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URGENT ~ President Obama and officials in his Administration need to hear from you TODAY! This Sun…

URGENT ~ President Obama and officials in his Administration need to hear from you TODAY! This Sunday (August 9) President Obama will be travelling to the city of Guadalajara in Mexico to meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on matters related to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A Mexican official told Reuters news service last night that Calderon plans to pressure President Obama to move forward with opening U.S. roads to Mexi… Continue

Added by Slynay Teeters on August 6, 2009 at 11:05am — No Comments

Show us your photos

HI once again to all our overseas Truck Drivers, We at 40FM have launched our new site, it may not be as flashy as some of your sites, but we think its not too bad. We have added a photo gallery, and we'd love to see you post some photo's of your daily driver's (trucks) there so we can all have a look at the differences between our models here in Australia, to yours. We added some other new pages, but you can check those out for yourself if you want to. If your not a member of our site, to k… Continue

Added by Webmaster on July 20, 2009 at 7:56am — No Comments

40Fm Launches New Site

We are a bunch of Aussie Truckies. 40FM is our site led by our site's funny man 4Zero. We have just launched our new site, where we have included an instant chat so you can chat directly with Aussie drivers. A new photo gallery so users can upload their photos to share with other drivers around the world. From time to time we will also upload videos to the site, in the media section so you can see some of the latest Aussie talent in the music world or we may post funny stuff we find elsewhe… Continue

Added by Webmaster on June 29, 2009 at 5:45am — No Comments

Tell Representatives No on Cap and Trade

Melt the phones: Cap-and-tax target list By Michelle Malkin • June 26, 2009 12:37 AM The House will vote on the cap-and-tax bill today. Make your voice heard. Phil Kerpen at AFP has compiled a very helpful list, which I’m reprinting in full here. Check AFP site for latest updates and alerts. Ask ‘em how they can ram through this eco-boondoggle with EPA hide-and-seek games on global warming science going on unchecked: We need your help to stop the cap-and-trade energy tax! The time has finall… Continue

Added by Slynay Teeters on June 26, 2009 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Truck Washing and RFID Tags Considered - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow The future of RFID tags is looking good, even if the industry is off to a slow start and having a bit of difficulty during the global recession, as companies that manufacture and export lots of products are not doing the level of business they once were.… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on May 27, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

The Truckstar - "On the road with the original florida kid" Week 57

Week 57 Hello again fellow Truckstars! It's Week 57 and......you're on the road with the original florida kid!"..... Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, Neil Ray, JT, the "cowgirls" and the whole gang here at the ranch give a big cowboy howdy "HEY!"..... TRUCKSTAR RADIO 8-11PM (eastern) EVERY NIGHT "It's definitely not the kind of talk radio grandpa listens to" http://thetruckstar.com/listen (click on the word “listen” when the flash player pops up, you can click back off the “list… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on May 27, 2009 at 6:58pm — No Comments

" The Truckstar -On the Road with the original florida kid" Week 56

“On the Road with the original florida kid” Hello again fellow truckstars! It’s Week 56 and ….. …”you’re on the road with the original florida kid”…. Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, JT, Neil Ray and the whole gang here at the ranch want to give a big cowboy howdy “HEY” to one and all, including the Twitter and BrightKite crew! KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN’- Grandma is still having serious back problems. The doctor’s are urging her to get the surgery, and in this case I agree with them.… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on May 27, 2009 at 6:56pm — No Comments

Week 55 - The Truckstar - "ON the Road with the original florida kid"

Week 55 - The Truckstar “On the Road with the original florida kid” Hello again fellow truckstars! It’s week 55 and… …..you’re on the road with the original florida kid!…. Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, JT, Neil Ray and the whole gang here at the ranch want to send out a big cowboy howdy “HEY” to everyone! KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN’- Grandma’s on the warpath around here today, with her wooden spoon(she‘s like a ninja with that thing)….The horses like to hang out up by the house wh… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on March 16, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Convoy Went Well, Check out the Photo's

Hi All, Feb 28th's Convoy went extremely well. The Crew From 40FM.NET did a sensational job of running the Truck Show as Did Lights On The Hill with the rest of the Event and Boomer Bullbars Ute Show was a great addition to the Convoy, UTE's and Truck's are synonymous with each other. The whole day went without hitch, with some very shiny rigs indeed turning up for the event and showing support for such a great cause. We as 40FM were there on the day too with our tent and merchandise, we met… Continue

Added by Webmaster on March 7, 2009 at 5:06am — No Comments

4Zero's Trade-IN ! One Low Klm GOLD Kenworth T904

YES, for those who don't know, our sites character 4Zero, Drives a Gold Kenworth T904. But it has come time to trade-in the much loved banger. So we have put it out to public vote, what should his next Rig be ? Remember we may not have the models here in Australia that the USA does, so I have put A poll into our site, you can find it here : http://40fm.net/forum/index.php/topic,359.0.html Let us know what you think ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------… Continue

