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Channel 19
What Isaac Ho did to prepare for the rates crash on the spot market
The past yearâs fortune â and recent rates struggles, with so many others in spot freight â for one young own-authority business, with a keen eye toward controlling costs to get through any lean times. No. 1 action taken: He paid off his used-purchased 2015 Volvo entirely.
April 29, 2019
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How-to: Custom walk-in storage at the front of a dry van; bulk tank niche explored
Daniel and Phyllis Snow detail their four-foot walk-in storage compartment they built into the front of their dry-van trailer, accessible from the tractorâs deck catwalk via a door assembly, to house tools and other supplies. Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: liquid-bulk-tank insights from owner-ops Mike Landis, J.D. Howard.
April 26, 2019
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Erroneous status-switch to on-duty driving, while parked â Mark Kirbysonâs latest ELD issue
In November Kirbyson began having an issue with the ELD in his 2007 Caterpillar-powered Peterbilt kicking him into on-duty driving status, while he was asleep in the bunk. âHave others experienced a similar issue?â he asks. Howâd you solve it?
April 24, 2019
Channel 19
Round-up: When a negative for investors is a positive for drivers, and early look at fully-electric Mack truck
Driver pay is bringing more cost to carriers, and thatâs a good thing. Take the good with the bad, though: Freight outlook for the year, judging by the past few, isnât great. Also: Mackâs first LR all-electric refuse truck goes to NYC sanitation, brief video ahead of WasteExpo next month.
April 23, 2019
Custom Rigs
Michigan doubles at MATS: Chad Smithâs C&J Bark Haulers 389 glider
Smith drives this relatively new Cat-powered 2019 389 glider (just 27,000 miles on it at MATS last month), and showed with East flatbeds in a Michigan B-train set-up capable of 160,000-plus lbs. of legal weight in the Great Lakes state.
April 22, 2019
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Learning from the mistakes of others, with owner-op Bill Ater from last weekâs early-Spring blizzard
In this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast we drop into the scene at The Junction truck stop in Blunt, S.D., round about mid-week last week just ahead of the blizzard. Owner-operator Ater and a fellow hauler on a run from Midland, Texas, up to the Williston, N.D., oil fields, ended up spending three nights there, leaving with a new appreciation for the place and its generous manager.
April 19, 2019
Channel 19
A case for manual shifting, for less (not more) automation, for engagement on the long road
The incremental additions of automated features at highway speeds is ultimately an experiment with how much distraction the human brain can resist before it falls asleep at the wheel. Vehicle makers new and old, and end users, would do well to recognize and take very seriously the implications.
April 18, 2019
Channel 19
How to outfit a cargo van for expediting driver comfort on the road
West Michigan Expedite small fleet owner Steve McNeal outlines a set of cargo-van-hauling basics he prefaces by noting there are many ways to upfit a cargo van. Here, heâs focused on ways to combat what is an essential issue for drivers of vans in expediting â comfort on any layover away from home.
April 16, 2019
Custom Rigs
Halvor Linesâ 50th-anniversary 1974 Peterbilt 352, rescued and restored
The story behind the 1974 Peterbilt 352 of Halvor Lines of Superior, Wis., a special restoration project cabover that hauled for Halvor in its first decade, finished just in time for Christmas last year and the final month of Halvorâs 50th-anniversary year,
April 15, 2019
Channel 19
Introducing former trucker Sean Whiting and his new âHigh Expectationsâ album
The first single for the record, too, is available to hear â âMelodyâ presents an apt extended metaphor for where its songwriter is today in music after a decade and a half behind the wheel. Listen here.
April 11, 2019
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Lights-out at MATS, and: Youâre the parking expert âwhere you live and where you truck toâ
Former owner-op Scott Grenerth introduces parking-info/reservation site RigRest.com, talks ongoing work with National Coalition on Truck Parking, in this episode of Overdrive Radio; Also: The moment the lights went at MATS just ahead of Secretary Chaoâs speech on hours reform, captured for eternity âŚ
April 5, 2019
Channel 19
âThe Stoopâ family moves at MATS in feeding-the-homeless initiative
If things proceed according to plans being laid currently, the Stoopâs âTruckers Feeding the Homelessâ initiative hopes to go even bigger at the Great American Trucking Show in August. At MATS, says Fredrick âChoice M.A.S.â Claxton, the group distributed 300-plus meals.
April 4, 2019
Custom Rigs
Ohio-based bulk asphalt hauler J.D. Howardâs custom 1995 KW W900L, with an older A-model feel
VIDEO: In addition to a down-to-the-frame refurbishment of many of the mechanical components of the truck, Howard invested in Jones Performanceâs older A-model-style hood for the W900L and an 66-inch ICT flattop sleeper built to resemble a classic Double Eagle-style model, giving the rig an overall retro feel.
April 2, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Why pick a fight with the air? And: Downtime for the spot market 3 oâclock hustle
This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast comes as MATS continues in Louisville, with conversations with two owner-ops showing commonality between them in a willingness to be the contrarian in this loud age, on a variety of things â Chad Boblett and Henry Albert, on rates, ELDs, aerodynamics and more.
March 29, 2019
Channel 19
From within or without? â pressure to run over hours in the wake of the ELD mandate
Drivers face increased risks in the ELD era for any hours violations â hence more pushback against pressure to violate, met with one of those âequal and opposite reactions.â Yet not everyone agrees that external pressures to violate the regs are being truly felt, as one trucker commented: âThe pressure I feel from the ELD is not from management. The pressure I feel is from me, the driver.â
March 28, 2019
Channel 19
âWhy I wanna driveâ â rookie CDL holder braces for new journey pulling tank
See you at MATS, drivah! Herein, a guest post on Channel 19 from second-career trucker Robin Toepp of South Bend, Ind., about her motivations to move beyond straight-truck hauling to get her CDL and go tanking over-the-road.
March 26, 2019
Overdrive Radio
In love with trucking: Talent search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro from Nashville studio
Latest Overdrive Radio podcast: A sitdown with (and series of music sketches from) 2018 Trucker Talent Search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro, also her father, Urban Roger Brown, on hand in Nashville for the recording session that was part of the TTS grand prize.
March 22, 2019
Channel 19
CARB dismantled my truck, now itâs hauling around Mexico
That was the case after a truck owner participated in Californiaâs Prop 1B grant program for truck replacement. After his truck was dismantled, a GPS unit that had been inadvertently left hardwired behind the dash reported yearsâ worth of positions at work south of the border in Jalisco.
March 21, 2019
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