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Truckers North Truckers South
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Author : Leslie Purdon
language : en
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Release Date : 2007-09-28
Truckers North Truckers South written by Leslie Purdon and has been published by Fox Chapel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-28 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In the late 1940s, Shay leaves school as soon as he can to become a trailer-boy on a Gardner truck that is noisy, cold and limited in speed. The driver, Fred, is one of the old school, a transport man through and through, who knows the best cafes and pubs and all the tricks of the trade. Shay soon comes to love this life on the road despite long hours and frequent absences from his home in Kent. In those days, lorries were less able to cope with bad weather. "Truckers North" includes a vivid account of the terrible winter of 1947 when twenty miles an hour was an achievement and the powerful vehicles were dangerous to handle. Shay encountered some lively characters: the drivers who worked, played and joked hard; the kindly landladies who provide a home from home; Rosy who awoke the man in the boy. Shay progressed in his career, moving on to become a driver himself and finally the proud owner of his own HGV.
Trucker Paradise
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Author : M. Grube
language : en
Publisher: Decent Hill
Release Date : 2009-06
Trucker Paradise written by M. Grube and has been published by Decent Hill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with Truck drivers categories.
Get an inside peek into the trucking industry from someone who has driven all kinds of trucks for twenty years. Find answers to all those trucker questions you've always had. Learn the do's and don'ts of the trade. Get informed and entertained all at the same time. Written in an informal, free-flowing style, Trucker Paradise is easy to read and will keep you engaged till the very last page. An absolute must read for anyone contemplating a career in the trucking business or for anyone interested in lifting the veil off of this little-understood industry.
The Trucker S World
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Author : John Peter Rothe
language : en
Publisher: New Brunswick, [N.J.] : Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1991-01-01
The Trucker S World written by John Peter Rothe and has been published by New Brunswick, [N.J.] : Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Health & Fitness categories.
This is a book about truck driver's lives, risks, and views on safety. As a group, truckers represent a significant population of road users whose high-exposure driving creates a major challenge for safety. Research into the larger social, political, and economic forces that affect trucker's safety problems has been scarce. The Trucker's World comes to terms with the socioeconomic environment that contributes to breakdown in trucker safety and chronicles the lives and times of truckers as they try to make ends meet. It analyzes driver risk by exploring the reasons, reactions, and consequences of risk. The author approaches his task with a research question: Why is the average trucker continuously placed in conditions that, according to truckers, demand risky driving? As a result of direct experience with truckers and trucking, Rothe observes that truck drivers act as they do to gain autonomy over their work, freedom from control of others, and assurance of a reasonable livelihood. In order to maintain a sufficient income in the transportation market, even the most serious drivers perform tasks that often impinge on lethality and safety, not as blatant radicals or daredevils fighting the system, but as persons responding to the fear that they may lose their livelihood in trucking. The thrust in trucker safety has followed a victimization philosophy in which emphasis on interventions has been aimed directly at truckers. Rothe contends that safety programs would work better if they emphasized what influences, motivates, or encourages truckers to take chances on the road. With this in mind, he analyzes driver risk, vehicle maintenance, owner-operator, company driver, policing, home life, drugs and alcohol, government regulations, and hours of service as they are seen by truckers, industry officials, and others. Expanding our vision to encompass essential factors in the socioeconomic reality of the truck-driving culture. Rothe elucidates the far-reaching consequences that safety issues have for truckers, other road users, policymakers, and traffic safety educators.
Little Truckers
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Author : Jeffrey Otersen
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-11-07
Little Truckers written by Jeffrey Otersen and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-07 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A legendary semi-truck named Petee begins to think hes too old for his job after a recent breakdown on the road. Mr. McClainey surprises all the trucks at Shamrock Lucking Trucking Company in Truckington, Ohio, with a brand-new, state-of-the-art semi-truck named Vahnders. Vahnders thinks he can do everything better and faster than all the other trucks at Shamrock Lucking Trucking Company. Mr. McClainey sends Vahnders on his first run to deliver some very important freight that has a deadline. Mr. McClainey then calls the scrap yard to have some old junk scrap metal hauled away. Petee overhears the phone conversation, thinking hes been replaced by Vahnders. Petee gets hauled away by Scrappy to the scrap yard. Petee leaves behind his Qualcomm computer (a messaging system with built-in GPS, which is tied into the trucks computer) with a message that hes gone on a big adventure, not ever returning. Vahnders is stranded on top of Big Bear Mountain in a blizzard. Mr. McClainey decides to send Kenny to help Vahnders, but he too gets stranded in the blizzard up in the mountains after an avalanche. All the trucks of Shamrock Lucky Trucking Company must find Petee to rescue Vahnders and Kenny. Hes the only truck that can save them and help get the important freight delivered on time to save the Shamrock Lucky Trucking Company from going bankrupt.
