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The tanks have arms
And the frogs and dogs sing — and other strange happenings at the military installation.
March 2, 2014
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The yardstick method of driver training
Jimmy Ardis tells the funny story of how he learned to drive — his uncle rapping his knuckles with a yardstick from the sleeper whenever he jammed a gear too quickly — toward a serious focus on the need to more robust mentoring industrywide.
March 1, 2014
Owner-operator Jimmy Ardis is based in Sumter, S.C.
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Exercising the demons
The thought of having to put t-shirts and shorts on with nothing to hide behind seems like a personal affront to the kind Goddess Hanes of Spandexia, who invented loungewear and sanctioned it as a consolation prize for dealing with cold weather.
February 28, 2014
“This here’s a public market, son. Put some pants on.”
Business
Delo, Cummins sponsor 2013 Ram 2500 prizes for two top truckers
One Owner-Operator of the Year finalist and one Company Driver of the Year finalist will win a 2013 Ram 2500 next month in the annual contest produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
February 26, 2014
Thomas Miller is a captain for ATA’s America’s Road Team.
Custom Rigs
’70s fever: 1977 KW catches lots of highway attention
Owner-operator Rick Sousa of Portsmouth, R.I., hauls general commodities with his 1977 Kenworth W900A and says the paint job is popular with passers-by.
February 26, 2014
Rick Sousa
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Temperature regulation and first world problems
” I could possibly be at the age where I’m having a little trouble regulating my body temperature. I may or may not have flung myself into the bunk once or twice to tear off my clothing like a madwoman because of a hot flash.”
February 26, 2014
“We’re in bat country.”
Business
ACA health insurance exchange open-enrollment period ends March 31
If you’re uninsured, in order to avoid income tax penalties for not having coverage you’ll need to enroll in a qualified health plan by March 15 to begin coverage April 1. Find a primer of how to navigate the exchanges here.
February 25, 2014
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POLL: How has Obamacare impacted your health insurance?
Have you purchased insurance through the new exchanges? Was your old policy cancelled or is it still in force? Do you plan to continue to not purchase health insurance? What’s your health-insurance strategy? Tel us in this poll.
February 25, 2014
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Custom Rigs
Revisiting a long career — and two spectacular trucks
Wendy Parker with the “rest of the story” on Thomas Paul Kraak and his 1960 Autocar — and his son’s efforts to return his 1952 LT Mack to him before the elder Kraak passed away after cancer’s return.
February 24, 2014
Tom Kraak and his 1952 Mack, as well as a two-month-old Jonathon Kraak.
Business
Potholes and Pennsylvania
Have you come across the well-known pothole on 81, near the Susquehanna, that will rip your front end off?
February 24, 2014
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Operator flags down fellow trucker, helps him put out trailer fire
David Flaherty, a driver for ABF Freight Systems in Forth Smith, Ark., has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for his efforts in aiding a fellow truck driver after his rig caught fire.
February 21, 2014
David Flaherty
Life
Nearly 100 pounds down already, driver turns to social media to spur weight-loss goal
“If you have time for Facebook, you have time to work out.” — Such is the motto of driver Bettina Cameron’s “Losing it” Facebook page, where she shares tips, inspiration and her own story of weight loss through lifestyle change.
February 21, 2014
Bettina Cameron, before and after her lifestyle change. Today, she drives with her husband, Brian, for RRR Transportation out of Calhoun, Ga. Find more about Cameron in this Channel 19 blog post and our 9/11 10th-anniversary report.
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One in four should go to the corner and eat worms
“I’m not a huge fan of warning labels. I really feel like you should be able to understand it’s a bad idea to spray anything in an aerosol can directly into your own eyes without having to read it on the can.”
February 21, 2014
The solar system is awesome. Learn some stuff about it here.
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Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall…
“The more we travel, the more I get used to being a long way from home yet knowing exactly what’s around the bend” — and George gets used to repeated road sign sing-alongs…
February 19, 2014
Big Bone Lick
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App for certified doctor search
TeamCME’s free app for iOS, Android offers quick search capability for certified DOT physical providers in the company network.
February 18, 2014
Follow this link to download the TeamCME app for iPhone, and this link for the Android version.
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Learning early from the ‘gentle giants’ of the highway
A four-wheeler’s salute to the “gentle giants” of the highway — “I know that each and every driver endures a lot, whether it is bad weather or bad drivers, to name just two, to keep the rest of us safe.”
February 17, 2014
Trucks on highway
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The perils of Driving Miss Wendy, and more ‘No parking’ signs…
“I was mesmerized and developed an insatiable need to go to J&R in Statesville. I pulled it up on my phone — it looked like the parking lot was huge, so I assumed they’d let trucks park….”
February 16, 2014
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Driver slams tree in the road in heavy snow — Could trucker have prevented it?
Truck driver John Doe was caught in a bad blizzard on a dark road in the middle of South Dakota when he suddenly came up on a fallen tree in the road. He couldn’t stop in time to miss it. Could he have prevented the accident?
February 14, 2014
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