The Mid-State Truck Service in Wisconsin is holding its annual ‘Truckers for Tots’ campaign. This is the campaign’s 11th year and Mid-State plans on spending over $33,000 for kids in Stevens Point, Wausau, Marshfield, and Chippewa Falls. They are making sure that kids wake up Christmas morning with presents under…
The Hess Corporation has been around for many years and one of its greatest and continuing legacies is the Hess Toy Truck. After the first gas station opened, Leon Hess wanted to make sure families had access to an affordable toy for the holidays so he came up with the…
The Sleigh Bells and Santa program provides Christmas gifts to the children of truck drivers who have passed away. This year, they are giving each child a $500 529 College Education Fund. The nomination period for this program is open until December 20. The funds will be available in the…
In 2007 Perdue Farms helped haul wreaths for the first time with one of their trucks for Wreaths Across America, now it will be sending 12. They will travel along the East Coast and into Ohio delivering wreaths for veterans’ graves. Since they joined, Perdue has hauled 250,000 wreaths and…
Out of St. Joseph, Minnesota, Brenny Transportation was honored with Broker of the Year by the National Association of Small Trucking Companies. The award was given during the NASTC’s annual conference where one of Brenny’s drivers was also honored. Henry Kuperus was one of the Drivers of the Year and…
It is once again the time of year when shoppers go a little crazy and goods are more in demand when compared to the rest of the year. Being prepared with a plan is a good idea when it comes to working with logistics companies. Know what products are in…
December 1st was Penske Truck Leasing’s 50th anniversary in Reading, Pennsylvania. To further celebrate this occasion the Pennsylvania State Senate has named December 1, 2019, as Penske Truck Leasing Day. This company operates on a global scale with 1,100 locations, 37,000 associates, 326,000 vehicles, and brings in $8.4 billion in…
J.B. Hunt has “adopted” a kindergarten classroom at Isaac Singleton Elementary School in Illinois and helped them out. The $500 worth of classroom materials they received included books, dry erase markers, a toy cash register, and other useful things. To go along with these supplies the students were given a…
Sponsored by Garces and Son Trucking, the fourth annual Trucker’s Toy Drive will be on Saturday, Nov. 30, at the National Truck Stop in Vado, New Mexico. Registration for the parade will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday with the parade starting at 10 a.m. This is a cab only parade,…
Enjoy this video of a trucker taking you through a very large cave system in Missouri. Video posted by Chad Rich