Tag: inventions

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What’s your dream gear?
What piece of trucking gear could you use most effectively that, well, just hasn’t been invented yet? Some examples here. Weigh in yourself via 530-408-6423 on our podcast voicemail line.
August 13, 2016
Charlotte, N.C.-based Chris Barbeau and his “Dudad” device for automated dock wake-up calls.
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Thinker-tinkering: Inventors among the trucker set
It’s people like Chris Barbeau, Robert Jordan and others that lend credence to notion of the creativity-inspiring quality of the open road. Keep thinking, keep building, operators.
January 13, 2015
Charlotte, N.C.-based Chris Barbeau and his Dudad device
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Good to the last drop with trucker-invented Bottle Buddy
A story in the Akron Beacon-Journal from last week detailed the inventing prowess of dump-truck driver for Barbicas Construction and former long-hauler Charlene Cook, of Akron, Ohio. She unveiled her gizmo, the Last Drop Bottle Buddy, at the Invention and New Product Exposition, or INPEX, outside Pittsburgh June 16-18. The Bottle Buddy is essentially a sturdy stand and […]
June 25, 2010
Charlene Cook By Mike Cardew
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