Tag: Portland

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Two new books for the kids
One from close to home — children’s book “Papa Doug Hauls Strawberries and Smiles” from the TN Trucking Foundation — and former driver Susan Burton’s “My Auntie Susan Drives a Big Truck.”
February 10, 2015
Visit the website of the Tennessee Trucking Foundation to read more about the book, by Nashville-based Leslie Jones with illustrator Josh Cassidy.
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Multi-stop last mile from an Oregon National Forest
The end of the Parkers’ multi-stop load comes down the wire on hours. Wendy: “George really does amaze me sometimes. I would have been in the fetal position, sobbing….”
June 20, 2014
multiple stop load
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Courthouse News Service: ‘Truckers offended by lavender?’
Coast Truck Centers near Portland objected to a billboard above their store’s highway-side sign advertising an upscale resort. Wouldn’t you?
July 31, 2012
Bonneville Billboard Photo By Stuart Tomlinson
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FedEx driver honored by TCA
FedEx Freight driver Kenny Cass, of Portland, Ore., has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for his help at the scene of an accident on a Portland road.
July 31, 2012
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Pilot Flying J and T2T sponsor truckers in triathlon
Pilot Flying J is teaming up with Truckers to Triathletes (T2T) to help professional drivers maintain healthy lifestyles. Pilot Flying J is a 2012 sponsor of the Revolution 3 Triathlon series, which is July 8 in Portland, Ore. It will be sponsoring a group of five professional drivers: John Schneidewind, Steve Johnson, Bret Wright, Tom […]
June 14, 2012
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What it takes: Contractors Cargo hauls B-1 bomber body
“We transport all kinds of things, from construction equipment, petro-chemical equipment – even wind turbines,” says 84-year-old Jerry Wheeler, owner of the Compton, Calif.-based Contractors Cargo heavy-haul fleet. “And then we do the not-so-ordinary. We’ve hauled the Space Shuttle, and we just moved a B-1 Bomber from Arizona to Portland. It’s loads like that that […]
January 4, 2012
Contractors Cargo Drums
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New I-5 bridge over Columbia River gets OK
The current I-5 crossing between Oregon and Washington consists of two side-by-side bridges built in 1916 and 1958.
December 8, 2011
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Trucking effort in Wash. state to find child
As we know, dry vans have uses ancillary to hauling freight, not least among them their advertisement potential. You need only look to this month’s Overdrive to find evidence of that in a pic of sister mag CCJ‘s yearly Five Flashiest Fleets’ winner. A fleet headquartered in Washington State is using a similar tactic toward […]
January 24, 2011
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Panel studying Northwest bridge project
An independent panel is reviewing the Columbia River Crossing Project that would connect Portland, Ore. and Vancouver, Wash.
May 20, 2010
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Daimler Trucks offers e-mail savings
Daimler Trucks North America, based in Portland, Ore., offers commercial truck operators the option to receive e-mail notifications of offers containing savings on commonly-used parts, service and preventive maintenance repairs.
April 16, 2010
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