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Salute: Writer trumpets independent truckers

Colleen Kelly Mellor (pictured) is a 30-year veteran of the classroom with near a decade in real estate. Today she’s a writer who keeps a blog dedicated to items of “encouragement in a difficult world” at Biddybytes.com. Her husband was a long-haul household-moves owner-operator with Atlas Van Lines with more than a million accident-free miles […]

December 14, 2011

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Memphis expo and Nashville show this weekend

Outreach, education in Memphis I had the good fortune of meeting Niki Brown and her husband, independent owner-operator Steve Nelson, this past weekend at the Truck Driver Social Media Convention (if you missed my reporting from the event, find two stories here and here) in Tunica, Miss., due south of their Memphis home base. They’re […]

October 19, 2011

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Truck Stop Missouri redux; American Trucker GATS episode tonight

Truck Stop Missouri a ‘trucking ambassador’ in reality? After my interview posted yesterday with Joe Bechtold, General Manager of the Midway Truck Stop and Travel Plaza that is the subject of the Truck Stop Missouri TV show on the Travel Channel, a longtime commenter on the Channel 19 blog took issue with Bechtold’s characterization of […]

October 6, 2011

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Getting around ‘Truckermageddon’; American Trucker season 2 ‘gets hardcore’

I-405 shutdown this weekend — the 405 will be shut down northbound in a 10-mile stretch between I-10 and U.S. 101.

July 14, 2011

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More tornado aid coming from the trucking industry

It keeps coming. If you missed the feature on the trucking industry’s response to this spring’s horrendous series of devastating tornadoes in Truckers News‘ current issue by Caroline Taylor, click through this picture from the magazine (taken in the city of the magazine’s headquarters, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) for the full feature. Since it was written, various […]

July 6, 2011

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Truckers weigh in on truckers helping in the aftermath of tornadoes, trucking industry supporters leaning left, the hours of service rule and highway congestion.

July 1, 2011

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4 State’s Bryan Martin on Joplin rebuilding efforts in All Drivers Together conference call

In a conference call last week put together by the All Drivers Together group, a collaboration of owner-operators and drivers opening up a free conference line to drivers and others in the trucking industry around the nation to network and share information toward industry betterment, 4 State Trucks’ Bryan Martin noted the shift in efforts […]

June 15, 2011

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Road Team driver promotes trucking at White House

Ralph Garcia told Obama administration officials about the rewards and challenges of a career in trucking.

May 19, 2011

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UPDATE: ‘Hats for heroes’ special delivery, take two

You will recall my story here about the genesis and progress of Marten Transport driver Candy Bass’ “Hats for Heroes” program of providing an outlet for a wide array of trucking industry participants to honor the sacrifices of U.S. soldiers. Well, the past year’s volume of hats was significant enough to require more than just […]

April 11, 2011

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CSA and Safety Scores

Your driving record carries more weight than ever under CSA. Learn how to access your data, understand it and use it to your advantage.

April 2, 2011

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Truckers weigh in on the hours-of-service rule, job hoppers, penmanship, cross border trucking and other current industry issues.

March 1, 2011

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Trucker Buddy honors Mercer driver

Steve Dyer, an owner-operator leased to Mercer Transportation, has been chosen as December 2010’s Truck Buddy of the Month, the educational outreach Trucker Buddy International said. Dyer is honored for volunteering at Carr Creek Elementary in Hindman, Ky., where he visited with students in discussions about his job and his travels. He also sent pictures and […]

February 7, 2011