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Driver rides out Joplin tornado at Flying J
Youāve probably seen the pictures from the horrific tornado that rammed through Joplin, Mo., hitting the Pilot Flying J off I-44 at U.S. 71 yesterday. Ozark Mountain Leasing driver Todd Arnold, who lives far northeast in Maine, just weeks after missing the Glade Spring, Va., tornado that devastated the Petro Stopping Centers location there by [ā¦]
May 23, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Natural gas gaining tractor traction
Legislation, supported by President Obama and about 190 members of Congress, would accelerate subsidies for natural gas vehicles.
May 20, 2011
Channel 19
Mexicoās big human-smuggling bust; Truckers Against Trafficking makes industry headway
Technology makes a dent As this photo, released by the Mexican state of Chiapas and making news around the nation yesterday, makes abundantly clear, the issue of human smuggling is a multivalent and complex one. The photo shows would-be migrants to the U.S. in a van trailer in southern Mexico, caught in Mexican authoritiesā X-ray [ā¦]
May 20, 2011
Channel 19
Prize-winning trucking photo, very happy geese at Wyoming TA
In April, Robinson Transport driver Bob McGilvray claimed his second top spot in Truckers Newsā monthly photo challenge with this shot, āBedtime at Sideling Hill Plaza,ā taken on a quiet night at the Sideling Hill service plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last summer. I wrote about the big win here in Truckers News. (This monthās [ā¦]
May 19, 2011
Channel 19
Trucker Weather Watch storm spotters want you
Former long-hauler and current Traffic Control Supervisor/Driver for Stripe Rite, based near Seattle, Sean KiaerĀ in April 2006 was a front-line witness to the formation of a tornado in Tennessee. He called 911 from the cab at the time to report the storm, which was headed directly for the town of Newbern, Tenn., but realized his [ā¦]
May 18, 2011
Channel 19
Truckercising through the years with FedEx Freight driver Joe Martin
Itās been a long time since I was introduced to driver Joe Martin (pictured, with Ice āRoad Truckerā Alex Debogorski),Ā creator of the Truckercise DVD. My colleague at Truckers News Carolyn Magner wrote about Martin in 2008 as part of a series of health profiles that year. Martin produced the DVD based on exercises heād been [ā¦]
May 17, 2011
Business
Crime against truckers
Crime on the road is always a serious topic, and itās been getting a lot of discussion lately. Hereās where to read more about it.
May 16, 2011
Channel 19
āThe center cannot holdā ā FMCSAās hours quandary
There is a growing feeling among industry watchers that in order to fully settle the decidedly unsettled regulatory situation surrounding the hours of service, Congress is going to have to legislate a solution. That sentiment has come to me from industry executives, consultants, former regulatory types and, in some senses, drivers. Comments from owner-operators and [ā¦]
May 11, 2011
Channel 19
Mack in Hagerstown, Jacobs share 50 years with Overdrive
Mack Celebrates 50 years of Hagerstown powertrain assembly In a ceremony Wednesday at the plant in Hagerstown, Md., where its powertrain components have been assembled since 1961, Mack Trucks paid tribute to the past, celebrated the present and cast a positive eye to the future, just as weāve been doing (well, mostly my colleague Lucinda [ā¦]
May 6, 2011
Channel 19
Analyst: Blame Fedās liquidity flood for high oil/diesel
The good news is that skyrocketing oil prices, like slasher movies, are truly frightening only the first time you watch one. They get less scary with repetition. But being less scary doesnāt change the basic facts. Markets need both hedgers and speculators to function properly. When they lose balance, they no longer function according to [ā¦]
May 5, 2011
Channel 19
Open call Wed. with Anne Ferro hosted by Trucking Solutions Group
Rick Ash, chairman of the driver/owner-operator-led Trucking Solutions Group ā with members ranging from such Channel 19 familiar faces Jeff Clark (Truckers News Marathon Trucker columnist), Henry Albert (Overdriveās 2007 Trucker of the Year) and Linda Caffee (team expedited hauler with her husband, Bob) ā reports the TSG will host a call tomorrow, Wed., May [ā¦]
May 3, 2011
Channel 19
Ohio small fleet providing tornado relief
Buddy Allen of the 15-truck New Era Trucking fleet in North Ridgeville, Ohio, is calling on Northeast Ohio residents to help fill a 53-foot dry vanās worth of non-perishable food, water and other goods to haul south to assist residents affected by last weekās tornadoes. WKYC-TV News Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, reported yesterday on [ā¦]
May 3, 2011
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