Trucks and Truckers

May 1st, 2009

Phase Two

This couple found success with second careers on the road

Linda: We met at age 15 and have been together ever since, so we tell people that basically we’ve been married our whole lives. I was working as a hairdresser, and Larry was working at a mill when our son graduated from high school, and we decided that we wanted to spend more time together. We like to travel and…

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May 1st, 2009

Tell us your story

Tell us how trucking has affected your life and you may be featured in Road King.

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March 1st, 2009

The Great Divide

The eternal problem of trucks and cars sharing the road

By Dan Calabrese

When a four-wheeler sits in the driver’s seat and turns the key, you just know there could be trouble.” So says Detroit-based driver James Tremblay, tapping into a mindset that is extremely common among truckers. If only their big rigs could have the highways all to themselves. No doubt, those driving four-wheel cars and trucks may very well wish for…

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March 1st, 2009

Tears for a Bulldog

Kemp's Truck Museum faces an uncertain future after the passing of its owner

By Chuck Miller

They sit parked along two sides of River Street in Hillsborough, New Hampshire — dozens of vintage Macks and International Harvesters and Sterlings and Caterpillars, holding their own against the harsh winter Nor’easters that can rip a stone face off the side of a mountain. What began in 1952, with Richard Kemp saving a 1930 Mack Bulldog from the scrap…

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March 1st, 2009

Seat Changes

From yesterday's orange crates to today's ergonomic marvels

By Paul Abelson

Where do you spend more time than anywhere else? If you drive your maximum 70 hours in eight days and add an hour a day in your seat doing paperwork, you’ll spend more than 36 percent of your time in your driver’s seat. If yours is one of the new swivel types that let you pivot around and recline the…

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