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New book series for the kids: âGrandpa and the Truckâ
Former independent household goods haulerâs wife Colleen Kelly Mellorâs new series of âGrandpa and the Truckâ childrenâs books blends trucking respect with educational needs.
July 16, 2012
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Would the professional drivers please raise hands?
At a fueling station in Dayton, Ohio, Kevin Burch, President of the Jet Express truck line, saw a decal (pictured) on the side of a flatbed as he was fueling. The message, âThis truck helps build homes for our troops,â was on a flatbed in the operation of a Volvo Rents delivery fleet. Burch took [âŚ]
June 13, 2012
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Driver for Landstar-leased fleet in Oprah magazine
Cleveland-based Shannon âSputterâ Smith (pictured, courtesy of Women in Trucking), a driver for a Landstar-leased small fleet, got into on-highway hauling as the youngest child of a father who worked on trucks for a living. As told by Jeanne Marie Laskas in Oprah magazine, her story is an inspiring one for any woman thinking of [âŚ]
June 11, 2012
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â7 deadly lot lizardsâ infographic raises image questions
A satirical infographic detailing the so-called â7 Deadly Lot Lizardsâ from the folks at Trucker to Trucker.com has me pondering the dynamics that make just this sort of thing possible. I wonât repost it here, but you can take a look at it on their site (or click through the truncated thumbnail at right). Among [âŚ]
June 7, 2012
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Truck Stop Missouri redux; American Trucker GATS episode tonight
Truck Stop Missouri a âtrucking ambassadorâ 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 Bechtoldâs characterization of [âŚ]
October 6, 2011
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A trucking Western thriller ends run on Chicago stage
It wasnât exactly going for contemporary industry realism, but itâs called âMother Bear,â named for the handle of a leader in a band of not-exactly-savory Utah haulers a young lawyer and âsalt manâ for an upstart truckersâ union seeks out to enroll in his new organization, knowing minions will follow him. Rough-and-tumble Western in tone [âŚ]
June 29, 2011
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The great tomato heist â Cargo thieves still operating in plain sight
I missed this report from the New York Times a week and a half back, about a sophisticated cargo-theft ring operating a seemingly legitimate trucking company in Florida, with a twist. The freight targeted wasnât consumer electronics or cigarettes or pharmaceuticals. âThe high price of produce, especially for tomatoes after the deep winter freezes,â reporter [âŚ]
April 25, 2011
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Tow-truckers echo long-haulers on Discoveryâs âWreck Chasersâ
In many ways, tow-truckers are the absolute opposites of long-haulers. The tow-truckers of the Discovery Channelâs new âWreck Chasersâ series, on a three week trial run that began with two half-hour episodes Monday, are trying to beat their competitors to the sight of a wreck, of course. In Philadelphia, among whose tow-truckers the story is [âŚ]
November 4, 2010
Channel 19
Good ink on Missouri truck driving championships
Among drive-image-building efforts that are decades-long institutions are the yearly state truck-driving championships, which in 2010 will culminate in the final national competition Aug. 3-7 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The efficacy of the championships in the image arena was on full display in this story, published Sunday in the Springfield, Mo., News-Leader, about [âŚ]
June 7, 2010
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