Trucks and Truckers

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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July 1st, 2008

Raising Hope

A driver who started with nothing succeeds and shares the wealth

Claude Jones, Glen Mills, Pa., Driving for 24 years

I went to college and was studying architecture and working as a school bus driver. When I was 19, a friend got me a job driving a straight truck. I was bringing home a good income so I stayed with it, and after work I would practice backing up tractors in the yard. I drove two years locally, and when…

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July 1st, 2008

Keep On Trucking

Resilient and reliable drivers always find a way to deliver

By Timothy D. Brady

Every year, Road King devotes its July/August cover to driver appreciation. In 2008, with so many owner-operators feeling the squeeze of economic hard times, we wanted to recognize the resilience of drivers during difficult periods. But we also wanted to offer help and hope. We went to Timothy D. Brady, a 23-year trucking veteran turned business advisor who can be…

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July 1st, 2008

Poetry in Motion

A songwriter pays tribute to the industry she grew up in

By Katie Dodd

For any country songwriter, getting the call that the legendary George Strait has recorded your tune is excitement enough. But for Nicole Witt, it had a more personal meaning. “Brothers of the Highway,” a song she co-wrote with Doug Johnson and Kim Williams, is about the industry her dad devoted his career to — trucking. “My dad worked for Roadway…

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July 1st, 2008

Trophy Life

News about award-winning drivers and their trucks

Winner announced Donald Turkelson, of Battle Creek, Mich., was named the winner of Arrow Truck Sales’ Back on the Road 2008 Contest at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. The contest was designed to benefit a deserving owner-operator in need of a truck and job due to unfortunate circumstances. Turkelson was shot in his left leg as he was…

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