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Trucking loses another: Remembering retired owner-operator and Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Joye

"We nicknamed him 'Thunder Child'," said close friend and owner-operator Mike Crawford. Joye had little patience for customers with detention issues or loads that required a lot of deadhead, yielding max efficiency. He was 69 when he passed last month.

August 11, 2023

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How carriers and brokers can work to combat double brokering: Potential red flags, more

Tackling double-broker frauds at government levels will take time and likely resources from industry lobbyists and large players. There’s a lot we can do together in the meantime to shut the schemes down and fight against the fraud in our industry.

August 8, 2023

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The double brokering slow burn -- how it happens, and how to fight back against it

Contributor Matthew Patrick, with a small fleet/broker in the Northeast, outlines a particularly efficient flavor of double brokering he's found that often goes undetected, sinking rates for real carriers involved in these schemes, reducing profits.

August 8, 2023

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Overdrive Radio

She makes car-haul look easy: Trucker of the Month Crystal Rives

After hauling in the Texas oilfields as well as side dump, end dump, and liquid-bulk tanker and more, she's growing a base of car-haul customers under her own shingle. All this while guided by lessons learned from her grandfather.

August 7, 2023

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Do drivers need to learn English? Another truck stuck in Vermont's Smugglers' Notch

Does the FMCSA actually require drivers to read and speak English? A close look at the regs suggests maybe not, after yet another truck gets stuck on Smugglers' Notch road in Vermont.

August 4, 2023

truck stuck on smuggler's notch road in vermont

Overdrive Extra

What makes a top-rated truck stop

Plentiful parking, clean showers, pet-friendly policies, parking, great food, respectful service ... did we say parking? All the qualities OTR truckers want in a truck stop take center stage in commentary on Trucker Path's Top 100 list. Who's your No 1?

August 3, 2023

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Overdrive Radio

Owner-operators' worst roads in America, take two

Today on Overdrive Radio, several viewpoints on roads that especially need work. Yes, there's more worst-roads "accolades" for I-40, yet also callouts for poor pavement and/or dumb design on sections of I-10, I-20, I-74, U.S. 491 and others.

July 31, 2023

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Plane nearly crashes into truck | Avoid the dreaded 'driver's tan'

An incredible video shows a near disaster straight out of Top Gun. Also, Pilot Flying J gives out "Left Arm' sunscreen in this latest weird-news installment on the Channel 19 blog.

July 28, 2023

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Tesla Semi smokes diesel trucks on Donner Pass' steep grades

Footage of Tesla's Semi blowing the doors off diesel trucks on the Donner Pass in California might make Elon Musk's case that the rig is indeed "badass."

July 27, 2023

tesla semi donner pass

POLL: Detention time since the ELD mandate -- has it improved?

While a minority of owner-operators report increased ability to collect detention pay from brokers/shippers as a result of widespread ELD use, has the ubiquity of the logging devices translated to reduced detention time at the docks? Weigh in here.

July 25, 2023

Tractor Trailer At Dock Detention Load

Overdrive Radio

Owner-op's journey to trucking, by way of 1973 W900A custom resto: 'Cherry Pie'

Owner-operator Kate Whiting's turn to trucking is wrapped up in her passion for old trucks, none more so than her spectacular 1973 W900A, the latest addition to Howes' Hall of Fame.

July 24, 2023

Load securement, strap work fails: Accidents waiting to happen

Some particularly bad examples of load securement caught law enforcement's attention this week. Here are the worst offenders.

July 21, 2023

load securement dump truck fail

Overdrive Extra

Recognize the skill that goes into truck driving, and pay accordingly

Truck driving, no matter what many drivers and others believe, is not "unskilled" labor. Greater respect and recognition of that fact, as well as better compensation, will go a long way in bringing new blood into the industry.

July 19, 2023

Overdrive Radio

FMCSA offering 'kinder, gentler' approach to safety scoring? Not if automated inspections go live

In this Overdrive Radio edition, transportation attorney Hank Seaton draws links between several regulatory initiatives around safety scoring/rating and the prospects of Level 8 inspections, promising more inspection/violation data.

July 18, 2023

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Reefer madness: Tricks of the trade to make sure you get paid

Reefer haulers share the playbook to fight back against sometimes "sneaky" shippers and receivers, who more often than not would want to stick the driver with the bill over bad produce.

July 11, 2023

avocado reefer hauling

Overdrive Radio

Truckers 'canaries' in the tech coal mine: Inside the 'Data Driven' book on ELD mandate, rise of 'new workplace surveillance'

In this edition of Overdrive Radio, an in-depth conversation between Long Haul Paul Marhoefer and Karen Levy, author of "Data Driven," on the ways technology has helped transform the "Knights of the Highway" of yore to something entirely different.

July 10, 2023

Truck stuck in Smugglers' Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action

The second truck in two days blew past multiple warning signs to get themselves stuck, and now the locals are making something of a game of the all-too-common occurrence.

July 7, 2023

smugglers notch truck stuck

Truck driver takes a swim after crashing into reservoir

A tractor-trailer crashed down 20 feet into a reservoir in Wilmington, Vermont, leaving the driver to swim ashore while the 2020 Mack truck sent bubbles up from the bottom.

July 6, 2023

wilmington harriman reservoir trailer crash

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FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL ban takes a beating in court

FMCSA's attempt to push nearly 200,000 non-domiciled drivers out of CDL eligibility was called "freakish" under serious scrutiny from a panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

At the Love's on I-65 at Trinity Lane in Nashville Tuesday, a $6.44/gal. credit price was also available, more than $2 above gasoline.

Diesel surges past $6/gal. nationwide -- $8-$10 on the horizon?

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Truckers sound off on EPA emissions regs with calls for total elimination

Kevin Haderlie has been running as an independent, today as TruckWise Inc., since 2016. After a few years learning the ins and outs of truck ownership, the company has been on a growth trajectory with a keen focus on customer relationships, driver training and knowing the business's numbers inside and out.

Customer service, relationships drive TruckWise growth hauling high, wide, ugly

Drivers Paperwork Sign Scale House Inspections

Motus: 6 known issues, some stranding carriers OOS after inspection

Trucking reliability, service over 6M miles: White Pine Transport

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