Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 53

Channel 19

4 State’s Bryan Martin on Joplin rebuilding efforts in All Drivers Together conference call

In a conference call last week put together by the All Drivers Together group, a collaboration of owner-operators and drivers opening up a free conference line to drivers and others in the trucking industry around the nation to network and share information toward industry betterment, 4 State Trucks’ Bryan Martin noted the shift in efforts […]

June 15, 2011

Channel 19

82-year-old gets a trucking wish; Minnesota horse northbound and down

Queen of the road A story in the Doylestown, Pa., Intelligencer newspaper details the Twilight Wish Foundation‘s efforts to grant a long-haul wish to 82-year-old Margarette Kirsch. In late May, she set out of a 15-day journey from Philly to California and back to her Merritt Island, Fla., home with trucker Annabella Wood at the […]

June 14, 2011

Channel 19

Transport for Christ truck rally this Fri-Sat

The Transport for Christ organization’s efforts to connect with and spread the good news to and of the trucking industry extends far beyond their mobile chapels and efforts to unite drivers in the fight against humna trafficking, which I wrote about several weeks ago. They’re rewarding the greater community of drivers and owner-operators again this […]

June 13, 2011

Channel 19

Swift at the New York Stock Exchange

Get an eyeful of this pic, a Swift International Lonestar parked outside the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, when Swift management rang the opening bell on the exchange after a December initial public offering (NYSE-Listed SWFT) of Swift stock, which gained 27 cents a share that week. Swift, “based in Phoenix, Ariz., operates 16,100 […]

June 13, 2011

Trucking History

Creating a trucking community, catching up with friends

OverdriveRetro.com is gradually creating an online truckers’ community of drivers who enjoy recalling careers they loved.

June 10, 2011

Channel 19

Hardage custom combo unit gets final fix

You might remember Jeff Hardage, owner of the J&C Investments small fleet, based in Garland, Texas, if you’ve been paying any attention whatsoever to the news coming out of the Pride & Polish competitions at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas the past several years. Most recently, I wrote about Hardage’s son Eric’s 1963 […]

June 9, 2011

Business

Angie Banning awarded April 2011 Teacher of the Month

Angie Banning, a teacher at Longmont Estates Elementary in Longmont, Colo., was named Trucker Buddy International’s April 2011 Teacher of the Month. Banning and Steen Gronlund, a driver for Mile High Foods, have volunteered in the trucking education outreach for more than 10 years. Gronlund says he has enjoyed being a Trucker Buddy for Banning’s […]

June 9, 2011

Channel 19

Custom rig as educational shuttle — a Mack contribution to the space program

It’s not as big as its sister ships. Nor has it ever gone into orbit. But for more than two decades, the Shuttle Blake has served a very important mission — educating students about space exploration.  Mack Trucks has been part of the story all along. In the early 1980s Bob Boehmer, a teacher at […]

June 8, 2011

Business

Pilot Flying J plaza opens, another nearly ready

A travel plaza in Haines City, Fla., opened recently and another in Morgantown, W. Va., will open June 22, Pilot Flying J Travel Centers announced.  A company spokeswoman corrected an earlier announcement that the Morgantown facility had already opened. The Haines City plaza is at 35647 U.S. Highway 27 North. The 12,462-square-ft. facility includes eight fuel islands, […]

June 8, 2011

Business

Con-way re-opens Phoenix orientation site

Con-way Truckload has re-opened its sixth driver orientation site in Phoenix at the Premier Inns, the Joplin, Mo.-based carrier announced. Plans include hiring 30 to 50 experienced professional truck drivers from several Western states, including Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico and Colorado per month. Every new Con-way Truckload driver must attend a five-day orientation program, […]

June 7, 2011

Channel 19

Final season one episode of American Trucker on Speed Channel this Thursday

If you missed the news two weeks back, the final episode of the first season of American Trucker on the Speed Channel will features the production crew’s documentation of the last mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and, more particularly, the trucks that are front and center in preparations for the journey. Among them are […]

June 7, 2011

Business

Three-day Roadcheck blitz planned

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will hold Roadcheck, its annual vehicle inspection program, June 7-9.

June 6, 2011