CHICAGO — “Jackknifing” is a trucking-related term most nontruckers understand. Many have passed the scene of an accident involving a jackknifed trailer during their travels.
As of March 16, the U.S. had provided little information about restricting travel at its southern border with Mexico. Most discussions regarding the Mexico border
UPDATED: March 18, 12:10 pm CT President Trump announced in a tweet this morning, “We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border
DOWN AND DIRTY: KILLING THE CORONAVIRUS AND OTHER GERMS To date, scientists haven’t come up with a guaranteed method of killing the coronavirus. As
I’m not much into what Nashville passes off as country music these days, but let’s assume for a moment that these artists are worthy of
HYGIENE: BEYOND HAND-WASHING As a truck driver, you may do everything within your ability to protect yourself from germs. Most likely you follow the
INFORMATION: AN OVERWEIGHT LOAD DESTINED FOR ANXIETY As alluded to in Part 1 of this series, when it comes to the coronavirus, truck drivers
GERMS 101: AN INTRODUCTION FOR TRUCK DRIVERS Robert Dudley, M.D., a physician in New Britain, Connecticut, told The Trucker, “Protecting yourself and others from the
SELF-QUARANTINE: ADMIRABLE, BUT IMPOSSIBLE FOR TRUCKERS It would be difficult to find many Americans who are not somewhat familiar with the latest world crisis,
FONTANA, Calif. — The Los Angeles area, particularly Orange County and communities between the Pacific Coast and Little San Bernardino Mountains, is notorious for poor
Toll. Is there another four-letter word that leads to a longer string of four-letter words from the mouths (and keyboards) of those employed in the
In early 1966, Red Sovine had his second No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “Giddy-Up-Go.” As many songs of the era
When it comes to trucking songs of the “golden era” (1963-1977), songwriters were, for the most part, inspired by locations or experiences in the South,
The line separating “trucker” and “road” songs is thin. Roger Miller’s signature song, “King of the Road,” makes no mention of trucks but is about
Bob Perry didn’t think he had a choice. Born in northeast Ohio, trucking was in Bob’s blood. Between his father and two brothers, the Perry
When it comes to trucking songs of the 1960s and 1970s, listeners recognize few voices as easily as that of Woodrow Wilson “Red” Sovine, a
With the arrival of 2020, new people are also arriving at The Trucker, and new ideas are being tossed around. One feature returning by popular
Updated Dec. 9, 2019; 12:15 pm CT INDIANAPOLIS – Celadon Group, Inc., among the nation’s top carriers and based in Indianapolis, declared bankruptcy December 9,
Interstate 40 is among the primary east-west trucking routes across the U.S. Beginning in North Carolina and passing through Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
“I would call this an unlucky coincidence,” said Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PDOT) spokesman Dave Thompson as reported in a November 24 article in Lancaster
