Diesel Power Tuners, DEF Delete and Other Bad Ideas

5 Reasons To Stop Idling Your Truck – Number 5 Is A Shocker: Gone are the days – or should I say the nights – of pulling into the truckstop, finding a place to park and backing into a well lit spot. Not only was the light show a sight to see, it sure made truck parking easier. by The Trucking Podcast

39 min listen

Another Great First Truck, and Ripping The Door Off: I promise, we will be back next week with a new episode. We’ll even record it live on Facebook. Just go to Facebook.com/truckingpodcast at 8:45 pm central time. Another Great First Truck I remember finding this truck on a Peterbilt dealers lot. by The Trucking Podcast

62 min listen

Hybrid Electric Truck For Owner Operators: The hybrid truck is a pretty easy concept. Like hybrid cars, you capture some of the energy used to slow and stop a vehicle and store it in a battery. Then you use that stored power to help get the vehicle rolling again. by The Trucking Podcast

39 min listen

Great Stories, Short Show Notes: First off, Don is back. We’ve punted without him for a couple of weeks so it’s great to be recording the show with him once again. The show came out great, but the show notes will be short. Show Notes Dump truck falls through roof. by The Trucking Podcast

42 min listen

A $16,500 Classic Ford 9000 Money Maker: How’s this for a starter truck? A 1989 Ford LTL 9000 with a Cummins Big Cam 400 and 13 speed. I found this one on DyingBreedDiesels.com. Brayden Tucker and his wife own the site, and Tucker Equipment. They also have a killer facebook group, by The Trucking Podcast

53 min listen

Large Cars, and Large Cars: Oh, for the love of large cars. For you green peas out there, the large car is that classic long hood truck. 379 and 389 Peterbilts, W900 Kenworths, Freightliner Classics and others with a front end long and level enough to host a football game. by The Trucking Podcast

52 min listen

The Last Mini Truck: The last mini-truck could be the Nissan Frontier. Although they no longer make a regular cab, a king cab with a 4-banger and 5-speed stick can still be nabbed for under $20,000. It’s a long stretch from the $5,995 loss-leaders of the 80s and 90s, by The Trucking Podcast

65 min listen

E-Logs, Swindle Sheets and Comic Books: You can expect to see some revisions in the Hours Of Service regulations soon. We will tell you what we know in this episode, but one change stands out. It brings back memories, but not all of those memories are good ones. by The Trucking Podcast

45 min listen

Three On The Tree And A Centipede: We’re taking a Father’s Day break from trucking stuff tonight. Instead, we’re talking about finding a good mechanic, a classic F-15o and some really cool garage stuff. 69 Ford F-150 VS Jeep Gladiator I’ve shared both vehicles on our Facebook page. by The Trucking Podcast

51 min listen

Todd McCann From Trucker Dump Co-Hosts This One: This episode should be fun. Don and his family are enjoying a 3-day camping weekend, and we were without him last week. I knew we needed a spectacular cohost for this episode, but Adam Carolla wouldn’t return my calls. by The Trucking Podcast

75 min listen

Ask Buck and Don Anything: Usually finding topics to bring up on the podcast isn’t hard to do. But I’ve recently returned from a 12-day vacation. For some reason, I just couldn’t get into it. Instead, I took the easy way out and asked all of you. So, by The Trucking Podcast

52 min listen

The Big Reason Hybrid Trucks Make Sense: I admit, I have a sick fascination with hybrid electric vehicles. I doubt I’ll own either in the near future, but I get it. I also get the fact that the electric car may well be forced on us at some point. But what about big OTR trucks. by The Trucking Podcast

56 min listen

Autocar Is Back On The Road: Autocar will be putting trucks on the road again soon, a little background on Oshkosh trucks and update on Buck’s garage. Share This: by The Trucking Podcast

47 min listen

Driver Training Rule Changes, Good and Bad: In this episode we discuss some new rules regarding CDL schools and driver training. We address 2 questions about the proposed new rules. Should a CDL school instructor be required to have 2 years of experience? by The Trucking Podcast

56 min listen

5 Used Stepvan Conversion Ideas For Any Budget: In this episode we’re talking about a true automotive blank canvas, a used stepvan. Seriously, the ideas are limitless. From shop truck to food truck, work or play, there’s something for everyone. Most have huge engine compartments. And if they don’t, by The Trucking Podcast

