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Bid-2-Buyhow they run the online auction business

18 Wheelsof Thunder

Garage Builtbreathing life into a 56 chevy

life behind the big wheel

Sickies Garagetrading the wrench for a spatula

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Table of contentsSpecial Features

The Boiling Point.....................................................................

Garage Built.............................................................................

Bid-2-Buy.................................................................................

Aucons Dates........................................................................

Sickies.....................................................................................

OWNERSco Robinson

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612-730-3719

OFFICE STAFFVince Grith

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763-210-5801

EDITORIAL STAFFTyler Hofstede

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763-210-5801

Jessica Kanke

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PHOTOGRAPHERS/WRITERSCeajea Philp

Jenna Osterlund

Mylie Lavold

Erik Tormoen

Jessica Kanke

ADVERTISING STAFFSALES MANAGER: Jessica Kanke

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SALES: Sco Robinson

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Many of our articles are geared to 2 and 4wheeled vehicles, snowmobiles and water-craft, but all one has to do is to drive downany roadway in America and you pass thebiggest mode of transportation on the road-way, the big powerful 18 wheeled semi. In myline of work I often drive hundreds of milesacross several Midwest states. Its not un-common to see semis in a neat file much likeC.W. McCalls 1975 song Convoy. Occa-sionally one of these big rigs gets a bug up

their butt and breaks rank. I can assure youthis is the driver that is either behind sched-ule, or is getting the 3rd degree from the com-panys higher ups to move quicker or facediscipline. Yes, in 2011 we still have idiotsthat wear the hat as a supervisor, manager, oremployer that encourages bad behavior in theform on short cuts, speeding, and logbookfraud.

For those of you that dont know much aboutthe trucking industry, the drivers are held toomuch higher standards than the everydaydriver both on the road and in their personal

life. Getting back to the people responsiblefor the driver and the rigs in 2011 there is ahigher percentage that do follow the regula-tions to the letter, but it only takes a few tomake the industry look bad. The looking badis rollovers, crashes, and multiple fatalities.

Accidents involving large trucks are amongthe most serious and catastrophic in theUnited States. Trucking litigation involvesclaims against negligent truck drivers and thecompanies who hire them. Many factors may

contribute to accidents involving large high-way vehicles including overloaded freight,driver fatigue, speed, substance abuse andmany others. Truck drivers do not have thesame visibility and quick maneuverability as

smaller vehicles, which also contribute tomany trucking accidents. I witnessed the af-termath of a horrible accident involving sev-eral vehicles and two semis. The accident wasin the vicinity of Lakeville, MN in 2009, I-35was in the process of a highway constructionproject. The traffic in the northbound lanewas temporarily stopped. Coming I-35 was asemi traveling at least the posted speed limitof 70 MPH. The semi failed to recognize thestopped traffic; the semi proceeded to runover two stopped vehicles and struck the rear

end of a stopped semi.The accident scene re-sembled one these terror-ist attacks we often see onthe evening news. The ve-hicles were both crushedbeyond recognition andthe occupants, a 24 yearold young lady in route toshow her husband andparents her ultrasound ofher just found out preg-nancy and the other oc-cupant a local mother of4. To make matters worsethe stopped semi was car-

rying approximately 17 million bees whichreleased on the highway crash site. The firsresponders had to be outfitted in hazmat suitto get near the impact area, as one first responder put it, it was the worse accident tha

they ever had to respond too. A grand juryreturned an indictment charging the drivewith three counts of vehicular homicidkilling the two people and an unborn childThe root cause according to a State Patrol investigator the driver had been reaching downto the floor of the semi-tractor cab trying topick up an energy drink, and was unable tostop by the time he looked up. A classic caseof distraction, read the Boiling Point Apriissue Fatal Distractions you will see mypoint. Keep in mind the semi will win everytime.

