With success, no one is ever completely self-made – everybody gets some help. The key to success is seizing the opportunities you are given and then…
Month: July 2013
We here at Pittsburgh Power are always trying to come up with creative solutions to the challenges we (and you) face on a daily basis. Recently,…
Questions about HOS Rules, Color Blindness, Mandatory Breaks & More Answered by Law Enforcement Officials (as of July 2013) Warning: Laws are subject to change without…
This 1966 Peterbilt worked hard all its life. It was purchased new by Irving F. Jensen Paving Co. in Sioux City, Iowa, and was used to…
Every year, the ATHS (American Truck Historical Society) hosts their big National Convention & Antique Truck Show in a different part of the country – this…
This month’s cool creation was built for the Koss Construction Company of Topeka, Kansas. But this story is more about the company than their trucks. Having…
March 17, 2013 marked the end of an era as the last living pioneer of the development of the Freightliner truck passed away. Glenn W. Watkins…
Not too long ago, I can remember when only the larger, national insurance companies would look at a motor carrier’s SafeStat Scores before giving a quote…
Throughout the years that I have been writing this column, there have been many insurance cycles and trends. Like gas, the price fluctuates – and it…
The business of truck exhaust products has become highly competitive over the last few years. One of the newer companies to enter the market, Lincoln Chrome,…
Not all of us will be able to drive a truck, but that doesn’t mean that those who can’t don’t love them just as much as…
Last month I had the opportunity to bring my wife and my old project Freightliner cabover to the American Truck Historical Society’s National Convention and Truck…
The American Civil War was a devastating war in American history – the United States was truly a nation torn asunder. One of the bloodiest of…
Dennis Mitchell knows that the worst threat we truckers face is the extinction of our own breed – and to drive that point home, he has…