Trucks and Truckers

September 1st, 2008

That’s Nifty!

Useful New Products for Drivers

By Paul Abelson

I love truck shows like the Mid America Trucking Show and the National Truck Equipment Association’s Work Truck Show. Besides meeting my friends, I get to see some of the most innovative new devices made for our industry. I walk the entire show looking for the fruits of supplier ingenuity. Here are a few of the best new products I…

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September 1st, 2008

Notable Achievement

For three men, getting a CDL was instrumental to supporting their local high school band

BY James Proffitt

Three kids with a big toy haul no-touch freight. That’s a perfect description of the Beavercreek (Ohio) High School Marching Band’s big rig and its band of merry drivers. Earl Ake, Norm Beebe and Donn Johnson are anything but your average truck drivers. For one, they don’t do it every day, so when they climb into the cab of their…

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September 1st, 2008

Rocking Rigs

Hot Trends for Cool Looking Trucks

By Bryan Martin

I’m thinkin’ everybody reading Road King appreciates a cool truck, eh? But we might each differ a bit in our ideas of just what makes a truck cool. To some, it’s a rig with a super size sleeper, elaborate paint, and equipped with all the latest chrome and trinkets. Others prefer to see the looooooong wheel base, low-slung hot rods…

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September 1st, 2008

Long Run

This driver has experienced a lot in his years on the road

I’VE DRIVEN close to 5 million miles. I’ll be 74 in September and still run about 3,000 miles a week. It’s been quite a ride. I guess the thing about trucks that first fascinated me was the air brakes. I loved the sound of them when I was a kid, and it stuck with me. So when I got out…

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September 1st, 2008

Slow Down

And you can see fuel savings

Heather Larson

MORE AND MORE trucking companies are telling drivers that it’s time to slow down. Literally. As with so much in the industry lately, the need for less speed is all about saving fuel. Schneider Truckload Services lowered cruising speeds on their 10,000 tractors from 63 mph to 60 mph. Although actual savings figures weren’t available, Dan Van Alstine, senior vice…

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