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09/02/2026

It’s 1860, a letter takes weeks to cross the country. The fix? Young men and fast horses. The Pony Express ran nearly 2,000 miles from Missouri to Sacramento. Swapping horses every 15 miles. Riding day and night. The secret weapon was the mochila a mail carrying saddle cover thrown between horses in seconds. It lost money on every letter.

Then the telegraph killed it in 18 months.

08/28/2026

In 1919, the US Army drove 81 vehicles & 280 men from DC to San Francisco just to see if it could

War Plan Orange needed troops moved west if the railroads were sabotaged. They averaged 6 miles per hour. Twenty five trucks slid into a ditch in Nebraska. A patch of quicksand took seven hours. Along for the ride Lieutenant Col. Dwight Eisenhower who never forgot it and later as president created the US Interstate highway system.

American, trucking, heavy duty repair and so much more can trace its roots back to to convoy across America

08/28/2026

What does the new Freedom to Fix memo actually mean for heavy-duty repair shops?

Potentially better access to emissions-system information, tools, and compliant aftermarket parts — but it’s not a blanket right-to-repair law, and it doesn’t legalize deletes or emissions tampering.

We’ve got more about what shops should know over at the blog.

08/27/2026

This train runs at such high altitude that passengers need oxygen. The Qinghai Tibet Railway crosses Tanggula Pass at over 16,000 feet three miles up with an oxygen port at every seat & UV protection built in to the windows. The hardest part though? It wasn’t the altitude. The tracks sit on barely-frozen permafrost, so engineers installed rock layers and thermosiphons to keep the ground frozen solid.

08/27/2026

What’s it like to run a towing and repair operation in rural Montana?

In this episode of Diesel Stories, Peter Cooper talks with Matt Bean of EMS Truck Repair about the realities of towing at all hours, cross-training an entire team, building technicians through a new state-accredited apprenticeship program, and why utilization is ultimately the shop’s responsibility.

It’s a great conversation — go read the recap over at the blog!

In this Diesel Stories recap, Matt Bean of EMS Truck Repair and Towing talks about the realities of running a rural towing and repair operation in Montana.

08/26/2026

The US military invades Antarctica every year. It’s called Operation Deep Freeze. An entire year of fuel, food, and equipment has to land in an 8–10 week window. Coast Guard icebreakers cut a channel through 9 feet of ice so ships can reach McMurdo. Then tractors drag sleds nearly 1,000 miles up the Leverett Glacier to the South Pole — 40 days at -40°.

08/20/2026

Actual nature footage of the king of the quarry. A dump truck protects its territory from a pick up truck

08/20/2026

Does your shop have a heat safety plan, or just a "drink water" reminder taped to the wall? Here's a real 15-point checklist for heavy-duty repair shops this summer:

A 15-point heat safety checklist built for heavy-duty repair shops — covering the bay, the road, and how to keep diesel technicians safe during a heat wave.

08/19/2026

In 1934, the diesel-electric Pioneer Zephyr ran Denver to Chicago nonstop — 1,015 miles in 13 hours, hitting 112 mph — on $14.64 of fuel. Steam was powerful too, but needed a small town to keep it moving: water, coal, ash disposal, boiler work. Then GM’s No. 103 toured 83,764 miles, outpulling the best steam on mountain grades at half the fuel cost. They called it “The Train That Did It.”

08/18/2026

Hey, are you ready to meet the new AI-native shop management platform? Because it’s here.

Yes, friends, Fullbay Next has arrived. Built first for solo shops and mobile repair-only businesses, Fullbay Next gives owner-operators and small teams a fast, mobile-friendly way to manage work without getting buried in admin.

Larger shops, don’t despair! Fullbay Next is built to grow, and will eventually scale to support larger shops, fleets of every size, and multi-location operations. We’re working on even more AI-powered tools to help techs save time, simplify work, and keep trucks earning.

Learn more at FullbayNext.com, or visit the link in our profile!

Or find it here:

https://www.fullbay.com/next-platform/