Trucker of the Year 2011
Always Thinking Ahead When the housing market collapsed, Dan Heister learned how quickly flatbed could go sour — and what it would take to keep his head above water. Flatbedding was good to Dan Heister in 2007 ...
Spec the Perfect Tires
With products becoming increasingly specialized, learn to pick the designs that fit your business and save money. Just as a truck with improperly geared rears will incur extra costs for its owner, so, too, will a ...
SpeakOut
Yesteryears’ truck stops served professionals As a driver who started in 1964 and is still going strong in my 1996 Freightliner cabover, I remember well the Hungry Truck Café in Livermore, Calif., described in the December ...
Roadside Attractions
Power Pickup Sorry, you can’t visit your local Volvo dealership to pick up one of these muscular pickups. But visit the company’s New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Va., and you might get to ride in ...
Drivers’ Dream Girls
In the magazine’s early years, trucks and models went hand in hand. As attractive as they were, the trucks that adorned the covers of Overdrive’s first 25 years often got upstaged by sexy models. The cheesecake photos ...
Pulse
One size doesn’t fit all A recent news item notes that Swiss Bank UBS is revising its 44-page dress code, which was widely ridiculed when it came to light last year. Among its many morsels of ...
MarketPlace
No-idle AC system The battery-powered Arctic Breeze Truck AC system is a no-idle, split system that requires no auxiliary power unit and can be used either in Class 8 long-haul trucks or local delivery applications. The ...
LogBook
Cross-border plan unveiled U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Jan. 6 provided Congress and Mexico with a proposal for a long-haul cross-border Mexican trucking program. He says it emphasizes safety and satisfies the United States’ obligations ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Bypass systems reduce inspection likelihood
Bypass systems work well for carriers with a good safety-performance history to help them avoid the extra scrutiny rolling over the scales gets a truck and its driver.
Watch those post-crash-inspection violations
How to DataQ: 9 tips
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