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I'm trying to remember where I went the first of the week...oh that's right, took a load of beams to Syracuse, N.Y. -Beautiful country up in that area. Then I went down rt. 15 from Corning, N.Y. to Trout Run, Pa. (near Steam Valley) to pick up a load going back to Lynchburg. That's another of my favorite rides, from Corning down to Williamsport, Pa. All routine, except the load tore my tarp all to pieces. But the next trip, a load of pipes to Paintsville, Ky. was a horse of a different hue. The directions said to meet the contractor in the K-Mart parking lot in Paintsville. I told Jeff before I left that that was never a good thing, "meeting the man in the K-Mart parking lot- he's probably gonna take us up a dirt road right up the side of a mountain". And sure enough, that's exactly what we did. It was too steep to get up the hill going in, and I had to be pulled the rest of the way up with a bulldozer. They could only get one truck up there at a time, and there were 5 loads. After I got unloaded-I was first-I eased back down the hill and turned right on rt. 40 because I couldn't make a left like I wanted to, or i'd have taken the guardrail with me. Had to go past the entrance going in, up to an intersection, and turned right and then backed up into the road to turn around so I could turn left into the jobsite entrance. The front axle on the trailer was dangling over thin air when I turned in as it was. I had the power divider in and poured the coal to it, but still couldn't make it all the way up. Bring on the bulldozer... when I finally got unloaded I saw one of the other trucks that had tried to turn around, and got stuck in the process. He had to call a wrecker to get out. Then i'm sure everybody else had to be pulled up the hill too. Once again, when it's bad, there's always somebody worse off. I also hit a bird on the way, and the passenger window was down about 2 inches-what a mess!..feathers all up in the cab...bird parts all over the window. Attached thumbnail(s) // // // // // // // // View the full blog entry

The Energy Information Administration predicts that world energy use will increase 44 percent between 2006 and 2030 and that oil prices will rise to $130 per barrel by 2030.View the full article

Dana Holding Corp. has appointed James Sweetnam as its new president and CEO.View the full article

The 27th Shell Rotella SuperRigs will include a free concert by country music singer Cody McCarver and the "Big Rig Lights" contest.View the full article

New York City is the first customer to experience a Mack diesel-electric hybrid model.View the full article

Peterbilt honored its 2008 North American Dealer of the Year and Medium Duty Dealer of the Year at the Peterbilt Annual Dealer Meeting.View the full article

Capacity of Texas will soon see MaxxForce 7 engines in its terminal tractors, thanks to a recent partnership with Navistar Engine Group.View the full article

The Professional Truck Driver Institute has expanded its list of North American truck driver training schools offering PTDI-certified courses, including two new ones in Ontario and two in the U.S.View the full article

Yokohama Tire is now a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay clan, as the company has been named a partner in the program recently.View the full article

Pitts Enterprises has brought on Randall Hall as its new director of sales for the company's Dynaweld Trailers division, View the full article

i am new to site and so far it is great. i have some questions about turning up the pump on a natural 673e motor. if i am in the right area i will proceed, if not please tell me where to ask. thanks View the full blog entry

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A weak link in the national truck safety program is the inability of one state to check the status of a trucking company in another state. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a long-term project to close this gapView the full article

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District in California has launched the Voucher Incentive Program, which will offer money to small fleets to replace older, polluting trucks with newer ones.View the full article

Love's Travel Stops opened its 25th truck tire care service location under its partnership with Michelin Americas Truck Tires.View the full article

The Independent Warehouse Distributors has hired Jeff Sandt as director of product management.View the full article

UPS Freight is reducing transit times and expanding direct routing to and from northeast Kansas.View the full article

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.2 percent in April, after plunging 4.5 percent in March.View the full article

The "Freedom from Tolls Act," introduced by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), would limit the spread of tolling on federal highways.View the full article

Diesel prices rose for the third week in a row, up 4.3 cents to a national average of $2.274, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.View the full article

New commercial truck registrations (Class 3-8) were down 40 percent for the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, according to the Polk Commercial Vehicle Market Intelligence Report.View the full article

A Missoula, Mont., bankruptcy judge approved a reorganization plan for Jim Palmer Trucking May 8, allowing the company to escape Chapter 11.View the full article

Manac acquired certain assets of defunct Trailmobile Canada as part of the company's asset liquidation process during the first week of May. View the full article

John Wensel, owner of Wensel's Truck and Car Repair, was named 2008 Truck Service Expert of the Year at Truck Pride's 25th Annual Membership Meeting in Tucson, Ariz.View the full article

I haven't been on to much lately ...and why is that? Well I have a new girlfiend and she keeps me hopping. Well maybe not hopping but that's close enough. She is sort of camera shy..she actually threatens my life when I try to take a pcture of her but..yeah there is always a but..her son got married this weekend and to be polite she stood still long enough to have a few pics taken. My Hat is off to her son though he is currently in the National Guard and has a very lovely new wife who.. I can assure you keep him in line. Not that she has to he is a very responsible young man. Matt Attached thumbnail(s) // // View the full blog entry