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Former hauler Ed Miller’s ‘A Trucker’s Tale’ memoir of his trucking days, out now
Former truck driver Ed Miller has released his memoir 'A Trucker's Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories From 60 Years on the Road'. Learn more here on Overdrive.
April 15, 2020
Custom Rigs
Custom 2003 KW T2000 represents family legacy for owner-op Robert Budzik
Owner-operator Robert Budzik and his mother bought this 2003 Kenworth T2000 a few years after his father passed away, he says. He’d urged her to go that route after she’d been driving for a company for a time.
January 10, 2019
Voices
POLL: Where are your family’s roots — in the U.S. or outside it?
Do your roots in the United States reach back multiple generations or fewer? Share your experience/history in this poll.
January 2, 2018
Voices
Trucking: Like father, like son
Daughter, too. 7 in every 10 of Overdrive’s mostly owner-operator readers, whether male or female, reported having descended from a trucking father, in some form or another.
June 21, 2017
Voices
Four generations of fathers, sons power Penn.-based R.W. Smith Trucking
With Father’s Day coming up, a question: Is/was your father involved in trucking, too? And: A guest profile of and “salute to a company “that’s been led for 85 years by successive generations of fathers and sons,” Penn.-based R.W. Smith Trucking.
June 13, 2017
Life
Owner-operator Glenn Keller’s new book delivers a catharsis
Keller’s “Moving My Mountains: A Journey to Peace From Codependency” chronicles his lifelong struggles with codependent tendencies — the truck as a ‘security blanket,’ a ‘safe space’ — toward an ultimate peace through faith.
February 1, 2017
Business
The winners of 2016
Aunt Nanci and Uncle Fred: “These are the people articles should be written about, their determination to win and deep, abiding faith are things we could all take a lesson from. The mantra for 2017? No wallowing allowed. …”
December 30, 2016
Business
Dad does the driving
“If you happened to see a big, burly trucker-looking guy driving a teeny tiny blue Toyota down I-75 toward Cincinnati today, be advised he isn’t really 1HotNurse. He’s a dad who loves his girl enough to drive her around in her tiny car.”
March 14, 2016
Business
Notes on missing home
“I know I’m a lightweight, but after 20 days on the road, I’m more than ready to go home. Everything seems like a chore, and I might become the tiniest bit whiny.”
March 9, 2016
Channel 19
“God and God Alone”: Driver-songwriter Paul Marhoefer’s latest
The song has its roots in an accident that destroyed Marhoefer’s Western Star in 2001 and nearly killed him, bringing on some tough times for the family. Hear it — and more from his lately-released EP — here.
December 19, 2015
Business
Time is a frame of mind
Complexities abound in the lure of Washington state: “If we moved to the West Coast, I’d never know what time it is again.” Seriously, mom?
July 10, 2015
Business
Fishing with the Rookie
A special day in Foley, Ala., fishing with the L.A. Rookie. And a message to a friend from the past: “Robin, if you’re out there, know you were cherished by someone and still are. And drop ol’ Bill a line if you can, he’s got some fantastic stories to tell you.”
April 19, 2015
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