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Freight from the ports: Savannah benefiting from West Coast freight diversions

If trends continue, watch for well better van rates out of Georgia as freight heats up with the Spring.

April 7, 2015

Click through the image for more of Nastoff’s analysis.

Rates hall of shame: Bottom 10 U.S. states for outbound freight

Turns out it’s true: Colorado on average is on the list for outbound freight — so are many Northeast states. At once, some states in the NE region show some of the highest rates for inbound freight. More data, discussion here.

April 6, 2015

Colorado outbound van, flat rates

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When airline pilots sound like, well, highway pilots

With French media reporting apparent location of the second “black box” from the GermanWings flight, a note about some reporting that rung some familiar bells on the line between profit, safety.

April 2, 2015

Germanwings crash 2nd black box

Reckless four-wheelers, bad road design…: Two factors, among others, in many truck rollovers

A recent mainstream-media report reinforces what many truckers know about truck-occupant and other fatality numbers, too: There’s more to them than meets the eye.

March 31, 2015

What’s your CB handle and how’d you get it?

Find several operators’ anecdotes about how they got their handles here.

March 28, 2015

Kick the tires of CB World’s CB handle generator via this link.

An owner-operator option for ELDs

Continental’s VDO RoadLog is a standalone unit with an up-front cost of under $700 and no monthly fees. While it doesn’t get the attention of better-known e-log devices, it may be the best owner-operator fit.

March 26, 2015

Continental Sales Manager Mike Kollar pointed this unique camera system out to me. You can see an example of the camera (not to scale, as it were: yes, those are the actual cameras’ size) positioned on the body of the model truck in the picture. Four cameras positioned in front, back and on both sides of the truck take wide-angle views to provide the driver in-cab a 360-degree display of the entire area around the truck. No more split-screen-type viewing, though drivers can toggle through to see individual-camera views for closer looks if need be. The tech is only available for straight trucks as yet, he says, but the software for articulated tractor-trailers is coming soon, with 7- or 10-inch in-cab displays. He cites a range of around $2,000-$3,500 per system for cost.

Videos: Shakedown run in Mike Morgan’s Mack race truck

Ride with Mike Morgan for a couple laps around Nashville Fairgrounds half-mile oval — Morgan’s Powershift Performance is one of several race teams getting ready for the ChampTruck World Series next month.

March 24, 2015

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Kenny Capell’s obstruction of justice case at the scale house, in his own words

Capell hopes it becomes common practice in law enforcement to better respect the job trucking professionals do by refraining from waking sleeping codrivers absent reasonable suspicion.

March 23, 2015

Kenny Capells Freightliner Columbia edit

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Podcast: A look back at Watermelon Slim’s trucking blues live in Nashville, Tuscaloosa

Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans in 2010, upon release of his “Escape from the Chicken Coop” record of trucking blues, playing his solo slide at Carol Ann’s in Nashville and at Overdrive HQ in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

March 21, 2015

Watermelon Slim, live in Nashville

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Driver training: Introducing Bryan Spoon, owner-operator on the rulemaking committee

A podcast conversation with owner-operator and ELDTAC member Bryan Spoon; and DOT’s Foxx asks “What if it all stops?”, says the Onion.

March 19, 2015

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‘Destination unknown’: New project 359, cancer cure effort from Eldon Jaeger & co.

Small fleet owner-operator Eldon Jaeger ramps up production on his Pete 359 build, which will be given away in a raffle to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

March 16, 2015

Eldon Jaeger Destination edit

Railroad emergency contacts to keep on hand

Better safe than sorry: Program these numbers into your phone, drivers.

March 13, 2015

Click through the image to download a printable visor card FMCSA created and distributed this week in the wake of the recent Amtrak derailment. Emergency contacts for the railroads are included, likewise in the text below.

Crash that shut down I-95 charged to four-wheeler; more vids from Chris Fiffie

“Every once in a while they get it right in the end,” says a reader. Also: new Rolling CB Interviews from Chris Fiffie in our updated playlist.

March 12, 2015

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How does a weigh station work?

Working in part with truckers following Overdrive’s 2014 Florida Pride & Polish, Chris Fiffie of Big Rig Videos turned his camera on the technology, procedures behind the Wildwood, Fla., weigh station

March 10, 2015

Florida DOT Senior Inspector Dennis Hegman was Fiffie’s ultimate source for the film that resulted.

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Jeff Clark for FMCSA Administrator? And: Lookback Tony Justice podcast

Operator Jeff Clark fires up the campaign machine, and a lookback podcast performance from Tony Justice — Dave Dudley’s “Six Days on the Road” and Justice’s own “Who Needs Heaven.”

March 7, 2015

Tony Justice drives for Greenville, Tenn.-based Everhart Transportation. Find more about his most recent record, “Apple Pie Moonshine,” in the story and podcast at this link.

Florida bike week, anyone?

Headed past Daytona through the 15th? Brief word to the wise: As thousands of motorcyclsts converge on the aarea March 6-15, Love’s in Ormond Beach off I-95 at exit 273 will be fuel-and-go-only.

March 5, 2015

Chris Harkins Western Star Small

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Audio mailbag: Minimum interstate age should be 18, insurance barriers to new owner-operators

Podcast round-up of some reader voices on minimum interstate driving age, insurance challenges for young owner-operators, hours, parking and more.

March 3, 2015

Trucker demand on the West Coast with the port backlog: Update

As of last week Tuesday, Los Angeles outbound was showing a load-to-truck ratio of 0.7 on DAT boards — the company considers 2.5 a balanced ratio. Look for demand to heat up mid-March.

March 2, 2015

DAT trendlines late February 2015

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Clockwise from top, Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year finalists, represented by the Western Star of Pennsylvania-headquartered Jason Shelly; Kelsey's Trucking independent Ron Kelsey, out of Arizona; and Orleans, Indiana-based John Penn.

Kelsey, Penn, Shelly: Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year finalists

Down to the wire in 2025, it's due time to celebrate what's been a year full of inspiring stories of triumph over adversity for Overdrive's Trucker of the Year contenders. Big congrats to all 10 competitors in the field, and especially this year's finalists, three independents at the top of their owner-operator business game.

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