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'Music to truck by' host in the running for Broadcaster of the Year honors
“Overdrive’s Music to Truck By” host “Big Al” Weekley got a nomination nod in the International Bluegrass Music Awards program. This week on his streaming music show: An alternative top 10 trucking songs of all-time, of more recent vintage.
July 1, 2021
Overdrive Extra
A case for communication simulation in driver, biz-owner education, training
Gary Buchs with a lesson from his part-time gig simulating a hospital patient in service of nursing-school education: "Talk about a different environment from trucking! Yet I can envision the value simulation training" could hold for drivers, owners.
July 20, 2021
Channel 19
Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time
Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!
August 4, 2011
Overdrive Radio
‘Hello, I’m a Truck,’ and I’ve got a few bones to pick with you, drivers
Red Simpson’s “Hello, I’m a truck” hit No. 4 on the country charts in January 1972, making it the biggest hit single in Simpson’s long career. This latest "Songs of the Highway" installment channels that history, from the point of view of the truck.
July 4, 2021
Parking
Truck parking survey: How do you access parking availability information?
With a recent ATRI report out on truck parking, this brief survey looks at one of the big topics (truck parking availability information delivery systems). Take this brief survey to weigh in: How do you access such info, if at all?
July 2, 2021
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Tale of two searches: Manhunt for hit-and-run suspect, journey to kidney transplant
Two men -- an owner-op sidelined by medical issues, and a diesel shop owner struck in a hit-and-run -- fight for their lives with help from devoted daughters and other family.
June 29, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Will Netflix's 'Ice Road' solve carriers' biggest recruiting problems?
Netflix might not know a Kenworth from a Volvo (a big mistake in the film plenty professional haulers pointed out) but they know how to sell a story to Millennials and Gen Z.
June 28, 2021
Channel 19
Resurrecting the Rubber Duck's classic 1970 Mack RS700
This video showcases small fleet owner Anthony Fox of Rome, Ga., proud owner and caretaker of a piece of history that is one of the original 1970 Macks/60s trailer from the classic “Convoy” trucking film of the 1970s, released today 43 years ago.
November 16, 2017
Overdrive Extra
Passing the reins at Overdrive
Max Heine announces a transition at Overdrive: "I’ll be celebrating this Independence Day as a newly independent bum – or retiree, to use the proper term. I’ll truly miss the owner-operator world."
June 28, 2021
Regulations
States with the worst traffic and highways, ranked
A new report reveals which U.S. states have the worst traffic and road conditions as the debate over highway funding and infrastructure rages in Washington.
June 24, 2021
Trucker Talent Search
Winning musician will get Nashville recording session
A panel of judges has narrowed the 10 semi-finalists to three finalists in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search. The winner will receive a full day’s recording session in Nashville studio, with backing by studio musicians.
June 22, 2021
Life
Canadian driver recognized for helping woman after accident
Montreal-based Bruno Filipe Da Costa Raposo stopped to help a young woman after her vehicle veered off the road in front of him and into a ditch. Also: Cuban citizen pleads guilty in fraudulent CDL scheme; new Love's in Georgia.
June 18, 2021
Channel 19
One-pot chili-mac, from the 'deckplate diner' of owner-operator Thomas Remington
"I've broken bread with many a driver, but like this, out in the parking lot at the Love's at Trinity Lane and I-65 north of Nashville's downtown? Never." Here's the results, whipped up in under 20 minutes on the deck of Remington's Volvo VNL 740.
June 17, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Tony Justice returns to 'Overdrive's Music to Truck By'
The trucker-songwriter will be in studio with Overdrive's Music to Truck By radio host 'Big Al' Weekley to pick up where they left off in April talking Justice's long-awaited "18 Gears to Life" record, out now.
April 15, 2021
Life
Former longtime owner-op recognized as top tanker driver
Former longtime owner-operator and current company driver Ronald Baird was named National Tank Truck Carriers’ Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year. Also: U.S. 95/I-515 ramp closure planned; Bridgestone partners with autonomous trucking company.
June 16, 2021
Overdrive Extra
PSA: Driver issues education needed for non-trucking public
Here's Overdrive Extra contributor Clifford Petersen's answer to an associate's "not negative, but a bit naive ... thoughts on truck drivers," underscoring a central conundrum of trucking work: Tension between safety, pay, home time and regulations.
June 15, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned
The advice was good then and it's good now -- see a massive pileup, a multi-fatality runaway, ask yourself, "Could it have been you?" Owner-operator Gordon Alkire's '70s runaway tale, among others, shows it could. When you least expect it.
May 3, 2019
Life
Coors celebrating history with 'Bandit'-themed scavenger hunt
The keys to a fully restored '77 Firebird and a year's supply of beer are up for grabs. Also: Twin brothers recognized for helping at accident scene; Love's dropping mask requirement for vaccinated customers; more.
June 10, 2021
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