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Call me âLong Haulâ no more
âIâm not sure when length-of-haul shaming with phallic undertones became a thing. ⌠Still, since weâre on the topic, let me go on record here to say: To the nethers with the long haul. There are just too many good regional opportunities available now to make it hard to justify the fight with the ELD/parking shortage/erosion of road manners vortex.â
January 21, 2019
Channel 19
Tesla Semi and its clean inspection violate the eye test of more than one reader
The Tesla Semi, inspected at Donner Pass Inspection Station, received a clean inspection report; however, many Overdrive readers are not impressed by its looks.
August 17, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: HHG hauler/American author Finn Murphy
Long Haul Paul Marhoeferâs detailing of how young Murphy âacquired a love for âlow company and hard workâ while working at Danâs Service Station in Cos Cob, Connecticut,â and more in a life and business hauling HHG, part of it chronicled in his âThe Long Haulâ book.
July 16, 2018
Business
Que hora es your mom?
In which Wendy decides to learn Spanish. Again. And it all âmay or may not involve disappearing into the forests of Libre Union and becoming ranchers in the Yucatan.â
January 15, 2018
Business
Hip, hip hurrah or hip replacement?
âI got my first AARP card in the mail this week. It only costs me $16 a year to officially prove Iâm old. Lifeâs been good to me so far.â
December 21, 2017
Business
Communication breakdown
On anti-ELD messaging: âHow about instead of telling people trucks are dangerous, tell them they may not enjoy the quickness of Amazon Prime overnight service. ⌠I can assure you, in this day and age, that is just as terrifying to modern day humans as the moon being eaten was to the cavemen.â
September 13, 2017
Business
Thatâll be all, Henrietta
George gives Wendy a solution to difficult phone conversations: âNext time you talk to her, just call her a different name every time you refer to her.â ⌠You look lovelyin red, Jalisa.
September 11, 2017
Business
Rediscovering discoveries just discovered â talking heads, leasing practices, puddles
Breaking news! âWe join the scene live, with Monica McDoodlesnap, as she uncovers shocking, never seen before, completely 100 percent brand-new discoveries in the trucking industry. Monica, can you describe the general atmosphere among the natives?ââŚ
August 4, 2017
Channel 19
Saturday round-up: Spring cleaning, chaining the trailer to the coil, best wisecracks of the year
Terminator once declared he could not self-destruct â how about self-driving vehicles?; an e-log solution for the ages; and a check-in with flatbed owner-operator Joe Bieluckiâs real-man coils and overdue spring cleaning. . .
June 17, 2017
Business
Where do the English muffins go for lunch?
âI totally get why I canât have a hamburger during breakfast hours at some places, and unlike William Foster, I donât freak out when I miss the deadline for sausage gravy and biscuits. I do, however, wonder where the English muffins go after 12 p.m.â
June 14, 2017
Business
Friends donât let friends kiss rattlesnakes
âNext time you ramble on down to Florida, donât be surprised a âbitâ if there are signs at all the rest areas discouraging you from trying to be intimate with a rattlesnake.â
May 19, 2017
Business
Conversations from home
Anyone with a significant other driver on the road will totally get this post. It doesnât matter how long youâve been married, or together, after your driver has been away for a week or so, the conversations begin to lag a little. Considering that when theyâre home, you probably donât spend three or four hours [âŚ]
April 26, 2017
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