Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Voices May 2015 | Overdrive | 9 Speci cations are subject to change without notice. Detroit Diesel Corporation is registered to ISO 9001:2008. Copyright © 2015 Detroit Diesel Corporation. All rights reserved. Detroit ™ is a brand of Detroit Diesel Corporation, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a Daimler company. DEMANDDETROIT.COM Engines, axles and a transmission all engineered and designed to work together as one. An entire powertrain built and backed by a single manufacturer for greater ef ciency and pro tability. That is the power and value of Detroit. ONLY DETROIT CAN DELIVER THIS LEVEL OF integration. Daimler Detroit_82574_Western Star Ad 4C_2.25"w x 9.5"h_1/3 Page_Non-Bleed Overdrive DET_82574_WesternStar_Overdrive.indd 1 4/10/15 4:44 PM We asked the question above on Overdrive's Facebook page following a brief post about CB World's online CB handle generator. Among the responders was Clint Willenborg, who made the sage observation that "handles are earned, not something you make up on your own." Oth- ers shared anecdotes that seem to confirm Willenborg's thought, with most handles coming from outside the mind of the driver. However, noted William J. Arnette Jr., it's possible to earn one you give to yourself, which he did with Rock Bottom. "Every time I get off the bottom, something always knocks me back to the bottom – so I think I have earned it." Harvie Holliday: Doc, because of my last name, Holliday, and yes, we are related. Richard Young: Porky was given to me as a youngster before my driv- ing career. Elaine Reese: Country Dancer – love to dance and I'm a country girl. Edward Lee: Buckethead, because I used to park at the KFC in Hope, Ark. Other drivers thought it was funny and started calling me that. Hated it at first, started to grow on me after a while. John Bohl: Tin Man … just like The Wizard of Oz, if I only had a heart! Roy Fruen: I was given Little Hippie by a late friend of mine – his was Texco Kid. Lisa Fryhover Schneider: Spitfire … boyfriend says a lady with a 'tude! Jason Harvey: Grumpy Bastard. My mother gave me that handle, as she used to be my dispatcher in the family business. John Fink: Flat Broke, because after a weekend at the truck stop … well, you get the picture. Steven Carpenter: Sideswipe. Hit a mountain on a tight S curve. Colo- rado, U.S. 14. Mark Romero: Started out as Double Digit, from when I started driving in 2000. My trainer always thought it was funny that we had a truck that ran 72 … but I'd always run it 69. Then last year, I got my hypno- tist certification, and somehow I was redubbed Hypno. Jeffrey Abear: Grumpy … don't know why my wife/kids gave me that handle. Todd Babcock: Road Toad! "Toad" was my nickname in school, so it seemed fitting once I hit the road. Richard B. Snyder Jr.: Started out as Southern Gentleman. When my youngest daughter was born, it became Soaring Eagle. After my father- in-law passed after a long trucking career, my wife asked me to use his handle, Phantom 309. I shorten it to just Phantom. What's your CB handle – and how'd you get it? Kick the tires of the CB World online handle generator at WeAreCB.com/ cb-handles-names-generator.html.