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Life: Page 182

Business
Crete driver offers aid at scene of fatal crash
The Truckload Carriers Association recently named Brian Puff, a driver for Crete Carrier Corporation, as a TCA Highway Angel for stopping at the scene of a fatal accident.
April 17, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Checking in with ChampTruck competitor Allen Boles on his small fleet’s prep for upcoming truck races
Jupiter Enterprises’ owner, manager and driver Allen Boles has been hard at work prepping his 15-truck fleet’s two Peterbilt entrants for the upcoming Meritor ChampTruck World Series truck races, which kick off later this month at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. I had the chance this week to talk to Susan Boles, Allen’s sister, about […]
April 17, 2015
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Notes on Miami
ā€œLast week I learned that I don’t care much for Miami.ā€ Diamond in the rough: the Mobil station on state road 997 in Krome has one of the best cheese-steaks around. …
April 17, 2015
Best cheese steak sandwich in Florida, and possibly the world — Krome, Florida.
Business
Josh Abbott Band to play at Iowa 80’s Walcott Jamboree in July
The Josh Abbott Band will perform at the 36th Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree this summer.
April 15, 2015
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Business
Do the right thing
The ā€œyou drive your truck, I’ll drive mineā€ attitude isn’t helping anyone.
April 15, 2015
Firebird Camaro meme
Business
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful contest voting ends Wednesday
More than 85 nominees makes this year’s group the most numerous yet.
April 14, 2015
Emily Weymouth and Maggie Stone
Pride & Polish
Take a 360-degree video tour through the 75 Chrome Shop
Shot with Landstar-leased owner-operator George Parker’s GoPro, the video’s a neat view on the location of the first-of-the-season Overdrive’s Pride & Polish event, upcoming April 24-26.
April 14, 2015
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Business
Lawler set to begin third Highway Angel Truck Stop Tour
Recording artist and Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler will kick off her third Highway Angel Truck Stop Tour on April 22.
April 14, 2015
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Custom Rigs
PHOTOS: OMG so much chrome!
En route to Miami, George and Wendy stop off for a preview of the 75 Chrome Shop, the location of the first Pride & Polish event of the season in a week or two.
April 12, 2015
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Business
Science doesn’t lie
ā€œI propose that all the people who think it’s a good idea to further castrate the big diesel engine should have to drive a governed truck in full-on bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic around Atlanta on 285, where the median speed is ā€˜balls to the wall.'ā€
April 10, 2015
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Channel 19
Introducing: Overdrive’s Dashcam Central for driver video shares
ā€œWe hope this new section of Overdrive’s website will grow into a repository of reader-submitted rolling-video work (such as with a mounted GoPro camera) and dashcam clips that show compelling events.ā€
April 9, 2015
Independent Brad Willis uses a Blue Tiger video camera on the windshield of his Freightliner Columbia. “You can set it for the amount of force needed to make it record,” he explains. Otherwise, “it will record in a loop on a mini-SD card,” saving over its
Life
Knight of the Road: Driver saves woman having a roadside heart attack
Truck operator Vijaydeep Sahasi kept a woman who had a heart attack alive for 30 minutes while waiting on responders. Here’s his story
April 8, 2015
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Business
A goofy back is no joke
ā€œAt some point during my transitional truck packing from winter clothes and MATS paraphernalia to summer clothes and Wildwood paraphernalia, I wrenched my back. I hate to admit it, but I’m falling apart.ā€
April 8, 2015
Lurch meme
Business
Brenner tank trailer on the small screen
Brenner brand tank trailers will be featured in an episode of the ā€œHow It’s Madeā€ TV series premiering Thursday, April 9, at 9 p.m. Eastern on the cable Science Channel.
April 7, 2015
The “How It’s Made” crew filming at a Brenner manufacturing facility.
Custom Rigs
Rush, Mobil Delvac saluting truckers at this weekend’s NASCAR race
Rush Truck Centers and ExxonMobil will be saluting truckers leading up to this weekend’s race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Chevrolet SS will feature a special truck-focused paint scheme. And his hauler is featured in two separate recognition videos.
April 7, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Truckers, start your engines: The Meritor ChampTruck World Series is bringing truck racing back to the U.S.
The new Meritor ChampTruck World Series, which will bring a true big-rig racing circuit back to the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years,Ā will pit roughly a dozen trucks in 10 races nationwide this year.
April 6, 2015
Racers staged at the Le Mans Speedway in Le Mans, France, for one of the heats in the Truck Race Organization’s 2014 series finale. TRO, the European-based truck racing circuit, was the model for ChampTruck’s format.
Business
Let’s wear white shoes and eat ham
Here’s a happy Easter from the Parkers. ā€œEaster represents everything good to me…. Did I mention ham?
April 5, 2015
Happy Easter ham
Business
ā€˜Fury by association’ therapy
ā€œWe met a broker this past week at MATS, and he absolutely confirmed that all brokers aren’t badā€ — Wendy hangs on to some of her sparkle.
April 3, 2015
Don’t lose your sparkle.
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