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Overdrive Extra

New service space at Nebraska Pete dealer

The folks at South Dakota / Nebraska / Iowa-based four-dealer network Sioux City Truck Sales (pbtruck.com) shared this photo with us of construction, now completed, of a new nearly 7,400-square-foot addition to the Peterbilt of Norfolk (Nebraksa) building. Eight new service bays, with a wash bay and some additional parts storage space included, have been […]

April 24, 2012

Channel 19

Truck safety flames fanned in Ind.; columnist banks dinner with police chief

When Jerry Davich, columnist at the Post-Tribune of Chicago-area Merrillville, Ind., wrote about the case of an Indiana truck-car accident in which a death occurred recently, an area police chief challenged him to sit for an hour at the intersection of U.S. 30 and County Road 500W between Valparaiso and Merillville and count the number […]

April 23, 2012

Business

Universal mounting system

Sensible Products now markets a universal mounting system aimed at simplifying tool and equipment installation. The Multi-Mount Chanl Panl was originally developed for use in emergency services, but is now compatible with storage in construction and work trailers, utility truck cabinets and garage and shop walls. The panel is available in 4-foot-by-8-foot sheets and features […]

April 23, 2012

Channel 19

More trucks, scenes from Knoxville show last week

Cinderella sleeper storyI was stoked at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show in Knoxville, Tenn., last weekend when, on Saturday morning, this yellow Mack pulled into the lot with none other than my childhood hometown of Rock Hill, S.C., lettered on the doors. The unit is the four-year project, completed when he put the truck in […]

April 22, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Lucky 13: Natural gas engines performing well in ready-mix

Chicago-based Ozinga Ready Mix drivers report plenty of power and responsive shifting from 13 Cummins-Westport natural gas-powered Kenworth mixer trucks now in operation, moving from its Chinatown Plant near downtown. “Since city officials are trying to reduce emissions from trucks that operate in downtown Chicago,” says Tim Ozinga, company communications director, “we thought placing all of […]

April 21, 2012

Business

Trucker outreach starts safety program

Trucker Buddy International recently launched a mentoring program aimed at teaching high school students how to safely maneuver around big rigs. The program matches drivers with a high school  near their region or on a route they drive frequently. The driver makes visits to the schools to educate the students. Current Trucker Buddies may be involved […]

April 20, 2012

Channel 19

Brokers: Highway bill unlikely prior to election; more on the bond issue

With news of President Barack Obama’s threat to veto any highway reauthorization or extension bill that comes to his desk with authorization of the Keystone XL Pipeline included, as it is in the House version that passed the Rules committee earlier in the week, came my conversation with James Lamb, head […]

April 20, 2012

Business

How to do a brake job yourself

Replacing brake linings is an essential DIY project for owner-operators to avoid problems with stopping their trucks and getting citations.

April 19, 2012

Business

Detroit Diesel launches new website

Detroit Diesel Corp. has launched a new website, which features a wide range of product information, customer support tools, and enhanced navigation. The website also showcases all Detroit heavy-duty engines and axles and includes recommendations and advice. Additional tools include a DEF locator, social media links to Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and details on all […]

April 19, 2012

Business

IdleAir service starts in San Simon, Ariz.

A new IdleAir location, in San Simon, Ariz., is offering free, limited service through April 30, 2012, as part of the grand opening off Interstate 10 at exit 378.  Premium service is available for $1.25 per hour through May 31, 2012. The alternative air-conditioning company plans to continue expansion into Texas and Pennsylvania this year. […]

April 18, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Chuck Bosselman inducted in racing hall of fame

The 15th class of the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame, to be inducted in October at the Fireman’s Hall in Lincoln, Neb., is set to include one Chuck Bosselman, second-generation owner of the famous Bosselman Truck Plaza in Grand Island, Neb., at I-80 and Highway 281, and later related businesses. Bosselman, who passed away […]

April 18, 2012

Channel 19

Operators pitch in to foil suicide attempt, take two

It was truckers to the rescue again Monday in Minneapolis as a suicidal man stood poised to jump, hanging onto nothing more than the outside of a chain-link fence at the edge of a 25-foot-high bridge over I-94. A trooper on the scene, Carl Hoffman, took a page from the Tuscaloosa, Ala., police’s handbook and […]

April 18, 2012