Charges amended to include both husband and wife in fraud case Nov 5, 2009
The documents allege the Andersons, doing business as Anderson Trucks, Trailers and Equipment, borrowed 21,500 from each of two separate individuals for the purpose of purchasing a large shingle-conveyor truck. The buyers are alleged to have been assured of a substantial profit on the money when the truck was sold. (California Democrat, MO)
Smoke from Iraq burn pit may be making local soldiers sick Nov 2, 2009
The 81st Brigade soldiers often found refuge in one of the single-wide trailers stationed next to the recycle yard, sitting in plastic chairs and watching Iraqis through the windows. It might not have been the most effective way to monitor the laborers, many conceded, but it was better than breathing dirty air. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Iraq: US military contractor burns recyclables, violating contract Oct 31, 2009
Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Diyala Province, Iraq - In this desert fortress of housing trailers and concrete barriers, military contractor KBR has launched a recycling campaign a kind of oasis in the military, an institution not exactly renowned for environmental activism. As soldiers exit the dining facility, run by KBR and its subcontractor Najlaa International Catering Services Iraq, they see signs along the emerald walkway urging those who "like to recycle" to follow the path and... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
'This Is It' Earns $2.2M On 1st Night Oct 29, 2009
This Is It' Earns $2. 2M On 1st Night - Entertainment News Story - KPRC Houston. (Click2Houston, TX)
The Green's farm empire quickly expanded. Oct 29, 2009
Borrowing crates, trucks, trailers, time and energy from a hodgepodge of helpful La Hondans, as well as people from as far as San Francisco and Fremont, Green moved the herd last week to a new home on a new hill along Highway 84. It was incredibly heartening. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
A life well-lived Oct 27, 2009
A day later, Emery and Walt Blackburn, each towing their own trailers, began a cross-country exodus. They went square dancing at West Yellowstone, gawked at Mount Rushmore, toured the Corn Palace and visited Niagara Falls, home of the honeymooners. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Donnellson moves forward with basketball court (4) Oct 25, 2009
for recycling trailers, which are rusted out. The total cost was quoted at 2,328. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill Oct 24, 2009
"Right now, we have three 18-wheelers pulled over, but all these cattle trailers have been empty so far," said Jack Carson, spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture. "Nobody expected it, but everybody has been courteous.". (Yahoo News)
Congressman requests hearings on BAE FMTV decision Oct 24, 2009
BAE Systems, which employs 3,200 at its Sealy plant, learned in August the Army awarded an FMTV rebuy program contract to competitor, Oshkosh, despite BAE Systems building more than 56,000 FMTVs and trailers under contract with the Army for the past 17 years ... We don t agree that building 56,000 vehicles and trailers should count for nothing, Morris said ... In the meantime, workers at BAE Systems' Sealy plant continue to focus on pushing out vehicles and trailers. (Sealy News, TX)
Thomas Oliver: Georgia ports expand state's reach Oct 23, 2009
Before sundown, at least half of these will be moved, from truck or rail to ship, or vice versa, or unloaded and stacked seven trailers high among the hundreds of rows. On any given day, about 3,500 trucks will roll in and out of the terminal, bringing cargo to and from the 44 ships that dock at Savannah s Garden City terminal each week. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Puget Sound Truck Lines acquired by Haney Oct 21, 2009
Puget Sound Truck Lines and Nickel Plate Express operate 165 tractors and 466 trailers with 65 contractors. Haney has 400 tractors, 1,000 trailers and more than 500 employees. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
WORKING: Teen trucker takes over the wheel (2) Oct 20, 2009
Roberts also acquired further endorsements for driving doubles, or hauling two trailers. Since Rio Dog Trucking consists of a bright yellow semi carrying two 3,000-pound capacity shiny, silver, cylindrical tanks, she had to pass two additional tests. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Nordic Ware opens $4M addition Oct 19, 2009
Tom Clifford, a 26-year Nordic Ware veteran who is senior shipping coordinator for the second shift, said he d have to rent trailers and warehouse space throughout the city in previous holiday seasons. It was challenging to keep track of everything, Clifford said. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
No rest for the truckers Oct 14, 2009
As for parking, White said, officials anticipate there will be additional trailers and other vehicles using the parking lot, as well as bikers using the parking lot as a meeting location. valerie. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
