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Good to the last drop with trucker-invented Bottle Buddy
A story in the Akron Beacon-Journal from last week detailed the inventing prowess of dump-truck driver for Barbicas Construction and former long-hauler Charlene Cook, of Akron, Ohio. She unveiled her gizmo, the Last Drop Bottle Buddy, at the Invention and New Product Exposition, or INPEX, outside Pittsburgh June 16-18. The Bottle Buddy is essentially a sturdy stand and […]
June 25, 2010
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I-24 lanes closed on weekend
I-24 between mile markers 57 and 59 in Tennessee will be reduced to two lanes in each direction beginning June 25 at 8 p.m.
June 24, 2010
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$1.465B OKd for Dallas road
The amount represents the second-largest loan in DOT’s Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program.
June 23, 2010
Business
Boots grabs Great West Truck Show win
Boots Chivington’s 2002 KW W900L, Boots & Barbed Wire, garnered the highest honor – the Limited Mileage Best of Show.
June 23, 2010
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‘Sexiest trucker alive’ goes to the Himalayas; more from Alaska
According to an interview published at the website of Esquire magazine, Ice Road Truckers star and Alaskan Dalton Highway hauler Lisa Kelly (pictured; photo by Rick Gershon of the History Channel) is not only the “sexiest trucker alive.” What’s more, she was speaking w/ Esquire writer Erik Price on sat phone from the Himalayas in Southeast […]
June 23, 2010
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My first run behind the wheel
Next time you ask if I’ve driven before, I can at least say “yes” before the qualifiers (well, “at 40 mph, if that,” “with an automatic transmission,” “no trailer on”) begin. A visit to Schneider National headquarters in Green Bay, Wis., to bear witness to the truckload carrier’s 75th Anniversary celebration June 10 yielded unexpected delights, let’s say.  First, […]
June 22, 2010
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DOT adds $6M for truck parking on interstates
The agency added $6 million to help address parking shortage for commercial trucks on five U.S. interstates.
June 22, 2010
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Agency to drop cargo insurance requirement
Household goods motor carriers and household goods freight forwarders will continue to be subject to the cargo insurance requirement.
June 22, 2010
Business
Diesel prices creeping up
After five weeks of declines, the price gained 3.3 cents to $2.961 in the latest week.
June 22, 2010
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New truck orders surge 84% in May
ACT reported 13,231 net orders of Class 8 vehicles. Over half of the orders are scheduled for delivery in the third quarter.
June 21, 2010
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Champion sumo wrestler/Idaho potato hauler
If rumored body-mass-index caps ever become a reality for interstate truckers (however doubtful that is), 420-lb. Kelly Gneiting (pictured, as featured in a Feb. 2009 edition of ESPN magazine) may well be there to prove the regulatory faults. As a sumo wrestler, he’s in top shape, he said in this recent story, on the website of the Denver […]
June 21, 2010
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I-5 construction work begins in Bellingham, Wash.
The onramp to northbound I-5 at the Northwest Avenue interchange will close for two weeks starting June 21.
June 21, 2010
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