Archive for November, 2008

I never thought it would happen. In my more than 30-year trucking career, I’d avoided the experience. But the laws of probability caught up with me. It happened not long ago on the kind of night that has me saying: “nighttime is my time.” I was surprised to see the scalehouse open after dinner time. The state coffers being low these days, I guessed the longer hours were due to “revenue enhancement” operations. No big deal. It’s my standard practice to wear my…

Now more than ever, it’s important to get the most bang for your buck when you purchase parts and accessories for your truck. Here are a few items to enhance your rig that are handy, practical/functional, and look good too! Hood wing or aero style bug shields. There are a lot of manufacturers and styles of bug deflectors, from the small stainless wing style, the smoked acrylic style, to the polished stainless steel aero type. These deflectors really cut down on the bugs that cover your …

It’s Saturday afternoon in Nashville, and in a few hours the Grand Ole Opry radio show will begin. Right now there are lights and sound to be tested, songs to be rehearsed. Flanked by members of his own band, the Opry house band and a nine-member gospel choir, Trace Adkins stands silently on the Grand Ole Opry House stage. Once everything is tuned up and turned up, the music begins. Adkins, dressed casually in a white T-shirt, jeans and boots — plus a black cowboy hat, of course &m…