$250,000 recovered in stolen equipment Oct 14, 2009
According to Nicholas Manale, a spokesman with State Police, the Mississippi Agricultural Theft Bureau notified detectives about a litany of equipment stolen from dealerships in the state, including John Deere mowers, trucks, tractors and trailers. After an investigation it was found that 40-year-old Homer Hess was trying to sell the stolen equipment, Manale said. (WWLTV.com, LA)
CHP Investigates Trucker Kidnapping Oct 13, 2009
10News talked to several truck drivers in National City, and one driver who has been on the road for more than 40 years said, "I think it was an inside job. Reason being, who else is gonna know what's in a trailer? These trailers, when they leave outta here, they're locked, they're sealed, nobody knows what's going on in those trailers.". Some drivers said truck heists happen more often than many think. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Energy crisis postponed, new gas rescues world... Oct 13, 2009
How many truck trailers can you put on a train. I see a resurgence of freight trains-a-comin. (The Drudge Report)
Goats can help with efficient weed management, improve soil health (38) Oct 12, 2009
Like Taber, if the journey is less than five miles she will trail them overland but if it is further away than that, she will load her goats into trailers and haul them to the new site. Once on site, she uses portable electric fences and dogs to contain them in the areas to be grazed, often moving the fences several times a day. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Marge Simpson Poses For Playboy Cover Oct 10, 2009
Live Cameras, Conditions. Magazine Will Only Show 'Implied Nudity. (Click2Houston, TX)
School workers fired for theft Oct 10, 2009
The maintenance facility includes lawnmowers, trailers, vehicles and other metal items that need repairs. Once workers determined they can t be fixed, the items are placed into a trailer. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Riechers Truck Body Marks 75th Anniversary Oct 10, 2009
The business also has begun constructing trailers, including dual-ramp single-axle utility trailers, 16-foot heavy duty utility trailers, pintle equipment haulers, 18-foot heavy duty landscape trailers, medium equipment haulers and tandem axle dump utility trailers. The business serves customers in about a 100-mile radius of the shop. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
After four decades, McCammons still updating fleet, technology Oct 10, 2009
Forty years later the couple maintains a fleet of approximately 32 tractors and 80 trailers, recently updating the family-run operation with ten brand new tractors. They have approximately 40 employees, including multiple drivers, four full-time office workers and three full-time shop workers. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
Lawrenceburg man faces aggravated child abuse charge Oct 8, 2009
countyresident wrote on Oct 7, 2009 6:00 PM:" The main reason for the decrease in accidents involving tractor trailers is because drivers are afraid of Bart Durham. I want to know why the state has to post the location of their checkpoints. That is like giving children the answers to a test before you take it. ". slingblade wrote on Oct 7, 2009 7:47 PM:" Roadblocks have to be advertised because the fine people like Bart Durham have taken DUI cases made from checkpoints to court and the courts... (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Work to begin this month on Southborough bridge Oct 7, 2009
The new bridge will be rated for larger tractor trailers, though Woodsmall said he doesn't expect an increase in truck traffic on Northboro Road as a result. The bridge is not unsafe for drivers to use before it is replaced. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
How city brewed itself a future Oct 7, 2009
RV boomMeanwhile, across the Atlantic in Indiana, travel trailers and motor homes exploded onto the scene after World War II, bringing boom times to Elkhart. Demand for RVs was particularly strong at the beginning of the 21st century, brought on by relatively cheap gas prices and a booming economy. (MSNBC -- International)
Boeing Eyes Defense, Commercial Uses for Trailers Oct 7, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co , looking to win more business as the U.S. Defense Department seeks to bolster support to soldiers, said on Tuesday that it sees many applications for a family of advanced trailers it has developed that can be used to retrieve damaged military vehicles from hostile environments. The trailers, which are in the testing phase, can evacuate and recover hard-to-move vehicles that weigh as much as 80,000 pounds, and will roll on rough terrain ... The trailers, which... (ABC News -- Wire)
Motorcycle riderinjured on I-57 Oct 6, 2009
61938 wrote on Oct 5, 2009 2:43 PM:" Start seeing tractor / trailers! ". Rohn Gordon wrote on Oct 5, 2009 2:46 PM:" I came by it after he left in ambulance. Bike was still laying on edge of road. Sounds like he was lucky as all get out. ". (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
