Article: TMCSuperTech2009: Mohawk Truck Inc.'s Christopher Tate takes top honors.(Special Feature)

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Christopher Tate thought he'd ruined any chance of winning this year's TMCSuperTech2009 competition when he blew all of his safety points at his second hands-on skills station, tire and wheel. "When they announced that I had won that station, it really floored me," Tate says. "The thing that I took from that is even if you lose your composure, just slow down, take your time and do everything else." Not only did Tate, 36, from Mohawk Truck Inc. of Seneca, N.Y., finish first on tire and wheel, he also won wheel end and written test. Tate, who is primarily a Thermo King technician, was overwhelmed when he learned he'd also won the title Grand ...

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