Tim and Heidi Morris

Dec 26, 2018

Submitted by Tim and Heidi Morris

'I will not idle, ever': Adapting old-school ways to prevent emissions fails

Part 2 of our series honoring Trucker of the Year John Penn offers detail on his approach to maintenance, customer service and much more, from an experiment to extend drains in his 2019 unit to his idling attitude -- old-school, certainly, yet delivering new-school emissions confidence.

A video posted by the suspected 'chameleon carrier' ring at the center of this investigation shows a little tutorial on how the carriers quickly switch DOT numbers.

FMCSA investigating chameleon carrier network after deadly Indiana crash

Missouri dealer's incredible 2016 Peterbilt 389, rebuilt from the bare frame

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DOT calls out Utah for lapses in non-domiciled CDL issuance

Custom 1968 Peterbilt 358A made with parts 'built, borrowed and begged-for': Showdown champ

'I will not idle, ever': Adapting old-school ways to prevent emissions fails

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Tim and Heidi Morris

Resurrecting the Rubber Duck's classic 1970 Mack RS700

'I will not idle, ever': Adapting old-school ways to prevent emissions fails

FMCSA investigating chameleon carrier network after deadly Indiana crash

Missouri dealer's incredible 2016 Peterbilt 389, rebuilt from the bare frame

DOT calls out Utah for lapses in non-domiciled CDL issuance

Custom 1968 Peterbilt 358A made with parts 'built, borrowed and begged-for': Showdown champ

'I will not idle, ever': Adapting old-school ways to prevent emissions fails