Pedal To The Metal
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Author : Lawrence Ouellet
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 1994-06-28
Pedal To The Metal written by Lawrence Ouellet and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-06-28 with Business & Economics categories.
Examines the lives and work ethic of American truckers, describes the rewards and hardships of their profession, and analyzes trucking culture.
A Trucker S Tale
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Author : Ed Miller
language : en
Publisher: Apollo Publishers
Release Date : 2020-04-14
A Trucker S Tale written by Ed Miller and has been published by Apollo Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-14 with Transportation categories.
Wit, wisdom, adventure, and revelations from sixty years on the road. They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the winding mountainsides at sunrise, the first frosts of winter descending on apple orchards, the call of the rising roosters. In A Trucker's Tale, Ed Miller gives an inside look at the allure of the work and the colorful characters who haul our goods on the open road. He shares what it was like to grow up in a boisterous trucking family, his experience as an equipment officer in Vietnam, the wide range of vehicles he's mounted, and the daily trials, tribulations, risks, and exploits that define life as a trucker. Ed's vibrant, no-holds-barred tales are hilarious and heartwarming, sometimes cringeworthy or unbelievable—recollections of heroic feels as well as the “fishing stories” that have stretched and shifted from CB radio to CB radio. Many are the results of what he calls, “just plain stupidity.” Others bring to light the small acts of kindness and grand gestures that these Knights of the Highway perform each day, as well as the safety risks and continual danger that these essential workers endure. Together they paint a compelling portrait of one of the most important, but least-known industries, and reveal why Ed, and so many like him, just kept on truckin’.
Truckers Don T Go Gray We Turn Chrome
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Author : Rockingkits Press House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-16
Truckers Don T Go Gray We Turn Chrome written by Rockingkits Press House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-16 with categories.
This 119-page Truck Driver Mileage Log Book is ready for the open road! Features space for Date, Odometer, Mileage, Destination, and Purpose. Use this Trucker Logbook as your official work log, or simply to record your trips for personal use. Truck Driving is a proud and honorable career. This Truck Driver Logbook makes a great gift for Truckers, Drivers or anyone in the Transportation Industry
A Tale Of Two Truckers
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Author : Rolene
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2012-08-03
A Tale Of Two Truckers written by Rolene and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-03 with Fiction categories.
A Tale of Two Truckers tells the story of the transition of the author from a perfectly normal life into the predominantly male operated trucking industry in the early 1980’s and the trials she endured. The story takes you back to a lifestyle and time many young people today could never imagine becasue there was little technology - not even mobile phones! The tale reveals the relentless struggles and challenges she faced along with her partner Randy, and her dog named Hooter, as they ventured forth to secure a career in the trucking industry. She fi nds herself in unimaginable and sometimes frightful predicaments, taking her readers with her into a world they never knew existed. Maintaining her sense of humor throughout the ordeal, she is not afraid to tell it like it was, something her trucker partner Randy, never would have done.
Data Driven
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Author : Karen Levy
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-18
Data Driven written by Karen Levy and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-18 with Business & Economics categories.
A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life Long-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independence of their work, sharing a strong occupational identity rooted in a tradition of autonomy. Yet these workers increasingly find themselves under many watchful eyes. Data Driven examines how digital surveillance is upending life and work on the open road, and raises crucial questions about the role of data collection in broader systems of social control. Karen Levy takes readers inside a world few ever see, painting a bracing portrait of one of the last great American frontiers. Federal regulations now require truckers to buy and install digital monitors that capture data about their locations and behaviors. Intended to address the pervasive problem of trucker fatigue by regulating the number of hours driven each day, these devices support additional surveillance by trucking firms and other companies. Traveling from industry trade shows to law offices and truck-stop bars, Levy reveals how these invasive technologies are reconfiguring industry relationships and providing new tools for managerial and legal control—and how truckers are challenging and resisting them. Data Driven contributes to an emerging conversation about how technology affects our work, institutions, and personal lives, and helps to guide our thinking about how to protect public interests and safeguard human dignity in the digital age.
Truckers
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Author : Mary Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher
Release Date : 2009
Truckers written by Mary Richardson and has been published by Mark Batty Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Truck drivers categories.
POPULAR CULTURE. This is a typical middle-class life rides on the back of truck drivers criss-crossing and zig-zagging between farms and ranches, refineries and bottling plants, warehouses and seaports all hours of the day and night. Drawing on her many years experience writing for an industry trade publication, Mary Richardson and an ensemble of photographers document the stories of these truckers lives: ignored and mysterious, yet weaved inside every detail of our existence as consumers. Covering major trucking routes throughout North America, "Truckers" reveals the people behind the wheel and the places where they spend the majority of their time in the name of shuttling materials and collecting a paycheck.