Even though the root cause was negligence

by the driver did anyone look beyond the accident? Basically was the driver forced torush, was he behind schedule that taking abreak would only put him further behindschedule, even a moment to stop for a drinkAnd was everything done on the fly? Do anyof you remember an old episode of I LovLucy in the chocolate factory. In that episodthe supervisor threatens Lucy and Ethel withbeing fired if they couldnt keep up with thepace. The episode is a perfect display of someof the points mentioned in Wheels of Thunder Boiling Point article entitled Fatal Dis

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traction, rushing, lack of training, commu-nication, and supervisor intimidation. Unfor-tunately in 2011 we still have theintimidation factor in almost any work envi-ronment. Some of these industries manufac-turing, production, shipping, and over theroad transportation all tie together and sharethe responsibility of the end result a majorcatastrophic accident. I have been personallytied to the transportation industry of over 30years. Much of my career spent in the airline

industry, but the last 6 covering all modes oftransportation. I get to look at a lot of the ac-cident details that most people dont get tosee and only read about the high points in thepaper. We tend to place much of the blameon the operator because they are the ones incontrol. But if you truly look at the behindthe scenes antics by depot managers, ship-pers, logistics, and the big department stores,yes did I say department stores they are thecatalyst that hold these drivers accountableand penalize them for late deliveries. Somethe reasons for the late deliveries hazardousdriving conditions, but yet the shipper or the

receivers have no sympathy for the driversdecision to pull off the road for safety rea-sons. They are the ones that will be the firstto discipline a driver, take routes away, posea fine and suspend them from driving. Sowhat does the driver do? You guessed it; thedriver will take every short cut they can tokeep everyone happy. Even if that meansjeopardizing the safety of everyone on theroad way. Case in point the winter of 2011, anasty high wind blizzard condition snowstorm shut down I-94 and I-90 from the Min-nesota border through much of Wisconsin.The weather alerts specifically said stay DO

NOT travel on a stretch of the mentioned in-terstates. As I traveled the next morningwhen the conditions improved I counted over50 semis rolled, tipped, listing, or stuck alongthe interstate. You cant tell me that the driv-ers didnt have access to the weather alerts.Did they continue on their own accord orwere they instructed to keep the load mov-

ing? Strangely at the truck stops along theway many rigs were parked and secureddown until the weather improved. Again Iwill mention the operators are in control sothey will take the brunt of a crash, rollover, orgetting stuck due to fatigue or inattentivedriving. I will guarantee you the forces be-hind the scenes in most cases will put theblinders on and place the blame on the oper-ator.

Why because as one driver puts it, There aretwo very known and stated rules in the truck-ing industry:

1. It is always the drivers fault!

2. If there are any questions refer back to rulenumber 1.

As I interviewed the well seasoned driver thatI will call Dean, I was in awe on what thedrivers see as the problems with over the roaddriving. As Dean pointed out, Greed of somedrivers, the shippers, bigger trucking compa-nies, and the Department of Transportation,(DOT). They all play a role in what is cur-rently happening to drivers in the industry.

Greed of the drivers are a big part of whatbrought on the need for regulations, the greedwas associated with the stereotype truckerpopping pills and energy drinks to keep mov-ing. You know to get that next hundred milesin, and the next hundred, and so on, so theycan clear a fat paycheck. With the regulationsapplied over the last ten years that driver hasbeen choked out of the business. But acci-dents are still on the rise, we still have fa-tigued drivers WHY? Some of thoseregulations implemented to prevent the socalled driver fatigue. Drive time verses resttime, the regulation states that a driver must

complete a break of 10 hours after havingdriven for 11 hours or having worked a com-bination of driving and non-driving for 14hours. The companies interpret that to meanthose wheels will roll for all but those tenhours. If the driver needs to eat, take ashower, stretch-out, exercise, get a hair cut,watch TV, or feel human it will happen dur-

ing the 10. That does-nt leave much timefor sleep. All is onehas to do is to followthis mathematicalnightmare for a week

and you find that thedriver eventually hastheir days and nightsreversed. Have any ofyou readers heard of3rd shift syndrome?This is a classic exam-ple of how the lacks ofsleep factors greatly inmany of trasportationdisasters we see acrossour US Roadways. Asmy new friend put it,how many of us could

do this day to day in a regular job routine before you burnt out? As far as the truckincompanys go the larger companies tend tget a green light through the weigh stationand inspection stations, while the smallecompanies get the full meal deal. This is gooexample of the smaller company or the independent driver that takes the hit at the weighand inspection stations while big brothetrucking company gets the get out of jail frecard.

