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Music, tales for the big road: Trucker-songwriters John Malayter and Long Haul Paul, and bluegrass pro Tina Adair
Listen to interviews with trucker-songwriter John Malayter and bluegrass pro Tina Adair, as well as a pandemic tale from Long Haul Paul on Overdrive Radio.
November 27, 2020
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Happy Thanksgiving! (And a recipe fit for a range or bungee’d-secure slow cooker)
Whether on the road or off for the holidays, this black-eyed pea recipe (on a range or in a bungee'd-secure slow cooker) might help deliver thanks for you.
November 26, 2020
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If your ELD goes down, go to paper, or … ELS, anyone?
What are your options in the event of an ELD malfunction? Given an ongoing widespread outage of Rand McNally devices, here’s what the regs require and what FMCSA notes are your options — not just paper, in this case.
November 25, 2020
Two gauges screens in the DriverConnect app offer truck-status gauges for 10 metrics of most use for drivers, including instant fuel economy, lifetime fuel economy, speed, transmission oil temp, engine speed, battery voltage, oil pressure, coolant temp and boost pressure.
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Giving back: Pink Kalmar Ottawa yard spotters auctioned to benefit breast cancer research
Pink Kalmar Ottawa yard spotters were auctioned in October for breast cancer reearch, resulting is a $28K plus donation check to the Susan G. Comen foundation.
November 24, 2020
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Overdrive Radio
What can owner-operators expect from a Biden administration?
This week's edition of Overdrive Radio features OOIDA's president helping forecast what a Biden administration may mean for independent truckers. Listen here.
November 20, 2020
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Another annual tradition thrown off in this crazy year
With the National Association of Small Trucking Companies' announcement, a window on the planned address by FMCSA chief Wiley Deck in this prepared video.
November 18, 2020
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Overdrive Radio
Double-brokered freight fraud: How to prevent, with a U.S. postal inspector who cracked case
In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, postal inspector Steve Cohen details how the scheme works and how motor carriers can stop it. Listen here.
November 13, 2020
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Fighting ID fraud in the broker-carrier transaction isn’t solely on truckers
When ID thieves get between legitimate brokers and carriers, it's the trucker that bears the brunt of the burden. Learn how to combat this here on Overdrive.
November 11, 2020
Moseley Logistics is the real broker in this situation. Phillips is the fake motor carrier – tey turn around and pose as Jackson Logistics and ten Marcinak is the real motor carrier. Moseley thinks it’s dealin with Phillips but the real person that’s transporting this is Marcinak. There’s a divide in who is actually running this – Additionally, when they have the rate that’s out there, the real freight rate that Moseley posted its usually lower than what the ID thief posted. They want it to get off the load board really quickly. They usually jack up the rate.
Overdrive Radio
Where’s the ‘sweet spot’ size for small fleets? And other insights into owner-op growth
Owner-operators share their insights on balancing sizing of their small fleets, hiring and retaining the best drivers, and more. Details on Overdrive.
November 6, 2020
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Custom Rigs
This brain trick worsens the danger of cumulative sleep loss | Cabover ‘Joy Ride’ to the port
Bill Hambrick discusses logistics culture valuing timeliness above nearly everything else and Ben Cadle speaks on supply chain stress and irregularities.
November 5, 2020
That’s Cadle’s “Joy Ride 3” 1982 Freightliner cabover at the Port of Savannah early this week, working a train derailment not far from his Augusta home base.
Custom Rigs
Passing the ‘trucking bug’ down with David Lewis’ 1997 International
Davidson Trucking-leased owner-operator Lewis reveals a trucking passion and hopes to pass the bug down to the next generation. Watch here on Overdrive.
November 3, 2020
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Overdrive Radio
Listen back: Truckers, brokers sound off in freight transaction transparency session
Three petitions, a wide array of views. Hear the full session audio, edited slightly to remove technical interruptions, in this edition of Overdrive Radio.
