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Channel 19
Happy Thanksgiving! (And a recipe fit for a range or bungeeâd-secure slow cooker)
Whether on the road or off for the holidays, this black-eyed pea recipe (on a range or in a bungee'd-secure slow cooker) might help deliver thanks for you.
November 26, 2020
Channel 19
Welcome to the âdeckplate diner,â can I take your order?
As the coronavirus continues to impact daily life, truck drivers note that truck stop food-service patterns have shifted most during their stops. More here.
October 22, 2020
Business
News roundup, April 7: Senator wants $25k âheroes payâ for truckers; driver appreciation at S.C. rest areas; free meals
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants $25,000 in âheroes payâ for truckers and frontline COVID-19 workers. More professional appreciation: Access a free meal for yourself or the family via brokerage platform Flock Freight. Outreach at two S.C. rest areas by ExpressTruckTax. The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund received a $50k donation from C.H. Robinson.
April 7, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Follow the orange ribbon to Loganâs lunch for truckers, at I-79 W.Va. rest area â and more support, appreciation
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, learn about 13-year-old Logan Miller and company's Orange Ribbon Campaign to support owner-operators, and hear a message of gratitude.
April 1, 2020
Voices
POLL: Do you cook in the truck?
Anybody ever tell you food never tasted so good until you made it yourself? With anecdotal reports of more operators putting culinary skills to work in in-cab kitchens, which of these choices bet describes how often youâre the chef on your rig?
February 11, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Long Haul Paulâs best of 2019: Trucking album, show and roadside eats
âLong Haul Paulâ Marhoefer singles out a few overlooked superlatives from the year, as it comes to a close: The Franklin County Trucking Companyâs all-star punked-out trucking record, the Pennsylvania Truckers 4 Hope show, and a Cambridge, Ind., Punjabi restaurant just off I-70.
December 31, 2019
Business
Rates up with holiday week on spot market
The number of loads moved declined and load-to-truck ratios fell for all three equipment types during the holiday week, but rates were up for vans and reefers for the month of November over the preceding month.
December 6, 2019
Channel 19
âThe Stoopâ family moves at MATS in feeding-the-homeless initiative
If things proceed according to plans being laid currently, the Stoopâs âTruckers Feeding the Homelessâ initiative hopes to go even bigger at the Great American Trucking Show in August. At MATS, says Fredrick âChoice M.A.S.â Claxton, the group distributed 300-plus meals.
April 4, 2019
Business
Reefer rates continue ticking up ahead of holiday
Demand for reefer and van capacity is building with the calendar year drawing to a close. In marked contrast to the previous week, the number of available loads jumped 6.7 percent overall, while the number of trucks fell 2.2 percent last week â rates could be expected to move up accordingly with such a demand boost.
November 21, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Thanksgiving ramblings on the trucking life in times gone by
Roger Ruble was âfrom that onetime breed of ex-drivers who would build a truck stop of their own.â Long Haul Paul met Ruble at the perfect moment at the tale end of a maiden voyage in the late 1980s, cold and hungry in Fiat, Ind.
November 20, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Cooking in-cab with Tom Kyrk, St. Christopher Fund update, more on the âbig 10-4â to D.C.
Listen to Overdrive Radio's podcast to hear from owner-operator Allen Kelly about "That's a Big 10-4 on D.C." event, Tom Kyrk, and Shannon Currier.
September 14, 2018
Overdrive Extra
A health case for hours of service change
Leased owner-operator Clifford Peterson: âThose who make the case for the hours of service status quo ignore the health and well-being of an American icon, the over-the-road truck driver, in favor of maintenance of the bottom line.â
June 25, 2018
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