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Channel 19
When the time bombs started going off: Channel 19 year in review, part 1
Indulge us as we run back through the rules, the regs, the rigs and the past, present and future of driver pay — all the rage with the “driver shortage” notion analyzed and discussed and thrown under the falling-fuel-surcharge bus. … And so much more Counting down the hours to 2017: 14, 13 …
December 27, 2016
Channel 19
Driver before the truck in small fleet expansion
If the truck procurement/driver employment situation in small fleet expansion presents a chicken-egg type conundrum, operators would do well to focus on the driver first.
March 31, 2016
Overdrive Radio
One independent’s comeback from the brink: A run with Ted Bowers
A rare opportunity to make part of a run with Kingston, Tenn.-based Ted Bowers, owner of the small trucking company that bears his name, yields a story of adversity overcome that holds lessons in the importance of close freight, accounting, driver and other partnerships.
March 15, 2016
Custom Rigs
Ted Bowers’ 2005 Peterbilt 379 — stretched and refined behind the cab
Ted Bowers’ rig, facing down an engine rebuild for the C15 that powers the unit, has in recent times gotten new headlights, stacks and, perhaps most significantly a three-foot frame stretch to a 276-inch wheelbase, complete with a unique deckplate treatment.
March 2, 2016
Custom Rigs
Photos: As the rigs roll in to Fitzgerald, a look back on last year’s Tenn. Pride & Polish
No doubt the rigs have already started rolling in today for the big Pride & Polish show tomorrow — catch photos, videos and more from stand-out rigs and owner-operators at last year’s event, all in one place.
July 16, 2015
Custom Rigs
GATS preview: Ted Bowers’ 2005 Peterbilt 379
Video, photos of Bowers’ combo unit, which he’ll be showing at GATS — and a brief follow-up on Animal Aid USA’s effort to transport fallen driver Richard Sullivan’s dog Bella back home. All systems go!
August 19, 2014
Custom Rigs
Pride & Polish winners in Crossville, Tenn.
Big winners from the latest installment in Overdrive’s truck-beauty National Championship series in Crossville, Tenn.
June 29, 2013
Channel 19
Southeastern Regional truck show one month hence
Mid-America had to start somewhere. –owner-operator Ted Bowers, president of the American Truck Historical Society’s Smoky Moutains chapter The show about which Bowers had those thoughts for me is a joint venture with his ATHS chapter and several others in the Southeast, and it’s coming up quick: April 13-14 in Knoxville. Bowers made his comparison […]
March 11, 2012
Channel 19
ATHS Music City Chapter kicks off the new year
Thanks to Rhonda Reagan (pictured) for the invite to the American Truck Historical Society Music City Chapter’s year-beginning meeting and auction this past Saturday, Jan. 14. Held at an elementary school in Lebanon, Tenn., the event drew a crowd near 100 strong, made up of members and their families as well as representatives from other […]
January 17, 2012
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