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	<title>RoadKing.com &#187; May-2008</title>
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		<title>For Father&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Donnelly contacted Road King on a whim. &#8220;I have a great story to tell,&#8221; he wrote. A conversation with his dad, Bill (above), turned to Bill&#8217;s beloved 1980 Kenworth. Hearing that the rig was close to hitting the four million mile mark, Doug wanted to know if we were interested in hearing about the truck and its driver.   Donnelly had never written about trucking before. He is the city editor of a daily newspaper, The Monroe Evening News in Michigan, and has often written &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>LoneStar Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that could shake up North American heavy truck design, International introduced its latest Class 8 road tractor, the LoneStar, at the Chicago Auto Show in February.   Officially, LoneStar is described as an &#8220;advanced classic,&#8221; combining bold styling that normally appeals to owner-operators and other premier truck buyers with fuel-saving aerodynamics popular among large fleet managers.  It&#8217;s clear that International&#8217;s designers were given the permission to colo&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Glory</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/return-to-glory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a firefighter dies in the line of duty, tradition in most departments is for an engine to serve as the hearse, with six or eight uniformed pallbearers accompanying the casket. That ritual presented problems for the Detroit Fire Department. Its engines stay busy with an average of 10 calls per day. Vehicles have gotten larger, so maneuvering from funerals to cemeteries was often challenging. And there was Detroit&#8217;s often brutal weather.   All of the difficulties of using an in-servic&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Does It</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/easy-does-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that I am not the world&#8217;s greatest truck driver, nor even second best behind you, my current reader. I will agree that my driving skills are commensurate with my experience. After all, I drive big rigs as much every year as many of my friends do in a week, especially a week with a holiday in it.   Why do I bring up my relative inexperience? Because I found International&#8217;s new MaxxForce 13, the subject of my test drive earlier this year, to be a versatile, forgiving eng&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping Points</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/stopping-points/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the brakes that stop your 80,000 pound rig are directly descended from wood blocks? That&#8217;s what was used to stop or slow down horse-drawn wagons in the earliest days of commercial transportation. Wood wheels had iron bands as tires to protect the wheels from rocks and ruts. The metal presented a perfect surface to apply a clamping force to stop the wheel turning. That&#8217;s wheel, singular. In those days, &#8220;trucks&#8221; had one wheel braking.   The driver used a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Through</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/breaking-through/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first experience with trucking began around 1948. My grandfather had an open-bed six-wheel truck with tall wooden sides all around it. I remember him coming into our neighborhood to round up all of the little children, loading us on to that truck and taking us with him for the whole day on any given Saturday. In 1953 my mother moved us from South  Carolina to Brooklyn,  N.Y. I didn&#8217;t care for the city, but I establishe&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>This Old Truck</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/this-old-truck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Bill Donnelly drove out of the parking lot of the Kenworth dealership in Perrysburg,  Ohio, his new, long-nose, double-sleeper had five miles on it. Donnelly doesn&#8217;t take credit for those miles. He will, however, proudly take the credit for the other 3.75 million miles of smooth running on his 1980 chassis.  &#8220;If you keep it up, you won&#8217;t have problems,&#8221; says the veteran driver. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m always saying. If something breaks, it is going to br&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Insuring Success for Drivers</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/insuring-success-for-drivers/</link>
		<comments>http://roadking.com/2008/05/insuring-success-for-drivers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to insurance coverage, owner-operators face more complex choices due to the independent nature of their business. Many factors, ranging from the kind of truck you have to the type of jobs that you do can impact your rates, so finding the proper insurance broker and company to meet your needs could mean the difference between survival and foreclosure.  A good insurance agent who specializes in the trucking industry can be a huge help in cutting through the labyrinth of red tape an&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Miles Per Gal</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/miles-per-gal/</link>
		<comments>http://roadking.com/2008/05/miles-per-gal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go ahead and call Charlotte Johnson a woman driver. She doesn&#8217;t mind a bit.  &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely OK with me,&#8221; Johnson says. &#8220;My company has grown from one truck to 15 trucks in two years. We just cleared more than $1 million in gross revenue. People can call me whatever they want!&#8221;  Johnson isn&#8217;t the only woman driving for Family Expediters, the Mogadore, Ohio-based Panther fleet she runs with fellow over-the-road driver Terri Turner. More than half&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Diecast Dreams</title>
		<link>http://roadking.com/2008/05/diecast-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://roadking.com/2008/05/diecast-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle and Recreation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 40th anniversary of Mattel&#8217;s Hot Wheels diecast cars, designers from six automobile manufacturers were challenged to build brand new Hot Wheels cars with the same performance, speed, power and attitude that has thrilled toy collectors and car enthusiasts for generations.  The designers rose to the occasion, building such cars as the Ford Gangster Grin (top), the General Motors Chevroletor (middle), the Mitsubishi Double Shotz, and the Dodge XP-07 (bottom).  The cars, both &#8230;]]></description>
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