The ball is smaller, about the size of a melon, and is rolled down the lane with the speed and delivery of a fast-pitch softball game. The bowler shoots the ball at long, tapered pins at the end of the lane, and gets three tries to knock down all ten pins. The pins that topple […]
Automobile manufacturers bring out new models on a regular basis and totally redesign cars and pickups every three to five years. Heavy truck builders rarely change models. It’s been more than a decade since Kenworth introduced the T2000, its first wide-bodied aerodynamic truck for the 21st century. Kenworth had earned its reputation among owner-operators with […]
Nancy Eberts is not your everyday trucker. Each year, this mother of four joins husband Myron on a six-month journey across America to ensure the country won’t run out of corn. “We cut the crops that feed America,” says Nancy, standing with hands on hips outside the crew’s accommodation trailer in Kiowa, Kan. The Ebertses […]
While driving down a long highway or traveling through an unfamiliar city, you might look up at an old brick building or at the side of a barn and see what appears to be an advertisement. And you might start to wonder as you drive by, what kind of products Mail Pouch Tobacco and Uneeda […]
Owner-operator Scott Kinley wore shorts and flip-flops before his buddy, and fellow driver, Henry Albert gave him the challenge to start cleaning up and wearing a nice shirt and tie while he is driving. The difference for Kinley was almost instantaneous. Everywhere I go,” he says. “I’ve never been called sir so much in my […]
