Tag: ridealong pets

Business
News roundup, Oct. 22: Hankook tires now available at Loveā€™s, Mutts4Trucks.com spotlights on-highway pets, accessories manufacturer Magnum lowers prices
Loveā€™s is now offering select Hankook tires at its Loveā€™s Truck TIre Care and Speedco locations. Mobil Delvac and Pedigree have teamed up to launch ā€œMutts4Trucks,ā€ a program pairing professional drivers with shelter dogs. Magnum Trailer & Equipment is lowering prices on certain accessories due to a new manufacturing process.
October 22, 2019
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Channel 19
Pup in need of a rolling home, and: 411 on a spare July 1980 Overdrive?
Bullpen Rescue of Georgia believes it has the perfect ridealong companion for a highway hauler among the rescue dogs for whom itā€™s trying to find a home. And: On the 20th anniversary of Peter Gallicchioā€™s trucking fatherā€™s death, heā€™s in search of a particular Overdrive issue where the familyā€™s company mini Crosley tractor-trailer was featured.
March 2, 2018
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Life
Omnitracs holding contest to find driversā€™ ā€˜pick of the litterā€™
Omnitracsā€™ Big Rig Buddies 2017 Giveaway allows drivers, both current and retired, to submit a photo of their pet and a brief description explaining why their pet is the best companion on the road.
June 28, 2017
2 dogs and cat in truck window
Channel 19
More ā€˜bird businessā€™: Share your ā€˜Most Loved Petā€™
Checking in with Sammons-leased owner-operator Larry Leckrone, whose 25-year-old pet macaw Mugsy rides along with him in his 1962 C-model Kenworth.
October 4, 2013
Larry Leckrone and Mugsy
Business
Tuna salad tames the savage beast
ā€œI keep my eyes peeled for a pet while weā€™re on the road. Some of the best dogs Iā€™ve ever had were strays, and it would be appropriate to find the truck dog on the roadā€¦.ā€ If only it were so simple.
April 5, 2013
Channel 19
ā€˜Bird Businessā€™ with owner-operator Larry Leckrone
32: The percentage of truckers who said in a recent poll that they would choose a carrier based on its ridealong pet policy. The number tracks closely to the 42 percent of haulers who said they did in fact run with a pet of some kind in the truck ā€” computed as part of Truckers [ā€¦]
November 23, 2010
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Voices
Channel 19
A sinkhole in Tennessee, a hands-free headset maker, a doggie social networking website and more are featured.
July 1, 2010
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