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Tag: Oregon: Page 4
Business
FedEx driver honored by TCA
FedEx Freight driver Kenny Cass, of Portland, Ore., has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for his help at the scene of an accident on a Portland road.
July 31, 2012
Business
PapĂ© Kenworth â Medford moves to facility off I-5
PapĂ© Kenworth â Medford has expanded and relocated to Central Point, Ore., with access to I-5 off Exit 33. PapĂ© Kenworth â Medford is part of the Kenworth dealer network. The dealershipâs 9,100 square-foot service department contains seven service bays and also offers a specialized service bay equipped with a jib crane. A nearly 5,200 [âŠ]
July 18, 2012
Business
Pilot Flying J and T2T sponsor truckers in triathlon
Pilot Flying J is teaming up with Truckers to Triathletes (T2T) to help professional drivers maintain healthy lifestyles. Pilot Flying J is a 2012 sponsor of the Revolution 3 Triathlon series, which is July 8 in Portland, Ore. It will be sponsoring a group of five professional drivers: John Schneidewind, Steve Johnson, Bret Wright, Tom [âŠ]
June 14, 2012
Business
New Kenworth service center in Oregon
Kenworth announced a new 10,000-square-foot parts and service facility in Pendleton, Oregon, off of Interstate 84. The center adds to a network of more than 320 locations in the U.S. and Canada. The location features eight service bays (with one bay providing Kenworth PremierCare Express Lube services only), a 3,000-square-foot parts warehouse, a parts delivery [âŠ]
May 11, 2012
Channel 19
Checking in with Jazzy Jordan â and a rig named in her honor
When we quizzed Overdrive Facebook fans on their rigsâ nomenclature, i.e. not just the make and model but the names they used to give voice to that most personal of relationships â the on-highway operator and his or her machine â one in particular stood out for me. âI named mine âJasmine,â to honor Jazzy [âŠ]
April 19, 2012
Business
Oregon ports of entry to switch to phone-based services
The Motor Carrier Transportation Division is closing its registration offices at three ports of entry into Oregon this year and is replacing over-the-counter services with phone services for registration and over-dimension permit services.
April 4, 2012
Channel 19
Log truck drivers to the rescue in Oregon
Estacada News reporter Jeff Spiegel spells out the recipe that led to the end of a dramatic on-highway incident in Clackamas County, Ore., last week: âA thrown champagne bottle, a suicide threat, a drawn gun, countless incidents of dangerous drivingâ and, finally, a few good samaritans hauling logs up ahead. Check out Spiegelâs dramatic account of the incident [âŠ]
February 14, 2012
Channel 19
Trucking effort in Wash. state to find child
As we know, dry vans have uses ancillary to hauling freight, not least among them their advertisement potential. You need only look to this monthâs Overdrive to find evidence of that in a pic of sister mag CCJâs yearly Five Flashiest Fleetsâ winner. A fleet headquartered in Washington State is using a similar tactic toward [âŠ]
January 24, 2011
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