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Channel 19
Stowaway diary: Keep an eye on your roof fairing in Laredo
Whatās wrong with this picture? Taken by owner-operator Henry Albert, with whom we just checked in last week, it shows a desperate attempt by a couple to stow away on a rig on its way from the border zone into the U.S. interior. A testament to the value of drivers looking out for each other, [ā¦]
November 14, 2011
Channel 19
āTalented truckersā TV show looking for ā¦ talented truckers
A television production company has a rather off-the-wall idea itās helping one of the major cable channels develop ā it wants to create a talent-competition-type series (a la American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, et al) that plays out on location at, well, a truck stop. And in the spirit of radio truck driver talent [ā¦]
November 12, 2011
Overdrive Extra
When burned-out lights glare
The top equipment-related violation is lighting, according to a āCSA: One Year Laterā panel discussion at the Commercial Carrier Journal Fall Symposium in Phoenix.
November 11, 2011
Channel 19
Want a first look at TruckersEdgeās new mobile site?
All owner-operator subscribers to the TruckersEdge.net load-board service from TransCore can look forward to a new smartphone-optimized mobile site to launch officially late this year or early next, says Transcore product manager Scott McCollister. The screenshots here from the html5 app that enables the enhanced look and feel of the board on all major smartphone [ā¦]
November 9, 2011
Channel 19
Setting the pace with owner-operator Henry Albert
Sundayās post on Overdrive 2007 Trucker of the Year Henry Albertās blog caught my eye with what it says about thinking outside the box to ensure success in running an independent business. In the post, Albert visits an old haunt of his, Charlotteās Metrolina speedway (the old grandstands here pictured by Albert), shuttered long since [ā¦]
November 8, 2011
Channel 19
Friday Channel 19 news round-up: Cross-border trucking; ādriver shortageā; and the 1 on the 53 and the 99
Separate but not equal That separation could be diminishing when it comes to U.S. and Mexican tucking, now that a new pilot program for cross-border long haul is under way. Ā In the wake of the Oct. 21 border ceremony at Laredo, when the first Mexican truck crossed as part of the new cross-border pilot program, [ā¦]
October 28, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Landstar report a good sign for owner-operators
If earnings at Landstar System, the nationās largest owner-operator carrier, are any indication, owner-operators are having a better year than they did in 2010.
October 25, 2011
Channel 19
Blacked out for the night?
How long before Class 8 trucks come equipped with SmartGlass technology? Lately making inroads in concept cars at auto shows around the world, the SPD-Smart window-tint technology by Research Frontiers enables a vehicleās operator to, with the push of a button, apply varying degrees of tint to one or more windows to keep the outside [ā¦]
October 10, 2011
Channel 19
Toolbox system made in the USA by and for owner-operators
Veteran owner-operator Jeff Zehrer of Minnesota (trucking since 1983) had long known the difficulty of finding the perfect-sized toolbox to fit in his sleeperās side compartment. After 28 years of frustration, he decided to rectify the situation by designing his own. He wanted a toolbox that was sturdy, easily accessible, and could hold all his [ā¦]
October 3, 2011
Channel 19
Driver John Irish wins Carhartt sweepstakes
Remember the āArt you Carhartt tough?ā sweepstakes? I wrote about the two finalists earlier this year, both of them with some behind-the-wheel experience. John Irish (pictured, middle), the ultimate winner, Carhartt announced, and his wife took the Grand Prize trip in August to Oregon for a competitive lumberjacking event covered by ESPN. Working long days [ā¦]
October 1, 2011
Channel 19
Citizen to accident lawyers: Lighten up on anti-truck ads
āHow many times a day do you hear on TV ads from lawyers making statements such as, ābig trucks can cause serious injuries?āā So asked a reader, Bill Hughes, of the Tennessean newspaper, based in my home base of Nashville. I know the folks heās talking about, of course, as Iām sure do you in [ā¦]
September 28, 2011
Channel 19
āWhereās the loveā for truckers? Dr. Love has the answer
Or at least he knows where itās not: I-55 South into Hammond, La., from the No. 46 milemarker about 15 miles to I-12 (much smoother). Dr. Love, or truck driver B.G. Love, takes online viewers on a tour down this roadĀ in a video posted in June to the blog for his āLovologyā project, a personal [ā¦]
September 12, 2011
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