Hearing this from the drivers, I cringe as travel several thousand miles month for mown business. I am all for over-the-roadriver safety and inspections, but this is another example of putting the little guy behinschedule and I hate to say it encourages babehavior as in short cuts. From a employetransportation perspective we have put mornovice and inexperienced drivers on throadways in the last five years, and why ithat? Take a look at the unemployment in thUnited States, there are unemployed workerin the US that no longer have a career path in

the occupation they set out in, companydownsized, dissolved, work went abroadSome of the unemployed that I often sit witha Job Workshop, have sought out seekintheir commercial drivers license (CDL)These are the guys and ladies that never evegave a thought of over the road haulingThese are the guys and ladies that are noconditioned for this type of workload, houron the road, horrible sleeping and eating conditions, and the pace needed to keep up. Yulike the Lucy video these drivers are the onethat are more apt to have catastrophic eventNow lets intimidate them with job loss, sus

pension, fines, citations, and discipline, nowwe have the recipe for disaster. As I write thiarticle, a semi truck carrying milk, rear endea tanker carrying 7700 gallons of diesel fuein Phoenix Arizona. The tanker carrying thfuel literally blew up in a massive ball oflames. The milk driver was killed. The immediate business and residential area waevacuated for several hours. The root caushas yet to be determined, but the traffic waat a dead stop. You can figure this one out.

I am a supporter of everyone one of you outhere that sits in the drivers seat of one othese big rigs that we call 18 wheelers. I am

sympathetic to every rig I drive by in the middle of the night knowing that most of yohave left your families for several days as yoput the miles on. You are truly an AmericaInstitution, I just hope you get recognized byour employer, the loading docks you delivetoo, and us casual drivers on the roadway thaneed to give you a break every once in while. For the drivers that pass these rigs givthese guys and ladies a toot and a thumbs u(thats thumb) once and while, they are whamakes America grow every single mile traveled.


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Stock OriginalThis is where it all started!

Stock OriginalThis is where it all started!

Sound Familiar?Do you have a story of your custom ride? E-mail

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1956 Chevy

Car Owner/Enthusiast:

Vern Schafer

Another Junkyard ProjectTurned Beauty

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A diamond in the rough...ok, if you're from

a small town in North Dakota it's morelike...a rusty piece of metal and a good ideawith a ton of creativity, experience, and

skill. There is no diamond in the rough,there is a vision and the right person tomake it happen. The rusted old cab that

Vern Schafer started with for $50 out of ajunk yard was just that. He picked up his1956 Chevy 1/2 ton cab in about 1990. Hestarted doing a little work on it, but be-

cause of his day job and his many otherprojects, ended up setting it aside for about6 years.

Finally, Vern was able to pull the Chevyback into the work bay in late 1996. The

cab sits atop a stock frame and a '78 Z28sub front frame. The rear has been c-notched to set it all together nicely. He

added fiberglass front fenders and made acustom box with hours of molding andwelding involved. The floor of the box isstock wood. It has a tilt wheel, stereo and a

bench seat from a '69 Ford. There is a 9inch Ford rear end to support play time offthe line at the drag strip or from the stopsigns through town. The back tires are 275

6015s on 15x10 rims and the fronts are 2156515s on 7" rims.

