Remember in the "Old Days" when you drove up to the pumps at your local service station, and the attendant came out and pumped the gas for you? Then he checked the water and oil and cleaned your windshield – tha....

Happy New Year one and all, and I trust '23 will be somewhat more friendly to the industry that we all love and hate simultaneously. I hope the festive season of giving was a truly memorable time for you and your love....

It was two weeks till Christmas, as Dad walked into the Garage while I was installing the last two tires on his R Model. He stood there, watched for a moment, and asked if the truck and I were ready for a West coas....

Reading one of my favourite UK truck magazines the other day, I came across another piece of health and safety nonsense. When I see these things, I wonder how I've managed to get through 40-odd years of trucking w....

It's that time of year again! As much as I would like to skip past it, it's inevitable. Winter comes every year, and I get that same anxiety about driving every year. I know my limits, but it is the other drivers that....

I have driven a lot of trucks over the years. Ford super duty single axle hauling fuel, Cab over Ford with a Cummins triple nickel motor 555, hauling gravel, a Chevrolet 1957 single axle with a tag axle and a wood....

Now, Dad was quite a man, and being an ex-serviceman who had gone ashore on D-Day, he wasn’t scared of much, but I remember one time his face turned white with fear. We had been contacted by a company that wanted to se....

You can ask as many drivers as you want about driving a truck, and you will get as many opinions as there are drivers. For me, truck driving is not so much a job as it is a way of life. We all know that not everyone in a....

I don't even know where to start on how thankful I am. So many good things happen all year round, but September and October seemed especially full!!I'm so thankful that good health allows me to do the job I love. I'm tha....

Retirement is a wonderful thing. When my good lady, Isabel, goes out, I can sit in peace and quiet and let my mind drift off into the past. The other day I started to think of all the bosses  I have worked under.One....