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Life: Page 160
Business
I’ll gladly install you Tuesday, for a hamburger today
Wendy on the cable install from your-know-where: “Sometimes, people just don’t understand about the ‘away from home’ stuff,” and it gets worse.
January 29, 2016
Business
When in doubt, change it out
With flatbed freight volume in the tank, George moves back to the old stand-by: “I’m going to pick up a van. I dropped my flatbed off for inspection and I’m picking up a van.”
January 27, 2016
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Study: More home time and off time boosts driver pay and mileage
A study published this week by driver recruiting and retention firm Stay Metrics reveals that truck operator mileage sees a jump when carriers allow them to take requested time off from work.
January 27, 2016
Business
They used to call me ‘Mudslinger’
How Arkansas-based Tammy Reed earned her handle change from ‘Mudslinger’ to ‘Cat Killer.’
January 26, 2016
Business
David Stout presents ‘Car loses control in front of my 18-wheeler in Ky.’
Looks like safe speeds in wet conditions saved operator Stout from a potential collision as a four-wheeler lost traction and ended up with its headlights pointed in Stout’s direction in the lane ahead.
January 25, 2016
Business
Owner-operator couple nominated to be Outstanding Trucker Buddies
Rusty and Shari Ann Fry, owner-operators leased to Landstar, have been nominated to become Outstanding Trucker Buddies through the Trucker Buddy program.
January 22, 2016
Business
Is that you, Bill?
“Break one nine, this here’s The Scribe. You got a Care Bear lookin for ya at the 132, he’s got a portable barnyard and a baaad attitude, come on.” That’s me, in my dreams, being all fluent and cool on the CB. Reality would be more like, “Hey guys, there’s a DOT cop back there […]
January 22, 2016
Business
Michael Kimball presents ‘Another impatient four-wheeler.’
A view from Kimball’s dashcam of yet another “impatient four-wheeler passing me on the shoulder in Columbia, Mo.”
January 22, 2016
Business
Use downtime to take a few walks each day, TCA recommends in driver health webinar
The Truckload Carriers Association hosted a webinar Thursday to discuss its new driver health and wellness program, TCA Wellness powered by Rolling Strong.
January 22, 2016
Trucker Talent Search
Overdrive accepting submissions for annual singing trucker contest
Back for a third year, Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search is looking for truckers who love to sing.
January 21, 2016
Voices
Runaway truck!
A Rocky Mountains disaster averted by quick thinking, teamwork and a little luck — driver Don Christner’s retelling of a hair-raising moment on Colorado’s Loveland Pass: “no runaway truck ramps, no gaurdrails, no shoulders and no do-overs.”
January 21, 2016
Business
If you post it, they will see it
“The Internet never turns off. Once you put that post out there, it’s available 24/7, and even if you edit it as time goes on, or delete it completely, that initial moment is frozen there forever.”
January 20, 2016
Channel 19
Aaron Tippin, Tony Justice: Behind the music video with Chris Fiffie
Big Rig Videos’ Chris Fiffie, out from behind his camera during filming of footage set to become his music video for Tony Justice/Aaron Tippin’s collaboration on “Brothers of the Highway,” title track from Justice’s upcoming record.
January 19, 2016
Life
Iron trucker Nathan Bugg’s health transformation
After he made a bet with his brother that he could finish a marathon, trucker Nathan Bugg has come a long way from 265 lbs. and out of shape. His most recent accomplishment: the Arizona Iron Man triathlon last November.
January 19, 2016
Life
Driver named Highway Angel after saving man in cardiac arrest
Joseph Wiggins, a driver for Phillip Williams & Sons out of Plant City, Fla., has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for saving a man in cardiac arrest.
January 18, 2016
Business
So, what’s for dinner?
“I saw box freight running for more than three dollars a mile the other day. When we had a box that was the running rate for flatbed and we were eating $1.90/mile… Grass is always greener, yaddah yaddah…”
January 17, 2016
Business
Crowd-sourcing load/unload location info with Trelp
Information available to access or add within Trelp includes the location of nearby parking, precise directions to and around the facility, location of unmarked low clearances, contact person at facilities and more.
January 15, 2016
Business
Power Ball fantasies for the road-weary
“Remember, money doesn’t buy happiness, but it’s sure more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than it is a Pinto.”
January 15, 2016
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