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Business
Treating truckers as second-class: Fleets advised not to do so at retention conference
At a conference held in Nashville for fleet executives about ways fleets can better recruit and retain drivers, Load One CEO John Elliot said fleets need to avoid a company culture that alienates drivers and makes them feel second-tier.
January 31, 2014
Business
Attention seeking at its finest
Wendy responds to an editorial in the news recently that heaped scorn on truckers and the industry.
January 31, 2014
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Business
Truck haters and Mother freakin’ Nature
“Just another day in trucking. A crappy one. But that’s OK because it still beats night shift at a nursing home, and we both woke up breathing again. So there’s that.”
January 29, 2014
Business
Iced in: Interstates in Atlanta, Birmingham gridlocked due to impassable conditions
Chunks of some major Interstates in Atlanta and Birmingham have been closed or at a standstill for nearly a full day due to snow and ice. Here’s road closure information, along with photos from the scenes.
January 29, 2014
Custom Rigs
Kansas show rig registration open
The Park City Chill event in Park City, Kan., bills itself as the “largest indoor motorcycle, car and custom semi-truck show” in Kansas — it runs Feb. 28-March 2 at the Wichita-area Kansas Pavilion.
January 28, 2014
Business
Driver database rule clears White House, e-log rule delayed
A rule that would implement a driver database detailing drivers’ history of failed drug and alcohol test has been approved by the White House. The rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices still hasn’t been cleared.
January 28, 2014
Custom Rigs
Custom-carved trucks from Alaska seasonal hauler
Photos: Introducing custom-truck model builder Christopher Vallee of Anchorage, Alaska, working mostly in wood.
January 27, 2014
Business
Idle highway chit-chat and Elvis in Raburn, Ga.
“We’re back to idle chit-chat in the truck. Idle chit-chat is an art, developed by the elders of the tribes and passed down as a method to pass time until the great ship comes to take us away.”
January 26, 2014
Custom Rigs
Hot rod on 18 wheels: Antifreeze Green ’94 Pete 377
Randy Morten knew he wanted a rig with character while searching for a new truck in California, and this bright 1994 Peterbilt 377 caught his eye.
January 25, 2014
Channel 19
Trucking advocacy, education — getting started early
Twelve-year-old Coalton Fannin — son of longtime trucker Billy Fannin — delivered this speech to his class on some of the finer points of the trucking business.
January 25, 2014
Business
Driving veteran saves motorist from crashed utility van
William McNamee, a company driver for Carbon Express, has been named a TCA Highway Angel for rescuing a man by pulling him out of a van that had crashed in front of him on I-64 in Okawville, Ill.
January 24, 2014
Business
Montana bull hauler goes mountain climbing for Truckers Against Trafficking
Owner-operator Matt Hopkins is taking a few weeks off from his regular cattle runs to climb Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, partly a benefit effort for TAT.
January 24, 2014
Business
The year of the monkey
Wendy on turning 46, the age her father passed: “This year, I’ve decided to be happy. Being happy is probably the one thing my Dad would tell me to be, if I could talk to him one more time.”
January 24, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Tell us something we don’t know!
A letter writer wants to be reminded to get healthy — Carolyn: “Done and done…”
January 23, 2014
Business
New and improved to death
Updates from Ohio: “I’m not making a statement about the death penalty here — I’m just saying we probably should have left well enough alone and kept the method of termination the same as its been for many years.”
January 22, 2014
Custom Rigs
Cancer-awareness advocacy from GA small fleet; Long Haul Survivor update
Junior Pippin Trucking profiled in Georgia local newspaper — while the Long Haul Survivor raffle rig to benefit cancer research keeps trucking on its yearlong mission. Final drawing is in May in Iowa.
January 21, 2014
Business
Truckers rank most likely to be obese in occupational survey
Washington researchers have found obesity rates vary significantly by occupation, with truckers having the highest prevalence at 39 percent. Similar studies have found obesity rates among truckers even higher than that.
January 21, 2014
Trucking History
Shipping Wars’ Roy Garber dies at 49 of heart attack
One of the stars of A&E’s Shipping Wars, Roy Garber, died Jan. 18 of a heart attack. He was 49.
January 21, 2014
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