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Channel 19

Meet Leon ‘Butch’ Mueller and his 1971 Pete 358

Yesterday at Roehl Transport, after a day of talking with TCA/Truckers News Company Driver of the Year John Moeller (pictured here behind me in one of his Roehl Freightliner Coronado’s drives’ hubs), Roehl President and COO Rick Roehl and I were talking about owner-operator Bryan Dax as I prepared to head off to Two Rivers, […]

March 21, 2012

Channel 19

VID: Cracking Evel’s safe with Robb Mariani, Brad Wike

And, most importantly, small fleet owner Wike’s lead mechanic Frank Phipps (pictured), who did the vast majority of the heavy lifting with a blow torch and drill, Wike himself with the plasma cutter, at Wike’s place of business in Lincolnton, N.C., on Saturday. As with many such endeavors, the process of it all was much […]

February 20, 2012

Trucking History

Workhorse antiques to get ‘a little pampering’

OverdriveRetro’s mission expands into trucking history at the end of Overdrive’s 50th anniversary celebration.

September 30, 2011

Channel 19

New book explores first cross-continent truck trip

Many of you will be familiar with the 1919 military truck convoy that traversed the United States in an effort to test the efficacy of cargo trucks on the roads, or lack thereof, of the day. A Young Dwight Eisenhower was part of the convoy, and his experience of it is oft-cited as having a […]

September 19, 2011

Business

ATHS Northwest Chapter Antique Truck Show

NOV. 12: ATHS Northwest Chapter Antique Truck Show, Walrath Trucking, Tacoma, Wash., (360) 866-7716.

September 7, 2011

Business

Cottonwood Antique Truck Show

OCT. 15: COTTONWOOD ANTIQUE TRUCK SHOW, Oxendale Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Cottonwood, Ariz., (928) 634-3656.

September 7, 2011

Channel 19

Pacific, Hayes truck enthusiasts gathering this weekend in B.C.

It’s the first-annual Cache Creek Truck Show, a production of the British Columbia-based Hayes and Pacific truck clubs. Truck club member and organizer Wes Bergman, a former off-highway hauler now spending much of his time keeping the Canadian-made makes and their models alive, says they’ve got a good number of trucks set to show and […]

July 29, 2011

Channel 19

Tonight on American Trucker — Gully Transportation’s antique trucks

Gully Transportation will be featured on tonight’s edition of the American Trucker television show. The episode will air on the Speed Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern. The program will show the production of one of the Quincy, Ill.-based regional hauler’s newest trucks – a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia – in the manufacturer’s Cleveland, N.C., facility. “My father started […]

July 21, 2011

Trucking History

A yellow butterfly flitters in her golden years

The 1974 Kenworth “Lady Butterfly,” once featured as Overdrive’s Tractor of the Month, is still pulling her weight and more.

July 15, 2011

Channel 19

Visit the trucking museum at Iowa 80 and download a new app

If it happens you’re at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop today, be sure to visit the trucking museum. If you’re packing  a smartphone, scan the QR code with the phone’s camera at the front desk to download a new app and you can go back there anytime you like — […]

July 15, 2011

Reader Rigs

Lady Butterfly, a 1974 Kenworth conventional, was

Lady Butterfly, a 1974 Kenworth conventional, was owned by John Mann, of East Canton, Ohio, when the tractor was Overdrive’s Tractor of the Month in September 1980. See more trucks from past issues at www.overdriveretro.com.

June 29, 2011

Business

June 5 antique truck show slated

The 21st annual Antique Truck Show will be June 5, 2011, at the Automatic Switch Company in Florham Park, N.J., the local chapter of the American Truck Historical Society announced.

February 25, 2011