdrive Radio this week, Executive Editor Alex Lockie and NAPTA's Raman Dhillon both offer perspective on the "non-domiciled CDL" and issues of truck driver training, vetting, and more. Get the inside story on Lockie's July report and the reasons why this little-known license has gained federal attention.

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7-step in-cab workout plan for long-term trucking

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Trucking groups petition EPA to delay 2027 heavy-duty NOx rule

Luke Rethwisch followed in his father's footsteps, winning big at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show inJuly.

18-year old Luke Rethwisch's show-winning '87 Pete 359

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