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Most dynamic interior award: Steve Hurleyâs classic 1987 Peterbilt 359
Truck features unique license plate floorboards, old signs on sleeper walls
September 30, 2016
Custom Rigs
More on the Kelty Farms 1976 International TranStar COE
Current owner Kyle Kelty tells the rest of the story around his restoration of his grandfather Jack Keltyâs 1976 International TranStar cabover, a big part of the Kelty family for decades now.
September 29, 2016
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February 19, 2025
Custom Rigs
Jay Holsomback and his workhorse 1996 KW W900L
From late 2016: This truck is nothing short of a work of hardworking art, powered by a 550-hp Cat with an 18-speed transmission, 3:55 rears and a 305-inch wheelbase. Take a video tour through its modifications here.
September 27, 2016
Custom Rigs
Big comeback for this cabover, one of 550-plus trucking stories at Guilty by Association
A tale of triumph from near-ruin September 10, 1987 in Pratt, Kansas, for this 1976 Kelty Farms International Transtar. And: More from Joplin, Mo.
September 24, 2016
Channel 19
False-positive / -negative screens and sleep apnea
Screening criteria like the recently discussed procedures are set so broadly to refer individuals for testing that to a lot of observers it looks like a gold mine for false-positive-type situations â at once, false negatives can occur, too, underscoring the importance of having a good doctor outside the medical certification proccess.
September 22, 2016
Channel 19
Parking âcapacity is the issueâ: What one state that tried to address it with new spaces is going through
Thereâs a reason all we tend to hear about around the parking issue is related to ways to deliver information about space availability. Capacity may be the bedrock issue, but can you spell N(ot) â I(n) â M(y) -B(ack) â Y(ard). Related news from Virginia.
September 20, 2016
Channel 19
Howard Salmon presents âThe Prius won,â or âCut off, ticketed, stuck on I-24 near Chattanoogaâ
Sadly, this video view from the dashcam of owner-operator Howard Salmon puts to bed an accident-free period for the longtime independent spanning Salmonâs 30-plus years â and more than 4 million miles. It also mighth exonerate him from a ticket for following too close issued at the scene.
September 19, 2016
Channel 19
Would you be referred for apnea testing under recent preliminary screening criteria?
Would you fall under the Medical Review Boardâs recent preliminary screening recommendations for criteria to refer drivers for sleep apnea testing during DOT physicals? Take this survey to find out.
September 16, 2016
Custom Rigs
Owner-operator J.D. Terry and the âDriveway Dreamâ 1995 KW â The Rolling CB Interview
Video: Run through Big Rig Videosâ Chris Fiffieâs Rolling CB Interview with independent owner-operator J.D. âBirdmanâ Terry and his 1995 KW, likewise Overdriveâs own talk with Terry about the rig two months back.
September 15, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: One operatorâs âhairyâ trip speed-limited at 65, more views on limiter mandate proposal
In response to recent polling, the largest share of reader respondents object to any speed limiter mandate. A larger share of responses considered together, though, favor speed settings well above the speeds the DOT analyzed within the proposed ruleâs text. More voices on the proposed mandate in this podcast.
September 13, 2016
Channel 19
Spot market UP-date, weekend edition: Good news for a change
The weekly demand charts from DAT came in a smidge later than usual this week, so I thought Iâd host them here on the blog this time around. Data is for the week prior to Labor Day, and the good news is that volume and load-to-truck ratios rose on the spot market and rates followed, especially [âŚ]
September 10, 2016
Channel 19
âIrresponsibleâ use of data â it happens day in, day out
Jumping to a conclusion that speed limiters are the driving force behind reductions in crashes without considering other factors is, well, irresponsible indeed.
September 8, 2016
Custom Rigs
Volvo fans, this oneâs for you: Truxâ custom â06 VNL 670
This 2006 VNL 670 might well be the only Volvo with eight-inch straight pipes, builder Josh Foster says. Take a video run through the numerous custom mods Foster took the truck through his his employer, Trux Accessories.
September 6, 2016
Channel 19
The real Leroy Mercer is âŚ
Revisiting a story I wrote on the occasion of the Dualtone labelâs 2008 release of classic âLeroy Mercerâ prank-call recordings on CD, an attempt to set the record straight on just who the comic genius behind those calls was: John Bean of Knoxville, Tenn., who passed away before the phenomenon of the tapes came to full fruition.
September 3, 2016
Channel 19
Choking down the milk and cookies
If FMCSAâs not going to remove the 30-minute break (aka the âmilk and cookieâ break in the words of more than one operator) as requested by CVSA, there may well be rationale for reducing its severity weighting in the CSA Safety Measurement System.
September 1, 2016
Overdrive Radio
âYou donât need to outrun the bearâ: NASTC head Dave Owenâs case to small fleets for e-logs
NASTCâs Dave Owen urges small fleets to use computer-assisted logs, âbefore they make you turn it into an ELDâ by syncing with the engine, to do what theyâre designed to do as a âspellcheck for logsâ: solve the problem of form-and-manner mistakes represented in safety scores and stats.
August 30, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Live from GATS: âStars, Stripes and White Linesâ â hear Tony Justice and his band
Live from the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice delivered this amazing performance to drivers attending GATS. Hear the full audio here.
August 27, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Audio: Starting GATS off right â a little front-porch singalong with Tony Justice, Bill Weaver
The Great American Trucking is under way today, and I canât remember a better beginning to it for me than this treat, a Wednesday-night front-porch singalong with Tony Justice, Bill Weaver.
August 25, 2016
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