As November rolls around again, it will be eight years since the trucking industry lost a woman who was a champion for the industry and a…
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Thankfully there are those among us that are willing to run INTO a burning building to save those of us who are trying to run OUT.…
I do not know anyone who has not been touched by cancer. Be it a family member, friend or yourself, pretty much everyone has been affected…
Chicago was once known as the “Bread Basket of the Midwest” – and for good reason, as much of the country’s meat and produce passed through…
The trucking industry and its old “brotherhood of the highway” mentality is not dead yet. Although it has taken a beating over the past few years,…
It’s a bit of a play on words, but trucks really do talk – and they tell a story, if you look close enough. The story…
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Just over a year ago, I was talking to a friend, and it was with his encouragement that I…
For eight days I got off the road and got on the water. Boarding the Carnival Conquest in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on February 6th, I was…
What are the odds of loading next to two beautiful, still-working, classic Kenworths in the same week? Well, it recently happened to me. On Monday morning…
Another year has trucked on by and here we are again, with many of us making the same New Year’s resolutions that we make every year.…
It has been an incredible year for my friend and fellow trucker Ingrid Brown. This special lady is a 35-year veteran, with over 3 million safe…
Customizing trucks has become a passion for Dan and Dave Brown, twin brothers from Antioch, Illinois. Together, working as DB Kustom Trucks, they are taking the…
The welcome mat was put out on August 14-16 for the Eau Claire Big Rig Truck & Tractor Show in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Terry and Linda…
I recently had the good fortune of meeting a driver named Ernie Coverdell at the Walcott Jamboree in July, where he was proudly displaying his Katana…
It was 25 years ago, at the 1990 Walcott Truckers Jamboree, that I went to my very first truck show. This is also the place where…