Posts belonging to Category Truck Show
Ohio trucker wins custom rig
Posted by Jason Cox on September 3, 2009
Owner-operator John Lacusky of Cortland, Ohio, won a 1998 International 9400 customized by the Chrome Shop Mafia during the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
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Posted by Jason Cox on August 21, 2009
Charles “Shorty” Whittington donned a smart gray suit and tie yesterday, yet they just served as a backdrop to the countless truck pins, badges, temporary tattoos and stickers adorning his clothing.
The juxtaposition was nothing out of the ordinary at the 72nd annual National Truck Driving Championships, which Mr. Whittington helped organize as chairman of the [...]
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Bone Crusher Unveiled
Posted by Jason Cox on March 19, 2009
What do you get when you cross Maine’s most famous truck stop, with one of Maine’s most famous loggers? A pound of beef, or Dysart’s new “Bone Crusher” burger.
“To me, it’s a great thing, you know not everybody has something named after them. Maybe a president or, you know, a famous star! I don’t feel [...]
Categories: Truck Show, Truck Stops, truck driver Industry, truck shows | Tags: American Loggers, Bone Crusher, Dysart's restaurant, Mecca of maine truck stops, Millinocket based Gerald Pelletier Logging, pound of beef | No Comments »
Harley-Davidson Puts Its Name on a Semi
Posted by Jason Cox on March 18, 2009
WoW! Is all I can say for this beast! You could not get me to go home if I had one of these trucks. This is one bad (in a good way) looking truck! I am not a big Harley Davidson fan, but I really loved the Ford pickup they did, and now this!
Owners of the Harley-Davidson Ford [...]
Categories: Thoughts from a trucker, Truck Show, truck driver Industry, truck shows | Tags: Harley-Davidson Ford F-150, International LoneStar Harley-Davidson Special Edition, no more sissy trucks for you, Wednesday at the Mid-America Trucking Show | No Comments »
Millinocket family pleased by TV debut
Posted by Jason Cox on March 2, 2009
MILLINOCKET, Maine — As an image of his face filled the projection screen and various flat-screen televisions arrayed around the large banquet room of the River Drivers restaurant, Rudy Pelletier folded his arms across his chest and watched anxiously.
The 51-year-old is a logging company owner, not an actor, but there he was, one of the leading players in [...]
Categories: Thoughts from a trucker, Truck Show, truck driver Industry, truck shows | Tags: American Loggers, Discovery Channel’s new reality TV show, Rudy Pelletier | No Comments »
Posted by Jason Cox on February 23, 2009
ExpoCam 2009, Canada’s national truck show, which takes place at Place Bonaventure in Montreal from April 16 to 18, will provide fleet owners and managers with a one-stop source of information on products they need to operate more efficiently. It can make the difference between staying in business and becoming another statistic!
“Not only is more than 80 percent [...]
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2009 Mid-America Trucking Show
Posted by Jason Cox on February 7, 2009
2009 Mid-America Trucking Show
Sponsored by Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS)
Date(s): March 19 – 21
Event Location: Kentucky Fair & Expo Center, Louisville, KY
Website: www.truckingshow.com
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