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Channel 19
Heads-up: Park at the Dandridge, Tenn., Speedway location for an overnight and you will be towed
Or at least youâll be hooked up to by a tow operator who will unhook at a cost of $300. Amid recently renewed calls to outlaw this practice, one independentâs wee-hours story from Dandridge and perspective from the tow operator and property owner, too.
November 15, 2019
Pride & Polish
Kit Spanfellnerâs 2015 KW T680 â and return to Davidson Trucking
Video of the unit with its owner-operator, who runs leased to Bradner, Ohio, small fleet Davidson Trucking, pulling mostly dry van freight. That follows decades in heavy and oversize platform pulling for a variety of outfits, and back problems that for a time left him partially paralyzed one dramatic day, a story he tells in this video.
November 14, 2019
Channel 19
Another lower-cost alt-HVAC option: Owner-operator Mike Greenbergâs custom set-up
UPS-contracted owner-operator Mike Greenberg shared details of his own eliminator for the need to idle the truck, which involves a gasoline-powered Champion generator and a Pioneer split mobile HVAC unit (yes, it heats, too), which came with an investment well below the cost of many APUs.
November 11, 2019
Overdrive Radio
The truck booting trap, and one small fleet ownerâs ongoing crusade for a solution
Local and/or state regs around booting and towing vary considerably, as small fleet owner Leander Richmond has most certainly found in his efforts to raise awareness among truckers and law enforcement about the more predatory boots in that business. Here in this weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast, what he sees as a possible solution to the problem.
November 8, 2019
Pride & Polish
One man and his R model Mack: Meet Carl Nyhof Trucking
Wisconsin-based owner-operator Carl Nyhof is âa household name in our area for his generosity,â owner-operator Seth Taylor says. With many others in the area long mentored by the elder statesman of trucking in Oostburg, Wis., Taylor in part penned this appreciation of Nyhof and his long-running Mack.
November 7, 2019
Channel 19
When the broker disappears with the owner-opâs money
Broker launches new authority in July, surety is now pending cancellation after a run-up in claims. Sound familiar? Owner-op Allan Workman is owed money, and is on a mission to shine a light on the intrastate/exempt commodities surety exceptions that he believes prolongs the viability of such an operation.
November 5, 2019
Channel 19
Small group of truckers in Lexington, Ky., today showing Yang campaign support â a little for Trump, too â around Presidentâs rally
In a bid for national attention to driver issues, today a small group of truckers banded together in Lexington, Ky., with support from an Andrew Yang campaign-supporting Super PAC to display Yang support around a Trump rally. They invited Trump-supporting truckers to fly their banners, too.
November 4, 2019
Channel 19
Critical med-cert step to avoid one âacute violationâ in audits
Breakdowns in the process for electronically marrying a driverâs updated medical certification with his/her CDL has been a âfertile field for auditorsâ in back-office compliance reviews, yielding acute violations that contribute adversely to safety ratings.
November 1, 2019
Channel 19
More split-sleeper wishful thinking: Specialized carriers association backs sleeper splits up to 5 and 5
A look at the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Associationâs commentary on FMCSAâs hours of service proposal. It closely mirrors what Iâve heard from so many truckers who remember the split-sleeper-berth rules of days gone by. Namely, thatâs something along these lines: âLet us split as we see fit.â
October 31, 2019
Overdrive Radio
âHighways and heart attacksâ to trucker Will Beeleyâs place in the American songbook
Today on Overdrive Radio: Will Beeleyâs new âHighways and Heart Attacksâ record is the singer-songwriter and hazmat pressurized tank haulerâs third full-length record, and his first in 40 years. His story in music reaches back to the late 1960s, runs through an iconic record label in Mississippi and extends on up into the present day.
October 29, 2019
Channel 19
Rumblings of protest out West in wake of California contractor law
A look at one of several flyers going around the Oakland port calling for protest November 4. One watcher believes theyâre coming from owner-ops there and elsewhere in the state frustrated with what theyâre being told in consultation with companies they contract with for freight about changes in the wake of Californiaâs independent contractor classification law.
October 25, 2019
Pride & Polish
The trucking history of independent Germann Soeth and his long-running 1998 Kenworth W900B
VIDEO: Soeth runs independent with authority out of Frederick, Md., to points mostly Chicago and east. From Thatâs a Big 10-4 on D.C. on the National Mall in Washington, he gives a window into his history, extending back to his time in high school, when he met an independent running LTL reefer leased who agreed to bring Soeth on as a helper to show him the ropes of backing, loading, unloading, learning slowly how to operate in the process.
October 24, 2019
Channel 19
The âBrexit muppetâ playing role in warning EU truckers; Redux: âThe drones are coming!ââŚ
The Port of Rotterdamâs blue-monster âBrexit muppetâ and its PR mission among truckers there. Also: How long before DOT actually puts drone bears in the air? Package-deliver pilot program, at least, is under way.
October 21, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Tony Justice: No âcrystal ballâ for hours proposalâs post-Martinez future; Jason Lee Wilson live in a cave
Past Overdrive talent search winner Jason Lee Wilson live from a cave, Tony Justice from a speedway, and: Justice says, well, unlike so many out there, he doesnât seem to be able to get his crystal ball powered up when it comes to predicting the future of the proposed hours changes post-Martinez.
October 18, 2019
Pride & Polish
Ruben Carrionâs recently custom-restored 2000 Peterbilt 379
No, itâs not an e-log exempt unit. âI checked with three different dealers,â owner-operator Ruben Carrion says, determining nonetheless to do a custom-restore of the unit he took about three months off for early in 2018. Catch a video walk-around and more of Carrionâs long trucking history since immigrating from Panama as a youngster.
October 17, 2019
Channel 19
AOBRD-to-ELD â absent new reg/legislative action, âsoft enforcementâ not happening
With the final ELD mandate deadline coming up Dec. 17, no âsoft enforcementâ period is in the offing â ânobodyâs really talking about it,â says Collin Mooney, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
October 16, 2019
Channel 19
Remembering Bob Walser of Billâs Truck Stop, Linwood, N.C.
Robert Eugene âBobâ Walser Sr., 86, of Linwood, N.C., well-known for his generosity to drivers, passed Saturday. Walser owned and operated Billâs Truck Stop at I-85 exit 86, for 60 years. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, at Churchland Baptist Church in Linwood.
October 14, 2019
Overdrive Radio
VP undercover in a large carrierâs training program; Voices From 10-4 D.C.
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, the story of C.R. England VP Pam Wilsonâs undercover assignment, which began her company employment, as a new driver in the companyâs training program with an eye toward improving the new-driver experience; and: voices from 10-4 D.C.
October 11, 2019
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