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Voices
Get your load on! (Edition 6)
From space capsules to new cars, cattle and more garden variety loads dressed up behind spectacular tractors, this occasional series delivers more great photos of readers’ loads. Find out how to send in your own here, too.
January 15, 2014
Business
Trucking with toaster ovens
“How awesome will it be to ride down the road with the delicious aroma of crock-pot roast wafting around?” If you have recommendations for Wendy for recipes/logistics of in-cab cooking, send them in!
January 15, 2014
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On the road again…
The George & Wendy Show back on the road: “Oh my gosh, it’s better than Christmas. We’re actually leaving the house this week!”
January 14, 2014
Custom Rigs
Quack attack: Oregon fan’s 2010 Freightliner Cascadia
Owner-operator and Oregon Ducks fan John Starr of Roseburg, Ore., says team pride dominates his 2010 Freightliner Cascadia.
January 13, 2014
Channel 19
Wonders of technology: Saving a life
Driver Tim Rutledge owes particular features — vibration, voice-dial — on his cell phone for his survival after being trapped under his rig in below-zero temps this past week.
January 11, 2014
Business
FMCSA makes med card retention extension official: Drivers must carry paper copy until 2015
Drivers must continue to carry paper copies of their medical examiner’s certificate until Jan. 30, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Jan. 10.
January 10, 2014
Business
Colder than [fill in the blank], or Pipes bursting on the home front
“Here’s to the spouses and families of the drivers – Salute!!”
January 10, 2014
Business
Rolling Strong launches “Give Me Ten” driver health initiative
Rolling Strong, a driver wellness program, announced it will offer a free weight loss initiative, “Give Me Ten,” during the month of January. Professional drivers who lose 10 pounds in January will receive a $10 gift card to Rolling Strong’s online store. This promotion is for any professional driver. Drivers already enrolled as a Rolling […]
January 9, 2014
Business
Rand McNally signs on for Pilot’s Truck Driver Challenge
Rand McNally has signed on to be a sponsor of the Pilot Flying J Truck Driver Challenge. During the season, professional hauler drivers from IndyCar, NASCAR and the NHRA series will navigate road courses modeled after real-world obstacles, testing their safe driving abilities. When the safest and most skilled drivers are announced at the end […]
January 9, 2014
Channel 19
CARB diesel regs’ human toll: Family uprooted, split by move’s necessity
Checking in Martin and Alice Jez — formerly of Galt, Calif. The pair have moved to Michigan anticipating CARB’s regs relative to their 2000 Freightliner, splitting them from a six-year-old son.
January 9, 2014
Business
Medical certification deadline update: Extension to 2015 in the works
As the Jan. 30 deadline looms for CDL holders to self-certify their operating and medical credentials with their license-issuing state, drivers may still need to carry paper cards.
January 9, 2014
Parking
Circle, circle, dot dot dot….
In which Wendy proposes a research project, and “someone’s sister-in-law needed a job, so they created the ‘Fund for Dumb Stuff’… Progress, people, progress.”
January 8, 2014
Voices
Updated: Views from the center of the ‘polar vortex’
Pictures and more from drivers caught in the extremely cold temps across the nation’s midsection.
January 7, 2014
Business
Super single sing-along
“I’m curious as to how many readers have direct experience with running single tires. Do they really pay for themselves, as some say, or are they a pain in the rear?”
January 5, 2014
Channel 19
Pit bulls in-cab: Resource for local laws?
In which reader Mary Hanlon adopts a pit bull and wonders, Is there a good central location to map routes to avoid locales with anti-pit ordinances? Any of the pit owners in the audience have suggestions?
January 4, 2014
Business
Legal pot: Still a no go for truckers
Marijuana is still prohibited for truck drivers, despite some state measures to legalize the drug. Here’s a roundup of previous OD coverage on legal pot, including science behind driving while stoned and legal pot’s potential affect on trucking.
January 3, 2014
Business
One truck to rule them all
Pictures of George and Wendy’s 2004 Freightliner Coronado: “‘The Precious’ is here. She arrived from Wisconsin the other day, and I haven’t seen my husband since.”…
January 3, 2014
Channel 19
Most Loved Pets winners: More pics, vid
I was happy to see both familiar and new (to me, anyway) faces among the Most Loved Pets first-place winners announced New Year’s Day.
January 2, 2014
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