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Channel 19
Sleep apnea twilight zone in California: The strange trials of Greg Price
Price’s story illustrates that when faced with a bureaucratic mistake, followed quite clearly by bureaucratic insolence, persistence for what is right and correct and true can ultimately win the day.
July 23, 2015
Pride & Polish
Photos: The Evel Knievel haul rig, finished!
Photos of the finished rig! The 1974 Mack FS cabover haul rig of legendary the daredevil will be staged as a traveling exhibition beginning July 23 at the Evel Knievel Days festival in Butte, Mont.
July 22, 2015
Pride & Polish
Photos: Competition heats up at Pride & Polish in Tenn.
Views through the middle of Day One of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish event in Tenn. Four more competitors for the National Championship round in Dallas at GATS next month will be established here.
July 17, 2015
Pride & Polish
Photos: As the rigs roll in to Fitzgerald, a look back on last year’s Tenn. Pride & Polish
No doubt the rigs have already started rolling in today for the big Pride & Polish show tomorrow — catch photos, videos and more from stand-out rigs and owner-operators at last year’s event, all in one place.
July 16, 2015
Overdrive Radio
New Tony Justice album to feature vocal work with Aaron Tippin
Everhart Transportation driver and singer-songwriter Tony Justice reports that work on a new record is getting under way. For the title track, “Brothers of the highway,” he’ll be joined on vocals by trucking-music veteran Aaron Tippin.
July 14, 2015
Channel 19
Shout to a shipper
Holly Knoll Services owner-operator Dave Palmer gives credit where it’s due — to B&T Sand of Columbia, S.C., for efficient load/unload practices.
July 11, 2015
Channel 19
What do the confederate flag and used-truck prices have in common?
They’re coming down, according to word from the South Carolina legislature and governor and the latest, June edition of the NADA/American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck Guidelines report.
July 9, 2015
Channel 19
Postscript: Analyzing base linehaul rates minus fuel
A quick glance at rate performance year over year, minus fuel, is fairly simple via DAT’s Trendlines pages. And, asks a reader, If rates are flat, where’s the capacity crunch everybody keeps talking about?
July 8, 2015
Overdrive Radio
The resurrection of Evel Knievel’s 1970s Mack haul rig
In this podcast with Robb Mariani, the onetime host and producer of the American Trucker show marks the beginning of the end of the story of the Evel Knievel Mack haul rig he located several years ago. The restoration is almost done.
July 7, 2015
Channel 19
‘Long overdue’ — More driver voices raised on FMCSA’s diabetes rule-change proposal
If you haven’t yet weighed in on the issue, today is your last day on the federal docket — you have until midnight Eastern time to do so.
July 6, 2015
Channel 19
Have spot market rates really dived as much as you think?
When adjusted to control for the large difference in fuel prices, by some views rates are actually stronger this spring than in 2014.
July 3, 2015
Channel 19
The Dispatcher app: More book-now freight options via smartphone
Billing itself as a “concierge service” for independents, the Dispatcher app offers automation of the freight-booking process. Since its soft launch, a few thousand operators now use it regularly.
June 30, 2015
Channel 19
Changing tires the old-fashioned way: ‘A Trucker’s Tale,’ part 3
Part 3 excerpting Ed Miller’s “A Trucker’s Tale” memoir: “It is a wonder my brothers and I didn’t get killed changing tires while we were young.”
June 27, 2015
Channel 19
Learning to become a truck driver — and to cuss like one: ‘A Trucker’s Tale,’ part 2
Part 2 excerpting Ed Miller’s “A Trucker’s Tale” memoir: “Tt seemed that every grown man used several cuss words in every sentence. I practiced to myself enough that I could cuss with the best of them before I was out of elementary school. …”
June 25, 2015
Channel 19
Moving new song from 2014 Trucker Talent Search winner Keith Sampson
And more “music to truck by” — our playlist updated. Also: Here’s a happy father’s day to all the dads in the audience, from one among you.
June 19, 2015
Channel 19
Couple recent releases from ‘Truckin’ Sessions’ singer-songwriter Dale Watson
Known among truckers for his “Truckin’ Sessions” series of records — the first released in 1998 and the second in 2009 — country singer-songwriter Dale Watson has been active the last year or two with another “Truckin’ Sessions” volume (2014) and the new “Call Me Insane” album as well. (Listeners can stream the third trucking-tunes […]
June 18, 2015
Channel 19
When will the next economic downturn hit?
“Owner-operators better tighten their belts now. If I’m seeing the cards right, there is rough water ahead.” –Owner-operator Richard Fassett
June 16, 2015
Pride & Polish
Two regional shows to keep an eye open for in VA, NY
Upcoming in early and mid-August, the annual semi-truck pull at the Broome County Fair in Whitney Point, N.Y., and VA Large Cars’ “Freedom Fighters Truck Show” in Madison, Va.
June 13, 2015
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'Gangster Hauler': Al Capone-themed 1967 Kenworth W925
Airbrushed murals around the rig feature Al Capone and similar 1920s-era gangster themes, while the rig's interior depicts a barroom scene, complete with a chandelier, mounted Tommy guns and more.
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