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January 3, 2018
Business
The decline of human civilization began with ‘safety concerns’
“Hey y’all, guess what? You can pump your own gasoline in Oregon now. Legally, even.” … How ‘safety’ was used to justify retention of the self-service ban over the years …
January 3, 2018
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CVSA driver-of-the-year nomination deadline Jan. 12
Fewer than two weeks remain before the deadline for the 2018 International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA) program conducted by the trucking industry/enforcement partnership that is the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Nomination packets must be received by next Friday, Jan. 12, CVSA emphasizes.
January 3, 2018
Business
This year’s mammoth Christmas-tree haul to St. Peter’s Square, across the pond
Wonder how the mammoth 82-foot spruce that served as a Christmas tree this year on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican got to its destination? This pictorial, from reps of the Belgian Faymonville trailer manufacturer, tells the story.
January 2, 2018
Voices
POLL: Where are your family’s roots — in the U.S. or outside it?
Do your roots in the United States reach back multiple generations or fewer? Share your experience/history in this poll.
January 2, 2018
Business
Unmentioned but not unappreciated
Here’s to those who didn’t make the printed stories of 2017. The people too weird or fleeting to create an entire post around, the folks I probably would have never seen or experienced without travel and trucking, but the very people who make this whole thing interesting …
January 1, 2018
Business
Is it business as usual in the grocery world?
Mixed bag of reports coming from groceries around the country in the middle of this holiday week — are empty shelves a result of the ELD mandate or the “perfect storm” of holiday freight pressures? … A little analysis here, and: What are you seeing?
December 29, 2017
Business
Things to leave behind in 2017
The phrases “driver shortage,” “level playing field” and a variety of other trucking bugaboos. “Be happy we don’t all ‘get on the same level,’ and quit saying that. …”
December 27, 2017
Custom Rigs
Bandit Series adds Wisconsin, Minnesota dates to round out 2018 schedule
The recently announced tracks include La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in La Cross, Wis., on July 28, and Elko Speedway in Elko, Minn., on Aug. 25.
December 26, 2017
Business
Merry Christmas, feel free to sing along
A merry Christmas from Wendy and the rest of the Parker family.
December 24, 2017
Life
Sled operating under Elves Trucking back in operation — just in time for year’s most important run
A roadside inspection entanglement involving a peculiar elf — and his peculiar load — was back in service in the nick of time. Details here on Elves Trucking’s run-in with a DOT officer…
December 24, 2017
Business
The other side of the ELD pancake
“It’s been a rough week for some, but just like Dr. Phil says, ‘There’s always another side to the pancake, no matter how thin it is.'”
December 22, 2017
Business
Trucking delivers toys, charity
Details on two companies’ holiday donation drives — Transervice Logistics’ decades-running toy drive and CFI’s longstanding Truckloads of Treasure campaign.
December 21, 2017
Business
Hip, hip hurrah or hip replacement?
“I got my first AARP card in the mail this week. It only costs me $16 a year to officially prove I’m old. Life’s been good to me so far.”
December 21, 2017
Business
Truckers still have time to finish Christmas shopping online
Truckers can still order last-minute gifts delivered by Christmas or arrange in-store pickup through Christmas Eve.
December 19, 2017
Business
Thin the herd without churning the masses
“Driver shortage” explored, again: “There are finally a few brilliant folks out in “mainstream news” land who have begun peeling away skin on the “obvious onion” in trucking and started mentioning the fact that being paid has a lot to do with wanting to stick with a job.”
December 18, 2017
Business
Trucker wins $4M in lottery
Mark Clark, 47, from South Rockwood southwest of Detroit, made a fuel delivery to the 127 Party Store in Hudson, Michigan Friday, Dec. 15, and as usual bought a scratch-off ticket. It was a winner, landing him $4 million.
December 18, 2017
Business
Things you don’t like to think about, but need to
“No one wants to think about the implications of losing a loved one, especially when that loved one may be far away from home when they pass.” But think about it they do — the good news is there’s an organization working to put itself out of business by encouraging a paradigm shift in how carriers and drivers think about the risk.
December 15, 2017
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