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Life: Page 174

Business
PeopleNet renews Trucker Buddy’s school grant program
Trucker Buddy International has announced PeopleNet has agreed to renew its sponsorship for the School Supply Program, which offers grants totaling $6,000 for Trucker Buddy classrooms.
August 27, 2015
Trucker Buddy announced PeopleNet has renewed the School Supply Program, which offers grants for teachers paired with drivers in the Trucker Buddy program.
Business
Mobile mammogram unit available free to GATS attendees
The Landstar Fit for the Road Health and Wellness Pavilion at the Great American Trucking Show is offering numerous services to help truckers and GATS attendees learn healthy habits.
August 27, 2015
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Big John Drury — aka the ‘dancing trucker’ — heads up health effort at GATS
At the Great American Trucking Show, as he explains this video, trucker Big John Drury has partnered with Progressive Commercial to spread the message of health through dance.
August 27, 2015
6’7″ Cincinnati-based trucker and dancer Big John Drury
Custom Rigs
PHOTOS: Sneak peek at the restored Evel Knievel Mack haul rig on the GATS show floor
Catch a few sneak-peek images of the classic 1974 Mack haul rig from the show floor before GATS opened in the gallery here. The rig is on display in the Mack Trucks booth.
August 27, 2015
Evel Knievel full-display rig
Custom Rigs
Great American Trucking Show starts Thursday: Here’s how to follow it on Overdrive
Overdrive will be covering the show every step of the way, both online on OverdriveOnline.com and live on social media channels. Here’s how you can keep up.
August 26, 2015
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Business
Data isn’t real, even on Star Trek
“A plumber can’t tell a lawyer how to do his job any better than that same lawyer can tell a trucker how to do theirs.”
August 26, 2015
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Truck Stops
Love’s kicks off campaign to raise money for children’s hospitals
Love’s Travel Stops kicked off its annual campaign Tuesday to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
August 25, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Renegade trucker’s ’00 W900L, with full YouTube episode detailing haul
This blue 2000 Kenworth W900L is owned and operated by Livingston, Montana, resident Nick Richards, who uses the rig to haul heavy equipment and ag machinery for his Renegade Trucking Inc. More on the haul here, including a full YouTube webisode.
August 25, 2015
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Business
Mariners-themed Kenworth to help raise money for children’s literacy program
A Kenworth T880 52-inch sleeper truck with a special Seattle Mariners theme will be part of a Paccar fundraising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program in Seattle.
August 24, 2015
A Kenworth T880 52-inch sleeper truck with a special Seattle Mariners theme will be part of a Paccar fund-raising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program in Seattle. The event will take place Tuesday, Aug. 25, before the 7:10 p.m. Mariners home game against the Oakland Athletics.
Business
Food Cowboy grows ways to reduce waste
The Food Cowboy group, founded by a produce hauler, continues to grow unique ways to alleviate waste and hunger in the United States, with new developments and liaisons strengthening the mission.
August 24, 2015
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Business
Joanne’s Journey: Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner overcomes hurdles to set a standard for trucking’s image
“You are the most beautiful trucker I’ve ever seen,” said a bashful driver to Joanne Fatta while they were fueling at a truck stop. Fatta laughed and asked him when he had last seen a woman trucker. He couldn’t recall. Fatta says being able to play a small part in redefining the stereotype truck driver […]
August 24, 2015
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Business
Get it right, Howard
Wendy on former Transport Topics editor Howard Abramson’s recent “Trucks are killing us” editorial: “Highway safety can’t be delegated to one group only, and lack of it can’t be faulted to just one.”
August 23, 2015
“Outta my way, I got places to go, people to kill. “
Channel 19
AxleOutPro ups the ante for Trucker Talent Search participants — and a new Keith Sampson vid
The winner of the talent search will receive a professional recording and video production care of AxleOutPro, much like 2014 winner Keith Sampson’s own work on his new video/song, released here.
August 21, 2015
Launched around a year ago in 2014, the AxleOutPro service, available via AxleOutPro.com, helps users determine the most fuel-efficient trailer-axle and fifth-wheel positions, among other things, “with one trip to the scale.” Find them on Facebook via this link.
Business
Countdown to GATS initiated
“Dallas is the pinnacle when it comes to truck shows, Texas-sized and with that old-money glitz and charm The Big D exudes. … An awesome thing to see.”
August 21, 2015
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Life
Learn healthy habits while attending GATS
To help truck drivers develop ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle, the 2015 Great American Trucking Show features the Landstar Fit For the Road Health and Wellness Pavilion.
August 21, 2015
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Parking
National Coalition on Truck Parking formed, results of Jason’s Law parking study released
DOT reps and stakeholder groups have signed a pledge of commitment to a newly created National Coalition on Truck Parking.
August 21, 2015
Survey results noted that 37 U.S. states confirmed a shortage of available parking within their borders. Problems are widespread, “observed in regions with high populations and population densities, along major freight corridors carrying inter-regional commerce, and in locations associated with ports and manufacturing centers,” the Jason’s Law Truck Parking Survey’s results note. Find a link to it below.
Business
New ways to follow Overdrive: Find us on Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope
Overdrive invites you to follow us on Instagram, Snapchat and Periscope.
August 20, 2015
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Business
Michigan woman allegedly stealing from truckers at truck stops
The Washtenaw County Sherriff’s office near Ann Arbor, Michigan is warning truckers that a woman has been sneaking into truck cabs and stealing items while the drivers are asleep inside.
August 20, 2015
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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.
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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.
Milk tanker-hauling Turnage & Sons LLC operates 29 trucks out of Tylertown, Mississippi, moving organic milk from dairies in region out to Georgia, Texas, Florida and elsewhere. Pictured above, with some of the company's equipment and logo, is father-son duo Robbie (left) and Levi Turnage, representing fourth and fifth generations in milk.
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