Elvis is in the building. Well, some of his possessions are anyway. Visitors to the Sparks, Nev. TA will find a lot of Presley memorabilia, alongside one of the most impressive gun collections in the U.S. It all began in the 1980s when Sid Doan, Jr., the original owner of the truckstop (back then it […]
Walk into the Kenly 95 Petro and one word escapes your lips. “Wow!” Long known as a welcome stopping point for drivers, the location is bigger, brighter and better, from one end to the next after a major renovation. “It’s absolutely gorgeous,” says general manager Ernie Brame, who has worked at the North Carolina truckstop […]
With all the things a driver has to worry about, what to wear probably falls at the bottom of the list. But what if your clothes are actually making you sick? The fit and fabric of some garments can lead to health problems, but with just a few minor adjustments you could find yourself sitting […]
A good preventive maintenance (PM) program is more than just a regular lube-oil change-filter replacement (LOF). As the name implies, it is designed to prevent more costly problems that can take and keep your truck off the road for days or even weeks at a time. PM heads off catastrophic failures, but it also helps […]
Perhaps the biggest white-knuckle experience Ed Lewis had as an over-the-road driver involved a twisty trip through the Provo Canyon in Utah. “It was pitch black in the middle of the night, and I was the only truck on the road, a little two-lane shortcut through the canyon,’’ Lewis recalls. “I came around a curve […]