74 min listen

Big Trucks, Cool Vans, And Rotary Engines: The A-Team van, an early 80s GMC Ventura has been a gearhead icon for over 35 years. From episode to episode, everything from the licence plates to the actual brand are inconsistent. Look close and you’ll even see Ford vans in a few shots. by The Trucking Podcast

55 min listen

Catching Up With Dan Organ, Owner Of Drake Tax Service: Update: If you caught the origional release of this episode, you’ll find I had the wrong audio file attached. This is the correction with the right file. Sorry for the confusion. I had enough time and content to toss in an extra show this week, by The Trucking Podcast

36 min listen

Best Of – Why We Truck, Chick Cars: Everyone needs a little time off, and we are no different, but you still need a TPC fix. This week we brought back an episode from 2014. We’ve come a long way in 5 years. I did a bit of editing to bring you better sound, by The Trucking Podcast

53 min listen

7 Proven Questions For Buying A Used Hotshot Pickup: After trucking well over 2 decades, I know a thing or two about buying a hotshot pickup. Nearly 7 of those years were spent on the hotshot side. Through the years, I’ve been involved in selecting several trucks. One of the trucks was mine, by The Trucking Podcast

38 min listen

What Was Your First Car, Keeping Millennials Trucking: I can’t remember when I had this much fun with an episode. Last week I asked the Facebook page followers about their first car. We came up with some good, bad and downright embarrassingly ugly submissions. As it turns out, by The Trucking Podcast

53 min listen

7 Hotshot Trucking Niches You Could Rock At: This post is about 7 hotshot trucking niches you can enter and rock at. Some of these are categories I’ve worked in. Others, I either have friends working them or talked with drivers on the road. Some of these are regional plays. by The Trucking Podcast

39 min listen

Farm Kid Diesels And More Diesels: Short and sweet, here are the links to this week’s show topics. The tragic loss of the world’s fastest woman, Jessi Combs. Trucking News What’s wrong with these headlines? Diesel prices are going up in 2020. Here’s why. by The Trucking Podcast

44 min listen

15 Features I Absolutely Require On My Next Pickup Truck: Okay, I admit it. The title is a bit misleading. These are my requirements, but many of them are features I absolutely don’t want. I’m a rather simple man and I’d prefer my next truck matches my personality in that way. With that in mind, read on. 1. by The Trucking Podcast

49 min listen

Back From A 4,200 Mile Road Trip: It’s been a crazy 12 day run, 11 of those days on the road. Traveling west is always an adventure, and this trip was no different. Although this trip was mostly pleasure, I did have some work to do, and a couple of podcast related meetings and phone ca... by The Trucking Podcast

49 min listen

Freiburger’s Disgustang – From Boneyard To Daily Driver: What does the Disgustang have to do with trucking? Absolutely nothing, but it’s just too cool to not talk about. The humorously nicknamed 69 Mustang Mach 1 is a junkyard rescue, and the subject of a couple of previous episodes of RoadKill. by The Trucking Podcast

56 min listen

How To Find The Perfect truck Driving Job: The short answer is, define exactly what kind of work you are willing to do, where you want to go and how much home time and income you desire. Then search for jobs that fit your requirements. Let’s break it down into steps. by The Trucking Podcast

55 min listen

It’s All Shiney Objects: Shorty-short show notes again, but here are the links for this episode. Here’s the link to the meme story from TechnologyReview.com The story about Google and elections is from Good.is Note; we’re up to something big here at The Trucking Podcast. by The Trucking Podcast

53 min listen

Exciting Life Of A Trucker, Or Mind Numbed Cobot?: In the world of automated everything, we’re getting used to robots. They may not look like C3PO or R2D2, but they are robots. These robots can paint cars, assemble engines, load trucks and thousands of other tasks. by The Trucking Podcast

47 min listen

11 Cutting Edge Steps To Dramatically Reduce Driver Turnover: If you really want to reduce driver turnover in your company, you’ve come to the right place. We have eleven steps for you. These eleven steps will lead you to the solution that’s been right there for years. Read this carefully and follow these steps. by The Trucking Podcast

50 min listen

What Car Or Truck Will You Drive In 2030?: The heart of this episode is from a listener question. Luis asked “will there be V8s in pickup trucks in 15 years?” It’s 2019 as of this writing. So why are we not going to 2034? Let’s just say 2030 is already an epic year. I’ll tell you why. No, by The Trucking Podcast

50 min listen

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Diesel Power Tuners, DEF Delete and Other Bad Ideas

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