Autocar Is Back On The Road

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Autocar Is Back On The Road

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47 minutes

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Jun 27, 2019

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Autocar will be putting trucks on the road again soon, a little background on Oshkosh trucks and update on Buck’s garage. Share This:
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Jun 27, 2019

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Titles in the series (41)

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Todd McCann From Trucker Dump Co-Hosts This One: This episode should be fun. Don and his family are enjoying a 3-day camping weekend, and we were without him last week. I knew we needed a spectacular cohost for this episode, but Adam Carolla wouldn’t return my calls. by The Trucking Podcast
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E-Logs, Swindle Sheets and Comic Books: You can expect to see some revisions in the Hours Of Service regulations soon. We will tell you what we know in this episode, but one change stands out. It brings back memories, but not all of those memories are good ones. by The Trucking Podcast
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Catching Up With Dan Organ, Owner Of Drake Tax Service: Update: If you caught the origional release of this episode, you’ll find I had the wrong audio file attached. This is the correction with the right file. Sorry for the confusion. I had enough time and content to toss in an extra show this week, by The Trucking Podcast
36 min listen
Driver Training Rule Changes, Good and Bad: In this episode we discuss some new rules regarding CDL schools and driver training. We address 2 questions about the proposed new rules. Should a CDL school instructor be required to have 2 years of experience? by The Trucking Podcast
56 min listen
Great Stories, Short Show Notes: First off, Don is back. We’ve punted without him for a couple of weeks so it’s great to be recording the show with him once again. The show came out great, but the show notes will be short. Show Notes Dump truck falls through roof. by The Trucking Podcast
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Another Great First Truck, and Ripping The Door Off: I promise, we will be back next week with a new episode. We’ll even record it live on Facebook. Just go to Facebook.com/truckingpodcast at 8:45 pm central time. Another Great First Truck I remember finding this truck on a Peterbilt dealers lot. by The Trucking Podcast
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Hybrid Electric Truck For Owner Operators: The hybrid truck is a pretty easy concept. Like hybrid cars, you capture some of the energy used to slow and stop a vehicle and store it in a battery. Then you use that stored power to help get the vehicle rolling again. by The Trucking Podcast
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Large Cars, and Large Cars: Oh, for the love of large cars. For you green peas out there, the large car is that classic long hood truck. 379 and 389 Peterbilts, W900 Kenworths, Freightliner Classics and others with a front end long and level enough to host a football game. by The Trucking Podcast
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11 Cutting Edge Steps To Dramatically Reduce Driver Turnover: If you really want to reduce driver turnover in your company, you’ve come to the right place. We have eleven steps for you. These eleven steps will lead you to the solution that’s been right there for years. Read this carefully and follow these steps. by The Trucking Podcast
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Three On The Tree And A Centipede: We’re taking a Father’s Day break from trucking stuff tonight. Instead, we’re talking about finding a good mechanic, a classic F-15o and some really cool garage stuff. 69 Ford F-150 VS Jeep Gladiator I’ve shared both vehicles on our Facebook page. by The Trucking Podcast
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Autocar Is Back On The Road: Autocar will be putting trucks on the road again soon, a little background on Oshkosh trucks and update on Buck’s garage. Share This: by The Trucking Podcast
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5 Used Stepvan Conversion Ideas For Any Budget: In this episode we’re talking about a true automotive blank canvas, a used stepvan. Seriously, the ideas are limitless. From shop truck to food truck, work or play, there’s something for everyone. Most have huge engine compartments. And if they don’t, by The Trucking Podcast
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What Was Your First Car, Keeping Millennials Trucking: I can’t remember when I had this much fun with an episode. Last week I asked the Facebook page followers about their first car. We came up with some good, bad and downright embarrassingly ugly submissions. As it turns out, by The Trucking Podcast
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Exciting Life Of A Trucker, Or Mind Numbed Cobot?: In the world of automated everything, we’re getting used to robots. They may not look like C3PO or R2D2, but they are robots. These robots can paint cars, assemble engines, load trucks and thousands of other tasks. by The Trucking Podcast
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7 Proven Questions For Buying A Used Hotshot Pickup: After trucking well over 2 decades, I know a thing or two about buying a hotshot pickup. Nearly 7 of those years were spent on the hotshot side. Through the years, I’ve been involved in selecting several trucks. One of the trucks was mine, by The Trucking Podcast
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The Big Reason Hybrid Trucks Make Sense: I admit, I have a sick fascination with hybrid electric vehicles. I doubt I’ll own either in the near future, but I get it. I also get the fact that the electric car may well be forced on us at some point. But what about big OTR trucks. by The Trucking Podcast
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Should I Use High Mileage Motor Oil?: High mileage motor oil is designed for engines with the kind of wear that often comes with high mileage. It’s available in conventional, synthetic or synthetic blend form. Some manufacturers advertise the need to switch to this type of oil as early as ... by The Trucking Podcast
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What Car Or Truck Will You Drive In 2030?: The heart of this episode is from a listener question. Luis asked “will there be V8s in pickup trucks in 15 years?” It’s 2019 as of this writing. So why are we not going to 2034? Let’s just say 2030 is already an epic year. I’ll tell you why. No, by The Trucking Podcast
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7 Hotshot Trucking Niches You Could Rock At: This post is about 7 hotshot trucking niches you can enter and rock at. Some of these are categories I’ve worked in. Others, I either have friends working them or talked with drivers on the road. Some of these are regional plays. by The Trucking Podcast
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Big Trucks, Cool Vans, And Rotary Engines: The A-Team van, an early 80s GMC Ventura has been a gearhead icon for over 35 years. From episode to episode, everything from the licence plates to the actual brand are inconsistent. Look close and you’ll even see Ford vans in a few shots. by The Trucking Podcast
55 min listen
Farm Kid Diesels And More Diesels: Short and sweet, here are the links to this week’s show topics. The tragic loss of the world’s fastest woman, Jessi Combs. Trucking News What’s wrong with these headlines? Diesel prices are going up in 2020. Here’s why. by The Trucking Podcast
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Ask Buck and Don Anything: Usually finding topics to bring up on the podcast isn’t hard to do. But I’ve recently returned from a 12-day vacation. For some reason, I just couldn’t get into it. Instead, I took the easy way out and asked all of you. So, by The Trucking Podcast
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Autocar Is Back On The Road

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