Life: Page 106

If we’d all known then what we know now

The platitudes of life and trucking, filtered through the wisdom of the Blind Seer: “Your heart will grow weary. Home is so far away sometimes, it’s physically painful to think about it. But the same road that takes you away brings you back, and salvation is yours for the taking. God bless the truckers.”

February 25, 2018

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Highway Justice finale: A blown cover threatens to ruin human trafficking sting

In the final episode of the Highway Justice series, trucker Jake and undercover agent Lena appear powerless as traffickers dodge an FBI bust.

February 23, 2018

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Truckers Against Trafficking launches new campaign aimed at eliminating demand for prostitution

The new “Man to Man Campaign” asks truck drivers one question – “why don’t you purchase commercial sex?” The answers to that questions from truckers are the forefront of the campaign and will be used on TAT’s website, on social media pages and on banners at speaking engagements across the U.S.

February 22, 2018

These boots were made for sitting down, in a comfy chair

As a busy show season looms for George and Wendy and the yet-to-be-unveiled custom rebuild of their ’04 Freightliner Coronado, Wendy talks a year’s rest and her recent tough training regimen. “Sometimes, preparing for change is hard. And I’ve spent the last year pretty much sitting around on my big ol’ butt, being comfortable and getting soft…”

February 21, 2018

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Highway Justice, Episode 9: Brakefield tries to break loose and phone help — as a brutal punishment looms

In the penultimate episode of the Highway Justice serial graphic, trucker Jake Brakefield — who’s being held in captive in his truck by a crazed mob boss’s enforcer — slips out of his duct tape cuffs and tries to call for help before it’s too late.

February 20, 2018

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Updating the info on Dock411

Enhancements to the Dock411 app for crowd-sourcing/vetting shipper and receiver dock and other info are coming at MATS 2018.

February 20, 2018

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You can ‘plan’ on making my eye twitch

“Things that make my eye twitch, for a thousand, Alex,” including recent articles about shippers “falling all to pieces because they’re having a hard time getting freight covered during the post-ELD adjustment period. … They should have planned better.”

February 16, 2018

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Bring your nap mat, but don’t worry about the driving experience

Uber’s ride-hailing app gets all DOT on its drivers: “The professionally-licensed career drivers know the dangers on the road and making a bunch of Ubers take a nap isn’t going to increase safety nearly as much as training and education” could …

February 15, 2018

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Highway Justice Episode 8: Brakefield’s sting operation uncovered, mob enforcer preps for brutal punishment

After trucker Jake Brakefield’s cover was blown in a sting operation meant to take down a human smuggling ring, a brutal punishment could await…

February 15, 2018

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Mack-backed ‘Born Ready’ album, tour upcoming for country singer Steve Moakler

Moakler created the album's title song, "Born Ready," in partnership with Mack Trucks.

February 15, 2018

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Coffee purchases at Pilot Flying J stops benefit American Heart Association

PFJ gives drivers five ways to donate to the campaign, which include buying a special 16-ounce cup of coffee, rounding up purchases at the register, buying a paper heart and more.

February 13, 2018

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Who knew infrastructure would be so hard?

“You can put lipstick on a pig, but you can’t make it drink.” Let’s try that again: “We can’t keep stitching together the sow’s ear of an infrastructure and expect trillion-dollar silk purse outcomes.”

February 12, 2018

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Highway Justice, Episode 7: Mishap blows Brakefield’s cover, jeopardizes his mission — and his life

In an attempt to take down a human trafficking ring, trucker Jake Brakefield’s undercover mission goes awry, leaving him him trapped with a heavy-handed enforcer.

February 12, 2018

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Overdrive Radio

BigRigTravels.com turns 10: A talk with Stephen Michaels, long-haul proprietor

In this latest edition of Overdrive Radio, Stephen Michaels talks about his informal ambassadorship from the trucking world to the motoring public via his BigRigTravels.com live-feed webcam, which has yielded plenty individual dividends in motorist education and a turn in the perception of trucking.

February 9, 2018

‘That’s what family does’: Driver Ronald Miller on the way back to health

The story of trucker Ronald Miller, left with partial paralysis after complications from flu back in December — he’s soon to be recuperating at home thanks in part to a couple of trucking-specific organizations.

February 9, 2018

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C.R. England making food bank donation for every load delivered

At the time of delivery, each driver will designate which of 19 food banks nationwide to direct the donation. Additionally, both companies will hold fundraising events throughout the year. The public is also invited to donate to the company’s One initiative.

February 9, 2018

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Sikhism at a glance: A religion transported

Outlining basic tenants of the Sikh religion, with roots in 15th-century India.

February 9, 2018

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Mintu Pandher’s small fleet success in fuel hauling, truck-stop ownership

Small fleet owner Mintu Pandher, who came to the U.S. with his parents in 1999, followed the growth in oil drilling into independence as an owner-operator. His Akal Energy small fleet grew fairly quickly over several years with contracts with some fuel providers, running out of Laramie, Wyo.

February 8, 2018

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

Follow along with 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber as he walks you through his in-cab workout routine, designed to combat common OTR aches and pains. His seven-exercise routine takes just 20 minutes and requires minimal equipment.

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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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How truck and engine OEs might approach EPA's new DEF-derate guidance

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