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Overdrive Radio
Rebuilding: From bulk dedicated to a base of direct flatbed customers with owner-op Tim Klaus
On Overdrive Radio: Flatbedder Tim Klaus re-entered trucking and found himself at the center of the natural gas drilling boom, hauling frac sand. It dried up earlier for him than for many, and since then he’s made several moves in freight, trailer spec and more to build a core of direct customers to keep brokered loads to a minimum.
August 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Presenting logs with ELDs at roadside
Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, states’ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.
July 18, 2017
Business
Missourians say show me the I-70 project money; state plan includes trucks-only lanes
Missouri leaders continue pondering how to pay for a 200-mile reconstruction of deteriorating I-70. Efforts to ban tolls on the project are ongoing. The most expensive proposal for the project includes four trucks-only lanes.
June 20, 2017
Business
Averitt Express recognized for hiring military veterans
Averitt says more than 20 percent of its current employees have served in the military, and the company has also pledged to hire 1,200 more veterans by 2020.
January 16, 2017
Parking
ELDs, hours, parking: Owner-operators’ top 3 critical issues
Considerable fleet/operator common ground is seen in hours of service, CSA, parking and related issues, though the economy ranks higher in Overdrive’s list. Plus: Voices on the “Missouri Truck Ferry” project.
November 20, 2015
Business
A Nevada U.S. 95 rest area closed July 9-10, more highway haps
The Searchlight rest area on U.S. 95 in Nevada will close July 9-10 for facilities repairs. More updates from the state, Missouri, Colorado and others for the coming days.
July 7, 2015
Business
EB I-44/I-49 lane closed at Prigmore Ave. in Joplin May 13-14
Concrete pours for new off- and on-ramps for the “Crossroads interchange” going in at Prigmore Avenue and I-44/49 in Joplin will see closure of an eastbound lane of the interstate May 13-14
May 7, 2015
Business
Bill introduced in Missouri would boost state top speed limit
Bill H.B. 295 was introduced by Rep. Mike Kelley in the Missouri state house to boost the maximum speed limit possible within the state’s borders from 70 to 75 miles per hour.
January 7, 2015
Business
Chicken lights visible from outer space
The Guilty by Association Truck Show was “hands down the best $100 we’ve spent in a long time,” Wendy says. “Next year, I’d like to see 300 trucks and some mainstream news agencies…”
October 1, 2014
Custom Rigs
Bryan Martin previews Guilty by Association Truck Show
The Guilty by Association Truck Show in Joplin, Mo., gets under way this Friday, Sept. 26. Owner-operator George Parker and Overdrive contributing writer Wendy Parker shot this brief preview video with 4 States’ Bryan Martin.
September 24, 2014
Voices
Readers split over militarized police force
With mainstream media disseminating images of police employing military-style armor and weaponry during rioting in Ferguson, Mo., this summer, a debate over the militarization of local police was revived.
September 20, 2014
Voices
POLL: Should military-style equipment be used by local law enforcement?
A national debate about the militarization of public space has erupted in the wake of violence in Ferguson, Mo. Weigh in here on the question of whether local law enforcement ought to routinely deploy military-type hardware.
August 19, 2014
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