‘Rally’ held at endangered Sealy truck plant (2) Oct 6, 2009
We ve been building FMTV trucks and trailers for 17 years. We ve built 56,000 vehicles and trailers. (Brenham Banner, TX)
More than just a hobby: Ham radio operators gather for convention Oct 6, 2009
The annual amateur radio, or ham radio, convention in West Liberty celebrated its 25th year, with more than 500 participants and vendors scattering the Muscatine County Fair-grounds in trailers and truck beds to talk shop and buy and trade equipment for the 100-year-old technology. The 5 ticket proceeds are split between the Muscatine Amateur Radio Club and Washington Area Amateur Radio Club, both hosts of the event. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Grinding Season Oct 5, 2009
kmd wrote on Oct 3, 2009 9:05 AM:" I thought they were supposed to be a ban on burning the fields. I used to live across from cane fields, and when they decided it was time to burn, they actually would do it by sneaking in and setting the fire. Terrible. Couldn't wait to move out of New Iberia. No sunshine, trackers with no lights, trucks hauling the cane like idiots,with no plates on trailers speeding like idiots with no respect to the traffic, all on Hwy 90 passing State Troopers. Don't miss... (New Iberia, LA)
Moving cargo: Trucks, trains and the National Gateway (17) Oct 4, 2009
With a single layer of trailers placed on a train (or single stack), a train can transport 150 containers. But the future is dependent on double stacked trains. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Residents think DMV jumped gun on fee hikes Oct 3, 2009
gavdar wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:19 PM:" Geee Thanks New York state - way to stick to everybody in the state. Another example of the blind leading the blind up there in Albany! I'll have to renew my the registrations on my truck and two work trailers at the end of the year, then next spring time I will get new plates for each of them. Why? There is nothing wrong with my current plates - thanks again New York state. ". stonepound wrote on Oct 1, 2009 8:47 PM:" I just paid thousands to columbia... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Nevada troopers in trucks spot dangerous drivers Oct 1, 2009
The California Highway Patrol said the big rig, hauling two trailers of tomatoes, was driven by Hector Escalante, 35, of Modesto ... -- Watch out for those big rigs on Nevada highways - a state trooper may be riding shotgun and ready to nab motorists who cut off the tractor-trailers ... The Nevada Highway Patrol is leasing three tractor-trailers and hiring professional drivers in a campaign aimed at reducing highway collisions involving trucks and cars, Nevada Highway Patrol Capt. Julie Johnson... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Oshkosh receives $801M Army order Sep 30, 2009
said its defense division has received an order valued at $801 million for more than 2,450 new and recapitalized cargo trucks and trailers. The delivery order calls for Oshkosh Defense to produce more than 1,190 new next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4s, more than 180 new HEMTT A2s and more than 80 palletized load system trailers. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
POLICE REPORTS Sept.17-23 Sep 30, 2009
8:02 a.m. 2000 block Panther Creek Drive, forced entry and theft from trailers ... 9:48 a.m. 2000 block Panther Creek Drive, forced entry and theft from trailers. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Ford unveils hulking new Super Duty pickup Sep 25, 2009
The Super Duty is, first and foremost, a work truck, designed to carry the heaviest loads and tow the most massive trailers. Our Super Duty customers do some of Americas toughest jobs, said Mark Fields, Ford's U.S. marketing chief. (AZCentral -- Business)
Quick action by residents, firefighters saves Berlin trailer Sep 24, 2009
He pointed out the fire to his mother. I turned and saw the fire in the window and I said, Oh, my God, their trailer is on fire, said Cindy Pritts as she stood outside her neighbor s fire-damaged mobile home Wednesday. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Crash scatters debris on I-95, causing delays Sep 22, 2009
The trailers of the two trucks hit. Troopers said Spencer had to jump into a ditch to avoid being hit. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Ritchie Bros. to sell large number of late model equipment items for Rodman Companies and others in Fort Worth unreserved public auction Sep 20, 2009
Late model equipment from Rodman includes: crawler tractors, wheel loaders, motor graders, hydraulic excavators, articulated dump trucks, compactors, directional drills, crushers, truck tractors and low-boy, end-dump and vacuum trailers ... Auction highlights ------------------ Day 1 - September 23, 2009 -------------------------- - 240+ pickups - 110 crawler tractors - 85+ wheel loaders - 55+ rollers - 50+ compactors - 25+ crawler loaders Day 2 - September 24, 2009 -------------------------- -... (PR Newswire)
