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Life: Page 209

Channel 19
If you didn’t think there was a truck-show season…
Think again. With Pride & Polish action heating up June 26 in Wisconsin, here’s a heads-up on a couple regional events occurring over the next several weeks.
June 26, 2014
Click on the Class 8 on the Lake flyer to enlarge
Voices
POLL: Has your most recent DOT physical resulted in a sleep apnea test?
With no official regulation or guidance on testing for the sleep apnea condition in the rulebooks, practices vary around the nation — some say apnea testing is on the rise. Tell us your recent med cert experience in this poll.
June 26, 2014
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Business
Rookie driver to win $10,000, other prizes
Friday, June 27, is the deadline for entering the Mike O’Connell Memorial Trucking’s Top Rookie contest, which awards $10,000 to the winner.
June 25, 2014
Trucking's Top Rookie Logo - Web Md
Equipment
Rush Truck Centers discounts via NASCAR partnership
With Tony Stewart taking the wheel of the No. 14 Rush Trucker Centers NASCAR car this weekend, all 106 locations will offer a 14 percent discount up to $150 on parts, service labor and racing merchandise today through Monday, June 30.
June 25, 2014
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series #14 Rush Truck Centers photoshoot
Business
Don’t make me write you into my fictional story
ā€œSometimes, sleeping on the road is hard.ā€
June 25, 2014
Shh…. Curtain’s closed!
Channel 19
Trucker-cycler Scott Grenerth relocates: To Grain Valley
A walk through memory of recent years following the day I met Grenerth running on a Nashville road with Jasmine ā€œJazzyā€ Jordan in 2010; Grenerth is now OOIDA’s regulatory affairs director.
June 24, 2014
Scott Grenerth on bike
Voices
View: Fleets can lead way toward renewal of respect and honor for driving profession
Overdrive’s Jack Roberts answers the question: ā€œWhen did we, as a society, transition from holding drivers in high regard to regarding them as people who drive trucks because ā€˜they can’t do anything else?'ā€
June 23, 2014
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in France
Business
Wendy rants back
In which Wendy responds to Whoopi Golderberg’s recent trucking-related YouTube rant with one of her own. . .
June 22, 2014
Whoopi Goldberg meme
Business
Group of OOIDA members, drivers issue letter to DOT in support of Anne Ferro
Citing regulatory efforts on detention pay and other compensation reform, CSA and other programs as beneficial, one group of OOIDA members comes out in support of FMCSA chief.
June 21, 2014
Ferro
Business
Scott Grenerth named OOIDA regulatory director
Scott Grenerth, former Fikes- and, later, CRST-leased owner-operator, will head up OOIDA’s regulatory advocacy operation.
June 20, 2014
Scott Grenerth, OOIDA’s new regulatory affairs director
Business
Today is last day to vote for female trucker contest
Ten women have the chance to advance to the final three in Overdrive’s Most Beautiful contest. The first-place winner, to be announced in July, will be crowned at GATS in August.
June 20, 2014
OMB2014
Business
Multi-stop last mile from an Oregon National Forest
The end of the Parkers’ multi-stop load comes down the wire on hours. Wendy: ā€œGeorge really does amaze me sometimes. I would have been in the fetal position, sobbing….ā€
June 20, 2014
multiple stop load
Business
Pilot Flying J giving $1.25M to Trucking Moves American Forward
Pilot Flying J and Trucking Moves America Forward June 19 announced a five-year partnership in which the truck stop chain has committed $1.25 million to help grow the advocacy movement in the next half-decade.
June 19, 2014
Pilot OD
Business
Perils of the multiple stop load: One, three, four, two
More self-dispatch learning curve for Wendy: ā€œSometimes, lessons are hard to learn.ā€
June 18, 2014
multiple stop load
Business
Finalist Emily Weymouth: ā€˜I’m a very real individual and I like to just be me’
Weymouth has been driving for about two years and hopes to get an OTR job once she has more experience.
June 16, 2014
Emily Weymouth
Parking
Some people think driving in America is just ā€˜fantastic’
Meet former European haulers Martin Cassidy and Veronika Lengvarska in this profile of sorts by George & Wendy Show writer Wendy Parker.
June 16, 2014
Veronika Lengvarska, Martin Cassidy
Business
Jack Fielding has cultivated a career of involvement, safety, professionalism
As a trainer and advisory board member, the 2013 Company Driver of the Year contributed to his fleet’s comparable honor.
June 16, 2014
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Business
A father’s love
ā€œHere’s to all the trucker Dads today. Thank you for what you do. Happy Father’s Day.ā€
June 15, 2014
Rex Benton with his mom (my Granny), Willie Benton
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FMCSA's new National Consumer Complaint Database page has nine categories of complaints to file, including one for freight brokers.
Regulations
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.
Small Fleet Champ
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Small Fleet Champ
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