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Crossville classic — Bill Bradford’s FL 9664T
I’m out at the Crossville, Tenn., truck show of the Music City Chapter of the American Truck Historical Society, where things are just getting under way. Bill Bradford, semi-retired owner of a business selling Land Rover parts in South Pittsburg, Tenn. (between Monteagle and Chattanooga), is here with this sweet long-wheelbase (relatively) 1978 Freightliner cabover, […]
June 15, 2012
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Vegas trucking tweets and Music City peeps
The Great West Truck Show gets going today out in Las Vegas, running through Saturday with vendor exhibits, the Custom Rigs Pride & Polish competition, CCJ‘s Fleet Executive Conference (under way as of yesterday — some news here from the first panel on challenges and opportunities trucking the rarefied California environment of late) and more. Follow Overdrive‘s Twitter feed @OverdriveUpdate — […]
June 14, 2012
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Would the professional drivers please raise hands?
At a fueling station in Dayton, Ohio, Kevin Burch, President of the Jet Express truck line, saw a decal (pictured) on the side of a flatbed as he was fueling. The message, “This truck helps build homes for our troops,” was on a flatbed in the operation of a Volvo Rents delivery fleet. Burch took […]
June 13, 2012
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Heads-up: Senate EOBR mandate gets a push
The mandate for interstate carriers in the United States to use electronic onboard recorders for hours of service tracking that is in the Senate’s two-year highway bill proposal — S. 1813, currently in conference with a House six-month temporary reauthorization and experiencing no shortage of debate — got a little push from a few big players […]
June 12, 2012
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Truckers to DOT: ‘Smartphones are winning’
Smartphones are whipping the Department of Transportation in the battle for the attention of the motoring public, wrote Whitesboro, Texas-based Pennco Transportation driver Martin Groseclose on Overdrive’s Facebook page, in response to last week’s news of the DOT’s strategy for dealing with the epidemic of four-wheeler distracted driving. If you missed said news, check it […]
June 12, 2012
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Driver for Landstar-leased fleet in Oprah magazine
Cleveland-based Shannon “Sputter” Smith (pictured, courtesy of Women in Trucking), a driver for a Landstar-leased small fleet, got into on-highway hauling as the youngest child of a father who worked on trucks for a living. As told by Jeanne Marie Laskas in Oprah magazine, her story is an inspiring one for any woman thinking of […]
June 11, 2012
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Two awesome class 8 motor coaches
The first comes by way of the Southeastern Regional Truck Show and the awesome pair of Hyler Bracey and Cass Flagg, the former of whom you may well remember as one of the folks behind the “Big Horn” moving museum(click through that link for a story about its conception.Some years later, Bracey was looking for […]
June 10, 2012
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New Android app provides IFTA assist
Owner-operators packing an Android-powered smartphone can use a new free tool to track fuel purchases and drive miles by state — right on your smartphone. The SimpleIFTA app makes doing so relatively easy, taking paper out of the process (click through the image to download if you’re reading on a smartphone, scan the QR below […]
June 9, 2012
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From toilets to roads — concrete from the potty
It’s “poticrete,” actually, the name given an aggregate mix the city of Bellingham, Wash., used for a paved trail project — a big portion of the aggregate is made of crushed toilets, sinks and other porcelain bathroom fixtures. The mixture is notablein that it marks the first “LEED-style certification,” Christopher Mims wrote on thegrist.org, for […]
June 8, 2012
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Driver reunited with lost pup
Have you heard the one about the truck driver whose Yorkie pup slips out of the truck while he’s cooling his heels briefly at a Missouri rest area? Well, all’s well that ends well, and that one does, USA Today reported yesterday. The driver, Michael Siau, “didn’t realize that Rambo [the Yorkie] had slipped out […]
June 7, 2012
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‘7 deadly lot lizards’ infographic raises image questions
A satirical infographic detailing the so-called “7 Deadly Lot Lizards” from the folks at Trucker to Trucker.com has me pondering the dynamics that make just this sort of thing possible. I won’t repost it here, but you can take a look at it on their site (or click through the truncated thumbnail at right). Among […]
June 7, 2012
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IRT without Lisa Kelly: Downer for many fans
With Ice Road Truckers‘ sixth season premiere on the History Channel last Sunday, fans were reportedly bummed by the absence of the biggest star the show’s produced, trucker Lisa Kelly. (Find my 2010 interview with her here.) On Overdrive‘s Facebook page, one commenter went farther: “Looks like this will be the worst season ever. Hot […]
June 6, 2012
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Sound off on CSA changes via score/data preview
As CVSA’s RoadCheck inspection blitz continues this week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a call to action that makes clear the importance of safety scoring to motor carriers and independents. Through the end of the month, you’ll be able to preview refinements the agency has made to the CSA program’s Safety Measurement […]
June 6, 2012
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Photo: Face of a longtime driver damaged by sunlight
A stunning photo from the New England Journal of Medicine shows the damaging effects of ultraviolet sunlight on the left side of a 69-year-old longtime truck driver’s face.
June 5, 2012
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Move some tarps, get some tarps
If the Tarps Plus company has its way, you may well in future take a load of its tarps and get paid in, well, tarps. Check out this story on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, which quotes Tarps Plus president Michael Stein on the “no-brainer” that is a new program looking to barter company tarps […]
June 4, 2012
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What does your fuel surcharge look like?
A poll that asks for owner-operators’ thoughts on the use of fuel surcharges as a cushioning agent against spikes in fuel prices sparked some discussion on Facebook last week. Owner-operators Linda Caffee, Jeff Clark and others were involved, Clark taking the point of view that fuel surcharges were merely a utility for negotiating long-term rates in contracts […]
June 3, 2012
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Channel 19’s Friday trucking news quiz
A brief quiz on the week’s news — play yourself! Post answers in the comments here then go back through the past week’s blog entries to check your results. Get all five without cheating? You might be my best reader. 4: A Channel 19 regular, no doubt. 3: Thanks for reading! 2: Where have you […]
June 1, 2012
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From the shop to the road: One operator’s 359
This 1986 Peterbilt 359 is the result of a three-year project conducted from 2007-10 by owners Wayne and Kelly Ziegenfuss, today leased to Bennett Motor Express and hauling mining equipment to Arizona, coming back with copper, on a step deck from a Hendersonville, N.C., home base. I met the pair at the Southeastern Regional Truck […]
May 31, 2012
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