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$2/gal. diesel: Been a while, hasn’t it?

Owner-operators with access to fleets’ or other volume discounts are seeing costs almost that far down for a gallon of diesel; Mike “Mustang” Crawford is one of them.

December 23, 2014

‘Freedom Flyer’ custom Volvo HD wrecker

The latest in the “Welcome to my cab” vid series features Eugene, Oreg-based Tim Baumgartner’s patriotically decorated custom Volvo VNL, a winner at a variety of beauty shows on the tow/wrecker circuit.

December 22, 2014

If you’re an owner-operator of a Volvo rig, follow this link to enter it for a chance to be featured in the series.

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Restart rollback: An origin story

Throughout efforts to battle FMCSA’s recent round of hours of service changes, truckers have been at the forefront with continued calls for rest flexibility.

December 19, 2014

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Helping a Georgia trucking family

“If you are looking for something or someone to bless over the Christmas season, you may want to consider this family.” –Bill Vollenweider of the Detroiter Travel Center, Woodhaven, Mich.

December 18, 2014

Good samaritan trucker shot at roadside to spark ‘Mike’s Law’ talk

On the Truth About Trucking program Thursday at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time, Randy Tomblin will be interviewed. The trucker in September of 2006 was shot during what he initially thought was a good-Samaritan stop.

December 16, 2014

Gun Control Hot Button

Restart: Moving ahead

“Anybody restart hours today, by chance?” Readers react to — and more of what to expect from — the restart change put into effect by Congress this weekend.

December 15, 2014

rest area hours

Rates: Look-back on November demand by state

DAT’s Freight index remained up year over year in November. Here find a look what states were hot for outbound demand, measured by the outbound/inbound load ratio for the month.

December 13, 2014

DAT Solutions North American Freight Index Infographic

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More voices on restart rollback; And a moving encounter off I-395 in Connecticut

Audio mailbag No. 2 on the restart as Congress mulls big spending bill; And: driver Scott LeVan’s encounter with Ben, a wounded German Shepherd, brings tears to a grown man’s eyes.

December 11, 2014

Retention is the issue, not recruiting: An ‘alert’ from trucker Jeff Clark

Clark’s personal story relative to pay, recruiting and retention on the new North American Trucking Alerts community, advocacy website.

December 9, 2014

‘Top rookie’ Julie Matulle hits the road with H.O. Wolding, Wreaths Across America

In just her second year as a driver, this week Matulle gets the rare opportunity to deliver wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery as part of preparations for the Wreaths Across America main event.

December 7, 2014

Might your next truck inspector be wearing a body camera?

Would body cameras be effective accountability/evidence tools for law enforcement? The President certainly seems to think so.

December 6, 2014

St. Louis/Ferguson protest on I-44

‘Ghost Fleet’ becomes reality in new comic

The new “Ghost Fleet” comics series builds on the notion of such a fleet of “elite combat-trained truckers” hauling no-touch, no-look cargo. One of them “takes a forbidden peek at his payload” and “uncovers a conspiracy that will change his life forever!”

December 4, 2014

Former Austin, Texas, comics store owner Cates, pictured above, tattoed his right arm with an illustration based on one of the panels in the comic to, in Hollis’ words, “remind him of the deadlines that hang over his head now that he is a successful comic book author.”

‘I-4 Ultimate’ project in Florida getting under way in new year

Also: Independent former hotshot/car hauler Joey Slaughter’s step deck transition with an all-aluminum 53-foot Chaparral step.

December 2, 2014

Round-up: Black Out in a white-out, and a little photo-caption fun

Charles Timbrook’s Black Out custom Freightliner encounters some white stuff; and: Professional speeds for professional drivers in reader photo captions.

November 29, 2014

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, two notable 2015 calendars

Detail of the 2015 Kenworth Trucks and Midwest Peterbilt group calendars, which have arrived just in time for the holiday onset.

November 27, 2014

Sioux City Truck Sales 2015 calendar cover

Some readers show favor for the public visibility of CSA’s carrier scores

And what about drivers’ information? some readers ask as broad swathes of trucking industry representatives call for hiding carrier CSA scores.

November 25, 2014

Giving thanks with fellow drivers: Brian and Bettina Cameron of Cartersville, Ga.

The word here on the team’s Thanksgiving open house in Cartersville, Ga.: “We’ve done it the last five years and it is really a great time,” says Bettina. “We’ve got to start remembering we are all a family on this highway.

November 24, 2014

The menu: Ham, turkey both fried and baked, chicken, dressing, potato salad, mashed potatoes, yams, peas, green beans, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, gravy and giblets gravy, rolls and desserts, including some sugar-free options. “We cook in shifts,” says Bettina Cameron, “because the drivers come and go all day and night.” The pictures here are from a past Thanksgiving gathering.

Looking back: 1984, Anthony’s Convoy

Remembering two-year-old Anthony Mascari, who passed away 30 years ago this week but not before a ride in the lead truck in a convoy on the I-270 loop around his home city of Columbus, Ohio.

November 22, 2014

Anthony’s convoy image from 1985 January issue

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Pride And Polish 2025

Pride & Polish: Finalists square off Dec. 30 here

Three finalists in each of five categories -- Antique, Interior, Limited Mileage, Working Bobtail and Working Combo -- selected by Overdrive readers square off for the win Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. Eastern. Save the date, and find more about all the finalists in this story.

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

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