Mid-America Trucking Show

Archive for November, 2008

Fly Boy

A lawn chair and some party balloons help a man achieve his childhood dream

Some young boys dream of playing for the NFL or driving a race car in the Indy 500. Kent Couch wanted to soar among the clouds. The 48-year-old owner of the Stop and Go gas station in Bent, Ore., has achieved that dream not once, but three times, with the help of a lawn chair and hundreds of balloons. It was a truck driver who first inspired Couch’s pursuits — in 1982, trucker Larry Walters soared over Los Angeles in a lawn chair attached to 45 weather balloons. Walters, who reached…

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TA Holiday Gift Extravaganza

Tis the season — and TA’s Road King Club is feeling jolly and generous. The TA Holiday Gift Extravaganza Sweepstakes, running from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, will give away 10 prizes every day, ranging from a holiday dinner at one of TA’s restaurants to a GPS Navigational System. Each day 10 winners will be randomly selected from all the eligible entries, and notified by email and at the Road King Club Kiosk. Winners will claim their prize certificate at any RoadMile Marker kios…

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A New Cup of Joe

Good coffee taste is important. That’s why TA continually looks for ways to satisfy that java urge. Our locations offer a wide array of blends at Café Express and the extra-caffeinated TA Extreme is a tasty power brew. Now there’s Trucker’s Choice, TA’s new coffee made especially for the professional driver Coffee lovers will find this delicious, new dark roast blend only at TA restaurants.This new blend is richer, bolder and more flavorful, to satisfy the most di…

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Get Connected

WiFi at TA locations across the country just got better. TA SpeedZone is now Interstate SpeedZone, offering great service and upgraded features. Anyone with a current contract or membership for TA SpeedZone will continue that service uninterrupted, simply by changing the SSID to INTERSTATE. Available in every TravelCenters of America location and now available in more than 200 locations, Interstate SpeedZone high-speed wireless internet access has the lowest prices of any national travel center c…

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TA Tech Is Tops Twice

Butch Estrada, who gets trucks in shape for the road at the Lake Station, Ind. TA shop, won top honors in two categories – Brakes and Fasteners — at this year’s SuperTech competition. Put together by the Technology and Maintenance Council, the annual contest brings together the country’s top shop technicians. It includes a written test and hands-on work in 14 different stations that test contestants’ diagnostic and problem-solving skills.This year TA sent 12 techs…

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