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Peterbilt, International, Mack, more announce new equipment at annual Work Truck Show
Peterbilt is adding remote diagnostics and the Bendix Wingman Fusion collision mitigation system to its medium-duty lineup, International debuted a new body builder program to streamline spec’ing, Mack unveiled a new OTA engine update program and more.
March 8, 2019
Business
U.S. Postal Service unveils truck stamp designs
International Harvester, Ford and Chevrolet are among classic pickup truck makers whose models are to be celebrated this year in a special line of postage stamps.
January 5, 2016
Pride & Polish
25 videos for 25 years: Robb Mariani’s ‘Low Patrol’ ‘1974 Ford
After purchasing the truck in 2003, former American Trucker host Robb Mariani rebuilt this classic cabover and turned it into an ode to its roots — a highway patrol rig.
July 9, 2015
Business
Hotshot trucking: How to start
Thinking of starting a hotshot hauling business? Find out what you need to know about establishing authority and spec'ing equipment for hotshot trucking here.
December 5, 2014
Business
Hotshot trucking: Pros, cons of the small-truck niche
Hotshot hauling offers lower start-up costs and other advantages over running Class 8 over-the-road, but other trade-offs make it challenging in its own right.
December 1, 2014
Channel 19
Hotshot hauling with owner-operator Jeff Ward
Meet Villa Rica, Ga.-based Jeff Ward and his Brady’s Hotshot Hauling business, with a 2012 Ford F350 outfitted with a Cadet flatbed body, gooseneck hitch and 30-ft. P.J. trailer.
October 2, 2014
Channel 19
Who will sell Jimmy Fallon a pickup?
“If those aren’t ‘big enough’ for Fallon, I wonder what kind of registration/permit you might need to run a Class 8 in downtown NYC as a personal vehicle….”
March 13, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Work Truck Show wrap-up
Rounding up commercial van market, hybrid truck, solar panel, natural gas powertrain and other news from the NTEA show in Indianapolis, which ended March 8.
March 10, 2013
Channel 19
Channel 19’s Friday trucking news quiz
A brief quiz on the week’s news — play yourself! Post answers in the comments here then go back through the past week’s blog entries to check your results. Get all five without cheating? You might be my best reader. 4: A Channel 19 regular, no doubt. 3: Thanks for reading! 2: Where have you […]
June 1, 2012
Channel 19
Memorial Day fun with Heister’s hot rod — and a new truck
Yesterday, owner-operator Dan Heister invited myself and the family out to his new place in Tennessee Ridge, Tenn., near his former home in Erin, for a cookout with various other friends and family. Something of an early Memorial Day celebration, as Heister was setting out today with a northeast-bound load of rock in his new […]
May 28, 2012
Channel 19
Holloway Sisters, good music, nice truck, and a joke
Nice truck, don’t you think? Drivers, meet the Holloway Sisters, Michelle (right) and Sondra, both of whom we met here next to Jimmy Jabo’s custom 1953 Ford F100 on the grounds of Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, Tenn. at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show a couple weekends back. The sisters performed with their family band, Outta […]
April 29, 2012
Voices
Owner-Operator of the Month
A driving stint at 16 turns into a long career for steel hauler Richard Channing.
November 1, 2011
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