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The Peterbilt model 386 makes a statement for Long Haul Trucking CEO John Daniels, as do his trailers. Daniels has discovered the pairing a PACCAR MX engine with a Model 386 results in fuel economy as high as 8.3 mpg. John Daniels will take every pound of weight-savings and every fraction of a mile per gallon he can get. And …

Long Haul driver saves lives as blizzard gripped car

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With a sleeping bag, warm clothes, matches and candles stashed in the back of their van, Canadians Thomas and Mary Lynne Fischer thought they were prepared for the tail end of their cross-country trip back home. But a terrifying experience on Interstate 29 in South Dakota overnight Wednesday proved them “sorely mistaken,” Mary Lynne said Friday in a phone interview …