American Loggers

American Loggers is a show on Discovery Channel. The show follows the Pelletier family from Millinocket, Maine. With their companies Gerald Pelletier, Inc and Pelletier Brothers, Inc they have a long tradition of Logging in the northern woods of Maine. Meanwhile, the family has expanded the fields they work in. Trailer manufacturing and a restaurant business have been added to the business.

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Trucking industry in the United States

Regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Economy of the United States

Regulations

Manufacturers

Truck manufacturers	AM General American LaFrance Autocar Bering Bremach Brockway Chevrolet CCC Caterpillar CNH Industrial Diamond Reo Dina F650 Pickups Freightliner Ford F.F. Gomez GMC Hayes Hino Isuzu Marmon-Herrington Mercedes-Benz International Kenworth Mack Mitsubishi Fuso Nissan Oshkosh Peterbilt Ram Trucks Sterling Smith SportChassis Spartan Tiger Truck Toyota UD Trucks VIA Volvo Ward LaFrance Western Star White

Engine manufacturers	Caterpillar Cummins Detroit Diesel Mack MaxxForce Mercedes-Benz Paccar Volvo

Trailer manufacturers	Cheetah Chassis Fontaine Fruehauf Trailer Corporation Great Dane Hyundai Translead Lufkin Trailers Manac Stoughton Timpte Trail King Industries Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company Vanguard Wabash National Wilson

Motor carriers

Truckload carriers	Celadon Con-way Truckload Covenant England CRST FFE Transportation J. B. Hunt Knight Landstar System PAM Transport Patriot Transportation Prime Roehl Transport Schneider Swift USA Truck Werner

Less than truckload (LTL)	ABF Con-way Freight Estes Express Lines Pitt Ohio Express FedEx Freight Old Dominion Freight Line R+L Carriers Saia UPS Freight Ward Trucking YRCW

Third-party logistics providers	FreightBuzz.com Total Quality Logistics Access America Transport CaseStack C. H. Robinson Worldwide Freightquote.com Ryder Schneider Logistics TheFreightRateCo.com Unyson Logistics Miami Depot TheFreightEngine.com Freight-Specialist.com

National parcel carriers	DHL Express FedEx UPS United States Postal Service

Regional parcel carriers	Eastern Connection LSO OnTrac Golden State Overnight TransTek Skyline Messenger Service SpeeDee Delivery U.S. Cargo 247 Delivers

Moving companies	All My Sons Allied Atlas Bekins Gentle Giant Moving Company Graebel Global Mayflower North American PODS Shleppers Moving & Storage Two Men and a Truck United Wheaton

Truck stops

People

Organizations

Glossary

Glossary of the American trucking industry

Popular culture

Film	Black Dog Breakdown Convoy Duel F.I.S.T. The Gang's All Here Joy Ride Maximum Overdrive Over The Top Smokey and the Bandit (series) They Drive by Night White Line Fever Trucker

Television	B.J. and the Bear Ice Road Truckers Movin' On Trick My Truck American Loggers American Trucker

Music	"Convoy" "Papa Loved Mama" "Six Days on the Road" "Teddy Bear" "Phantom 309" "Giddyup Go" "The White Knight" "East Bound and Down" "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "Drivin' My Life Away" "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" "Girl on the Billboard" "A Tombstone Every Mile" "Roll On Big Mama"

Radio	Road Dog Trucking (Dave Nemo) Red Eye (Bill Mack) Dale Sommers

Other	The Rolling Memorial Citizens band radio

Note: Defunct companies are shown in italics

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