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Chatting with Aaron Tippin at Uncle Pete’s
I bet you I-40 regulars know Uncle Pete’s — formerly Tennessee 40 — at 1210 Sparta Pike in Lebanon, Tenn., at I-40. It might well give any stop east of the Mississippi a run for the money for the “most distinctive” honor. Adorning its walls is a collection of more than “4,875 coffee cups,” says […]
May 15, 2012
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Owner-operators back in the news on EOBRs
The latest is following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s formal removal of the remedial-directive rule, which would have required carriers with big hours compliance problems to install electronic onboard recorders. After being thrown out by the court last year, FMCSA’s finally removed it from the regs. A feature in the Bismarck, N.D., Tribune newspaper […]
May 14, 2012
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Before and after: TCA’s weight-loss showdown finale
Official results are in, ladies and gentlemen, and we have ourselves a winner — or two, that is, one at the carrier level and the other at the individual. Congrats to Prime Inc. for a big company trophy for the highest total weight percentage lost among its participating staff and drivers/owner-operators. With a total loss […]
May 13, 2012
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Crude hauling in N.D., Texas with former expediters
A story in this month’s Truckers News followed the transition of the former FedEx Custom Critical expediting team of Mark Kathrein and Wendy Wing (pictured) into a crude-hauling operation in North Dakota. Just as the May magazine was going to press, as mentioned in the story, the ultra-rugged, cold climes of North Dakota gas-and-oil-well trucking […]
May 12, 2012
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The owner-operator: Takes a lickin’, still tickin’
Looking at the overall need for owner-operators, their health tracks freight demand.
May 11, 2012
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‘Bring Jabin home’ — rally around jailed driver continues
Yesterday, May 10, Allen and Donna Smith of the Truth About Trucking advocacy organization and AsktheTrucker.com hosted a who’s who of folks involved in the case of Demco Transportation driver Jabin Bogan, who is still being held by Mexican authorities after inadvertently proceeding to the border at El Paso/Juarez while toting a load of military-grade […]
May 11, 2012
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Owner-operator Glenn Keller on the CNN Fit Nation challenge
An interview with owner-operator Glenn Keller about his fitness improvements.
May 10, 2012
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Two J&S Petes — views from a new custom player
The combination of the J&S Truck and Trailer Sales dealer in Knoxville, Tenn., and J&S Body Shop, run by Benny Coffey in nearby Corryton, showed these two newly restored / customized Petes at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show in Knoxville last month. They’re lookers, that’s certain, and both on sale at the J&S sales installation […]
May 9, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Awesome bull hauler: An Iowa Pete truck show winner
Peterbilt of Council Bluffs, Iowa, hosted a truck beauty competition and show this past Saturday, May 5, that attracted more than 40 entrants. Pictured here (beauty shot below) is the “hot lime-green” 2000 Peterbilt 379 bull hauler that garnered the most votes from the judges (the entrants themselves) for Best in Show, along with staff […]
May 9, 2012
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UV protection and FMCSA’s window-tinting clarification
FMCSA said that “truck drivers, fleet owners and managers can install a protective window film with over 70 percent net Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) on the side windows of trucks weighing over 26,001 pounds.”
May 8, 2012
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Poster art for truck safety
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro yesterday announced the two winners of this year’s “Be Ready, Be Buckled” Safety Belt Student Art Contest. Regular readers of the Channel 19 blog will remember this post about last year’s contest. Second grader Sophia Chen from Edison, N.J., and fifth grader Richard He from Parsippany in the […]
May 8, 2012
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National day of remembrance — for truck drivers
A self-proclaimed “proud trucker’s wife” is circulating an online petition she hopes to take to Congress and the President to create a September 16 National Truck Driver Remembrance Day for the sacrifices haulers have made for the country. It would be a public holiday, says Melissa Peranteau of Sunbury, Penn., in text accompanying the petition, […]
May 7, 2012
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