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Tag: Marc Mayfield
Channel 19
Watermelon Slim tour dates, and a special guest in Indiana Feb. 2
Overdriveās own āLong Haul Paulā Marhoefer joins Slim at the Feb. 2 performance. Also: The long and short on former owner-op and āIn the Driverās Seatā trucking-memoir author Marc Mayfieldās new work of page-turning detective fiction, āOn Grove Street.ā
January 14, 2019
Channel 19
Restart watch: Whoopi doesnāt get it either
āAttention mainstream media: There are a lot of people out here who think the changes that have been proposed in draft legislation may actually, on the contrary, āstrengthen safety rules,'ā contrary to what NYT editorial board thinks is going on in Congress.
June 17, 2014
Channel 19
On-highway reads: Revisiting āIn the Driverās Seatā
Writer and former owner-operator Marc Mayfield will be interviewed Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. EST on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program.
March 6, 2013
Channel 19
Former operatorās novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didnāt 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. āThe owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are [ā¦]
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
Driversā safety conversation continues
If the handheld cell ban for drivers (which goes into effect Jan. 3) has done anything for the nationās interstate haulers, itās upped the ante on the conversation on this blog about the direction of safety in the industry. Driver and radio host Big Al Weekley is back today with a lament for the safety [ā¦]
December 20, 2011
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Roadside Attractions
A trucking addict tells all, differential and transmission oil change intervals, truck nuts, how to get and keep the contract plus truck gallery are among the featured industry news items.
October 2, 2011
Channel 19
Long-haul literary: Former owner-operatorās memoir of the life
Marc Mayfield (pictured) didnāt set out to write a book when, after a lot of college ā āsome of it was wasted time,ā he says ā and several less-than-successful, half-hearted career choices, he jumped into a job choice heād long ago entertained as a possibility. āI really enjoyed driving big trucks,ā he says, which is [ā¦]
August 20, 2011
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