More of this story Sep 19, 2009
kimo aloha wrote on Sep 18, 2009 8:17 AM:" Alright! Now if only the people who have their abandoned car, trucks, wrecks, fishing boats, big trailers, vans, work trucks,parked outside thier homes on the street, and especially those that take over the cul-de-sac like it was their own property get out of the way.... Come on KPD, a few tickets once in a while in the 'hood wouldn'tt be too bad, it's time for a mass sweep of Lihue, Puhi and Hanamaulu! ". JKDownDaMiddle wrote on Sep 18, 2009 10:11 AM:"... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Fatal crash spurs another look at safe canoe towing Sep 15, 2009
Vierra said that while trailers carrying canoes occasionally separate from the tow vehicle, typically causing damage to the canoes, the accident is believed to be the first in Hawai'i to result in injury or death ... Irvine, the OHCRA president, said the accident was surprising given the sophistication of modern trailers and how relatively light the load was ... "These trailers are professionally built some of them are even equipped with brakes and the canoes are only 400 pounds. You can tow... (Honolulu Advertiser)
- VALLEY POLICE BEAT: Elderly man hit by pickup dies 0 Sep 13, 2009
Fire guts trailers; no injuries. No injuries were reported Saturday when an electrical fire scorched a pair of unoccupied trailers in the 700 block of Pico Avenue in El Centro, El Centro Fire Capt. Chad Whitlock said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Turkish flood death toll rises Sep 11, 2009
Earth movers began lifting the debris at the scene on Thursday, where trailers had been tipped on their side and left in heaps like litter washed up on shore. A family of five - a man, his wife and three daughters - were all found dead in the mud that swept through their farm in Tekirdag, outside Istanbul. (BBC News -- Europe)
Ford boosts lineup, not prices, for 2010 Sep 11, 2009
Trailer Sway Control is added as standard equipment on Ford's Explorer, Explorer Sport Trac and Expedition SUVs this year to help keep trailers being towed behind the vehicles stable. The Flex crossover SUV adds the availability of a 355-horsepower, 3. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Riding into the sunset Sep 10, 2009
The truck and horse trailers were gone. The snack bar was closed and the bleachers empty. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Yakima Riverside Storage Adds Additional Convenience With U-Haul Sep 9, 2009
Yakima Riverside Storage can now offer its customers a variety of moving equipment and supplies designed specifically for moving household furnishings, including moving vans, open trailers, closed trailers, furniture pads, appliance dollies, furniture dollies, tow dollies and auto transports ... U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 101,000 trucks, 76,000 trailers and 34,000 towing devices. (PR Newswire)
Fresno woman dies in Kern Co. crash Sep 8, 2009
The California Highway Patrol said the big rig, hauling two trailers of tomatoes, was driven by Hector Escalante, 35, of Modesto. Escalante ran a stop sign on Oakland Avenue at Lassen Avenue, near Five Points, just after 5 a.m., authorities said. (Fresno Bee)
Sheriff says many questions remain in case Sep 8, 2009
Two more trailers one of them stolen in July from its owner in Putnam County were discovered at the Weinbergers warehouse off River Watch Parkway on Saturday, authorities said. One of the trailers had no identifiers (serial numbers) on it, Richmond County sheriff s Lt. Scott Peebles said today ... Sheriff Sills said that at least a half dozen trailers are linked to Mr. Weinberger in some way. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Click to read:48 Hours: Kidnapped Sep 6, 2009
"I searched strip mines; I searched caves, river ways, abandoned farms, abandoned trailers, cemeteries. Lakes, I've drained lakes," he remembers. "About a year into the investigation, maybe a year and a half, I didn't think we'd ever find him alive.". (CBS News)
Warehouse hearing winds down Sep 5, 2009
The plan calls for an office and about 300 parking spaces for trailers on a long, narrow slice of land between the Norfolk Southern railroad and the rear yards of 22 homes. The site is zoned industrial. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
In wildfires, it takes a city to save a city Sep 5, 2009
"This is a city," U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Barbara Rebiskie says as she looks out over the mass of trailers and the clusters of dome tents that have sprouted like mushrooms on the soccer and baseball fields above the dam ... On the main street of the camp, trailers line the tarmac like concessions on a carnival midway ... Beyond the truck area, 16 tractor trailers idle 24 hours a day. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Meet The Democratic Candidates for District 26 Sep 4, 2009
