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Overdrive Extra
âIf cats and dogs drove trucks,â or: Sharing yourself can make a difference
Gary Buchs talks breaking down barriers and building bridges in the community with school-sanctioned trucking safety events and other programs. More here.
September 15, 2020
Channel 19
âJoeyâs Rideâ with trucking at Ohio elementary school; a trucker-songwriter releases first record in 40 years
Scenes from trucker-songwriter Tony Justice and Trucker Nationâs surprise visit to an elementary-school fan in Defiance, Ohio, last week Friday. Also: Longtime highway hauler and songwriter Will Beeleyâs return to recorded music â after a nearly 40-year record hiatus.
May 20, 2019
Channel 19
A bit of togetherness in Defiance, Ohio, this Friday
When trucker-songwriter Tony Justice heard about an Ohio boy who loved trucks and his music, using it to help him focus on his work, he took a teacherâs request for CDs one further. This Friday, a convoy in the young manâs honor is set to kick off, and Trucker Nation is inviting the local community.
May 14, 2019
Business
Averittâs record donation to St. Jude hospital
Averitt truck drivers and other employees raised a total of $750,001 last year in donations. The donation was given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
February 6, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Truckers helping foster 12-year-old Robbie Welshâ creative journey
In this edition Overdrive Radio, St. Louis mother Sarah Welsh details how the trucking community, particularly a variety of owner-operators among it, has helped foster her 12-year-old son Robbieâs passion for so many things trucking â and particularly: âmeeting drivers to talk about their trucks,â Sarah says. A kindred spirit, as it were. MoreâŚ
November 19, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Owner-op Dean Carnahan: Poor health is often a âpreventable accidentâ
Carnahan urges drivers to take control of diet and health generally in hopes more attention to it might spur a movement against the growing âquick food, get-in-get-out-type attitudeâ of so many truck stops when it comes to diet options.
May 26, 2017
Business
Passing the tandems
Wendyâs son offers this revelation to George: âDad, I want you to teach me to drive the truck and help me get into the trucking business.â Wendyâs still processing: âIâll just be over here in the corner, with a fresh bag of lead paint chipsâŚâ
May 15, 2017
Channel 19
A nine-year-oldâs view of the so-called âautonomous futureâ
âWhen I asked if she could imagine a big truck going down the road maneuvering with its own controls, with no person behind the wheel, the look of horror that passed across her face was fairly priceless.â
May 11, 2017
Business
Donât let the dirty dictate the digs
âWe can either sit around and feed into the stereotype by allowing the unguided children to run the show, or we can train them to be truckers, and find out which ones can handle it and integrate with pride and a positive image.â
April 27, 2016
Custom Rigs
The Mistress at the truck show with the wife and kids
Profiling the scene around David McDanielâs 2002 Moore Freight Service-leased Peterbilt 379, âThe Mistress,â caught last weekend at the Pride & Polish in Crossville, Tenn.
July 24, 2015
Business
Time is a frame of mind
Complexities abound in the lure of Washington state: âIf we moved to the West Coast, Iâd never know what time it is again.â Seriously, mom?
July 10, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Music, new advocacy project from independent Howard Salmon
The owner-operator/songwriter hear tells the story of his âWho Would They Look Up To?â track, newly being offered as a free download to encourage parents and truckers around the nation to hew to its message, and more.
March 13, 2015
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