Life: Page 190

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6 things you should know about napping
For professional drivers, napping can be a critical tool in fatigue management. When you nap and how long you nap can affect the results.
February 2, 2015
The best time to nap is six to eight hours after waking.
Channel 19
One bull hauler’s mid-1980s test
The 1979 Kenworth W900 — pictured above hooked to a 1976 Barrett cattle trailer — is the truck Don Christner was running as a company driver in 1985 when the story below took place. Before that, as a 19-year-old in 1984 he took his maiden turn in the KW for Barger Grain Co. out of Wauneta, […]
February 2, 2015
Don Christner
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Eddie Kilroy anchoring new Freymiller radio station
Kilroy, former longtime host on XM Radio’s “Willie’s Place,” hosts a morning show 8-12 CST for driver call-ins and country music on the carrier’s online radio station.
February 2, 2015
Listeners can tune in via the website and and call in to the live talk show daily from 8am to noon central time by calling 844-4-KILROY (844-454-5769).
Business
20 Best Fleets to Drive For named by TCA, two winners to be named in March
The Truckload Carriers Association in conjunction with CarriersEdge have named 20 trucking companies in North America the Best Fleets to Drive For, based on criteria like pay, benefits and career path.
February 2, 2015
truck highway speed
Parking
Gearing up for MATS
[youtube qY1LlwJxiFU nolink] Truck show season kicks off in March, and it’s all I’m hearing about these days. Apparently, MATS is going to be one heck of a show – we’ve heard from all kinds of people about all kinds of neat stuff that’s going to happen there. I’m going to be brutally honest and […]
February 1, 2015
Business
Responding to apnea/med cert situation, OOIDA crowd-sources doc reviews
The D.O.T. Doc review and search site is live — it’s intended to grow into a resource drivers can use to share their experiences with each other relative to medical examiners around the nation.
January 30, 2015
sleep apnea
Business
The Petri dish of our lives
“We’re heading back out into the cold and flu season Monday….I’ll wash my hands and the alien will slough away illness with his gamma rays. I have a feeling we’ll be traveling through Roswell….”
January 30, 2015
Roswell alien
Custom Rigs
Something out of nothing: Owner-op’s 2000 Peterbilt 379
Dayton, Tenn., resident Calvin Nichols Jr. has put more than 2 million miles on this 2000 Peterbilt 379. Nichols’ dedication and hard work have kept the one-truck business alive through the tough economy, says his girlfriend Marcy Greer.
January 30, 2015
Nichols
Business
Marshall Tucker Band to headline concert at Louisville truck show
The Marshall Tucker Band will play a Mobil Delvac-sponsored concert at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March, the show announced Jan. 29.
January 29, 2015
Marshall-Tucker
Channel 19
Convoy honors Ohio owner-operator Dave Trout
A terminal cancer diagnosis last year stopped owner-operator Dave Trout’s career in its tracks. This weekend, more than 100 truckers showed him the trucking legend he is in their Ohio community.
January 29, 2015
Dave Trout convoy
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Obamacare, round two — progress report as second enrollment period nears end
What’s to consider if you’re uninsured come tax time? Will the Supreme Court derail the bedrock of the ACA? Marc Ballard answers these and other questions here.
January 29, 2015
Obamacare health exchange map
Voices
The champions of the mom-and-pop truck stop
Driver Jeff Barker, with Debra Miller and Todd Ramey, is currently operating a Facebook group dedicated to sharing information on independent mom-and-pop truck stops.
January 28, 2015
Hood’s Family Restaurant and Truck Stop, Bois D’Arc, Mo.
Parking
Be part of the problem, or part of the solution – your choice
There’s another video going around – this time of a guy peeing in the parking lot, in broad daylight, at a facility that clearly has public restrooms close. I’m sent at least one of these videos a week, or see them on other trucking pages. I don’t repost them, I don’t share them. I don’t […]
January 28, 2015
arking lot meme
Business
Sharing a birthday with Romans, Stan Brown, maintenance worry …
“Transportation of freight is the Kevin Bacon of the world – you can loosely tie it to almost anything.” A happy birthday wish to all who share the 25th, from one among you…
January 25, 2015
George leaving the baby behind…
Business
Worry warts need not apply
On the long road, “I’m only horrified about half of the time. The rest of the time is an adventure I look forward to and appreciate, unless it involves signs with pictures of scorpions on them posted inside the public restrooms. Thanks, Arizona.”
January 23, 2015
Not very inviting…
Voices
If the ‘sky is falling’ with sleep apnea: What about when ‘it lands and nothing really happens?’
“Nothing seems to address the situation where it has been a symptom, has been tested, and is being treated successfully.” –Dan Tucker on needed apnea coverage; FMCSA says two-year certification up to the examiner
January 22, 2015
2014 polling on apnea treatment incidence
Business
FMCSA bulletin on sleep apnea reiterates regs, ‘encourages’ examiners on treatment, screening
Facing widespread criticism over its examiners’/training organizations’ muddled approach to apnea in medical certification, and hamstrung by Congress, FMCSA attempts to settle the record on apnea regs with bulletin….
January 21, 2015
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Business
Fleecing the importance of real clothes
“What you do inside your truck is your business. There’s a reason ‘I ain’t got no panties on’ is still whispered lasciviously on the CB. It’s probably true.” Once you get out of it, it’s a different story…
January 21, 2015
pajama pants with skulls
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FMCSA's new National Consumer Complaint Database page has nine categories of complaints to file, including one for freight brokers.
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FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update
FMCSA gives its National Consumer Complaint Database whistleblower portal an "overdue tech upgrade" it's calling "a win" for truck drivers and carriers as it gets easier to report bad brokers.
Oberman Logistics owner Wes Oberman's personal truck is this Kenworth T680 -- purchased to replace a lower-fuel-mileage 2020 389 that powered his maiden voyage in trucking as an owner-operator. He's getting 10 mpg now, and providing a reliable home for leased owners has the fleet up to 11 trucks as of August.
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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?
It's taken less than a decade for small fleet owner Derrick Wolfe to grow his New York-based food grade tanker-haul business from one truck to 21 company drivers, seven owner-operators and 10 non-driving employees.
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Derrick Wolfe has built a 'sweet' business in New York's Finger Lakes region
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