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Getting around âTruckermageddonâ; American Trucker season 2 âgets hardcoreâ
I-405 shutdown this weekend â 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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American Trucker season opens with Joplin coverage
Later this season, Robb Mariani will tape an episode at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas in August.
July 14, 2011
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Custom rig as educational shuttle â a Mack contribution to the space program
Itâs not as big as its sister ships. Nor has it ever gone into orbit. But for more than two decades, the Shuttle Blake has served a very important mission â educating students about space exploration. Mack Trucks has been part of the story all along. In the early 1980s Bob Boehmer, a teacher at [âŚ]
June 8, 2011
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Final season one episode of American Trucker on Speed Channel this Thursday
If you missed the news two weeks back, the final episode of the first season of American Trucker on the Speed Channel will features the production crewâs documentation of the last mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and, more particularly, the trucks that are front and center in preparations for the journey. Among them are [âŚ]
June 7, 2011
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American Trucker features NASA trucks
The season finale takes an inside look at the trucking team readying every Shuttle mission for takeoff.
May 26, 2011
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Kenworth T700 on Speed
Weâre talking the Speed Channel, of course. The aerodynamic Kenworth T700 (pictured), equipped with the fuel-efficient MX engine, will be featured at 9 p.m. Eastern on April 14, a Thursday, on the new Speedmakers television series on the Speed Channel. The one-hour program was filmed at the Kenworth plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, where Kenworth trucks [âŚ]
March 31, 2011
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Diamond Heavy Haul rig/driver appearing on âAmerican Truckerâ this week
When I interviewed the Speed Channelâs âAmerican Truckerâ program host Robb Mariani back in January, he was âon setâ in the passenger seat of a Diamond Heavy Haul driverâs rig, hooked to a âhuge electrical componentâ en route south across Ohio to an Ohio River port. âI think itâs probably the heaviest haul I could [âŚ]
March 23, 2011
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New diesel thieves; âAmerican Truckerâ visits the custom shops
High-tech diesel thieves You know fuel prices are bad when you start seeing reports such as the one published yesterday via the website of Central Floridaâs WFTV. âSome long-haul truckers found a new way to steal diesel, Marion County deputies said Wednesday,â WFTV reported. Deputies apparently arrested three separate haulers who were passing off a [âŚ]
March 17, 2011
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Roadside Attractions
Chinese play hardball, a philanthropic gift, freight stabilizes and other industry news items are featured.
March 1, 2011
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âAmerican Truckerâ rebroadcasts; my interview with the host
If you missed the debut episodes of the âAmerican Truckerâ series last Thursday on the Speed Channel, itâs being rebroadcast tonight at 8 and 11 p.m. ET, and 8 a.m. tomorrow. The next new episodes follow on Thursday, with âBandit and the Snowmanâ and âRobb and the Bear,â the latter likely to include sneak-peek material [âŚ]
March 1, 2011
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Correcting the âB.J. & the Bearâ truck replica record
When I wrote about the new âAmerican Truckerâ TV series, premiering tonight on the Speed Channel, I mentioned their sample episode, in which host Robb Mariani runs through the build/restoration process on Paul Sagehornâs original âB.J. & the Bearâ Kenworth K100 and matching trailer, and included a photo of Paul with his other, 1984 Kenworth [âŚ]
February 24, 2011
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