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Channel 19
Leaving long-haul: Operators migrate to oil/gas
I talked to a pair of recently former team owner-operators late last week who, like owner-operator Mike Mace, leased to Reed Trucking, have truly rediscovered their old love of trucking — in this case as company drivers in service operations surrounding new natural gas wells enabled by hydraulic fracturing technology. The strong demand for capacity in […]
May 29, 2012
Channel 19
Crude hauling in N.D., Texas with former expediters
A story in this month’s Truckers News followed the transition of the former FedEx Custom Critical expediting team of Mark Kathrein and Wendy Wing (pictured) into a crude-hauling operation in North Dakota. Just as the May magazine was going to press, as mentioned in the story, the ultra-rugged, cold climes of North Dakota gas-and-oil-well trucking […]
May 12, 2012
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
Channel 19
News bytes: Diesel prices, Driving sans pants, Willie’s Place to be Petro
Commodities speculation back in the spotlight The commodities futures positions limits problem is back in the TV news via a series on liberal populist host Ed Schultz’ “Ed Show” this week. The first spot in the series distilled the history of the elimination of position limits that I’ve written about some over the years, most […]
March 9, 2011
Channel 19
Revisiting the oil bubble, as diesel continues up, up, up
In the July 2008 issue of Truckers News, I reported on huge and speculative, long-only investment positions in commodities markets then contributing to the dramatic rise in crude oil and other commodities prices. Oil topped off at an historic high of near $150 a barrel that month, and if you were around trucking then I […]
January 13, 2011
Channel 19
Rotella SuperRigs calendar now available…
On the cover of the annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar this year is the custom 2007 Kenworth W900L of Myerstown, Pa.-based Scott Diller. Featured also on the December 2011 page in the calendar, Diller’s clearly going for an old-school ’70s hot-rod look with the truck’s mods, which include 34-inch quarter fenders and smooth side panels. […]
December 2, 2010
Channel 19
Joy of sharing — win some diesel oil, Nascar VIP tickets, maybe a portable toilet?
A new sweepstakes put on by Shell Rotella opened today and is asking drivers to share what they feel is the toughest road in America by the end of August. The company’s “Road-Tested Challenge,” in exchange for operators’ stories, offers a chance for drivers to win a VIP NASCAR experience with Richard Childress Racing, along with hundreds of […]
April 19, 2010
Overdrive Extra
When oil abounds, prices fall
Plug the low price of diesel and gasoline into the supply-and-demand formula, and it tells you supplies are plentiful. True enough, and they’re getting more plentiful by the day. U.S. commercial crude oil inventories jumped 6.2 million barrels from the previous week, almost twice what was expected, according to Wednesday’s report from the U.S. Energy […]
January 29, 2009
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