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Channel 19
Gather ’round the fire — A Christmas playlist curated by Overdrive readers
Seven years ago around this time of the year, Overdrive asked readers to name the “best Christmas song of all time.” From a big list, readers then voted on a final list — these songs represent the results, from bottom to top. Bonus: A selection of trucking-themed holiday tunes. Merry Christmas.
December 24, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Is there a Santa Claus?
An answer to the question from owner-op Clifford Petersen, and this special wish: “Merry Christmas, my fellow drivers. May the road ahead be clear and dry, and may you always remember and never neglect the gift you have been given.”
December 23, 2019
Business
Tony Justice, Trucker Talent Search alumni join Christmas fundraising group for trucking families
Trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice and seven TTS alumni will work with the Truckers Christmas Group to help raise awareness and funds for the 2019 campaign – TCGO’s 12th annual fundraising effort. The former TTS contestants participating are Keith Sampson, Mandi Jo Pinheiro, Taylor Barker, Paul Marhoefer, Bill Weaver, Jason Henley, and Ken Freeman.
November 12, 2019
Business
Truckers Christmas Group fund-raising for deserving trucking families
The nonprofit and driver-led Truckers Christmas Group (TGCO), an organization that raises funds to help professional CDL drivers and their families in need around the holiday in the United States and Canada, is full speed ahead on its 12th annual holiday fund-raising campaign.
October 22, 2019
Business
Decades-old Eureka, Calif., Christmas parade seeking new sponsor
The KEKA radio station (101.5 FM) in Eureka, Calif., will no longer present the annual Truckers Christmas Parade of Lights this year, the station announced, though it pledges assistance in securing new sponsorship.
September 16, 2019
Business
Rates, volumes held steady into Christmas week
Meanwhile, demand indicators in national average van and flatbed load-to-truck ratios declined, while the reefer ratio increased, compared to the previous week, reflecting demand to move fresh produce and temperature-controlled goods ahead of the Christmas holiday.
December 28, 2018
Channel 19
Roundup: ‘Santa’s Secret Helpers’ uncovered, ‘Night before Christmas’ two days late, and extended drains: Who do you use for oil analysis?
Trucking’s biggest media fan, Robb Mariani, confirms the ‘Secret Santa Force’ rolls on 18, Sierra Sugar’s contribution to the truck-stop ‘Night Before Christmas’ canon, and a reader asks: Who do you use for oil analysis? And why?
December 26, 2018
Channel 19
The year the DOT shut down Santa and the truckers saved Christmas
Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver’s “How the Truckers Saved Christmas” gets the Texomatic Pictures video treatment. And: A hopeful note enforcement will be light for Claus Trucking up North this weekend and into Monday. Lord knows we’ve seen some eventful years for the company over the last decade
December 21, 2018
Business
Spot van rates climbed through Dec. 8 as demand indicators slackened
Van freight continues to look a bit weaker than expected as Christmas nears, while bright spots have been seen in flatbed performance nationally and reefer freight coming out of McAllen, Texas and other border areas.
December 17, 2018
Business
Truckers deliver holiday spirit in local parades
Truck-themed Christmas parades bolster charities in some communities, where they became annual events as early as 1960 and as late as 2015. Here’s a run-down of some of the parades taking place around the country in the coming weeks.
November 27, 2018
Business
Truckers Final Mile accepting donations for ‘Sleigh Bells and Santa’ campaign
Truckers Final Mile is once again hosting its Sleigh Bells and Santa Christmas campaign to help raise money for children who are enduring their first Christmas after losing a trucker parent that lost their life on the road. This year is the fourth year for the campaign, which is solely based off of donations.
November 9, 2018
Channel 19
Business outlook trending pessimistic in the new year for owner-operators
And … a few late Christmas wishes from a variety of owner-operators on Overdrive’s Facebook page, with their rigs dressed up for the holiday last week. . .
December 31, 2017
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