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Don’t Lose Your Head Seating a Tire

Seating a tire can be serious business.

The Best of Boat Worlds

In my driving days, I used up any off time to spend with the family and it didn't leave much time for hobbies. Now that I'm retired and have more time for myself, I enjoy spending a good afternoon fishing on my small motor boat. When I stumbled upon this I was blown away. At first I thought...

Motivation: Use Your Critics As Fuel Like Ferruccio Lamborghini

A successful career as an owner-operator or company driver can take a toll on you physically and mentally. Faced with increased regulations, scrutiny, false perceptions, and dishonesty, it may seem like the industry and society are against you, at times. Facing negativity is almost a certainty, there's not much you can do about that -- not just in the...

Glowing Roads Light Up the Highway at Night

A developer in the Netherlands recently debuted the first smart highway in the world with glowing street paint aimed at reducing energy costs and increasing road visibility. The stretch of highway used in the initial trial runs 500 meters and is located near Amsterdam. This smart highway project was designed and developed by Studio Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure, aiming to solve...

If You Thought Fast Food Was Bad Before, Wait Till You See This

Everyone knows that truck stop food, specifically fast food restaurants, isn't the best thing for you. But thanks to the online network "whisper", which allows people to most anonymous confessions, several fast food workers have come forward with truths from the job that you might not want to know. But you should. Check out their confessions in the video below, put...

What is the most American car brand? The answer might surprise you.

For over 32 years Ford's F-150 pickup truck has been the top selling vehicle in America. Even more impressive, it's accomplished this while containing the most American made parts out of any automobile, as noted by cars.com's American-Made index. However, according to a research report put out by Morgan Stanley, this may soon change. Electric car maker Tesla, plans to...

When Trailers Get Tossed Like Toys

Texas born comedian, Ron White, once said, "it's not that the wind is blowin', it's what the wind is blowin'. That couldn't be more true than in this scene of a viscous tornado that touched down a few years back. Texas is known for some harsh weather, and a tornado that blew through the Dallas/Fort Worth area was strong enough...

Freightliner and Mustang drift battle. Who wins?

Drifting in a high speed sports car has it's set of dangers and skill involved.  Drifting in a big rig takes it to a whole new level. Stunt man extraordinaire, Mike Ryan, hops into the seat of a Freightliner Cascadia and takes on a Mustang head to head in a drift battle around the track. For over 30 years Mike Ryan...