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Life
Rolling Strong integrates higi health stations into app
Rolling Strong members will be able to use the stations to measure blood pressure, BMI and weight, and integrate the information with Rolling Strong’s mobile app, allowing the app to make personalized dining suggestions for truckers based on their health data, activity levels and location.
March 19, 2018
Channel 19
Jayne Denham’s new record, Jason Lee Wilson, Bill Weaver and more music haps at MATS
A new record, another trailer getting the message out onto the streets, quite actually, for Australian singer-songwriter Jayne Denham down under. Following the “Calamity” record’s March 16 release, she’s performing next week at MATS. Among trucker-songwriters also performing at various times are several whose names will be familiar to Overdrive readers.
March 14, 2018
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Trucker of the Year
Owner-operator of the Year finalist Philip Keith enjoying life’s finer things
When Keith and Eva, his wife and team driving partner, are at their Gulf Coast home in Long Beach, Mississippi, they usually can be found riding Keith’s motorcycle or on their sailboat with friends. The couple stays on the road 21 to 24 days a month, taking off the rest.
March 14, 2018
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ELD or Me to host Joe Arpaio at event
In a further bid to get Donald Trump’s attention to anti-ELD mandate sentiment, the ELD or Me group and its still-under-construction TruckerNation.org website and grassroots org will host U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio, recently pardoned after being convicted of criminal contempt of court, at a March 31 event in Nashville, Tenn.
March 12, 2018
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Kevin Kocmich rises to the oversized challenge
Litchfield, Minnesota-based Kevin Kocmich, 56, leased to Diamond Transportation System, is a finalist for the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year award. Hhas been hauling oversized/overweight equipment throughout his 28-year driving career. He enjoys the added challenge of being one of the bigger vehicles on the road.
March 8, 2018
Custom Rigs
Bandit truck series opening race postponed a week due to weather
According to series General Manager Jason Johnson, the season’s first race at Mobile International Speedway in Mobile, Ala., has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 24. It was originally set to run this weekend, March 10.
March 7, 2018
Life
Better Health: Identify sleep bandits and reclaim your rest
Restless nights can lead to not only lack of alertness and increased accident risk but also increased stress and impaired memory. While most drivers are aware of sleep apnea and the industry’s focus on diagnosing and treating it, it’s not the only culprit that robs them of the recommended seven to nine hours of nightly sleep.
March 7, 2018
Business
Ice Road Truckers may be over after 11-season run
The future of one of the longest-running reality TV shows — Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel — appears uncertain. History says it hasn’t decided whether it will renew the show for a 12th season, but the show’s star said on Facebook it appears the “show is history.”
March 6, 2018
Channel 19
Pup in need of a rolling home, and: 411 on a spare July 1980 Overdrive?
Bullpen Rescue of Georgia believes it has the perfect ridealong companion for a highway hauler among the rescue dogs for whom it’s trying to find a home. And: On the 20th anniversary of Peter Gallicchio’s trucking father’s death, he’s in search of a particular Overdrive issue where the family’s company mini Crosley tractor-trailer was featured.
March 2, 2018
Channel 19
Former hauler Dave Dein and partners bring trucking to high-school curriculum
Working with staff at Patterson High School and several trucking partners, Dave Dein has established what as far as he can tell is the first non-vocational-school CDL trucking course in the country. Available for seniors at Patterson, it’s in its first year with two sections maxed at 8 students.
March 1, 2018
Custom Rigs
Bandit Big Rig Series looks to build on inaugural season’s success in 2018
The series will kick off Saturday, March 10, at Mobile International Speedway in Mobile, Ala., and run a total of 12 races through Oct. 6.
March 1, 2018
Business
OOIDA wants court to rehear case over sleep apnea guidelines for truckers
Following a court’s dismissal of the case in January, OOIDA has filed a motion for the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its argument that FMCSA illegally altered sleep apnea screening guidelines for truck drivers. FMCSA refutes OOIDA’s assertions, and the court sided with FMCSA in January.
March 1, 2018
Business
Annual Mother’s Day Convoy looks to raise $500,000 in 2018
If the chapter hits that goal, it would cover the cost of 50 of the 75 wishes the chapter will grant to children in 2018. The convoy will assemble in Lancaster, Pa.
February 28, 2018
Custom Rigs
Thank you for the love
In which Wendy stumbles across a near-full collection of Overdrive magazines (from 1962 to 2016) at Howard Trucking in Fairborn, Ohio, for her last blog post at OverdriveOnline.com: “Just another weird and cosmic occurrence in our trucking adventures that was meant to be.” …
February 28, 2018
Business
YRC Freight driver reaches 5 million accident-free miles
YRC Freight driver Bobby Elrod has reach five million driving miles without any accidents.
February 28, 2018
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Bryan Smith adept at balancing life and trucking
Bryan Smith is one of three finalists for the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year award, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The winner, who will receive a $25,000 cash prize, will be announced in late March at TCA’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida.
February 27, 2018
Channel 19
NASCAR team transporters face off in multi-event driving challenge
Happy Monday, and with it a bit of a post-mortem on and look ahead at the first in what’s planned as a series of competitive events taking place in tandem with NASCAR races around the country this year — with a trucking angle at the center of it all.
February 26, 2018
Business
Trucker-songwriter salutes women in trucking
Longtime trucker and songwriter Joe Martin recently penned and recorded the song you’ll hear via the video as a tribute to women working behind the wheel in the trucking industry.
February 26, 2018
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