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POLL: Which of these 2020 presidential challengers would you most like to take on a ridealong in the truck?
Ahead of the first Presidential primary debates later this month, this question looks at the challengers hoping to take office after the 2020 election. Scales have flipped for the number of candidates competing among the two major parties since the last race, with just on Republican challenger to Trump (large favorite of readers last time around), and some 23 Democrats. If you could present trucking issues to one challenger ā¦
June 11, 2019
Custom Rigs
Owner of classic W9 specializes in survival: āI refuse to loseā
John Jaikes is clearly a hard-working independent and a proud show truck exhibitor. Whatās not so obvious is that heās a survivor ā of repeat bouts with cancer and a wreck with a possibly suicidal four-wheeler.
June 13, 2016
Overdrive Radio
One independentās comeback from the brink: A run with Ted Bowers
A rare opportunity to make part of a run with Kingston, Tenn.-based Ted Bowers, owner of the small trucking company that bears his name, yields a story of adversity overcome that holds lessons in the importance of close freight, accounting, driver and other partnerships.
March 15, 2016
Business
Normal called ā¦ not really
āI have a good friend who went out on the truck with her boyfriend as a rider for the first time last weekend. I got a steady stream of āWTF?ā texts ā she quickly reminded me that thereās really no ānormalā on the road.ā
January 12, 2015
Business
Gird your loins because hell has frozen over
āI applaud the trucker who let [Anne Ferro] ride with him ā youāre a brave fellow. When I asked George if heād let Anne do a ridealong with him, he flat out said, āHell no.'ā
November 8, 2013
Channel 19
Anne Ferro on a haul ā finally
Riding along with owner-operator Leo Wilkins yields new insights for FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
November 5, 2013
Channel 19
Helpful partner ā Western Express driver Derek Dorsey
Not only is longtime Western Express driver Derek Dorsey a great asset to the Nashville, Tenn.-headquartered fleet ā company recruiting director Matt Neal calls him āour go-to guy, great with customers, great with training new driversā and āone of our absolute bestā ā heās also quite accommodating to everyone he meets, including writer-photographers like me. [ā¦]
November 15, 2010
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