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Tag: Roll On
Channel 19
Out now: âThe Bison & the Butterflyâ â rollicking sequel to former owner-operator Fred Afflerbachâs âRoll Onâ novel
A road novel of the classic sort, the new book builds on the foundations laid by its predecessor â Afflerbachâs empathic, often hilarious, moving depiction of two generations of men coming back together through lived experience after separation and loss is a master turn in the literary arts.
February 23, 2017
Channel 19
Strikes, stonings back in the South African trucking mix
A three-week work stoppage by a majority of South African drivers that resorted in trucker-to-trucker violence shows history can repeat itself just one year on.
October 15, 2012
Channel 19
Excerpting âRoll On,â a novel by Fred Afflerbach
The book is out, owner-operators. And what a book it is, telling the story, as Iâve written here, of owner-operator Ubi Sunt, an old-school âbedbuggerâ and child of the orphan trains facing down in the early 1980s an incoming rush of new faces, new ways of doing business, new pressure from his family to settle [âŚ]
April 17, 2012
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Roadside Attractions
New life for old classics, Loveâs connect app, the Aurora Borealis and more industry news and oddities are featured.
April 1, 2012
Channel 19
Former operatorâs novel immortalizes trail-blazing independents
Fred Afflerbach didnât 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. âThe owner-operators would come rolling in and the drivers are telling stories and your eyes are [âŚ]
March 13, 2012
Channel 19
Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time
Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!
August 4, 2011
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