Actor was former trucker, Overdrive writer

Oct 7, 2011

Charles Napier, who died Oct. 5, was a former trucker who was an Overdrive columnist in the early 1970s and appeared in several trucking movies and TV shows.

Read more about his trucking connections in this Overdrive Retro feature and this recent post to the Channel 19 blog.

Overall market temperature was on the decline in the last week, according to the Truckstop.com/FTR Transportation Intelligence coproduced Market Demand Index.

Freight volume, rate trends: Across indices, signs of market cooling

July 22, 2021

Clockwise from top right: Christopher young, Rob Hallahan, Aaron Walters, Michael and Jackie Wallace

What's your biggest business challenge as an owner-operator?

In this Overdrive Radio podcast, varying answers to the question from four owner-operators in livestock, van, reefer and heavy haul. Better yet, distinct pictures emerge of different strategies to address insurance, maintenance cost, and so much more.

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Percentage of the load/revenue and 2007 Freightliner

Compensation trends: Percentage pay reigns as king for leased owner-operators

The finalists in the Interior class are: Ron Kelsey's 1981 Peterbilt 359, 'Sunshine Express' (top left); Robert Hallahan's 2022 Peterbilt 389, 'Joke's on You' (top right); and Daniel and Phyllis Snow's 1996 Freightliner Classic XL, 'The Goose.'

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2021 edition of Partners in Business.

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