Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Voices Having a bad air day Hauling wind isn't too profitable, but sometimes it's a necessity. Alliance Truck Parts offers over 30 product lines for all heavy-duty truck makes and models on the road. If you'd like to find out how Alliance can help your truck, visit our all-new display at booth #24185 of the 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky on March 21-23. Plus, show your CDL for a free $25 Alliance Truck Parts gift card (one per guest) good at over 800 locations nationwide! I feel sorry for the company drivers who have no say-so in where they're going during winter. We stay south of I-40 this time of year, but typically are fortunate enough to have freight most of the time. Every great once in a while, things will get tight, and my husband, George, and I will have those scary conversations involving phrases like "gigantic truck payment" and "no money." "There might not be a load out of here for a few days. I may have to haul sailboat fuel to Tulsa to get something." "Oh no. Fuel sounds heavy. You don't like Better Parts. Good Prices. Visit Booth #24185 to enter to win a tablet. As heavy as 'sailboat fuel' Overdrive readers, on our Facebook page, offered a bevy of alternatives to the old slang. DTNA/PSM-A-807. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © Daimler Trucks North America LLC. All rights reserved. Alliance Truck Parts is a brand of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a Daimler company. Robert McConnell: I prefer "post holes" myself. Mike Hatcher: When I pull my empty tanker, I'm hauling dispatcher brains, not wind or air. Blake Small: Motorcycle doors. heavy stuff." "It's sailboat fuel." "Is sailboat fuel light?" "Uh, yeah. About the lightest thing you can haul." "Does it have a lot of alcohol in it or something? That sounds dangerous and heavy. I'm not entirely comfortable with sitting in front of large amounts of fuel traveling at a high rate of speed." "Babe, it's air. I might have to go empty to Tulsa and eat the diesel to get a load." "Some sailboats have motors." "Yes, but they are primarily powered by wind. It's just a saying." "You would have to have an airtight trailer to haul wind. It would be an impossible ride." "It's just a saying, babe. For when you're empty. You're hauling sailboat fuel." "It's a dumb saying. And there is no such thing as an airtight trailer that can haul wind." "This cab is full of wind." "Only because you had eggs for breakfast." "Ha ha, very Wendy Parker chronicles her funny. We're going journey on the to Tulsa." road with her owner-operator "Don't get in a husband, George, hurry and spill any in the George sailboat fuel. I'd and Wendy Show blog on hate to have to call OverdriveOnline. imaginary hazmat com. Scan the out to clean it up." QR to read more from her on your phone or tablet. Scan the QR to weigh in on Facebook with your own preferred slang for an empty box or trailer. Rodney Peterburs: Blinker fluid. David Ooten: Back several years ago, it was VW radiators. Jeff Mercer: I hauled a load of muffler bearings once. Ralph Burket: I used to haul fresh air to Jersey. They needed it. 8 | Overdrive | March 2013 Voices_0313.indd 8 2/28/13 12:43 PM