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U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree begins cross-country journey

The 80-foot Englemann Spruce was picked up in the specially-decaled Kenworth by Gary Amoth, owner of Twin Falls, Idaho-based Gary Amoth Trucking.

November 4, 2016

A crane loads the 80-foot Englemann Spruce that will serve as this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree onto Gary Amoth Trucking’s specially-decaled Kenworth T680.

Van freight ‘unseasonably strong,’ reefer holding — rates haven’t followed up with volumes

The past couple of years have seen the Fall freight season dwindle in intensity, but it’s lasted through December and January due to e-commerce. In this weekly spot market update, intel on just what markets are benefiting dry vans and reefers.

November 4, 2016

Van overview: Van freight didn’t see a big boost in the last full week of October, but load posts started rising at the end of the week, with an extra surge on Halloween. The month as a whole was strong compared to last year, however. Rising markets include three major van markets that saw outbound rates rise at least 2 percent for the month of October: Los Angeles, Dallas, and Denver. Volumes also rose significantly in L.A., likewise in Atlanta and Chicago. But as noted above, van rates barely moved on a majority of the 100 highest-volume lanes last week. Pricing stabilized in Charlotte, after some up-and-down weeks following Hurricane Matthew.

Merry Christmas from the Parker Family (for real this time)

A heartfelt Merry Christmas from Wendy and the Parkers: “Truckers are the silent Santa every day of the year, and the general public may not realize it, but we do, and we thank you.”

December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas from the Parker family.

Drivers’ Night Before Christmas — a tribute from a dispatcher

Chipman Relocations’ Tina Pastore sends this poem out to all company employees and contracting owner-operators in advance of the Christmas holiday, a fitting driver tribute this time of year.

December 24, 2015

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‘Santa was a trucker’ — and more music for the Christmas holiday

A little music for the Christmas holiday — including Erich McMann’s new single, “Santa Was a Trucker” — and readers’ named top Christmas song.

December 23, 2015

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Cargo theft risk increased in next two weeks, firm warns

Two three-day holiday weekends next week and the week after create greater opportunity for cargo thieves to capitalize on unattended freight and equipment, FreightWatch International warns.

December 17, 2015

No penalty for Christmas music after Thanksgiving

“I’m the idiot who thinks I’m going to hand-make every gift given between December 1 and Christmas.” — Sometimes, the holidays are hard.

November 29, 2015

“No kids, I did not kill Oscar the Grouch to make a scarf out of him.”

Christmas tree delivered to U.S. Capitol

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was delivered Friday, Nov. 20 to Washington, D.C., by Lynden Transport driver John Schank.

November 25, 2015

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When and where to find this year’s trucking Christmas parades

Northern California leads the nation in trucker Christmas parades, with the best-known launched in the late ‘70s with a truck convoy to the White House.

November 24, 2015

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Christmas in November — drone video of the Capitol tree haul

And: Pictures of the loading of the Rockefeller Center tree in Gardiner, N.Y., earlier this month, care of reader Scott LeVan.

November 21, 2015

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Kenworth T680 begins cross-country tour with Capitol Christmas Tree

The 2015 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree made its first tour stop in the lower 48 states Saturday, Nov. 7, with an event at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry and Lake Union Park.

November 10, 2015

Capitol tree – driver

The communists are coming!

A gift of a Sony PS4 hits a little hiccup with North Korean hackers’ disabling of one of the associated games’ sites — Christmas turned out pretty well, nonetheless, for the Parkers.

December 26, 2014

“The communists have ruined Christmas!’

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