From Wadena, Minnesota, Tony’s Transfer has been around for 50 years. Dave and Dianne Rousslang run the 48 state carrier which started out delivering just in the area and have since embraced long distance trucking. Besides the trucking industry in general, one of the biggest changes they have seen in…
Northern Minnesota is pretty well known for its extremely cold winters, but if you live there it’s known for the many beet farms spread out across the flat landscape. During the harvesting season you will see a lot of dirt on the roads from the trucks hauling beets. Trucks slowly…
Declan Pfund of Winona, Minnesota, celebrated his fourth birthday by honking the horn and exploring the trucks that pulled into the Minnesota State College-Southeast. His love of trucks was the start of something big for the neighborhood. It started when Declan would sit outside his house and get the truckers…
The Twin Ports Interchange reconstruction project will soon put the truckers of Duluth, Minn., back on the interstate. Currently, oversized loads have to make their way up hills and through city and residential streets to make their way to U.S. Highway 53. The $342 million project will include new bridges,…
Kottke Trucking, Inc., out of Buffalo Lake, Minn., has acquired Wayne T. Fellows out of Davenport, Fla. With the purchase of this new company, Kottke Trucking is adding 43 drivers and 22 non-driving positions to its family. With the purchase of the over-the-road division of Walbon & Company earlier, this…
With their particular hours of service, truck drivers need to take breaks more often which means they are all looking for available spots at truck stops. One of the biggest problems they face with their limited hours is coming across a truck stop that is full and they have to…
It’s a rare thing for truck drivers to stick around for as long as 50 years, it’s even more rare that they work in the same UPS facility. In Minneapolis, Minn., Rick Greenwald and Nick Gulenchyn were honored in a ceremony for their 50 years of service, along with never…