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New year. New gear. Latest products to improve your driving days

There's no reason 2022 can't be safe and comfortable while you're on the road.

You'll need proper gear to battle next winter storm

Things to have in your truck until spring gets serious ... eventually.

SmartWitness intros first road-facing dashcam with snap-on driver-facing upgrade

Video telematics manufacturer SmartWitness is set to release what it says is a first in the dashcam industry – a a road-facing camera with an optional one-inch by one-inch snap-on driver-facing module.

SmartWitness KP2 dashcam

New Gear Guide arrives to make truckers' new year successful

New gadgets and driving tips can make for an easier life on the road.

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Rand McNally upgrades OverDryve 8 Pro II navigation device

The company says it now includes 33% more truck-specific road data.

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Howes Diesel Lifeline helps protect against winter trucking troubles

Lifeline reliquifies gelled fuel, deices frozen fuel filters, and prevents fuel filter icing down to -35 degrees.

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2021 was a good year for trucker gear, devices

Bluetooth connectivity and hands-free devices led the way.

RoadKing hands-free, Bluetooth-enabled CB radio

Optronics' new marker/clearance lights

The newest members of Optronics’ MCL16 series family of lights, the unique 1 1/4-inch, seven-diode, PC-rated lamps enable vehicles to meet clearance and all marker lighting regulations, but give users an extra lighting bonus.

Optronics' new marker/clearance lights

Hendrickson's new load-based tire pressure monitoring system

Hendrickson's Tiremaax Pro-LB builds on the technology of TireMaax Pro, which inflates, relieves and equalizes tire pressures across all wheel positions with the added benefit of load-based pressure adjustments.

Hendrickson's Tiremaax Pro-LB

Coming soon: BlueParrott's most advanced wireless mono headset

Ideal for OTR drivers, the B650-XT delivers up to 36 hours of talk time.

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RoadPro Family of Brands

Three of Frank Bowman's trucks

Truckers mostly filling up on profits in ‘feast or famine’ oilfield trucking niche

The oilfield segment of trucking is as diverse as the trucking industry itself. With flatbeds hauling equipment, liquid bulk tankers hauling water and crude, pneumatic tanks hauling frac sand and more, opportunities in oilfield abound.

Electric trucks with charger

Will battery-electric trucks end up a ‘black eye’ on environmental benefits?

1984 and 1987 Peterbilt 359s

Darrell Estes' pair of custom Peterbilt 359s -- a 1984 and '87, both with rich histories

Fuel-market insanity: A tale of two loads, bedrock cost control, rates-management tactics

Garmin Dezl Truck Navigators

Garmin Dezl Truck Navigators

How politics and PR cloud 'zero emissions' reality -- digging into recent ATRI analysis

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2022 edition of Partners in Business.

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