When I have the time, I browse the Internet looking for a potential used and affordable-on-a-truck-magazine-editor’s meager salary, old cabover to call my own. While I have yet to find one, I did come across another unique vehicle for sale: James Bond’s actual Aston Martin DB5 as driven by Sean Connery in the Goldfinger and Thunderball movies.
Ice Road Trucker Alex Debogorski doesn’t mind hard work to earn money for his family. “You crank the organ and I’ll be the monkey,” he says. “Now I’m working on this movie star thing.” Debogorski, a true ice road trucker for more than 26 years, has a bit of celebrity thanks the History Channel’s hit […]
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is one of the country’s most influential lawmakers when it comes to transportation legislation. He currently sits on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works as well as the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. He also sits on the Committees on Armed Services; Banking, Housing and Urban Development; and Small […]
I was hanging out in the driver’s room at a distribution center waiting for my rig to be unloaded. I decided to shoot the breeze with some of the more veteran truckers there. The discussions turned out to be a very interesting trip down memory lane. Surprisingly, one of the truckers said he missed driving […]
A late-night commercial that runs on the West Coast features a guy wearing a white cowboy hat, and his pet, Spot, by his side. But each time “Spot” is a different animal: a tiger, an elephant or even a large snake. Any TV viewer in California or Arizona, whether he likes or dislikes the ad, […]
