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Dean Croke uses his 2003 Peterbilt 379 extended ho
Dean Croke uses his 2003 Peterbilt 379 extended hood for fundraisers and Make-A-Wish rides. He also takes the truck, which has a 550-hp Caterpillar and a 15-speed transmission, to shows and hauls produce occasionally. The Acton, Mass.-based 379 has a 22-in. TV and ā€œloads of chrome and rosewood accessories,ā€ Croke says.
September 13, 2010
Grumpy Pete
Business
Tolling survey available
Researchers hope to learn how toll facilities could be implemented to be of sufficient value to the industry.
September 13, 2010
Channel 19
Congestion diary: And you thought we had it bad. . .
Next time youā€™re sighing or beating your steering wheel over some mammoth traffic jam on your way into Atlanta, Chicago, L.A. or other American city, consider this: Two successive 60-plus-mile traffic jams, some lasting more than an entire week, have plagued the Beijing-Tibet Expressway into Chinaā€™s capital city in the past month, highlighting some congestion [ā€¦]
September 13, 2010
Business
Study shows safety technology benefits
Truck crash warning systems enhance driver safety and help prevent potential accidents based on a yearlong field test.
September 11, 2010
Business
Agency amends EOBR rules
Changes were made to several of the performance standards in the ā€œElectronic Onboard Recorders for Hours of Service Complianceā€ final rule.
September 11, 2010
Overdrive Extra
If you got it, a Russian might have trucked it
Driver demand has been slowly swelling all year. Itā€™s likely to get hotter in 2011, even if the economy only crawls forward in fits and starts. By this time next year, I wouldnā€™t be surprised if thereā€™s talk of where to find new driver pools. Whenever this has come up in the past, one response [ā€¦]
September 10, 2010
Channel 19
ā€˜Never forgetā€™: 9/11 remembered by owner-operator Dick McCorkle
Perkins Specialized leased owner-operator Dick McCorkle (pictured) was there, or at least within a few miles of there, when jet airliners were flown into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11, 2001. Specifically, heā€™d just delivered to a trade show at 42nd St. and 7th Ave., near Times [ā€¦]
September 10, 2010
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Business
Theresa Johnson wins Health Challenge
She won the Women in Trucking and Roadside Medical Health Challenge after shedding 42 pounds.
September 10, 2010
Business
Navistar to launch medium-duty program
Company this fall will mount a medium-duty truck ā€œboot campā€ in seven key cities across the country.
September 10, 2010
Business
Freight index rises in July
Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported the Freight TSI has risen 5 percent over the last 14 months.
September 10, 2010
Business
FTR trucking index stays positive
July was the fifth consecutive month the index had been above neutral.
September 10, 2010
Truck On Road Od
Business
Farmers meet with LaHood over Mexican tariffs
Washington state farmers urged transportation secretary to advance a cross-border trucking program with Mexico.
September 10, 2010
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