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Channel 19
New āgold trucksā vid from owner-operator Howard Salmon
Remember that little mention I made a few weeks back about my serendipitous meeting with past Overdrive Trucker of the Month Howard Salmon (pictured), the one where I talked about participating in a bit of a video experiment with him singing at the fuel island (I held the camera, donāt worry; he did all the [ā¦]
August 9, 2010
Channel 19
12 big legs on 18 wheels
Cargo thieves in Quebec didnāt waste much time dumping a truck and trailer they lifted while in transit to an Ontario zoo June 18. Just 25 miles from where the rig was stolen, the trailer was spotted. The truck was found a few miles down the road. Ron Petrie creatively reconstructed the scene in the [ā¦]
August 6, 2010
Channel 19
NPR looks at truckersā health issues and regulation
A radio story on regulatorsā scrutiny of truckers health aired last week Friday for a larger than usual audience ā on NPR by reporter Frank Morris out of station KCUR in Kansas City, Mo. He introduced the heart ā or stomach ā of the story quickly: āOutside the Iron Skillet restaurant on I-70 east of [ā¦]
August 4, 2010
Channel 19
Punt on the spicy pork rinds
Add pork rinds to a haul in the Pacific Northwest and you might find yourself with a sore foot and backĀ and a charge of Ā ādriving with wheels off the roadway,ā or such was the case for a Mt. Vernon, Wash., hauler in July, Ā Washington State Trooper Keith Leary told reporters at the Bellingham (Wash.) Herald. [ā¦]
August 3, 2010
Channel 19
Custom heavy haul: Introducing Modern Machinery Movers
Clark Tucker opened his Indianapolis-based small fleet Modern Machinery Movers as a single-truck operation in 2002 to capitalize on heavy-haul opportunities in the wind-energy sector, a move that has proved fruitful. Today he employs 10 drivers. āGrowing up on a farm, I bought my first truck, a 1946 Dodge, and never looked back,ā says Tucker. [ā¦]
August 2, 2010
Channel 19
āNo Zoneā redux
A look at one of the āNo Zoneā safe-driving advocacy trailers.
July 28, 2010
Channel 19
Con-way Truckload driver pens āSemi Awareā book for teen drivers
But itās not just for teens, Toby Bogard says. The Crossville, Tenn., resident and seven-year Con-way Truckload company driver hopes all drivers can get something out of the Semi Aware book.
July 27, 2010
Channel 19
āNice mouse, driverā
The folks at Avant Garde Gifts, LLC, offer theĀ MotorMouse, a computer mouse of wireless design and in varying colors ā and that looks like a sports car, as you can see (that the Porsche 911 you recognize). As company reps have it, it might well be a āgreat giftā for car lovers at Christmastime or [ā¦]
July 26, 2010
Channel 19
From homeschooled in the cab to Harvard Law
Kerry Anderson may someday be the President of the United States. Sheās got the educationalĀ pedigree, at least, having graduated from Harvard and now contemplating law school ā whatās interesting about all this is that according to the feature interview NPR All Things Considered cohost Michele Norris conducted with Kerry Anderson Wednesday, Anderson is the daughter [ā¦]
July 23, 2010
Channel 19
Suvey says DOTās happy, how ābout you?
We couldnāt help but chuckle here at Overdrive HQ when we saw a particular press release blast from the U.S. Department of Transportationās halls a couple weeks back now. Its title, āLatest Survey Shows DOT Employee Satisfaction on the Rise,ā read toĀ our trucking ears like a piece of news full of all manner of comic, [ā¦]
July 22, 2010
Channel 19
A Jazzy Jordan racecar design; more from the run
Since Jasmine āJazzyā Jordan completed her run across the United States to benefit the St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund, haulers around the nation have used the internet to send out mini-tributes to her historic effort, from posted pictures (such as the one here from Robert Curran, of Jazzy signing his flatbed) and anecdotes [ā¦]
July 21, 2010
Channel 19
U.S. Armyās self-driving truck a long way from the action
Check out the latest edition of the DTI, or Defense Technology International, journal, and youāll get an electronic whiff of the latest experiment in a self-driving truck ā this one from Lockheed Martin and steered by the companyās Convoy Active Safety Technology, or CAST, being employed on a few prototype U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, [ā¦]
July 19, 2010
Channel 19
News flash: Owner-operator likes electronic logs
Jeffersonville, Ind.-based owner-operator Perry Famularo says heĀ āwas one of those guys who said, āIf you make meĀ go toĀ electronic logs, Iām out of here.āā Leased to Dart Transit, though, he wasĀ presented with the opportunity a couple years ago to try out one of the PeopleNetĀ eLogs units the mostly owner-operator carrierĀ was beginning to test and offer its [ā¦]
July 16, 2010
Channel 19
Former trucker walloped by ādouble rainbowā
It was probably only a matter of time before a driver produced one of those viral videos that tickles the funny bones of million of users worldwide ā Paul Vasquez, described as a āformer truckerā (according the Vasquez interview in the Merced Sun Star, he drove until about 2004, when his weight forced him off [ā¦]
July 15, 2010
Channel 19
SuperShowRigs.com documents truck show stars ā the rigs
If you missed it, get over to Overdrive sister magazine Custom Rigsā website for John Riccioās story about the recent Transport for Christ Truck Rally at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa., which āhas rocked Lebanon for the past 29 years,ā Riccio wrote, himself the proprietor over at SuperShowRigs.com, a veritable treasure of [ā¦]
July 13, 2010
Channel 19
āNo Parkingā ā another day in the trucking headlines
As the folks with AsktheTrucker.com report a soon-to-be-released musical paean to the truck parking legislation known as Jasonās Law, there are at least two new blows to truck parking availability worldwide: The first comes from Arnold, Mo., where state rep and former truck driver Tim Meadows was on record supportingĀ an aggressive local ban on truck [ā¦]
July 12, 2010
Channel 19
āThere Is a Cureā ā new song written for breast-cancer-awareness convoy
Itās coming up Oct. 16, 2010, following the success of last yearās inaugural U.S. event in Texas. At the TravelCenters of America location in Terrell, Texas, on I-20 at exit 503, the Convoy for a Cure for breast cancerĀ will bringĀ together truck drivers for a good cause,Ā keeping alive and spreading the traditionĀ of theĀ initial 2008 convoy of [ā¦]
July 9, 2010
Channel 19
Walcott Truckers Jamboree ā starting nowā¦
As I write this, driver attendees and others have no doubt begun to file into the big show, the Walcott Truckers Jamboree, at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa. After noting this pic from last yearās Thursday-night fireworks show and āLights at Nightā custom truck lighting competition, Iām wishing I could be there. As [ā¦]
July 8, 2010
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