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Overdrive Radio
The long tail of the CB's social utility
Owner-operator Mike Crawford in this Overdrive Radio edition expands on some of the themes showcased earlier this week in our special-edition podcast in part about the ongoing safety utility, and the decreased cultural importance, of the CB in trucking.
February 26, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Listen: The Channel One-Nine Special from âOver the Roadâ â CB handles
The Channel One Nine Special is a special series for Over the Road podcast listeners. This week we discuss CB handles with Mike "Mustang" Crawford.
February 27, 2020
Channel 19
Appreciation of a truck-parking joke â whatâs it worth?
$5 â and a whole lot of wonder at the state of camaraderie among the nationâs truckers on the road today. A follow-up on the time Mike âMustangâ Crawford got $5 for a parking spot he was about to leave.
July 29, 2019
Channel 19
Market-making: âMustangâ Mike Crawford creates his own for parking
Crawford carried a joke into reality recently at an Illinois truck stop mid-afternoon that was filling up fast: âFor this nice, easy parking space, give me $5 and Iâll leave right now for you.â
May 29, 2019
Channel 19
$2/gal. diesel: Been a while, hasnât it?
Owner-operators with access to fleetsâ or other volume discounts are seeing costs almost that far down for a gallon of diesel; Mike âMustangâ Crawford is one of them.
December 23, 2014
Channel 19
Lookback on â and a severe weather report from â a Mustang at the tattoo parlor
Mike âMustangâ Crawford runs through the high winds on I-40 in West Okla. and East Texas, and a look back on his Marine Corps tattoo.
October 13, 2014
Channel 19
Year of interrupted sleep: 2012 in review, Part 3
September-December 2012 on the Channel 19 blog â one operator reaches a milestone, amid ongoing industry conversation, weird-weird trucking news and âŚ. Happy new year, drivers!
December 31, 2012
Channel 19
Light up the night!; Come on, Ghostwriter
Reader: âI am 12-year-old boy with a big passion for lit-up bull haulers!â â and a bit of radio check, come on.
December 8, 2012
Channel 19
Mustangâs 3-million-mile, one-truck haul nears end
Owner-operator Mike Crawford is approaching 3 million safe miles all logged in the same 1994 Freightliner â wish him luck on the final 37,000âŚ
September 6, 2012
Channel 19
Dodging bullets from on high
Look up, drivers. Just when you think youâre safe â rig in the lane, four-wheelers keeping a good distance off your back bumper, new regs falling from on high fully accounted for â occasionally, something like this happens. Click through the link to watch a video interview (which aired last week on a local Georgia [âŚ]
January 11, 2012
Channel 19
Fred: Memorializing one long-hauling dog
Condolences to Overdrive 2010 Trucker of the Year, owner-operator Mike âMustangâ Crawford, whose dog Fred passed away early this morning. She was 12 and some years old. âItâs a rough day for me, â Crawford said. Fred had been running freight for Prime Inc. with Crawford for the better part of 2 million miles, all [âŚ]
March 24, 2011
Channel 19
News bytes: Diesel prices, Driving sans pants, Willieâs Place to be Petro
Commodities speculation back in the spotlight The commodities futures positions limits problem is back in the TV news via a series on liberal populist host Ed Schultzâ âEd Showâ this week. The first spot in the series distilled the history of the elimination of position limits that Iâve written about some over the years, most [âŚ]
March 9, 2011
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