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Powerful weekend snowstorm still on track toward Northeast

11 March 2022

Weekend truckers will hit hazardous driving conditions and delays across a large swath of the U.S.

A dynamic storm system will track from the Gulf Coast into the Southeast, mid-Atlantic, Northeast and southeastern Canada from Friday into Saturday, pulling in plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.

More than 150 million people will face some type of impacts from the storm east of the Mississippi River. However, the Northeast, which...

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Trucker named Highway Angel for rescuing driver from burning car

22 July 2021

Side-by-side Nationwide Rail Services tractor-trailers.

The Truckload Carriers Association has named professional truck driver Trinidad Arebalo, from Crete, Illinois, a Highway Angel for rushing to the aid of a driver involved in a multiple-vehicle accident.

It happened after 2 a.m. on a very cold February night when Arebalo was heading southbound on Interstate 55 outside Chicago. According to National Weather Service records, the temperature was about 12 degrees at the time and some light snow had fallen a few hours earlier.

Related: Trucker again...

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Trucker a Highway Angel for helping couple after spinout

12 April 2021

Photo of trucker Nick Still inset with photo of a Hirschbach Motor Lines truck.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Nick Still a Highway Angel. Still, from Monmouth, Illinois, stopped to help a couple after their pickup truck spun out during a winter storm.

It happened in the late morning of Feb. 8, 2021, when Still was heading down U.S. Highway 34 near Galesburg, Illinois, just 15 miles from his home. It was sleeting and snowing and the roads were slick, so he left some distance between himself and the couple’s pickup truck ahead of him.

“Just as we were...

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Top 6 winter driving tips for truckers

7 October 2020

Tractor-trailers at a truck stop on a snowy day.

Winter weather is often the most challenging and dangerous for commercial truck drivers. Icy roads and blinding snowfall can make roads quite treacherous. While most if not all truckers are familiar with the usual rules of the road, these are some lesser-known tips to keep drivers safe and efficient during the winter.

Truck tires

It sounds weird, but a bag of kitty litter could save drivers time and big headaches on snowy days. It doesn’t take long for warm tires to turn the snow on which they...

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Major early season snowfall to hit Rockies next week

5 September 2020

A powerful early season wintry storm could cover parts of the Rockies in several inches of snowfall just as the long Labor Day weekend ends. The storm will be preceded by record or near-record high temperatures in the 90s Sunday and Labor Day, along with extreme fire-weather conditions.

Much Colder Monday night into Tuesday with possible snow. #cowx #cosnow pic.twitter.com/L1RMUsFqWa

— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 4, 2020

The drastic change in the weather will occur early Tuesday....

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