Posts Tagged ‘Mar-2009’

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 the same thing — but there’s no getting around the fact that the two groups have to share the road with each other. Though…

I love attending truck shows. I get to see all the latest in equipment and services, and meet some of the greatest people in the world — truckers. That’s not just hype, it’s fact. When I used to be a supplier, I quickly learned that my marketplace, truckers, tell it like it is. They say what they think, not what they think you want to hear. My company got a great deal of valuable market research for free just by listening to the folks who came into our booth. As worthwhile as…

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 heap, has grown into a fleet of bulldozers, haulers, bread trucks, snowplows and pavers, the width and breadth of which becam…

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 back to watch TV, read or otherwise relax, you can legally add up to three hours a day. In practical terms, that will be closer to just one hour, but it will still bring your sea…