Some schools in the district have set up temporary classroom units, or trailers, in school yards to make more classroom space ... It isn t OK to have children in trailers. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Boonville man sentenced for his part in chop shop operation Sep 4, 2009
White later told troopers he was involved in an operation that cuts up stolen trailers for aluminum scrap ... Authorities later recovered two tractors, two trailers and a motorcycle at the residence. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Supervisors to hold public hearings Tuesday night Public can comment on Blue Ridge Drive, anaerobic digesters, land for food bank Sep 3, 2009
Residents can comment on eliminating through tractor-trailers traffic on Blue Ridge Drive from Gretna to Hurt. Staunton River District Supervisor Marshall Ecker said residents are concerned about the speed of the big rigs traveling the curvy road, debris coming off the trailers, damage to the road and that the tractor-trailers use the road around the clock ... After the hearing, supervisors could vote to send a resolution to the Virginia Department of Transportation to restrict the... (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
TSC store deal done Sep 3, 2009
TSC's products include farm maintenance products (fencing, tractor parts and accessories, agricultural spraying equipment, tillage parts, specialty feeds, animal supplements and medicines, veterinary supplies, and livestock feeders); general maintenance equipment (air compressors, welders, generators, pumps, electrical products, plumbing, and paint); lawn and garden products (riding and push mowers, tractor/mower parts and accessories, tillers, fertilizers, and long handle tools); animal care... (Laurel Outlook, MT)
Oil spill equipment housed in Saugus Sep 3, 2009
Fire Chief James Blanchard said the DEP has stepped up its efforts to place these trailers in cities and towns with plenty of access to water. The state was looking to place first response trailers in communities with coastal property and Saugus fit the bill, Blanchard said. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
PERRY/Katrina recovery Sep 3, 2009
As truck loads of water and supplies rolled into Mississippi, groups dispatched pickup trucks and trailers through checkpoints to help Mississippians in dire need. Nissan loaned scores of trucks to MEMA in need of transportation and Ford Motor Company donated dozens of vehicles to first responders. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Couple hurt as pickup hurtles into two semi-truck trailers Sep 2, 2009
Damage to the two semi trailers is estimated at $2,500. Storm Lake Police have charged Phoukhong Maloutaphong with Failure to Maintain Control and Striking a Fixed Object. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Chimps evacuating from LA fire tried to escape Sep 2, 2009
Dozens of horse trailers and other heavy vehicles were arriving by the minute at the remote reserve on a two-lane road, even as aircraft bombed the advancing front of the fire on mountains a few valleys to the east. Fond farewell for Fresno zoo director. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Crime bosses 'in tractor thefts' Sep 1, 2009
Trailers remained the most commonly stolen item with 911 taken, followed by 849 excavators, 244 dumpers, 223 quad bikes and 202 telehandlers. The most valuable item stolen was a crusher worth 140,000 taken from Thackley, West Yorkshire. (BBC News -- UK)
DPS boosts patrols to stop drugs at source Aug 31, 2009
Pennsylvania authorities said the organization had operated since the early 1990s with the drugs frequently stashed in wheel wells and under false panels in cars the Catlins' hauled on trailers. It's trucks like those that Officer Nick Mitchell says he stops on a daily basis. (AZCentral -- News)
Magnum Completes Acquisition of Hudson, Colorado Facility, One of the World's Largest Tire Landfills, and Perhaps Currently the Largest in the USA Aug 30, 2009
(b) all equipment, machinery, vehicles, trailers, furniture, fixtures, computer equipment, spare parts, and tools. (c) its land. (PR Newswire)
Port wants train link to McCalla rail facility Aug 29, 2009
The facility will be built on an existing Norfolk Southern line and transfer containers and trailers between trucks and trains. The plan is to run a freight train that originates in McCalla and terminates in Bethlehem, Pa. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Oshkosh Corp. Aug 28, 2009
The contract s first delivery order, for 2,568 trucks and trailers, is valued at $280 ... Terms of the deal call for production of up to 23,000 vehicles and trailers. (Boston Globe)
UPS bids farewell to long-tenured employee Aug 28, 2009
He spends most of his time behind the wheel of a tractor truck, moving 50 to 70 trailers each day between loading docks at the center. Later, Peters moves inside to help incorrectly addressed packages reach their intended destinations. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
