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Class 8 forecast for 2011
At Cummins press event- engine company expects class 8 truck market to reach 278,000 in 2012 and remain strong through 2014
March 20, 2012
Channel 19
The haps at MATS: Rounding up driver-led efforts
I’ll make an attempt, at least. So much is going on at next week’s trucking show in Louisville it will be next to impossible to catch it all in this space today, but here are a few of the highlights folks have reached out to me about these last few months: Health walk-and-talk, blood driveAs […]
March 16, 2012
Healthwalk
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‘Outcast Kustoms’ TV show to debut March 26
If you give a look at the March 26 schedule on Discovery’s Velocity Channel website you’ll find a listing that may well ring a bell or two for the custom-truck enthusiasts among you. Listed at 9 p.m. on that date is Episode 1 of a show called “Outcast Kustoms,” which will feature Kelvin and April […]
March 14, 2012
Aprilandkelvin
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Outside the truck: Ultrarunner to tame the ice roads
Starting Wednesday, reports the Toronto Sun, ultrarunner Alicja Barahona will attempt a 240-mile round-trip haul between Inuvik, north of the Arctic Circle, and Tuktoyaktuk on the shore of the Arctic Ocean on the ice road that is the frozen McKenzie river in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Made well-known for the truck travel there when the History Channel […]
April 4, 2011
Articchallenge
Channel 19
Owner-operator Jerry Kissinger named to new Shell ‘Million-Mile’ club
His is a familiar face — to me, anyway. At MATS this week, Jerry Kissinger was named to Shell Rotella’s new Million Mile Haul of Fame, introduced to honor drivers who respect their rig and its engine, and take pride in a job well done. Kissinger, owner-operator of a 1991 Mack Superliner, was honored as the […]
April 1, 2011
Kissinger Shell
Channel 19
Blood drive joins health walk among driver-led initiatives at MATS
“Give so that others may live” runs the tagline for the Friday blood drive (11 a.m. to 4 p.m., booth #91470 outdoors) to be held at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville this week. It’s an initiative led by the Driver Health Council of the Trucking Solutions Group, a crew of owner-operators initiating dialogue about […]
March 30, 2011
Caffeefinished
Channel 19
Latest distraction: Hauler takes on-highway health to new heights
Some truck drivers in Germany are on a health kick perhaps more extreme than that of their U.S. counterparts. Near the western city of Munster, the website of Germany’s English-language daily the Local reported, a hauler was spotted on the autobahn weaving as he overtook vehicles ahead. As police gave chase, the unmistakable glint of […]
March 25, 2011
Channel 19
‘Deadliest Catch’ star to sign autographs at Louisville trucking show
The “Deadliest Catch” TV show on the Discovery Channel, chronicling the lives of fishers on Alaskan King Crab boats, might seem as far removed from the world of long-haul trucking as it’s possible to be. But in a short couple weeks at the Mid-America Trucking Show at the Chevron Delo booth No. 14140, drivers from around […]
March 16, 2011
Deadliest Northwestern
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Beating the Dutch — women truckers fire at Guinness World Record
I’d bet you didn’t know it, but the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of female truck drivers was set by an all-woman truck convoy held in 2004 in the Netherlands. At least so say the folks trying to beat it at the Mid-America Trucking Show next week. As reported on several blogs and […]
March 19, 2010
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Driver-led health walk at MATS; video interview with O/O Dick McCorkle
At the “It’s a Teams Life” blog home of expediters Bob and Linda Caffee, you’ll find all manner of good information about the business of trucking, from the singular point of view of this versatile and experienced couple. But a recent item caught my attention, as it reminded me of three fairly recent conversations I’ve had with […]
March 11, 2010
Business
Hours listening session set for Mid-America
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold the session March 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Louisville.
March 2, 2010
Business
MATS
The 2010 Mid-America Trucking Show, held in Louisville, Ky., March 25-27, will kick off this year’s NAST truck show schedule.
February 11, 2010
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