Life: Page 164

Truckers do see the strangest things

Sound off: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen on the road? For Wendy, there’s no doubt: Among the professions in her past, trucking brings the most when it comes to weirdness.

January 8, 2016

My only personal Bigfoot sighting

Alabama driver named Highway Angel for helping search for missing baby

An Alabama truck driver has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for searching for a missing baby after the mother’s car wrecked into a creek.

January 6, 2016

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When new is already broken

(Alert: Conspiracy theory ahead) Wendy: FMCSA is out for the truck manufacturers too? FMCSA added dents with “an ELD exemption on trucks that are year model 1999 or older.”

January 6, 2016

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U.S. Postal Service unveils truck stamp designs

International Harvester, Ford and Chevrolet are among classic pickup truck makers whose models are to be celebrated this year in a special line of postage stamps.

January 5, 2016

Part of its 1930s D line of pickups, the 1938 International Harvester D-2 had a distinct barrel-shaped grille, and its elegant styling mirrored the look of luxury automobiles of the era. © 2016 USPS

Put down your hay forks and listen to how silly this sounds

Quit talking, start doing -- "The parking issue is not insurmountable, but it will require action instead of surveys, data collection, and general messing around."

January 4, 2016

Mindless mobs need not apply.

Another medical certification cautionary tale: Eric Toms’ cancelled CDL privileges

Eric Toms’ medical certification lapsed by just one week early in 2015 — late in the year, when he went to renew his CDL, he found it had been cancelled, without word one from the DMV.

January 1, 2016

Two of Toms’ dump trucks — he’s a “third-generation dump truck owner in Maryland,” he says.

Paul Marhoefer’s ‘God and God Alone’

The song from trucker-songwriter Marhoefer in part tells the story of a trucking accident that was a near-total-disaster for him and his young family.

January 1, 2016

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Here’s the story of a couple named Parker

Wendy hopes for a Happy New Year from within the 20th year of marriage to George Parker. So far, “it’s been a blast, even with a truck.” Meanwhile, George’s annual video wrap-up is here.

January 1, 2016

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N.C. driver named TCA Highway Angel for second time

Marcus Beam has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for the second time in his professional driving career.

December 31, 2015

What missed the cut for 2016

Sometimes, making resolutions is hard: On shedding the right ones for a successful, productive year — and more.

December 30, 2015

Chris Dinsdale presents ‘Huge Roadtrains of Northwest Australia’

GoPro view through the windscreen of a Kenworth K100 looking at massive roadtrains in the North West of Australia.

December 29, 2015

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Comdata launches hotel network for drivers

The Comdata Hotel Network, powered by CLC Lodging, allows trucking carriers and drivers to manage and reduce the costs related to hotel stays.

December 28, 2015

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2048 is our year

“Unfortunately, we’ll be 87 and 88 years old by then, and probably won’t be able to enjoy the island Dennis Mintling says we’ll own. That’s OK, I’m not sure I could handle the pressure of owning anything bigger than a truck.”

December 28, 2015

Dennis Mintling (left), seed for truck stop legends

Merry Christmas from the Parker Family (for real this time)

A heartfelt Merry Christmas from Wendy and the Parkers: “Truckers are the silent Santa every day of the year, and the general public may not realize it, but we do, and we thank you.”

December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas from the Parker family.

Is ‘The Princess and the Peterbilt’ the wrong perception?

“I don’t think people gawk at female drivers any more than they gawk at male drivers who insist on wearing shiny track suits three sizes too small — it all depends on how you present yourself, male or female.”

December 23, 2015

“If you haven’t see a dude wearing one of these in Spokane, you’ve never been there.”

‘Santa was a trucker’ — and more music for the Christmas holiday

A little music for the Christmas holiday — including Erich McMann’s new single, “Santa Was a Trucker” — and readers’ named top Christmas song.

December 23, 2015

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Overlooked video gem reveals a bygone trucking era

“On the boulevard” shows owner-operators talking about their struggles to survive, being apart from their families, taking pride in running without authority and dodging scales.

December 23, 2015

Jobie Vaden is among drivers featured in “On the boulevard.” © Lynn Adler

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When filmmakers hit the road with 1970s owner-operators

After interviewing drivers at a late 1970s truck show, the film collective Optic Nerve spent six weeks crossing the country to record drivers for a 30-minute documentary.

December 21, 2015

jules and optic nerve crew CROPPED

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Four fleets represented by the pictures above will square off in the final round of the Small Fleet Championship for the title belt in their respective categories October 23, 2025, at the annual NASTC conference in Nashville, Tennessee.

Turnage, TFX, Oberman, Clifford Hay advance to Small Fleet Champ final round

Turnage & Sons LLC, Thomasville Furniture Xpress, Oberman Logistics and Clifford Hay Inc. -- all are mastering the fine arts of trucking-biz management in myriad ways. Two Small Fleet Champs among these finalists will walk away with the title belts at NASTC's annual conference Oct. 23 in Nashville.

Turnage & Sons strikes balance with 29-truck organic milk-haul fleet

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'Light it up': Restored '90s W9, million-mile Pete 389 keep milk-haul fleet rolling

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'Foreign driver capacity' hit incoming? Fleets watch, as owner-op income back on a slow rise

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