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Truck Stop Missouri redux; American Trucker GATS episode tonight
Truck Stop Missouri a âtrucking ambassadorâ in reality? After my interview posted yesterday with Joe Bechtold, General Manager of the Midway Truck Stop and Travel Plaza that is the subject of the Truck Stop Missouri TV show on the Travel Channel, a longtime commenter on the Channel 19 blog took issue with Bechtoldâs characterization of [âŚ]
October 6, 2011
Channel 19
Worth more than 78 words
Custom Rigs Editor Bruce W. Smith took this fanciful pic of three hot haulers at the Shell SuperRigs event June 2-4 at the Kenly 95 Petro in Kenly, N.C., this year. The flattopâs hauling gallon jugs of Shell Rotella products, the Big Lonestar a company display trailer. The mid-size Lonestar lookalike, well, you can check [âŚ]
July 1, 2011
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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 youâve 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 Hardageâs son Ericâs 1963 [âŚ]
June 9, 2011
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Owner-operator Jerry Kissinger named to new Shell âMillion-Mileâ club
His is a familiar face â to me, anyway. At MATS this week, Jerry Kissinger was named to Shell Rotellaâs new Million Mile Haul of Fame, introduced to honor drivers who respect their rig and its engine, and take pride in a job well done. Kissinger, owner-operator of a 1991 Mack Superliner, was honored as the [âŚ]
April 1, 2011
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New diesel thieves; âAmerican Truckerâ visits the custom shops
High-tech diesel thieves You know fuel prices are bad when you start seeing reports such as the one published yesterday via the website of Central Floridaâs WFTV. âSome long-haul truckers found a new way to steal diesel, Marion County deputies said Wednesday,â WFTV reported. Deputies apparently arrested three separate haulers who were passing off a [âŚ]
March 17, 2011
Business
Highway Idols
For Overdrive readers, the road to Paradise has always been populated with their dependable, good-looking rigs.
November 1, 2010
Channel 19
âWorkinâ Classâ â a new trucking tune from Leland Martin
Itâs named after owner-operator Colin Stuartâs âbig olâ Peterbilt all decked out and tricked out with beautiful murals of horses on the sides of the trailer,â country crooner Leland Martin told my colleagues over at Custom Rigs magazine â âWorkinâ Classâ is the latest in Martinâs catalog, written after meeting owner-operator Stuart and posing for [âŚ]
October 18, 2010
Business
Pride and Polish
Pat and Jonathan Eilen dominate working classes at Dallas Pride & Polish.
October 1, 2010
Business
Spring Custom Rigs hits stands
The new issue is available at select Petros and Flying J truck stops, among several locations.
February 26, 2010
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