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'I didn't know you were TikTok-famous'
CNN profiles Clarissa Rankin, Tierra Allen, & Candace Rivers, among a rising tide of 'TikTok influencers' among female truckers utilizing the platform. Are you sharing there? And: One of our own contributors is, with another recipe in miniature.
April 12, 2021
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Roadcheck: Do blitz announcements do any good?
Two researchers set out to answer the question, as one owner-op's plans to sit out the blitz to get the truck inspected himself illustrate the multifaceted nature of the consequences of announced enforcement. Also: Salute to a good shop, TCS of Missouri.
April 8, 2021
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What's at stake for truck parking advocates, states in federal funding
If this Q&A with Florida DOT is any indication, dedicated federal parking funding probably couldn't come at a better time, should HR 2187 make it this Congress, or not – FDOT's effectively used Jason's Law to build a foundation for new capacity projects.
April 7, 2021
Custom Rigs
A salute to the 'Old Filthy' 1957 Kenworth fuel hauler
For this week's Overdrive 60th-anniversary installment, the story of how one longtime hauler came to own one of his first employers’ classic 1957 Kenworth 925. “Old Filthy” was the first truck bought new by Montana-based owner-operator Gene Ballinger.
May 15, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Over the Road reality creeps toward 'automated future'?
In the finale of Overdrive Radio's re-air of the OTR podcast, a long look with Long Haul Paul Marhoefer at both skeptics and proselytizers of trucking automation, with plenty emphasis on where truckers stand in today's on-highway reality.
April 2, 2021
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Channel 19
The power of video evidence in fighting tickets, DataQs challenges
Courtroom crash dissembling and drama can be cut as with a sharp knife by good video evidence that proves your case, as this example from a Virginia bulk hauler shows clearly. It helps a speedy DataQs challenge, too.
April 1, 2021
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The environmental benefit of adequate highway investment, and: Manual v. automatic?
What last year's COVID fuel-mileage boost for owner-operators might say about the long-term value of infrastructure investment that keeps up with demand. And: Reviving an old debate over manual/automated transmissions in training.
March 31, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Roadcheck preps in a mobile-heavy state, where inspection numbers continue up
In today's Overdrive Radio, an Alabama captain explains his state's continued emphasis on inspection screening via "virtual weigh stations" with weigh-in-motion and/or other technologies for inspection screening. Also: Plenty Roadcheck tips for May 4-6.
March 26, 2021
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Colorado coops are open: Hours enforcement trending up in the Centennial State
Heads-up north-south on I-25 in Colorado, driver. Hours of service violations are clearly on an upward prioritization trend in the Centennial State. Also: Pro tip on I-70 in Indiana for good eats "like homecooking" you might otherwise overlook.
March 24, 2021
Custom Rigs
Race-winning V12 KW still in action after four decades
As seen in the short film from Overdrive’s late-1970s N.J. diesel drag races, the winning rig alive and kicking four decades later -- and one race attendee's reflections on trucking enthusiasm through the decades.
May 24, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Long Haul Paul's 'Long Haul of Fame' through trucking history
What emerges over the course of this Overdrive Radio re-air of the OTR podcast's episode 7 is a vivid take on recent trucking history through six individual stories, including that of host Long Haul Paul himself.
March 19, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Listen: Introducing Rylan Brooks' 'If Wishes Were Horses'
Nate Rylan and Chris Brooks’ hard-driving country rock stems from a songwriting collaboration that blossomed on the road when Rylan came aboard with Brooks’ independent owner-operator business as a codriver several years back.
March 12, 2021
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Yet another reason insurance costs are rising
Claims, says Sergio Hernandez of the DialVan 60-truck Laredo, Texas-based fleet. Hear his story of a multiple injury accident, for which DialVan shared no fault, that resulted in payout of his company's $1 million policy limit, and how they're mitigating.
March 9, 2021
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A '70s film at Overdrive's diesel drag races, and a 'Back in Time' tour
In 2016, a late-1970s short film on U.S. trucking, via Overdrive’s Englishtown, New Jersey, truck drag racing event, provided a clear window back in time, including a glimpse of Overdrive’s founder. This 60th-anniversary special takes you there ...
May 19, 2016
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Owner-operators wrestle scheduling hurdles with double-dose COVID shots
Two days' notice for a vaccine appointment in Tarrant County, Texas, just wasn't going to cut it for Landstar-leased flatbedder Bill Ater, he said. As states have opened up the COVID shot to older residents, scheduling obstacles for truckers abound.
March 2, 2021
Overdrive Radio
The long tail of the CB's social utility
Owner-operator Mike Crawford in this Overdrive Radio edition expands on some of the themes showcased earlier this week in our special-edition podcast in part about the ongoing safety utility, and the decreased cultural importance, of the CB in trucking.
February 26, 2021
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Add your voice to 'Overdrive's Music to Truck By,' BlackOut tribute truck headed Daytona-way
Chuck Timbrook running south for Bike Week March 5 with his vets-support rig, and: Help us celebrate professional drivers and submit an intro that may be featured on the new show.
February 24, 2021
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Respite, brother- and sisterhood, fellowship on the long, cold road this season
The cultural ramifications of the simple practice of turning the CB on are alive and well and, in a rugged winter for over-the-road haulers all across the country, shining through in so many ways. Stuck in the ice, making the most of the situation...
February 23, 2021
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