Early Tuesday morning, 5 fully loaded semi-trucks rolled out of the Oklahoma City distribution center heading to families in need. Feed the Children is a nonprofit organization that makes sure families have a good meal to eat during the holiday season. As part of its No Hunger Holidays campaign, the…
The trucking industry is looking for drivers, and the Arbuckle Truck Driving School in Tulsa, Oklahoma is doing their part to fix this problem. Recently, they’ve had quite a few people wanting to become commercial drivers and now there is a three-month waiting list to get in. There have been…
There are two Interstates in Oklahoma where the speed limit is going from 70 mph to 75 mph. On Monday, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission voted to raise the speed limit of particular portions of Interstate 35 and Interstate 40. These changes will go into effect in a couple of months…
While doing the Pre-Trip on your truck there are just some places you can’t see, like inside the wheel hubs. Trucking accidents where the wheel comes off are not unheard of and unfortunately, not all that uncommon. To solve this dilemma, a couple of guys out of Oklahoma have invented…
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has opened new travel stops in Greenville, Virginia; Watonga, Oklahoma; and Flowers, Mississippi. These three truck stops will add a total of 229 truck parking spots for truckers who are looking for a place to stop. The Virginia stop will have 85 truck parking…
In Oklahoma City, Doris Randolph got to check one item off her bucket list, driving an 18-wheeler. Randolph is a dental assistant at the Clifford Family Dentistry in Norman, Oklahoma, and will soon celebrate her 61st year at the office. The employees and dentists in the office contacted New Element…
Out of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, Billy Turner and Troy Miller of Tether-Tech Safety have come up with a revolutionary design to keep your wheels attached when your bearings fail. Bearings failing is not an uncommon problem in this industry, and when the tire falls off, it could lead to deadly…
Jim Higginbotham with Stone Trucking Company out of Oklahoma, has been named a “Highway Angel” by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). While hauling an oversized load on a rainy day just north of Tulsa, Higginbotham came upon an accident involving two vehicles. While going slow due to the conditions of…