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My Classic Car

There is only one man in this modern age of ours that can rock the handle bar mustache and that man is Dennis Gage of the long running car show My Classic Car. Last year he paid to a visit … Continue reading

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Burt Reynolds 1936-2018

Burt Reynolds passed yesterday at the age of 82. Reynolds was an iconic actor well know for a variety of classic films but among us trucking nuts he will always be simply know as The Bandit. East bound and down, … Continue reading

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Mack Trucks RoadLife

I ditched cable along time ago mostly because I couldn’t stomach throwing away increasing sums of money each month on an activity that rots your brain. After all, the internet is my weapon of choice for that activity nowadays. But … Continue reading

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Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman

Big Rig Racing is back! Of course well all knew that but it looks like it’s about to hit the main stream. You may or may not be a fan of those reality tv shows were a group of high … Continue reading

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Smokey and the Bandit

Some might consider Smokey and The Bandit to be a car movie but for me it falls solidly into the trucking genre thanks to Jerry Red and his Kenworth W900A. After all, there would be no hope in getting any significant … Continue reading

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The Real Stars of Hollywood

Many consider the Golden Age of Hollywood to have taken place near the end of the silent era of films and continuing through to the early 1960’s. During this period of time some of the greatest actors and movies of … Continue reading

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Over The Top

I spent some time the other day watching the movie classic Over The Top staring Sylvester Stallone. To be fair calling this movie a classic is a bit of stretch and if I want to be brutally honest (which I … Continue reading

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Highway Thru Hell Season 3

Highway Thru Hell, my favorite Canadian export, is set to return to The Weather Channel this Sunday, December 7th. This season the Jamie Davis crew will be split between two locations with Adam heading to Alberta and Jamie staying on … Continue reading

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ChampTruck World Series

I don’t want anyone to spool up their turbos prematurely but it looks like semi truck racing is making a return to the United States. The ChampTruck World Series is slated to host eight races starting in 2015 at various … Continue reading

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Ice Logging

There once was a show on Discovery called Extreme Loggers. I don’t remember watching it myself but the premise seems to focus on various logging crews from around North American using various techniques to harvest wood. The opening credits actually … Continue reading

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