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Business
Fox Sports to re-air truck episode
Big rig innovators will be featured on the Fox Sports Network Motorhead Garage TV show at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 29 and at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31. The episode with hosts Sam Memmolo and Dave Bowman is one of several being re-aired. Wheel product installation and removal will be demonstrated on the show, as well as [ā¦]
January 19, 2012
Channel 19
Are you happy with your insurance company?
Consumer insurance portal Insure.com recently tracked customer satisfaction by polling users of the site as to their happiness ā or lack thereof ā with their auto, home, life and health insurers, evaluating these keys areas;Ā customer service,Ā claims experience and value for the price paid. They also asked whether customers planned to renew their policies and whether [ā¦]
January 18, 2012
Business
Western Star 4700 SF to premier in test drive challenge
Western Starās new 4700SF dump truck, equipped with a 450-hp Detroit Diesel DD13 and Allison 4500 RDS transmission, will make its debut in the Serious Trucks Challenge in January at the World of Concrete 2012, said the Fort Mill, S.C.-based truck maker and contest host. The test drive challenge will be from 9:30 a.m. to [ā¦]
December 30, 2011
Channel 19
Big Idaho Potato Tour peels out behind T660 drives
More trucking news here emerging from the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl like a shoot from a half-pound baker left on the windowsill. Youāll recall my post about the fine salute Women in Trucking delivered to the females of our industry during the televised contest ā and now, check out the giant re-creation of one of [ā¦]
December 28, 2011
Channel 19
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 sheās a writer who keeps a blog dedicated to items of āencouragement in a difficult worldā 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 [ā¦]
December 14, 2011
Channel 19
Modest proposal: āBan truck drivingā
The comments on the news of the handheld cellphone ban while driving for the interstate pilots of the nationās tractor-trailer rigs continue to come in. (Read them for yourself here, including among them at the very end a reaction by driver Wayne Leverton to witnessing a state patrol officer in Washington State use both hands [ā¦]
December 9, 2011
Channel 19
A growing spectacular: The Vancouver Island truck lights parade
The Vancouver Island Equipment Owners Associationās Christmas Truck Light Parade and Food Drive takes the cake for the most brilliantly extravagant of the Christmas truck parades.
December 2, 2011
Business
Second Loveās stop opens in Indiana
A new travel stop is now open in Whitestown, Ind., at Interstate 65, exit 133, Loveās Travel Stops & Country Stores announced of its second travel plaza in the state. Truckers who shop at the travel center through Jan. 1 are eligible for double points on store loyalty cards. At the stop are Subway and [ā¦]
December 1, 2011
Business
Truck design contest opens to college students
University students are eligible to enter truck designs suitable for owner-operators for the annual contest Design the Future of Pride & Profit, Portland, Ore.-based Freightliner Trucks announced. The winner will receive a $20,000 scholarship and option for a paid internship at the truck maker. The competition will run from November through February 2012. Three finalists [ā¦]
November 28, 2011
Business
Titan serves power lifter contest
Winner Hapfor Julius Bjornsson pulled a Mack Titan faster than the nine other power lifters in the truck-pull event of the Met-Rx Worldās Strongest Man contest, the Greensboro, N.C.-based truck maker announced. Wearing a harness, Bjornsson pulled the 22,000-pound tractor the required 25 meters in less time than of all other contestants at the event [ā¦]
November 28, 2011
Channel 19
About truckinā time: Tony Justice record in stores Dec. 6
āItās about truckinā time,ā says Tony Justice, East Tennessee-based B&B Transport driver and the songwriter behind the upcoming āOn the Roadā album (I wrote about it last month here). ItāsĀ due out in all Pilot Flying J stores Dec. 6. Itās a trucking album by a trucker and for truckers, Justice notes, and stay tuned on [ā¦]
November 26, 2011
Business
Class 8 truck drivers eligible for sweepstakes, prizes
Starting Jan. 1, drivers of Class 8 trucks may enter the Weigh to Win sweepstakes through June 1 to vie for a Ford F250 grand prize, Walcott, Iowa-based CAT Scale announced in honor of its 35th anniversary. Drivers can enter the contest every time they weigh their trucks on the scales. In addition to the [ā¦]
November 22, 2011
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