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Business
The ‘kabang crunch’ wake-up call
“There’s absolutely no reason in hell to catch third in a Love’s, unless your hair is on fire or a member of the Taliban has suddenly popped out of your bunk with an RPG aimed at the back of your head.”
June 5, 2013
Evening at the truck stop
Channel 19
Tony Justice: New record in the works, expanded distribution
Driver and songwriter Tony Justice plans a follow-up to his 2011 “On the Road” release, which is getting new distribution to Love’s, Wilco.
May 30, 2013
You’ll find Tony Justice’s “On the Road” record at most Love’s and Wilco locations as early as this week attendant to Justice’s securement of new distribution.
Life
Operator’s new book details fitness turnaround
Mike Sammons’ “Working Man’s Road to Weight Loss” details the driver’s story to losing more than half his body weight in a quest for better health.
May 30, 2013
Driver Mike Sammons’ “Working Man’s Road to Weight Loss,” detailing his successful quest to lose more than half his body weight, is available for $2.99 via most major ebook retailers.
Parking
National truck-parking driver survey launched
Here find out how to take the survey, created by Hope Rivenburg in part in concert with driver advocates Allen and Donna Smith of Truth About Trucking and aimed at educating the DOT on parking needs.
May 15, 2013
truck stop parking
Business
Provisions for hungry panhandlers
“Throw my sandwiches away all you want, but you’re missing out on a yummy treat, and you will not squash my sparkle today. So there.”
April 28, 2013
pointy teeth
Business
For want of quiet sleep
“I’m not the only weird thing on the road. Keep your tinfoil hats close and beware the aliens in flatbeds.”
April 19, 2013
Alien invasion?
Business
Pilot Flying J investigation centers on rebate program, PFJ sends note to drivers
The investigation and lockdown of its headquarters apparently “revolve around the application of rebates to a small group of Piilot Flying J trucking company customers,” Pilot says.
April 16, 2013
pilot
Business
Pilot Flying J headquarters put on lockdown by FBI
The FBI has placed Pilot Flying J headquarters on lockdown, according to multiple news outlets and a statement from Pilot.
April 15, 2013
pilot
Truck Stops
Love’s to buy 50 CNG trucks
Gemini Transport, a Love’s sister company hauling fuel for the truck stop chain, will put the Freightliners in service in the Texas Triangle and Oklahoma City areas.
March 7, 2013
Business
‘Sorry, dude. I don’t speak hieroglyphics’
“Don’t ever yell at me in a foreign language, cause I’ve got a shiny new pair of cowboy boots that will definitely send a kneecap for a loop.”
February 6, 2013
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Business
When in need of healthy food…
“Did you just say gastric distress?”
January 28, 2013
Business
Christmas shopping at the Petro
“Life on the road is never boring” — just wait till the kids and in-laws see the stocking stuffers Parkers picked up in a Kansas truck stop.
December 23, 2012
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