Easier said than done: Driver shares story of team battling COVID-19 while on the road
Before deciding to become a professional truck driver in 2005, Glenn Helmly spent 25 years working as an EMT, often coming to the aid of
Lyndon Finney
- About Lyndon Finney
- Lyndon Finney’s publishing career spans over 55 years beginning with a reporter position with the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1965. Since then he’s been a newspaper editor at the Southwest Times Record, served five years as assistant managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock and from November 2004 through December 2019 served as editor of The Trucker. Between newspaper jobs he spent 14 years as director of communications at Baptist Health, Arkansas’ largest healthcare system. In addition to his publishing career he served for 46 years as organist at Little Rock’s largest Baptist church.
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From football to driving: Jerry Seaman shares story of a successful career stemming from happenstance
As a teen growing up in Onida, South Dakota, Jerry Seaman’s two professional love interests were trucking and football. He’d driven his first truck when
Tip of the iceberg: Industry learning the true value of ELDs
Dear Wikipedia: Since you have become perhaps the most widely Googled “encyclopedia” in the United States with the disappearance of the best-known printed volumes (R.I.P.,
Sustaining the momentum: Industry must be passionate about retaining PR gains made during pandemic
Ed Nagle was talking with a reporter about trucking and the lack of respect shown to the industry and especially its drivers, who are the
A Word of Encouragement: Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end with the discipline to confront the facts of your current reality
Little did anyone know that the 82nd annual convention Truckload 2020: Orlando would provide the last bit of “normality” for the Truckload Carriers Association this
Commitment to detail: Rosko Craig passionate about career in trucking
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Growing up in Harvey, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago, Rosko Craig often gave thought to what his life’s work might be.
Suspend federal excise tax on trucks during pandemic, Democrats ask
WASHINGTON — Fifty-five Democratic members of the House of Representatives have called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders to temporarily suspend the
Will INVEST in America Act pause the clock on HOS revisions?
The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act, introduced June 3 by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Accountability factor: Program removes not preventable crashes from CSA
Lost amidst the excitement of the release of the new, more flexible hours of service rule, and the attention appropriately being given to the pandemic
Senate showdown: Democrats eye four seats they say are key to gaining majority
Then Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican, stood before delegates to the American Trucking Associations Management Conference &
Quick to React: TCA responds with timely, relative information on pandemic
Want to talk about slipping in right under the wire? When members of the Truckload Carriers Association met Feb. 29-March 3 for their annual convention,
Proudest moments: Best Fleets award, response to pandemic source of appreciation for Boyle Transportation
Boyle Transportation Co-President Andrew Boyle smiled and walked to the podium during Truckload 2020: Orlando – TCA’s Annual Convention – on March 2. His company
Fleet Safety Award: Bison Transport earns top safest fleet award for 10th consecutive year
Believe it or not, professional football and trucking have something in common. Both rely heavily on the term “safety.” In football, the safety position is
Purpose driven: Trust and integrity guide operations at Nussbaum Transportation
Visit any motor carrier website and it’s likely that the home page will include flashy photos, and a litany of words looking to encourage drivers
Capitol recap: A review of important news out of the nation’s capitol | July-August
The months preceding the expiration of a highway reauthorization bill normally feature a whirlwind of activity, but a new bill is rarely passed and signed
Carrier Profile: Those who deliver—Knight Transportation
If professional truck drivers are called — and well they should be — “Knights of the Highway,” then there is a transportation company in Arizona
TCA President says Association’s success is an unending story
John Lyboldt’s story as president of the Truckload Carriers Association may have begun four years ago with the fabled phrase “once upon a time” but
Father knows best: Son follows dad’s footsteps right into the driver’s seat
Back in the 1940s and 1950s there was a radio and television sitcom called “Father Knows Best.” On the show, the father, Jim Anderson (played
At The Truck Stop: C.R. England driver racks up 3 million safe miles, serves as ‘good example of a guy who loves to drive’
COVID-19 aside, professional truck-driver turnover and the professional truck-driver shortage are common topics when motor-carrier executives gather in person — or on Zoom, in accordance
Holding out hope: Industry looking to bipartisan bill to be catalyst leading to increased truck-parking capacity
The latest, and hopefully most successful, initiative to at last increase truck-parking capacity is the bipartisan bill known as the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act.