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Trucker Talent Search competitor Mike Sheffield performs 'Hammer Down Again' original
Sheffield's song, he says, is about what it can sometimes feel like to to be over the road. The 52-year-old OTR reefer hauler began singing as a child in church and wrote his first song at around 15-16 years old.
May 17, 2021
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Overdrive Radio
'Six Days on the Road' and the outlaw trucker image
“Six Days” remains in contemporary times one of trucking’s most popular songs -- a decade ago around Overdrive's 50th anniversary, readers voted the track as the No. 1 trucking song of all time. Hear more about its history in today's podcast.
May 17, 2021
Being “a little overweight” and with a log book that's “way behind,” Dudley sings that “nothing bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the scales alright. Six days on the road and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight.”
Custom Rigs
Shell Rotella SuperRigs set for late July near Chicago
The three-day event will continue the tradition of honoring truck drivers for their hard work. The competition is intended for actively working trucks. Hardworking owner-operators from across the United States and Canada will compete for more than $25,000
May 14, 2021
Custom rig Shell Rotella
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Overdrive competing for journalism awards
The Neal awards recognize the finest journalism produced by business-to-business media outlets. Overdrive's finalist entries in five categories includes news, features, in-depth analysis and podcasts.
May 14, 2021
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Overdrive Radio
‘Prayerbilt’ owner featured on ‘Music to Truck By’
Tune in with host Big Al Weekley at 10 a.m. Eastern time Friday, May 14, to meet Wesley Ward Sr., owner of the "Prayerbilt" 2004 Pete he hauls leased to CRST, among plenty music by and about the men and women behind the wheel.
May 13, 2021
Wesley Ward having posing for photo outside of his custom Peterbilt
Channel 19
Wynonna Judd, St. Christopher changing the temperature around trucking this weekend with 'Highway to Hope'
The St. Christopher Fund keeps on truckin' with the virtual concert this weekend – catch their hour-long preview talk with Radio Nemo and headliner Judd here. Efforts put one foot in front of the other, building on the organization's long-held mission.
May 13, 2021
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Overdrive Extra
How to use your illusions about time for better management, performance
No, meetings aren't a waste of time, and better time management by itself is not going to get you down the path to success, much less equate to better on-highway performance. Yet: Understanding the illusions is key to becoming an effective time manager.
May 11, 2021
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Channel 19
Generations of owners' family legacy in Overdrive
How a trucking culture was built and maintained through the years with family, past and present. Meet Eddie Karwaski of Pennsylvania, Carl Nyhof of Wisconsin, Carl Rhodes of West Virginia, and others who learned from family, hereditary or not.
May 10, 2021
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Trucker Talent Search
Trucker Talent Search semi-finalists announced
These final top 10 owner-operators and company drivers will compete for the top spot in the Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search -- from this group, a top three will be named as finalists to determine the winner in June.
May 7, 2021
John Malayter signing while playing guitar
Life
Cancer survivor featured on Overdrive’s Music to Truck By
Weekley introduced Barb Duncan last week and will finish her story Friday on “Overdrive’s Music to Truck By: Today’s tunes from the men and women behind the wheel." The program airs from 10 a.m. to noon Eastern each Friday.
May 6, 2021
Barb and Shawn Duncan
Overdrive Extra
Lisa Kelly of 'IRT' still drives Alaska’s Haul Road
Kelly runs between Fairbanks and the oil fields around Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s northern shore. She still gets "Ice Road Truckers" fan mail.
May 3, 2021
Lisa Kelley appeared in eight of the 11 seasons of the History Channel’s “Ice Road Truckers” franchise.
Trucking History
Trucking history added to 'Overdrive’s Music to Truck By'
If you like your trucking music seasoned with a little trucking trivia, don’t miss “Big Al” Weekley’s show Friday morning.
April 29, 2021
David Macon
Life
New truck stop and CNG-power push coming near Savannah port
The Port Fuel Center, set to be completed this fall, will feature 74 truck parking spaces, traditional diesel lanes, CNG-fueling and EV-charging infrastructure, and a focus on making a driver's day a little easier, the owner said.
April 22, 2021
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Overdrive Radio
'Overdrive's Music to Truck By' features 1960s hitmaker, current artist
An interview with 1960s singer Claude Gray, along with a focus on Jason Lee Wilson, 2016 winner of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, will be highlights of Friday's “Overdrive’s Music to Truck By."
April 22, 2021
Jason Lee Wilson and James County, pictured from the Caverns venue near Monteagle, Tennessee, will feature on the Friday, April 23, edition of Overdrive's Music to Truck By.
Channel 19
Elusive blinker fluid located, 'dream hotshot' of a 1956 Chevy, and a small fleet owner memorialized
Singer-songwriter and custom performance mechanic Jason Lee Wilson's nothing if not alert to otherwise hidden possibilities when it comes to humor – and real meaning. Herein, three remarkable parts of what he's been up to this past year.
April 20, 2021
1965 restored green chevy
Trucking History
What's behind 'Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel'
This Red Sovine classic celebrated heroic wives and mothers, who shouldered the burdens of maintaining a household while their husbands drove over the road. It also subtly addressed doubts either spouse might have about the other ...
April 19, 2021
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Overdrive Radio
Overdrive's weekly music broadcast returns with Tony Justice
The trucker-songwriter will be in studio Friday, April 16, with Overdrive's Music to Truck By radio host 'Big Al' Weekley to debut Justice's long-awaited "18 Gears to Life" record on its release date.
April 15, 2021
Trucker-songwriter Tony Justice will be in studio Friday, April 16, with Overdrive's Music to Truck By radio host 'Big Al' Weekley to debut his new '18 Gears to Life' record on its release date.
Parking
New administration, renewed debate over commercialized rest areas
A policy brief published by the Reason Foundation suggests that lawmakers should reconsider the ban on commercializing interstate rest areas, but NATSO and other groups contend repealing the ban would do more harm than good.
April 14, 2021
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Flatbedder clients of ATBS earned more than $18,000 in net income during the first three months of 2021.
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Flatbedder earnings bode well for the rest of 2021
Combining all leased and independent operator clients of ATBS, average earnings for the first quarter were $16,481, or 67.7 cents per mile. At that pace, the year’s average for the group would total almost $66,000. For flatbedders it'd be $73K-plus.
Being “a little overweight” and with a log book that's “way behind,” Dudley sings that “nothing bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the scales alright. Six days on the road and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight.”
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'Six Days on the Road' and the outlaw trucker image
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'What extortion looks like': Owner-operator Glenn Keller v. Parking Pirates, round 2
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