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Irish truckers report on South Korean truckersâ strike
An estimated 80 percent of the 380,000 total South Korean truckers were reported to have gone on strike âdemanding the introduction of standard freight charges, a 30 percent rise in transportation fees and revised laws on labour rights,â reported the (youâre hearing right) Irish Trucker Magazine. News travels faster than on-highway rigs, eh? Platts reports [âŚ]
June 26, 2012
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Have you seen this custom truck lately?
A look back here a few years to the Custom Rigs magazine vid of Doug Fisherâs The Gambler 2007 Peterbilt 379 Legacy edition, which among other features sports of an actual shotgun as the shifter and a signature by none other than the original Gambler himself, Kenny Rogers. A commenter on the vid at our [âŚ]
June 22, 2012
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LETTER: Kudos, more maintenance please!
I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I appreciate everyone and everything they do at Overdrive. I canât tell you how much I enjoy getting your magazine in the mail each month. My wife has learned over the years that every time I come home to a new issue [âŚ]
June 20, 2012
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Worldâs Toughest Trucker contestants at Great West
Drivers Jason Johnson and William Carlos âL.A. Rookieâ Weekley (pictured) will be joining representatives of the Truck It Smart load matching service at their booth in Las Vegas at the Great West Truck Show, beginning Thursday. Not only have both drivers proven they can hang hauling loads in the Australian Outback and in the Himalayas, [âŚ]
June 12, 2012
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Defining âgobbledygookâ with driver Sandy Long
Missouri-based Weston Transportation driver Sandy Long, blogging here, this morning laid down a primer for owner-operators and drivers on the term gobbledygook, defined by Westerâs as âwordy and generally unintelligible jargon.â She found some examples of it in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs postponed proposal (from last year) to mandate electronic onboard recorders for [âŚ]
June 11, 2012
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Heat: Your tiresâ No. 1 enemy
The folks at GITI Tire reminded us of this in their most recent newsletter, citing an article from the Saturday Evening Post that estimated 80 percent of tire failures were due to underinflation â the article appeared in 1928, and ânothing has changed,â the company said. Itâs a no-brainer, really, but how many times have [âŚ]
June 9, 2012
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Owner-operator on a fuel-economy test run
In May independent Albert Transport owner-operator Henry Albert participated in a test run of the 2014 Freightliner Cascadia Evolution (pictured) to track and compare its fuel-efficiency against an EPA 2010-compliant Cascadia. We reported about the test just last week. This week, heâs been sharing results of this unique experience over on his blog as part [âŚ]
June 7, 2012
Channel 19
â7 deadly lot lizardsâ infographic raises image questions
A satirical infographic detailing the so-called â7 Deadly Lot Lizardsâ from the folks at Trucker to Trucker.com has me pondering the dynamics that make just this sort of thing possible. I wonât repost it here, but you can take a look at it on their site (or click through the truncated thumbnail at right). Among [âŚ]
June 7, 2012
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Are you a natural gas truck owner-operator?
Overdriveâs brand-new June issue features our quarterly section devoted to the severe service niche thatâs heavy this time around on coverage of natural-gas-powered engine technology, leading with the story of a Chicago ready-mix concrete outfit thatâs put down big investments in natural gas Kenworth W900s. Check out the section in the digital magazine via this [âŚ]
June 4, 2012
Channel 19
Channel 19âs Friday trucking news quiz
A brief quiz on the weekâs news â play yourself! Post answers in the comments here then go back through the past weekâs blog entries to check your results. Get all five without cheating? You might be my best reader. 4: A Channel 19 regular, no doubt. 3: Thanks for reading! 2: Where have you [âŚ]
June 1, 2012
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One Girl Trucking: âMore courtesy nowâ
An encounter with a pair of joy-riding, inconsiderate motorcyclists over Memorial Day turned dramatic when truck driver Bethany, blogging at One Girl Trucking, decided enough was enough and confronted the bikers at a red light. Read her account, a sort of pitch and plea to bikers, motorists and truckers alike for more courtesy and common [âŚ]
June 1, 2012
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New heights for American pride?
Driver David Ray Thornburg took matters into his own hands, reported Steve Stoler of WFAA in Houston, when he saw a barren flagpole at a truck stop in Denton, Texas, on Memorial Day. Thornburg, a military veteran, with video camera running, drove his truck down to a nearby Wal-Mart, got the store to donate a [âŚ]
May 30, 2012
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