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Volume 3 of ‘Truckers Tracks’ — and a new song for Jazzy Jordan — debuts

When Doug Jones moved to Nashville, Tenn., from Delaware in the 1990s, he was a musician, but the guitar and harmonica player was in town at the invitation of longtime friend and former late-80s-era Allman Brothers keyboardist Johnny Neel, who had launched his Straight-Up Sound Studio on Nashville’s south side to do session and production […]

March 24, 2010

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Another hike in diesel’s price

For the fifth consecutive week, the national average retail price of a gallon of diesel rose this week. The price gained 2.2 cents to $2.946, the highest level since November 2008, according to the Department of Energy. Diesel’s price has increased 19.8 cents the past five weeks. All regions reported higher prices, ranging from less […]

March 23, 2010

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Another Hours session set

Truckers visiting the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville on March 26 will have a chance to attend a fifth listening session on hours-of-service regulations. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold the session from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Center, South Wing Room B101. Registering the day of the listening […]

March 23, 2010

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Health care bill offers immediate changes

The U.S. House of Representative approved the Senate’s Christmas Eve-passed version of health care and insurance reform legislation by a vote of 219-212, with 34 Democrats joining Republicans in voting against the bill. U.S. President Obama was expected to sign the legislation Tuesday, March 23. The House also voted in favor of several changes to […]

March 23, 2010

Reader Rigs

Hank Good of Monticello, N.Y., owns this working s

Hank Good of Monticello, N.Y., owns this working show truck, a 1981 Kenworth K-100C VIT Aerodyne, powered by a 500-hp Detroit Diesel.

March 23, 2010

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Back on the Road winner to be announced

The winner of the Back on the Road 2010 contest will be announced Friday, March 26, in Louisville, Ky., Arrow Truck Sales announced. In its third year, the competition benefits a deserving trucker in need of a truck and a job. The winner will receive the following products: A one-year lease on a 2007 VNL […]

March 22, 2010

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Monday-morning wake-up call

I imagine many readers will have already taken note of the horrifying video of the Rona Williams’ Renault Clio hooked sideways to the front bumper of a big Arclid Transport cabover running at highway speeds on the UK’s A1 freeway for a minute or more before the rig’s driver noticed he’d been involved in an accident, […]

March 22, 2010

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‘A door just opened’: Jason’s Law gains steam

What might well go down in history as the biggest trucking story of 2009, at least as goes drivers’ efforts to push for industry change for the better, is that of Jason’s Law, named after N.Y.-based driver Jason Rivenburg after he was robbed and gunned down while parked at an abandoned grocery in South Carolina. […]

March 17, 2010

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Cobra to hold sweepstakes

Cobra Electronics will give away prizes at a sweepstakes during the March 25-27 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

March 17, 2010

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Arrow Truck Sales to celebrate 60th anniversary this summer

Arrorw Truck Sales, based in Kansas City, Mo., is celebrating its 60th anniversary this summer.

March 17, 2010

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Spot freight index up 215% in February

Freight availability on the North American spot market in February more than tripled from a year earlier, based on the TransCore Freight Index. February’s increase of 215 percent marked the fifth consecutive month of improvement on a year-over-year basis and indicated unusually strong seasonal volume. The level for February, normally a weak month for spot […]

March 16, 2010

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Anonymous trucker heroism after officer’s high-speed injury

When Eastern Adams County, Pa., officer Richard H. Phillips, 40, caught the back end of a tractor-trailer at the intersection of U.S. 30 and state road 94 south of Harrisburg in rural eastern Pennsylvania, he was in pursuit of a small car flying eastbound on 30 for unreported reasons, and when his vehicle burst into […]

March 15, 2010