November 2, 2020
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An indie dispatcher’s growing pains meet an owner-op in search of service after ‘every man for himself’ pandemic crunch
In unfamiliar areas, Jose Williams thought to turn to a young dispatch service after reading about them here during the summer. Here's his mixed experience.
October 28, 2020
Williams and his business and life partner, Lucille Torres
Channel 19
Medical resources hiding in plain sight
This trucking association's app offers owner-operators a '24/7 Doctor' function to its members but isn't getting as traction as it could. Read more here.
October 27, 2020
Note the 24/7 Doctor function at the top of this list, screenshot from the NAIT’s member app.
Overdrive Radio
Sell service, haul value, build relationships — words to the wise, from a longtime independent
Owner-operator Artie Daniel built his business selling service to the customer, whether broker or shipper, for long-lasting connection. More in Overdrive Radio.
October 23, 2020
Artie Daniel, who was honored for his nearly many decades trucking as an owner-operator after last year’s event on the Mall.
Channel 19
Welcome to the ‘deckplate diner,’ can I take your order?
As the coronavirus continues to impact daily life, truck drivers note that truck stop food-service patterns have shifted most during their stops. More here.
October 22, 2020
No sitdown dining option? No problem. Owner-operator Dean Carnahan sent along this picture June of a meal in the friendly confines of his own “deckplate diner,” as it were.
Overdrive Radio
The day an ELD mandate protestor and ELD provider visited the White House to talk brokers
In this week's episode of Overdrive Radio, Mike Landis and C.J. Karman recall how they came together to speak with the White House chief of staff about brokers.
October 16, 2020
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A truck stop giant on I-81, with new dining options, plans even more parking
Look around White's Travel Center and the truck stop owner's new Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant, as well as find out what's coming to the truck stop here.
October 15, 2020
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The trucker cap in teacher Amy Watson’s selfie from the day she was tested for COVID-19 later inspired her choice of “long-haulers” to describe COVID survivors with persistent symptoms. “My school’s mascot is a squirrel,” she said, which she finds appropriate, given that her pre-school students, with their short bursts of activity, are “very squirrel-like.”
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Trucking’s bit part in the 'COVID long-haulers’ name
A teacher's trucker cap provides inspiration for her to borrow trucking's "long-hauler" designation for COVID-19 survivors who discover they're facing an indefinite period of further suffering.
Small-fleet owner Jesse McGinness was going for originality with the look of this 2021 Peterbilt 389, spec'ing the black Alcoa rims from the factory. After his maiden voyage in a Class 8 tractor years ago, in a Peterbilt 379, he fell in love with the classic square-hood series. He plans to modify the stacks, the grille and more to all-black finish -- committing sacrilege, says the operator who took him on that first 379 run. McGinness'll maintain plenty in chrome/stainless accents, not to worry. The flattop with lift-axle is powered by the X15 Cummins at 605 hp, with an 18-speed transmission. 'I wanted this truck to be a truck that I thought was cool,' McGinness said, in addition to doing the tough over-dimensional/heavy hauling he'll require of it.
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'WTF' stresses service for long-term success
The glider market grew from a few hundred sales a year in 2010 to upwards of 10,000 as recently as 2017. Gliders sported pre-emissions-regs engines -- no exhaust gas recirculation or selective catalytic reduction components and, thus, no need for DEF. With simpler technology and refurbished engines, the products were much cheaper than new trucks with new engines, making them attractive buys for small-business truckers.
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After weakened demand in 2020, diesel prices jump back to pre-pandemic levels
Junior Elmore’s Marmon caught Christner's eye right off for a very simple reason: 'I’d never seen a Marmon cabover in the flesh before,' he wrote. 'Up close, it’s easy to see why a Marmon cabover was used in the movie 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' as the Autobot Optimus Prime. Elmore’s Marmon COE #31 HDT-BC-86 was Manufactured 03/1977 in Garland, Texas. This is a complete truck with no parts taken off. Still running when parked in 1999. A good honest work truck that’s nicely spec’d out.' Find more details, and history, via this link.
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Look back at Junior Elmore's classic 1970s rigs
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