Truck Driver Wins $648 Million Jackpot
$648,000,000.
That was the jackpot in a recent California Mega Millions lotto won by truck driver Steve Tran. He is one of two winners and will split half the prize.
Tran left the winning ticket on his dresser for two weeks. It was only after he saw a news broadcast announcing that the winning ticket was purchased in San Jose did...
Navistar Wins 2014 Truck of the Year
And the results are in. American Truck Dealers’ 2014 Heavy Duty Truck of the Year has been awarded to Navistars' International ProStar.
The International ProStar beat out Kenworth's T880 and Peterbilt's 579. All trucks were tested under the same road conditions and judged on several criteria such as design, safety, innovation, and driver satisfaction.
One of the main highlights, according to...
Truck Driver Receives $40,000 Ticket
Trucker Ken Green, hauling a transformer from Kansas to Canada, recently received a massive ticket while traveling on his planned route.
The Texas based trucking company which he works for acquired several permits for the truck to travel on local roads and avoid low overpasses, but when he got stranded on a country road in Mt. Vernon, Washington, patrolmen discovered...
Trucker Raffles Peterbilt for Cancer
After witnessing his wife fight through cancer, Eldon Jaeger, decided to raffle off this custom Peterbilt 379 known as The Long Haul Survivor, with all proceeds going to cancer research.
Over 9,000 people have donated and entered the raffle so far, with the winner to be selected at the May 2nd and 3rd Midwest Pride in Your Ride Show in...
Wife’s Repeated Calls Saves Trucker’s Life
After sleeping in his truck during the night in sub-zero temperatures, Tim Rutledge, 53, awoke to find his big rig's brakes had frozen over. So he climbed under the truck to attempt to break up the ice, but as he was down there the truck sunk deeper into the snow and he was pinned underneath.
The Floridian native was trapped...
Owner Operators See Better Year Coming in 2014
In a recent survey taken by Overdive, 54% of Owner Operators said that they expect to see a better year in 2014, compared to last year.
Only 13% of those who responded are forecasting a worse year.
The leading cause for this optimism was the year end increase in the spot freight market. According to loadboard Internet Truckstop, 2013 ended with Per-mile...
Woman Pulls Trucker Out Of Burning Rig
A trucker traveling on the I-30 lost control of his rig and was jammed inside the truck as flames quickly spread throughout.
A woman passing by spotted the accident on her way to work and decided calling 911 wasn't enough. She got out of her car and pulled the driver out of his truck, only a few seconds before...
Teen Crashes Truck, Blames Zombies.
A truck driver learned a tough lesson on the I-15 near Temecula, California.
After finding 19 year old Jerimiah Hartline hiding in the berth of his truck, he decided to help the stranded teen by allowing him to continue riding in the truck across California.
When the driver got out of the vehicle at a weigh station, Hartline jumped into the driver seat...