Life: Page 200

Edgar, beware

In which Wendy meets Edgar Hansen of the “Deadliest Catch” series: “Sometimes, meeting people you love to watch on television is hard.”

August 31, 2014

Edgar Hansen on phone

Roadkill diaries: Armadillo zombies

“I stop bothering with variety in roadkill during the stretch between San Antonio and Laredo. Everything is shriveled up and blows away about an hour after it’s hit. The only thing that remains intact enough to recognize is – you guessed it – armadillos.”

August 29, 2014

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Rolling Strong partners with owner-op association

Trucking wellness program Rolling Strong announced this week it has partnered with the American Association of Owner-Operators to help AAOO members work toward better health.

August 28, 2014

Best of GATS: Pride & Polish champs, Most Beautiful crowning, biz strategy, software highlight 2014 show

The 2014 Great American Trucking Show was held last week and hosted the country’s most prestigious show truck competition, equipment displays, educational seminars for owner-operators, live entertainment and more. Here’s a rundown of some highlights.

August 28, 2014

Mike Lemley’s 2000 Peterbilt 379 won Best of Show, Working Bobtail

Petition circulated on “right to carry” for driver self-defense

A new “right to carry” petition is being circulated by SBTC’s James Lamb. It’s collecting signatures in an attempt to demonstrate that there’s support for easing many interstate drivers’ ability to legally travel with firearms.

August 28, 2014

In this linked story probing gun-control issues in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut in 2012, 91 percent of readers favored either the status quo or fewer restrictions on ownership.

Radio check from under the ice bucket; And a two-wheeler’s salute

In which Channel 19 writer Todd Dills accepts a couple of ice-bucket challenges, and issues a couple more — and a long-distance highway cyclist delivers a big salute to the pros he shares the road with.

August 28, 2014

Just say no to stupid

Wendy reacts to images posted to Facebook from a driver rolling with his feet on the dash, eating watermelon, no hands, etc…: “When he starts posting pictures to social media of himself doing phenomenally stupid and dangerous things, he involves every single driver on the road.”

August 27, 2014

You’re not getting a pedicure, you’re driving a commercial vehicle. Believe it or not, there’s a difference.

I-495 Christina River Bridge reopened to all traffic

Delaware DOT quietly reopened the northbound lanes of the formerly tilting I-495 bridge over the Christina River on Saturday, August 23.

August 26, 2014

NBC Philadelphia photo of I-495 workers

Kenworth T880 promotes literacy

This Kenworth T880 features a 52-inch sleeper and a special Seattle Mariners theme — Aug. 26, it plays a part in a Paccar fund-raising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program in Seattle.

August 26, 2014

Seattle Mariners-themed Kenworth T880

PHOTOS: TAT’s “Freedom Drivers Project” trailer

A pictorial tour through Truckers Against Trafficking “mobile empathy display,” the drop van that houses its traveling exhibit highlighted the sex-trafficking problem — and what truckers are doing about it.

August 26, 2014

The ‘Real life trucking hero’

To recognize truckers, Progressive brings back its third annual contest, having launched at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas; anyone can now nominate a trucker through September 30.

August 26, 2014

You can enter a driver or yourself into this year”s Real Life Trucking Hero contest via Progressive’s website for the contest.

The six-headed maintenance monster

Wendy works at purging the truck-maintenance demons: “One of the mechanics stuck his head in the bunk, probably to see what kind of injured animal George had in there: ‘Uh, Miss Wendy, can I do anything for you?'”

August 25, 2014

Precious maintained edit (800x621)

Checking in with independent Cody Blankenship at GATS

Waco, Texas-based independent owner-operator Cody Blankenship brings the family to GATS — what’s he been up to lately? Update here…

August 23, 2014

We caught up with Cody Blankenship at GATS with his wife and 4- and 6-year-old daughters at the Delo booth.

Starting off the day right: TSG’s GATS Health Walk

The Trucking Solutions Group conducted its annual GATS Health Awareness Walk this morning, Aug. 23, with a sizable group of participants and a cool finish with Baylor Trucking’s ALS ice-bucket challenge.

August 23, 2014

Jeff Clark walking

Swiftwick compression sock to be sold in Pilot Flying J truck stops

“A compression sock ought to be a part of the uniform of every single fleet.” –Swiftwick CEO Mark Cleveland on the long-term health benefits of compression socks. He commended Pilot Flying J for “recognizing it as a driver health initiative.”

August 23, 2014

“A compression sock ought to be a part of the uniform of every single fleet.” –Swiftwick CEO Mark Cleveland on the long-term health benefits of compression socks. He commended Pilot Flying J for “recognizing it as a driver health initiative.”

Trucker Talent Search

Keith Sampson named Trucker Talent Search winner at GATS

Keith Sampson was named winner of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search Aug. 22 by judges at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

August 22, 2014

Keith Sampson performing “The Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel” at the Trucker Talent Search finale Aug. 22 at GATS.

Don’t lick me, bro

Apocryphal — maybe — tale of face-licking as a form of gratitude yields an obsession: “I think I might have a mild complex regarding [fear of] stranger licking now.”

August 22, 2014

Jeff and Roxanne Clark

Initiative brings hepatitis C awareness, testing to truckers

Truckers are five times more likely than the general population to carry hepatitis C virus (HCV), a dangerous blood-born infection that can live in the body for up to 40 years with no symptoms. To educate truck drivers about HCV and encourage them to get tested, the Healthy Trucking Association and its partners, OraSure Technologies […]

August 22, 2014

The test involves a painless fingerstick blood sample, with results available in 20 minutes.

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Ron Kelsey, pictured here with his 'Sunrise Express' 1981 Peterbilt 359, is Overdrive's Trucker of the Month for July, putting him in the running for the 2025 Trucker of the Year award.

Owner-op holy grail: Decades of direct freight in a custom '81 359

Owner-operator Ron Kelsey has been hauling for the same two shipper customers since he got his authority as an independent in 1994. Managing those relationships, and his award-winning 1981 Peterbilt 359, keep his business running strong.

Cameron Bagely's 1999 Peterbilt 379 parked at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show in Epping, New Hampshire.

23-year-old Cameron Bagley's 1999 Pete 379 carries on father's legacy

California Highway Patrol said it won't enforce President Donald Trump's English language proficiency mandate as it's 'not part of California law.'

Enforcing Trump's English language mandate 'not part of California law': CHP

If finalized, this proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with EPA’s first greenhouse gas regulations set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and those set in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.

EPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulations

The ALL NEW JBL FLIP 7 - Featuring AI sound boost, deeper base, longer battery life, and Auracast... it's MADE to be HEARD.

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