Pro Trucker Magazine - Volume 17, Issue 2

Feature Articles in This Month's Issue:

Cover Story
Jack Powell: Boyd Bros. Transportation, Inc
Jack Powell served his country with distinction in the armed forces. Jack was a member of the special forces for 18 years, and he toured exotic locales as far-flung as Korea, Japan and Germany. When he retired as a First Sergeant in 1984, Jack was determined to find a career that didn’t keep him behind a desk all day. The veteran found what he was looking for as a professional driver. more.

Driven Women
Happy Truckin’ New Year
Dear GG—HI found your article purely by accident. I’m really glad I did because now I have someone to voice my complaint to. I find it insulting and infuriating that truckers nearly hang themselves out the window to get a good, long look at me. I feel as though I’m driving past mobile x-ray machines! Not to mention that
they’re doing this at over 60 m.p.h. more.

Murphy's World
All Hands, No Smarts
Dear Murphy,
The following happened on our third trip. When we pulled into a truck stop to get diesel, our truck caught fire. I jumped out to get a fire extinguisher. By the time I got back, a group of truckers had already put the fire out. We got a mechanic to get our truck going again.

When we got on the freeway, the brakes on our trailer started smoking. We crawled back to the truck stop and called the mechanic back, but he refused to come out. He had not fixed all of our brake lines. We drove a distance of 150 miles with no trailer brakes.

After three tense hours, we made it to our depot. When we got out of the cab, we discovered that our reefer was not working. There was one bright side to the story, and it was the truckers who put out the fire. more.

Trucker Buddy News:
Students Get a Taste of Racing

How do you convince a five-year-old to eat Cheerios for breakfast? You bring the cereal to school along with the Cheerios race car! more