Added by Webmaster on February 26, 2009 at 7:02am — No Comments

2 Days to go Till we have ourselves a Convoy !

28th of Feb, is the significant day in our calendar here in Brisbane. Lights On The Hill annual convoy takes place at Gatton, about 65 klm's from Brisbane. A convoy of 500 plus trucks is expected this year with the usual Brisbane section and Toowoomba sections of trucks meeting at Gatton. Media coverage is certain, it makes the news every year, this years sadly more drivers names will be added to the already listed names of deceased drivers, because this is a memorial wall for those who have l… Continue

Added by Webmaster on February 26, 2009 at 6:53am — No Comments

Week 54 - The Truckstar

Hello again fellow truckstars! It's Week 54 and...you're on the road with the original florida kid... Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, JT, Neil Ray and the whole gang here at the ranch want to give a big cowboy howdy "HEY" to all our friends! KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN'- Okay, so here's what I'm seeing....the same old partisan in-fighting(and consequent mis-direction) has already begun(did it ever end?...). Politicians really believe that whatever they do, anything they do, is okay. W… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on February 25, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

I have Added A Link to your site for our Members to drop in and Say HI !

I have added a Link to your site from ours www.40fm.net. We are a group of Aussie drivers, happy to have a chat with anyone, and love hearing from drivers in other countries. The section is 40fm.net » Our Overseas Mates » Truckies In other Countries » Driver In The USA If you want to check that out, leave a comment in that section or feel free to check out any topic. Cheers Webmaster 40FM.NET Continue

Added by Webmaster on February 17, 2009 at 9:07am — No Comments

Hi All Drivers in other parts of the world.

HI All, I am the Webmaster of a site just like this one, for drivers in Australia, our Base is Brisbane, but we have members from Canada, USA, New Zealand, and All over Australia. We have a vast country with a Population of around 21,579,376 people currently, a land area of almost 7.7 million square kilometres. This land area is almost as great as that of the United States of America (excluding Alaska), about 50% greater than Europe (excluding the former USSR), and 32 times greater than the Un… Continue

Added by Webmaster on February 16, 2009 at 7:43am — No Comments

"On the Road with the original florida kid" Week 53

Hello again fellow truckstars! It's Week 53 and...you're on the road with the original florida kid... Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, JT, Neil Ray and the whole gang here at the ranch want to give a big cowboy howdy "HEY" to all our friends! KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN'- Ahhhh yes! The life of a writer. My name is Daniel, I've become a Twitter addict. Seriously though it's a fun social site and I've met a lot of cool people there, like Trucker Desiree, a_smart_union, TS_Elliot and man… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on February 11, 2009 at 12:35pm — No Comments

WEEK 52

"On the Road with the original florida kid" Hello again fellow truckstars! It's Week 52 and.... ...you're on the road with the original florida kid.... Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, JT, Neil Ray and Tommy Boy are all here.....they want to give a big cowboy howdy "HEY" to one and all..... ..especially and the folks over at www.anysoldier.com KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN'- Well truckstars, I guess it's no secret winter's here! This time of year (the middle of summer too) brings home the point of… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on January 27, 2009 at 3:36pm — No Comments

On the Road with the original florida kid - week 51

“On the Road with the original florida kid” Week 51 Hello again fellow truckstars! It’s week 51 and… …you’re on the road with the original florida kid……… Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, JT, Neil Ray and the whole gang here at the ranch want to give a big cowboy howdy “HEY!” KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN’- So what are ya waitin’ for? Come on in, check your boots first (Grandma’s on the war-path today, I came in earlier with you-know-what on my boots…) the infamous wooden spoon is on the… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on January 11, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

2009: The Future of the Trucking Industry and Truck Technologies - By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow

Our Online Think Tank has completed the special report and eBook on The Future of the Trucking Industry and Truck Technologies. The download is at no charge, I thought folks might like to have a look:… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on January 6, 2009 at 8:32am — No Comments

Strike updates Iceland, Egypt, Israel, Philadelphia, Australia, DC, El Paso

ICELAND- PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN BANKS, POLITICIANS Thousands stormed and shut down Hotel Borg, where PM Geir Haarde and others met to recap the events of 2008. Police in riot gear battled the crowd, spraying pepper gas at protesters, who retaliated with water balloons and fireworks. Several protesters were arrested. The broadcaster’s television cables caught fire during the melee, interrupting the live broadcast 45 minutes into the program which traditionally runs for two hours. The program cut… Continue

Added by Chris Rice on January 4, 2009 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

"On the Road with the original florida kid" Week 50

"On the Road with the original florida kid" Week 50 Hello again fellow truckstars! It's Week 50 and.... ....you're on the road with the original florida kid.... Grandma, Barbie, Pup the Wonder Dog, Tommy Boy, JT, Neil Ray and the whole gang here at the ranch want to give a big cowboy howdy "HEY " and wish one and all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! KITCHEN TABLE TALKIN'- Come on in! Hang up your coat - and close the damn door! Looks like winter is here in a big way! This time of yea… Continue

Added by Daniel Audet on December 22, 2008 at 12:56pm — No Comments

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