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Overdrive Radio
How former heavy-haul owner-op and current fuel hauler Lonnie Laurie became the sometime âone-armed banditâ
Listen as Lonnie Laurie, sometimes dubbed the 'one-armed bandit,' recalls life as a heavy-haul owner-operator and more in this week's Overdrive Radio podcast.
January 24, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Local/regional fuel hauling and the winter volume boost, cost tradeoffs and more
This weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast features small fleet owner Dave Marti of Forrest, Ill., with six power units leased to Transport Services of Sullivan, Ill., hauling fuel in the region around his home base, and a newly built six-bay shop. Balancing the volume/cost tradeoffs is one of the many calculations the ownerâs learned to make over his years in business.
February 1, 2019
Channel 19
Mintu Pandherâs small fleet success in fuel hauling, truck-stop ownership
Small fleet owner Mintu Pandher, who came to the U.S. with his parents in 1999, followed the growth in oil drilling into independence as an owner-operator. His Akal Energy small fleet grew fairly quickly over several years with contracts with some fuel providers, running out of Laramie, Wyo.
February 8, 2018
Custom Rigs
A salute to the 'Old Filthy' 1957 Kenworth fuel hauler
For this week's Overdrive 60th-anniversary installment, the story of how one longtime hauler came to own one of his first employersâ classic 1957 Kenworth 925. âOld Filthyâ was the first truck bought new by Montana-based owner-operator Gene Ballinger.
May 15, 2017
Custom Rigs
Custom fuel hauler stretches the limit for navigating Chicago fueling stations
Flagship of the fleet
November 17, 2016
Custom Rigs
Go Cubs? Forrest, Ill.-based Dave Marti Truckingâs custom 2015 Peterbilt 389 glider
Martiâs custom 389 glider, âHigh Maintenance Tooâ, was a hit at the Guilty by Association Truck Show. Specâd with Fitzgerald for liquid bulk tank, the 389 hauls fuel leased to Transport Service Inc. in the region around Martiâs home base.
October 21, 2016
Custom Rigs
âFlawless!â: More kudos for the rig on the October cover â Bill Rethwischâs 2012 Pete 389
Itâs been quite a while since weâve gotten as many kudos as we have for this monthâs cover, featuring small fleet owner-operator Bill Rethwischâs Dreamsicle 2012 389.
October 23, 2013
Custom Rigs
Blast from the past â and future â at Landmark International show
Scenes here from the customer-appreciation event and antique truck show September 13, 2013, at Landmark Internationalâs Cookeville, Tenn., location.
September 19, 2013
Channel 19
Whence the great rates?
Supplementing reporting on the No. 4 top owner-operator challenge â freight rates â here find an update on the state of pay and further anecdotes, information and perspective from trusted sources.
August 9, 2012
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