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State of freight 'sluggish,' even amid spot spikes, capacity hits with ELP/CDL focus

What's the recent seasonal rates jump worth to the average owner-operator? How much might English language enforcement/non-domiciled CDL rule changes move the market? A Thursday "State of Freight" session charted market performance, finding a mixed bag of encouraging signs and warning lights en route to 2026.

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Kevin Hunter's high-powered 2024 Kenworth W900L hauls heavy with Cat 'C-17'

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Fix the potholes! Truckers' Highway Report Card 'Best Roads' states lay paths forward

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Even 21% of non-citizens support DOT's purge of 200,000 non-domiciled drivers

Hot Shot's Secret - EDT+ Winter Defense - Your 7-in-1 Anti-Gel Fuel Boost - Make every fill-up premium!

Hot Shot's Secret - EDT+ Winter Defense - Your 7-in-1 Anti-Gel Fuel Boost - Make every fill-up premium!

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Compute the potential profit in any truckload, access per-day and per-mile breakouts with Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer

Compute the potential profit in any truckload, access per-day and per-mile breakouts with Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer

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Trucker of the Year 'exit interviews,' Part 2: Flatbedder's edition

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Overdrive's Custom Rigs Showdown: Round 1 kicks off

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'Peanut's Pride': Owner-op's second chance after close brush with death

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New bill explores path to interstate driving for under-21 truckers

State of freight 'sluggish,' even amid spot spikes, capacity hits with ELP/CDL focus

FMCSA Administrator Barrs to make radical changes to driver training, ELDs, med cards

Diesel reverses course, falls 20 cents over 3 weeks

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Kevin Hunter's high-powered 2024 Kenworth W900L hauls heavy with Cat 'C-17'

Kenworth, Peterbilt roll out new medium-duty battery-EV models

Winter hauling: Stayed prepped with latest Gear Guide

FMCSA moves against non-compliant ELDs: Three more revoked

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New York the 'worst offender' for improper non-domiciled CDLs: DOT

Washington refused ICE, let 'criminal alien' trucker go after 6-car pile up: DHS

Former medical examiner charged for allegedly falisying DOT physicals

Fix the potholes! Truckers' Highway Report Card 'Best Roads' states lay paths forward

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Trucker of the Year 'exit interviews,' Part 2: Flatbedder's edition

This podcast episode concludes Overdrive's Trucker of the Year "exit interviews" series, and features an all-flatbedders group. With updates from a tough yet successful year, you’ll hear more than a bit of what some call "bygone" driver camaraderie amongst the four owners featured around -- what else? -- the subject of tarping.

Catastrophic engine failure delivers customer calamity: How these owners prep for the worst

Prepare to yield? Camaro's kamikaze pass in downtown Chicago nets crash review

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Overdrive's Partners in Business - The leading business training program for owner-operators.

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Winter hauling: Stayed prepped with latest Gear Guide

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Detroit shaves weight with DT12-VL automated vocational transmission

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Brand-new Gear Guide offers CB radio, accessories buyers' guide, plenty more

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The flatbed-hauling 1987 Peterbilt 359 of Zebedee Steinmann

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Owner-operator Bobby Earl's 2015 Peterbilt 389 glider, in service