Over-the Road Magazine - Volume 23, Issue 6

Feature Articles in this Month's Issue:

Cover Story
Marc McElroy— C.R. England, Inc.
C.R. England’s first Master Premier Leaser, Marc “Sly Dog” McElroy, sets lofty goals for himself. His hope is to retire at or before age 55 and travel with his wife, Diane. As a lease operator with Salt Lake City, UT-based C.R. England, Marc’s dream is definitely within each.more

Driven Women
Make a Mistake—Lose Your Job
For 15 years I had been pulling a refrigerated trailer, and decided to get certified for specialized freight such as government loads with police and helicopter escorts. Well, I received my first load— pretty dangerous and valuable stuff—and I was a little nervous. I made a mistake by leaving my truck unattended at the wrong time and in the wrong place. It was an honest mistake. I lost my certification and now no one wants to hire me. What can I do? more

Driver Gets Soaked in This Soap Opera
Dear Murphy,
On a dark rainy evening back in 1980, I hit a puddle of water so bad that I felt the front of my ’79 Camaro lift up, and the engine died. An 18-wheeler was in the lane to my left. Rolling at about 60 m.p.h. with a dead engine, I turned on my emergency flashers and started creeping to the right. Suddenly I heard air horns. All I could see were the running lights of the 18- wheeler to my left, which I steered as closely to as possible. .more

Trucker Buddy
Bringing Lessons to Life
“If you dream something, you can make it happen,” Kathy Notz tells her Trucker Buddy class in Tulare, SD. She encourages these fifth-grade students in Jan Mur-phy’s class as she helps them learn by bringing geography, math, social studies and history to life. She sends them postcards, letters and gifts as she travels across the country with her husband, Jay, and dog, Cashew.. more