Trucks and Truckers

November 1st, 2008

Terms of Use

Words that truckers can expect to hear in the march toward 2010 emissions standards

By David A. Kolman

As 2010 draws closer, there is ever more discussion about the issues, technology and products coming into the marketplace to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s more stringent diesel emission standards. These new regulations will dramatically reduce discharges of both particulate matter (soot and ash) and nitrogen oxide (NOx). Particulate matter is formed by the incomplete combustions of fuel in…

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November 1st, 2008

Trying Times

During some tough years this driver discovered his resolve to succeed

When I was a kid, I would look at those big trucks on the road, and I knew then that I wanted to be a driver. At home we had this chair that I used to climb into, holding a pot that was perfect to use as a steering wheel. My dad would ask, “Son, where are you headed today?”…

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November 1st, 2008

The Real World

After more than a decade of stardom, Trace Adkins is still a working class warrior

By Chris Neal

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…

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November 1st, 2008

Put the Fun in Functional

Look good and boost your bottom line

By Bryan Martin

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…

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November 1st, 2008

This Officer Was No Gentleman

Getting the ticket was bad. Getting attitude was worse.

by David A. Kolman, Senior Editor

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…

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