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Off to the remote-control truck sprint at the Mid-America Trucking Show! [youtube zno81S6TFAM nolink]
March 29, 2014
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Tony Justice performs ‘Simple Man,’ ‘Trick My Truck’
Always great to run into Tony Justice — the singer-songwriter and East-Tennessee-based Everhart Transportation driver performed Friday, March 28, for attendees of the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 28, 2014
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Trucker Buddy honors 2014 ‘outstanding’ truckers
Trucker Buddy International honored its 2014 Outstanding Trucker Buddies at a ceremony March 28 in Louisville, Ky., at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 28, 2014
Business
Observations from the dark side
“If you do go to MATS, take the time to go over to the Papa John’s parking lot and rub elbows with the regular guys – we’ve met some of the most decent human beings on this earth in that parking lot, and you don’t need a press pass to do that.”
March 28, 2014
Business
Seminar: Medical registry rule upping urgency of sleep apnea testing
The looming deadline for truckers to be medically certified by examiners approved by FMCSA has ratcheted up the pressure for those who may be at risk for sleep apnea to be tested and treated, said a speaker this week in Louisville, Ky.
March 28, 2014
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OOIDA’s Spencer: Driver treatment a key element in ‘driver image’
Driver image is a two-sided issue, OOIDA’s Todd Spencer said: Part of image, he says, in addition to what the public and trucking outsiders think, is also what truck drivers think of themselves.
March 27, 2014
Custom Rigs
ChampTruck No. 1, race series making progress
At MATS, Mike Ryan is showing a 2006 Freightliner Columbia he and team put together over six weeks preceding to show potential new “Champs,” drivers in the series, how they can affordably get into a race truck.
March 27, 2014
Custom Rigs
Photo gallery: Western Star Optimus Prime at Mid-America
On display this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show is the Western Star 4900X that stars as Optimus Prime in the next iteration of the Transformers movie series. Above is a gallery of the truck on the show floor. (Photos by Jason Cannon)
March 26, 2014
Business
Trucking Moves America Forward campaign aimed at bettering industry, driver image
ACT 1 officially unveiled a new image campaign for the industry aimed at attracting drivers, educating the public about the industry’s ubiquitous role in American life and the U.S. economy and changing policy makers’ perceptions of trucking. The Trucking Moves America Forward campaign was announced March 26 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. […]
March 26, 2014
Business
Safety will be the death of us
“Progress of the species is retarded when there is no failure. You can’t keep someone safe from themselves: no matter how many rules you impose, there are human beings out there who will continue to test the limits. “
March 26, 2014
Voices
Overdrive, TCA name year’s top truckers
Two Canadian drivers took top honors Tuesday night at the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting, each winning a 2013 Ram 2500, sponsored by Chevron Delo and Cummins. The competition is managed by TCA and Overdrive. Terrance Smith was named 2013 Owner-Operator of the Year. He lives in Miramichi, New Brunswick, and is leased to SLH […]
March 25, 2014
Overdrive Extra
An iconic movie monolith gets a customizer’s makeover
Check out “Piss’d-Off Pete” creator Randy Grubb’s 2001 video metal-working spoof, “2014: A Metal Odyssey.”
March 25, 2014
Custom Rigs
New vid: Mike Ryan jumps stunt Freightliner
The elaborately-shot video commandeered a Long Beach port terminal to make a gymkhana-style course and stage the resulting video, with plenty spectacular stunts and precision handling.
March 24, 2014
Custom Rigs
Helping hands are hard to find
“The Precious” gets some custom vinyl lettering — “Never underestimate the value of good help. Who else is going to hand you stuff…”
March 23, 2014
Channel 19
Peterbilt to tote teen country pop act at Cincinnati Reds’ opening-day fest
Country music act Jetset Getset will perform their “Mile a Minute” trucking track on a flatbed behind a 75th-anniversary Peterbilt 579 in the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Parade March 31.
March 22, 2014
Business
The strange lineage of Heziciah Buttonhole Benton
…who may or may not have been a racist, according to some speculators. Wendy: “If it makes you feel any better, I probably annoy myself as much as I annoy you.”
March 21, 2014
Channel 19
Round-up: MATS haps, and a cattle hauler on his long career
Recently-retired bull wagon hauler Laurin Dreher reflects on a long career, while owner-operator Jeff Clark talks while he walks and more plans for MATS solidify…
March 20, 2014
Business
Introducing new LinkedIn group ‘Overdrive’s Trucking Pro’
Earlier this week, Overdrive launched the “Overdrive’s Trucking Pro” LinkedIn group. The open group allows users to post topics for discussion, as well as invite like-minded others to join.
March 19, 2014
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