This red beauty runs 8.53 in the eighth mile

with a 468 engine with about 400hp. Vernspent many hours forming and shaping theperfect body work, and most of the paint

was laid down by close friend Brian Hop-fauf, owner of Central Dakota Customs inNew Rockford.

Vern has done many builds through theyears, most of it was out of necessity and

because it was just part of life. He recallsnever having anything 'new', instead alwaysbuilt or rebuilt. He needed to keep hisdaily driver running and making it from

point A to point B. It comes natural to himthough because his Dad, Bill was a 'builder'to say. Schafer Machine has been a long

time part of history in New Rockford, ND.Vern was instilled with 'make do with whatyou have'. So....with the skills and experi-

ence through the years building trucks andcars, he didn't just 'make do'...he made andcontinues to make amazing hot rods, mus-cle cars, rat rods, race cars and more.

This truck is just another of Vern's long listof successful builds that draws attention

everywhere it goes, and be assured there isalways another project in the works (maybelike a drag racing wagon sporting a big

block;)


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Curt Werners cell phone rings with the consistency of a steady heartbeat. The short and stocky owner of Bid-2-Buy Online Auctions

elds phone calls with the cadence of a seasoned auctioneer, negotiating with clients from the Bid-2-Buy headquarters in Elk River, MN.

Werner, a 27-year veteran in the auction industry, has been a licensed auctioneer since 1985.

He founded Bid-2-Buy in 2003 when he recognized that the advances in digital technology, especially the Internet, signaled

online auctions as the way of the future. Today, Bid-2-Buy conducts several auctions per week, selling merchandise

that ranges across diverse markets, such as: automotive, agricultural, real estate, tools, restaurant equipment, ofce

equipment, furniture, and collectibles. Bid-2-Buy especially excels at selling vehicles and large equipment. But regardless

of the auction, Bid-2-Buy is committed to fostering an auction experience that is enjoyable for bidders and sellers alike.


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Bid-2-Buy greatly values its sellers. Accordingly, they

emphasize the importance of customizing each auction to

accommodate the needs of the seller. Understanding that

each project poses a new set of circumstances, Bid-2-Buy

strives to tailor their services to match the unique demands of

each situation. In this regard, Bid-2-Buy is more than willing

to conduct auctions either on site at the sellers personal/

business location or at Bid-2-Buy auction headquarters.

Promotion is a vital component to the success of any auction

and, in order to ensure the optimal promotion of each auction,Bid-2-Buy offers sellers a wide array of different marketing

packages. Sellers have the opportunity to promote their auction

through various different media, including: newspapers,

magazines, online auction forums, online business forums,

social media websites, banners, and signs. Recently, Bid-2-

Buy has especially focused on expanding their presence in

social media. In the coming months, the company plans to

offer promotional giveaways (e.g., tickets to sporting events,

gift cards, apparel) for people who like their company

Facebook page. Additionally, those who like the Facebook

page now enjoy the benet of having exclusive access for

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In an altogether different venue, Bid-2-Buy has recently

expanded its promotions to an international level by

teaming up with Cottew Motorsports, becoming a proud

sponsor of snocross racer Bobby The Rage LePage at

X-Games 2013. Moving forward, Bid-2-Buy is committed

to further building substantive partnerships with

community organizations such as Cottew Motorsports.

While Bid-2-Buy constantly strives to provide

its customers with the utmost exibility, the

company is unbending in its commitment toproviding a comprehensive and timely service.

Bid-2-Buy prides itself in having a knowledgeable and responsive support staff. Because of its reliable staff, Bid-2-Buy is procient

in facilitating all facets of the auction process. Every auction is subjected to a thorough preparation phase, during which all items

are organized, tagged, cataloged, photographed, and then uploaded to the website. Bid-2-Buy especially takes pride in providing

bidders with accurate descriptions and detailed photographs. In addition to managing the set up process, Bid-2-Buy also offers itsresponsive administrative staff as an open line of communication for addressing any auction-related inquiries. Prior to the closing of

each auction, bidders have the opportunity to come in and preview merchandise under the supervision of Bid-2-Buy staff members.

