2005 Peterbilt 379

Custom Rigs’ Pride and Polish

Overdrive Staff | June 01, 2012

I-75 Show Shoppers Wildwood, Fla., played host to the year’s first Custom Rigs Pride & Polish competition, held at the 75 Chrome Shop in late April. Four rigs were crowned Best of Show winners, making them ...

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Roadside Attractions

Overdrive Staff | June 01, 2012

Nurse – my birthing kit, please How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the description that can be applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne of Somerdale, N.J., who delivered the third roadside baby of ...

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Roadside Attractions

Overdrive Staff | March 01, 2012

I ‘just tried to speak from my heart’ When Roadrunner Transportation Services contractor Glenn Keller, 51, decided to try out for CNN’s 2012 Fit Nation Triathlon Challenge, he was just one day away from the entries ...

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Roadside Attractions

Overdrive Staff | February 01, 2012

File under ‘don’t try at home’ It wasn’t a bad injector or cracked cylinder head that put this truck out of operation. Rather, the 2011 Mack Titan was the truck of choice for part of the ...

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Chasing the Green

Todd Dills | January 01, 2012

Certain niches offer big income potential for those willing to specialize. In today’s high-dollar-freight landscape, some old adages hold true: Enclosed car haulers by and large still make top dollar, though auto manufacturers have seen better ...

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Roadside Attractions

Overdrive Staff | October 02, 2011

A trucking addict tells all “You’re a run junkie. Just what we’re looking for.” That’s what Marc Mayfield’s main terminal manager told him just weeks into his 10-year on-highway career. Retired since 2001, Mayfield has chronicled ...

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Roadside Attractions

Overdrive Staff | February 01, 2011

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 ...

CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: Crackdown!

FMCSA is putting extra muscle into shutting down truck and bus fleets. Often lacking robust back-office resources to deal with interventions, small carriers can be considered most vulnerable.