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Tag: 18-wheelers
Channel 19
Rapper 50 cent rear-ended by ⌠a lesser-known Kool Keith track
Over on the Juice blog at Billboardâs website, word is rapper 50 Cent (pictured) collided with a Mack truck on the Long Island Expressway after the driverâs load shifted, causing him to lose control of the rig. (The driver was OK.) Many of you may remember 50âs âIn Da Clubâ record from 2003, whose rolling [âŚ]
July 5, 2012
Channel 19
Two J&S Petes â 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. Theyâre lookers, thatâs certain, and both on sale at the J&S sales installation [âŚ]
May 9, 2012
Channel 19
Colin Stuartâs âWorking Class,â shown in Knoxville this weekend
Just as I was wrapping up my time at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show this past Saturday, April 14, what would pull into the lot at Knoxville, Tenn.âs Chilhowee Park on East Magnolia but this stupendous custom 1984 Peterbilt 359, the usually heavy-hauling (he had on a load of pallets Saturday) Working Class of Harvard, [âŚ]
April 16, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Four-wheeler: âI am so sick of 18-wheelers!â
Over the transom today in Overdriveâs Nashville bureau here, as my office is often known among the editors in Alabama, came this letter. So much for sharing the road! Dear editor,I am so sick of 18-wheelers. They are always in the way. Who needs them? I sure donât. They never seem to do the speed [âŚ]
April 1, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Looking good, Michelin man
We didnât realize the Michelin mascot was such an avid consumer of owner-operator news and views before this photo was sent in. In any case, kudos for reading, MM. But too bad he didnât get to pick up the latest, April edition, just out and available in a digital edition via http://dmtmag.com/current/overdrive. Thereâs a great [âŚ]
March 31, 2012
Channel 19
âOutcast Kustomsâ TV show to debut March 26
If you give a look at the March 26 schedule on Discoveryâs Velocity Channel website youâll find a listing that may well ring a bell or two for the custom-truck enthusiasts among you. Listed at 9 p.m. on that date is Episode 1 of a show called âOutcast Kustoms,â which will feature Kelvin and April [âŚ]
March 14, 2012
Channel 19
Former operatorâs novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didnât set out to launch a trucking career when he took a job working for a Bekins Van Lines-affiliated moving company in Austin, Texas, in high school in the 1970s. He caught the fever all the same. âThe owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are [âŚ]
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
Southeastern Regional truck show one month hence
Mid-America had to start somewhere. âowner-operator Ted Bowers, president of the American Truck Historical Societyâs Smoky Moutains chapter The show about which Bowers had those thoughts for me is a joint venture with his ATHS chapter and several others in the Southeast, and itâs coming up quick: April 13-14 in Knoxville. Bowers made his comparison [âŚ]
March 11, 2012
Channel 19
Channel 19 week in pictures: Northern lights, NASCAR
Lights, camera âŚCarlile Transportation driver Dave Johnston photographed his rig and the Aurora Borealis âjust north of Coldfoot,â he says, on Alaskaâs Dalton Highway, where he runs three times weekly from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. With sunspot activity at a peak this winter, the northern lights have been particularly strong. Johnston shared this photo (and [âŚ]
March 1, 2012
Channel 19
Let the (fuel-mileage) games begin!
When owner-operator Henry Albert proposed that he test speedâs effect on fuel mileage on his blog Feb. 22 by dropping his top speed from 65 to 60, he sparked a wellspring of commentary from his readers. At first, he marveled at all the reaction. In the end, however, itâs easily explained: simple, quantifiable results are [âŚ]
February 27, 2012
Channel 19
Back to basics in apnea debate: The importance of sleep
Last night on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program of fuel hauler Allen Smith and his wife, Donna, discussion of the FMCSAâs Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Boardâs joint work on the issue of sleep apnea gave way at a crucial moment to a reiteration of the reality of the [âŚ]
February 24, 2012
Channel 19
Visiting with Evel Knievel in N.C.
This morning Iâm headed out to Brad Wikeâs âBradâs Classic Trucksâ shop and home of his BPW Transport company, both of which have gotten the feature treatment on the Speed Channelâs American Trucker show, hosted by Robb Mariani. Mariani helped engineer part of the reason Iâm headed to Wikeâs shop: Wikeâs doing a partial restoration [âŚ]
February 17, 2012
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