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Channel 19
From a left-coast operator on the Virginia quake
Thought Iā€™d share a brief item related to the 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered between Charlottesville and Richmond, Va., and felt up and down the East Coast (including in my motherā€™s office as far South as Rock Hill, S.C.). A west-coaster posted on Truckers Newsā€˜ Facebook page a couple reminders of basic advice to haulers worried [ā€¦]
August 23, 2011
Channel 19
Owner-operators remembering Chance Rogers at GATS
A fixture at truck shows for years with his owner-operator grandfather Jim Rogers, leased to Fikes, young Chance Rogers passed away July 11 after a long battle with bone cancer. Several owner-operators and drivers have banded together in the Truckers United for Charities group to honor Chance by raising money for a memorial fund in [ā€¦]
August 23, 2011
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Channel 19
Long-haul literary: Former owner-operatorā€™s memoir of the life
Marc Mayfield (pictured) didnā€™t set out to write a book when, after a lot of college ā€“ ā€œsome of it was wasted time,ā€ he says ā€” and several less-than-successful, half-hearted career choices, he jumped into a job choice heā€™d long ago entertained as a possibility. ā€œI really enjoyed driving big trucks,ā€ he says, which is [ā€¦]
August 20, 2011
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Life
Exercise product: fold-up bike
The MIAMI Citizen Bike is a combination of practicality and performance, especially for drivers who have a minimal amount of storage space, the company says. The Value Series folding bikes feature a Shimano six-speed index gear system with a grip shifter that folds and unfolds, making cycling on the road more accessible for truck drivers. [ā€¦]
August 19, 2011
Channel 19
Phone app for getting around GATS in Dallas next week
If youā€™re saying ā€œMan I sure could have used that last year,ā€ I can assure you youā€™re not alone. The new Great American Trucking Show app for various smartphone platforms, put together by the showā€™s owners (Randall-Reilly Business Media & Information, publishers of Overdrive)Ā with Core AppsĀ and sponsored theĀ Cummins Engine Corp.,Ā puts an interactive, searchable map of [ā€¦]
August 18, 2011
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Channel 19
The future Lady McCartneyā€™s trucking roots
Did you know the daughter of New England Motor Freight Chairman and CEO Myron Shevell also happens to hold the distinction of being engaged to none other than famous Beatle Sir Paul McCartney? Itā€™s true, at least if we are to believe the New York Observer, who published a story about Shevell (pictured) and her [ā€¦]
August 17, 2011
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Channel 19
Service deal at Midwest Pete dealer promotes safety with savings
If you missed the news yesterday, the network of Peterbilt dealers in Sioux City Truck Sales has jumped in with support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationā€™s ā€œBuckle Up in Your Truckā€ safety campaign. Big deal, right? Well, yes. The dealer is putting its money where its mouth is on this one. In the [ā€¦]
August 16, 2011
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Voices
Keeping up with driver pay changes
Learn more about owner-operator and company driver compensation in a free one-hour webinar produced by Overdrive and Truckers News and sponsored by Freightliner Trucks.
August 16, 2011
Channel 19
The Keys Truckersā€™ ā€˜Letter to Capitol Hillā€™
File this one under ā€œmodest proposal.ā€ Seems Keys Truckers Jan and James (pictured) McCarter are always involved when a nice slab of satire graces the blog here, not to mention good music. In any case, last week was a banner in both quarters. Amid the weekā€™s run of comments surrounding our top-10 trucking songs poll [ā€¦]
August 15, 2011
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Business
TONIGHT: The latest on driver pay trends
Learn more about owner-operator and company driver compensation in a free webinar produced by Overdrive and Truckers News and sponsored by Freightliner Trucks.
August 15, 2011
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Channel 19
Koch & Sons driverā€™s adventure at Minn. driving championships
Driver John Borman and I havenā€™t met in person, but via the monthly photo contests I help host for Truckers News and, before that, our monthly featured photo from the magazineā€™s Flickr.com photo-sharing group, Iā€™ve become well-acquainted with Borman as not only a great photographer but a consummate professional. When he asked if Iā€™d be [ā€¦]
August 12, 2011
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Business
Survey: Drivers concerned about CSA
Report shows how CSA has exerted an influence on the daily lives of commercial drivers.
August 11, 2011
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