Alaska: Avalanche on the Haul Road!
Never a dull moment on Alaska's Haul Road to Prudhoe Bay, as recent avalanches on Atigun Pass proved for two rigs caught up in them.
View ArticleBack on the ice: Lisa Kelly’s return to Ice Road Truckers
Lisa Kelly returns to Ice Road Truckers as a new season debuts on the History Channel Sunday, June 9. What does the most recognizable face in trucking have to say about the latest twists?
View ArticleKeller-sponsored musher pulls out another Iditarod win
Dallas Seavey broke the all-time duration record with a big win in the Alaskan Iditarod race this week.
View ArticleIf the ‘sky is falling’ with sleep apnea: What about when ‘it lands and...
"Nothing seems to address the situation where it has been a symptom, has been tested, and is being treated successfully." --Dan Tucker on needed apnea coverage; FMCSA says two-year certification up to...
View ArticleFlorida legislature eyeing December 2018 ELD deadline for intrastate...
Florida's move for its sizable intrastate market follows that of Texas, which adopted a December 2019 date for the ELD requirements for intrastate carriers. California Highway Patrol reps, meanwhile,...
View ArticleA salute to ‘Old Filthy’: Preserving owner-operator Gene Ballinger’s first...
Bill Ward of Delta Junction, Ak., tells the story of how he came to own one of his first employers' classic 1957 Kenworth 925 fuel hauler. "Old Filthy" was the first truck bought new by Montana-based...
View ArticleThe crazy quilt of intrastate hours logging and ELD mandates
States failing to adopt an e-logging mandate. Hours of service regs differing from the federal rule. ELDs missing state-specific features. For the intrastate driver required to use e-logs, the change...
View ArticleAlaskan trucker avoids injury as truck swept away by rushing river
Trucker Joel Barber, 40, of Palmer, Alaska, reportedly swerved off of the Glenn Highway to avoid a crash and bailed out of the 2012 Freightliner before it went into the river on Friday, Aug. 11. The...
View ArticleMaking the most of an Alaska plate
A visit with owner-operator Jerry Boyd, whose 2016 Prostar has something on its front that you don't see very often in the Southeast, an Alaska plate under its apportioned plate, following a memorable...
View ArticleMaking more of that Alaska plate with Bennett-leased owner-ops, take two
Turns out the opportunity to make the most of the plate registration fee did arise for owner-operator Jerry Boyd before the registration period runs out this summer. He and fellow Bennett Motor...
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