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Mar 1, 2010

Truckers News Senior Editor Todd Dills is the author of a novel, Sons of the Rapture, and blogs daily at www.overdriveonline.com/channel19. Write him at tdills@rrpub.com or http://twitter.com/channel19todd.

Answering for an industry

Owner-operator gets his advocacy legs via truck maker’s promotional program

When Perkins Specialized leased owner-operator Dick McCorkle found out in February 2008 that he’d been recommended as a potential candidate to receive a brand-new Freightliner Cascadia for a sort of long-term test-drive that is the truck maker’s Slice of Life program (

Troy Massey's 'Lot Rot' Peterbilt 389

Massey and team rescued the rig from the lot of his Nacogdoches, Texas-based Massey Motor Freight. The heavily-customized 2014 Pete has seen four phases of custom work to date, with a fifth on the way for 2023, Massey said.

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., at night

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree delivered to Washington, D.C.

FMCSA needs a 'cop on the block' fighting brokered-freight fraud

Diesel selling at $2 above the price of regular unleaded gas

Why is diesel getting so much more expensive than gasoline?

Garmin Dezl Truck Navigator

ELD mandate and rising crash rates -- cause or just correlation?

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