Lucinda CoulterTrucking HistoryCan’t take the trucking out of the girlNew Jersey native Cindy Cadiente appreciates her trucking heritage as the daughter of a former Independent Truckers Association president.December 9, 2010Partners in BusinessPIB TIP: CONSIDER THE FINE POINTS. Some carriers pPIB TIP: CONSIDER THE FINE POINTS. Some carriers pay fuel taxes and charge them back to their leased owner-operators. Other companies pay the tax and absorb the cost. If your company pays the tax and doesn’t charge you, do the obvious thing and buy fuel where the pump price is lowest. But if you have […]December 7, 2010Trucking HistoryTV drama of a gypsy trucker still magic for fansIn 1975, Overdrive covered the filming of the TV series, “Movin’ On,” starring Claude Akins as trucker Sonny Pruitt.December 3, 2010Trucking HistoryTrucking advocate enjoyed Overdrive awardBruce Wieser won a prize for the Native American-inspired message on his rig and now advocates for trucker heroes.November 23, 2010Trucking HistoryNot finished takin’ care of businessRandy Bachman and Fred Turner, original band members of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, have reunited as a tour group.November 15, 2010Trucking HistoryVeterans Day rewind: Mail-call memories from VietnamRetired owner-operator Doug Fetterly’s first job out of high school, in 1966, was with the Fourth Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in Vietnam.November 8, 2010Trucking HistoryStill trekking to shoot stills of the big rigsAmateur truck photographer Russ MacNeil has taken photos of big rigs since he was a teen growing up near Westfield, Mass. As a child, he was mesmerized as trucks roared by on walks with his aunt near Route 20. By the time he was 27, a black Mack Model B he shot near Ft. Pierce, […]November 3, 2010Trucking HistoryAn old star shines coast-to-coastOwner-operator Mike Long, a native of Marion, Ind., restored a 1979 IH Transtar 4070B six years ago. The Landstar Ranger contractor still drives it.October 26, 2010Trucking HistoryKandel Transport’s seasoned legacyOwner-operator Richard Daniels started trucking in 1946 and retired as Kandel Transport Co. president in 1992. His son, Jack Daniels, grew the Akron, Ohio-based reefer carrier with his father’s guidelines: “Flash has no place in a business owner’s life.”October 20, 2010Trucking HistoryRead his lipsOwner-operator F. P. Sykes expressed much of the same frustration in September 1965’s issue of Overdrive that truckers saythe feel today.October 19, 2010Previous PagePage 7 of 10Next PageTop StoriesSmall Fleet ChampTFX, Oberman come out on top: Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet ChampsTaking home the Small Fleet Champ title belts in their respective categories were Thomasville Furniture Xpress owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis in the 11-30-truck category, and Oberman Logistics and its owners, Wes and Laura Oberman, in the 3-10-truck class.Custom RigsRebuilt 2002 Pete 379 dump truck a father's tribute to late sonBusinessLike a 'bronco buster at a rodeo': Truckers' experience on American roadways todayRegulationsELP violators do worse at inspections, safety scores: StudyFeatured SponsorGarmin Delivers Big with Trucker-Trusted Navigators and Premium Wireless Headsets
