Roadside Attractions

Todd Dills | December 31, 2012

Find Part 1 of this year in review here and Part 2 here. Happy new year! September Former Overdrive Trucker of the Year Mike "Mustang" Crawford was approaching his 3 millionth safe mile, all logged under the wheels of one ...

Year of interrupted sleep: 2012 in review, Part 2

Todd Dills | December 29, 2012

If you missed Part 1 of this year in review, find it here. Tune back in New Year's Eve for the finale. May "Roadside midwife" Mike Hawthorne, a driver for NFI, had delivered his third on-highway baby to ...

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Year of interrupted sleep: 2012 in review, Part 1

Todd Dills | December 27, 2012

Find a link to Part 2 at the bottom of this post. Want to look back through recent trucking history both on the mainline and deep in the biways? Find 2011 and 2010 years in review via those links. January This ...

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Notes on (barely) reaching new heights

Wendy Parker | November 07, 2012

Sometimes, no matter how old you are, you learn new and interesting things about yourself. Traveling all over the country has put me in positions and places I would have never experienced otherwise, so even ...

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Oil/gas boom in N.D. generates owner-operator opportunities

Todd Dills | July 26, 2012

On National Public Radio's All Things Considered program, a segment from listener Bryan Johnson bemoaned (with a touch of ambivalence, given the economic opportunity that comes with) the parade of big trucks streaming constantly through ...

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Reader: Repeal FLSA trucking exemption

Todd Dills | July 24, 2012

The following comes by way of owner-operator Joe Ammons, who is looking for assistance with a petition for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (or Congress) to repeal the trucking exemption to the Fair Labor Standards ...

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Two custom ’80s Petes for the cabover fanatics

Todd Dills | July 21, 2012

Dustin Kunkel, owner of Kunkel Welding in Crossville, Tenn., bought this 1988 Pete 362 in March of 2011, pulled it into the shop and called a couple of friends over. Twelve hours later "we rolled ...

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CSA two-punch: Second lawsuit brought

Todd Dills | July 19, 2012

After I wrote about the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association's suit over the DataQs process yesterday, news is out today via OverdriveOnline.com of a second lawsuit filed, this one coming from an alliance of carriers, brokers ...

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