Once an auction has closed, Bid-2-Buy facilitates the collection of payments and oversees the secure removal of all merchandise.

When asked how he accounts for his companys success, Curt Werner responds frankly, From the beginning, our company has tried

to stick to a few core values. Personalizationwe try to custom t each and every auction; innovationwere always trying to nd

new ways to be better; and integrityas a small business, we pride ourselves in being open and honest with our clients. Keeping

sight of those core values has made all the difference. Whether youre a seller or a bidder, Bid-2-Buy has the resources to fulll your

auction needs. And by sticking to their core valuespersonalization, innovation, and integrityBid-2-Buy has distinguished itself as

one of the premier auction rms in the Midwest.

Check out Bid-2-Buy.com for all your auction needs!


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Auction Dates

For More Auction Dates Visit: www.auctions-monthly.com

4-BidRamsey Warehouse Snowblowers and Tools

Monday, February 4th, 2013. - 6:00 PM

7060 143rd Ave N.W.Ramsey, Mn 55303

4-BidCommon Cents#15 Equipment, Tools & More

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013. - 6:00 PM

4155 Viking Blvd NW

Oak Grove, MN 55304

Hiller AuctionPublic Auto AuctionThursday, February 7, 2013 - 1:00 PM

830 Barge Channel Rd.

St. Paul, MN 55107

Bid-2-BuyAuto & Antique Auction

Ends: February 8th, 2013

216 Railroad St.

St. Clair, MN 56080

Bid-2-BuyShed, Auto Shop Tools, Snowmobile, Semi

Trailers


216 Railroad St.

St. Clair, MN 56080

Bid-2-BuyAuto & Antique AuctionEnds: February 8th, 2013

1004 1st St. NE

Buffalo, MN 55313

Bid-2-BuySurplus Tractor Equipment


4437 Hwy 212Montevideo, MN 56265

Bid-2-BuySurplus Auto & Furniture Auction


9569 County Rd 16

Pequot Lakes, MN 56472

Bid-2-BuyAuto & Estate AuctionEnds: February 13th, 2013

3385 State 210 SW

Pillager, MN 56473

Bid-2-BuyAuto Auction

Ends: February 13, 2013

1420 West 3rd Ave.

Shakopee, MN 55379

Bid-2-Buy1999 Triton Bass Boat

Ends: February 13, 2013

720 4th St. NW

Elk River, MN 55330

Bid-2-BuyFramed Art

Ends: February 13, 2013720 4th St. NW

Elk River, MN 55330


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For More Auction Dates Visit: www.auctions-monthly.com

Henslin AuctionLive Fundraising Auction

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 - 5:00 PM

500 19th Ave. SEWillmar, MN 56201

Zielsdorf AuctionBoehnke Waste Management Online Auction

Monday, February 25, 2013 - 7:00 PM

409 4th St. N

Marietta, MN 56257

Henslin AuctionLand AuctionWednesday, February 27th, 2013 - 1:00 PM

413 Bluejay Ave.

Mayer, MN 55360

Bid-2-BuyCustomer Returned Tools


16038 Jarvis St. NWElk River, MN 55330

Henslin AuctionsToy & Collectable Auction

Saturday February 16th, 2013 - 9:00AM

770 W Hwy 23

Paynesville, MN

Bid-2-BuySemi Trailers, Tractors, EquipmentEnds, February 19th, 2013 - 1:00 PM

1741 Raddison Rd. NE

Blaine, MN 55449

Bid-2-BuyBath & Tubs

Ends, February 20th, 2013

16038 Jarvis St. NW

Elk River, MN 55330

Bid-2-BuyAuto & Tractor Auction


Monte Used Equip. Sales

Montevideo, MN 56265

Hiller AuctionPublic Auto Auction

Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 1:00 PM830 Barge Channel Rd.

St. Paul, MN 55107


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