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Canadian Flyer said:
YRC's trucks are so old, they delivered Big Dave his first hat.
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Yep. In fact back on the Ponderosa we grew swamp holly trees. The drivers didn't like their "yellow" trucks, so they would crush the berries and smear the juice all over their trucks.

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Big Dave said:
Yep. In fact back on the Ponderosa we grew swamp holly trees. The drivers didn't like their "yellow" trucks, so they would crush the berries and smear the juice all over their trucks.

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What! No blue berries for roadway?
 
The Troubled, Covert Agency Responsible for Hauling the Nation’s Most Lethal Cargo

Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter

"The $237 million-a-year agency operates a fleet of 42 tractor-trailers, staffed by highly armed couriers, many of them veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, responsible for making sure nuclear weapons and components pass through foggy mountain passes and urban traffic jams without incident."

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Seeing as how most millennials spend their time behind a controller or keyboard, this should bode well for the next generation of "truck drivers".
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 is one of the most popular games available for PC today. Lots of folks already drive virtual big rigs just like that, complete with steering wheel and gear shifter.
 
We had 3 different ones set up at our conference in "Vegas" 1-truck 1-train 1-plane, I found out I could fly a palne but landing was not so great, and you can't kick a train out of gear on the down grade to make up some time
 
00mustang said:
We had 3 different ones set up at our conference in "Vegas" 1-truck 1-train 1-plane, I found out I could fly a palne but landing was not so great, and you can't kick a train out of gear on the down grade to make up some time
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I tried one of those train simulators. Holding your speed with a million pounds behind you is hard.
 
FMCSA to withdraw safety fitness rule

http://fleetowner.com/regulations/f...m=email&elq2=1d10e89cfd4a4c3cb88da08164144e23

“We do not believe it makes sense to build a new safety fitness determination system upon a flawed system [that] is currently undergoing congressionally-mandated review and reform and is likely to change,” the groups said in their letter.

“While we support the goal of an easily understandable [and] rational safety fitness determination system, this proposal is built on a flawed foundation,” they stated.
 
Push by Drivers to Unionize at XPO Spreads to New Jersey

Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter

"The efforts of XPO Logistics less-than-truckload drivers to organize into unions have spread to Trenton, New Jersey, with 33 employees filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board.

Workers have been attempting to unionize since XPO Logistics acquired Con-way Freight in 2015. The Teamsters have won six elections but lost others across the United States. XPO only recognizes the union at Miami, Philadelphia and North Haven, Connecticut. It has challenged the victories in Los Angeles, Laredo, Texas, and Aurora, Illinois..."
 
SwampRatt said:
FMCSA to withdraw safety fitness rule

http://fleetowner.com/regulations/f...m=email&elq2=1d10e89cfd4a4c3cb88da08164144e23

“We do not believe it makes sense to build a new safety fitness determination system upon a flawed system [that] is currently undergoing congressionally-mandated review and reform and is likely to change,” the groups said in their letter.

“While we support the goal of an easily understandable [and] rational safety fitness determination system, this proposal is built on a flawed foundation,” they stated.
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There's probably quite a few companies that are ecstatic over this decision!!
 
Carrier execs, Road Team drivers meet Trump at White House

http://www.ccjdigital.com/carrier-execs-road-team-drivers-meet-trump-at-white-house/#

"ATA reported those (execs) in attendance were:

Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express; Jim Burg, president and CEO, James Burg Trucking Co., Warren, Mich.; David Congdon, CEO, Old Dominion Freight Line, Thomasville, N.C.; Mike Ducker, president and CEO, FedEx Freight, Memphis, Tenn.; Eric Fuller, CEO, U.S. Xpress Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn.; Neal Kedzie, president, Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, Madison, Wisc.; Rich McArdle, president, UPS Freight, Richmond, Va.; Dennis Nash, CEO, Kenan Advantage Group, North Canton, Ohio; Tonn Ostergard, president and CEO, Crete Carrier Corp., Lincoln, Neb., and John Smith, chairman, CRST International Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa."


http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...rump-to-Support-Repeal-of-Affordable-Care-Act
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