It’s been a very long time since my boot camp days, and all I can recall of that time is running sprints, doing push-ups, struggling over obstacle courses and bearing the brunt of instructors getting in my face bellowing commands. So when I got the call to report to UPS Feeder Driver... More »
Jeremy Hassevoort • Holland, Mich. • Driving for 10 years Trucking is all I know and all I ever wanted to do. My father is a driver and opened his own trucking business, Rabbit River Transport, in 1993. I started wrenching on trucks at our house when I was 14. I did it all - changing... More »
By now you may have heard that the Lonestar from International won top honors in the first Commercial Truck of the Year competition in the U.S. Europe has had a Truck of the Year award for many years. It was easy to make that distinction overseas, where truck manufacturing has long... More »
Anyone who knows easygoing Joe Gibbs can appreciate the humor in the tongue-in-cheek headline: “Gibbs Is a Racing Menace.”During the NASCAR off-season, Gibbs was participating in a just-for-fun exhibition race when he crashed into the car of another driver, almost flipping him over. When... More »
Kristina Kremer, a longtime driver, is hoofing it from Delaware to California. Putting one foot in front of the other, she thinks about the 1973 Kenworth sitting at home and the 1991 Peterbilt she drives over the road. “When I see big trucks go by, I really miss my truck,” she says.But... More »
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.) is the ranking member on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Highways and Transit Subcommittee, which oversees the construction of roads and transit facilities and the development of national surface transportation policy. Rep. Duncan... More »
We’re continually hearing about freight being off, trucking operations laying off workers, businesses closing and firms going into bankruptcy. Even trucking companies with years of strong performance are failing. All too often, trucking companies — especially the larger ones &mdash... More »
Your opinions count. I asked for feedback in my last Road King column and we got it. We are constantly upping the level of customer service; driver satisfaction with TAs across the country is growing. Three questions have come up more than any others – more info is below. Thank you for being a... More »
For a trucker, Big Rig Limo offers the perfect vehicle for a trip down the aisle.The company, based in Scotland, offers a decked-out truck and driver for hire, so bride or groom can truly make a big entrance. “We always wanted to own our own American truck,” says Kevin Nimmo, who runs... More »
Did the FBI really have to do it? In April the law enforcement agency put out word that it saw a connection between highway killings and long-haul truckers. Sure the officials made the point that drivers are not more likely to be serial killers than those in other jobs. They were saying that in... More »
