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May 1st, 2009
May 1st, 2009
The Big Time
The ins and outs of hauling oversize loads
By Jim Kneiszel
Just because she isn’t the trucker pulling a quarter million pounds of steel down the Interstate doesn’t mean pilot car driver Lisa Muehrcke is simply out for a carefree cruise. Nope, Lisa’s got her mind on a hundred different transportation challenges as she guides her 2005 Dodge Caravan down the highway out in front of her father Bob Muehrcke’s heavily laden rig. As his beefed-up Freightliner winds out with a 13-axle, three-section trailer in tow, Lisa is thinking thr…
May 1st, 2009
Fishing on the Fly
For a real thrill, pick up a fly rod and head to your favorite fishing hole
By David Hart
When Sandy Moret watched an 80-pound tarpon grab the fly on the end of his line 40 years ago, it wasn’t just the fish that was hooked. Moret, a newcomer to Miami at the time, didn’t know much about fly fishing. Though he had plenty of experience with bass and baitcasting tackle, when a friend took him to the saltwater flats near Miami to chase tarpon with a fly rod, he really didn’t know what to expect. It was pretty cool to see this fish actually move up and grab the fly, but when I set the h…
May 1st, 2009
It’s a Date
Is a new time for driver appreciation cause for concern?
Have you heard? The American Trucking Associations is shifting National Truck Driver Appreciation Week to later in the year. In case you aren’t aware, the observance — a national effort to acknowledge the contributions of truck drivers to the nation’s economic survival — has been moved to November. The week had always been celebrated in mid-August. This year, the nationwide pat on the back for America’s more than 3.5 million professional truck drivers will take pla…
May 1st, 2009
Audiobooks
Hating the Yankees is as time-honored a tradition among baseball fans as wolfing down hot dogs and Cracker Jack. But it’s awfully hard to aim bad feelings toward easygoing manager Joe Torre, who arrived to extremely low expectations and then led the New York team to multiple championships in his 12 years at the helm. He’s a reasonable and calming background presence in this audiobook, read by Spo…
