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Summit diesel-tech rodeo results
Nathan Holden of Little Rock, AR, walked away as the winner at the 6th-annual Summit Truck Group Technician Rodeo on August 11, 2018. Learn more today.
September 3, 2018
Channel 19
Career advancement for the long haul: One small fleet’s growth story
While a family business is certainly not the only way to start and/or run a small fleet, it is one of the more common; run through Old Time Express here with Mark, Mitch and founder owner-operator Bo White.
January 26, 2015
Business
Roads not taken: Diesel technician demand on the rise
You’ve heard of the “driver shortage,” right? The world of diesel technicians is experiencing a similar dynamic as equipment evolves, many techs retire and fewer people enter the vocation.
January 12, 2015
Overdrive Extra
New service space at Nebraska Pete dealer
The folks at South Dakota / Nebraska / Iowa-based four-dealer network Sioux City Truck Sales (pbtruck.com) shared this photo with us of construction, now completed, of a new nearly 7,400-square-foot addition to the Peterbilt of Norfolk (Nebraksa) building. Eight new service bays, with a wash bay and some additional parts storage space included, have been […]
April 24, 2012
Channel 19
Cummins introduces iPhone app with 3-D engine views
The latest in the trucking-related smartphone apps world is a nifty program offering 3-D views of engine componentry and systems from the folks at Cummins. It’s geared toward connecting technicians with careers with the diesel engine manufacturer, but I imagine there are plenty of you who’d get a kick out of the the app’s features […]
April 8, 2012
Channel 19
Jost to be featured today and tomorrow on Motorhead Garage TV
Tune into Fox Sports Network this morning at 11:30 in all time zones for an edition of the Motorhead Garage television series that features Jost International. The segment was filmed October 18 at the Jost U.S. manufacturing site in Greeneville, Tenn., and will air again tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 31, at 4:30 pm. During the segment, […]
October 30, 2011
Channel 19
Texas technicians rope Rush rodeo grand prizes — vids and more from the event
Sorting though the rich experience that was Rush Truck Centers’ Tech Skills Rodeo, held last week in San Antonio, is I’ve found a task best approached over weeks rather than days. If you missed the results, read on, or see my story from last week here. It’s impossible to get it all into the space […]
December 22, 2010
Channel 19
Scenes from the 2010 Rush Tech Skills Rodeo
I’m in San Antonio, Texas, this morning at the site of Rush Truck Centers’ fifth annual Tech Skills Rodeo, which pits 65 (out of more than 700 entering) of the truck dealer/service center network’s best diesel technicians against each other and a set of bugged vehicles. On the heavy-duty side of the competition, 15 techs […]
December 14, 2010
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