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Trucker Talent Search
Watch: 2016 Trucker Talent Search winner Jason Lee Wilson performs ‘Roads I’ve Taken’
Driver Jason Lee Wilson, winner of the 2016 Trucker Talent Search performs his original, “Roads I’ve Taken”. Overdrive is currently accepting submissions for the 2019 Trucker Talent Search. Link to enter this year’s contest here…
March 21, 2017
Business
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Darlene Williams
Darlene Williams of Modesto, California, is one of this year’s 10 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalists. She’s been driving for 20 years and is currently a company driver with California Freight. Becoming a truck driver was just a “fluke” for Darlene Williams. “When I was a teenager, someone gave me a base station CB. I enjoyed […]
March 20, 2017
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Business
‘Burnin’ Down the Old School’ — MATS, here we come
Looking forward to all the haps at MATS this week — a new Bill Weaver EP, Tony Justice’s show and much more on Wendy’s agenda.
March 20, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Oversized freight hauler Kevin Kocmich a finalist for Owner-Operator of the Year
Kevin Kocmich, 55, of Litchfield, Minnesota, averages 115,000 miles a year — pretty good, he says, considering he’s hauling mostly oversized loads with curfew restrictions.
March 17, 2017
Channel 19
‘Learning to truck’ with W. Joel Baker, and a verse salute from Kevin Barrett
Owner-operator W. Joel Baker, founder of the free TruckBytes accounting software for owner-ops, launches a new resource site for those getting into the business, LearnToTruck.com. And: Kevin Barrett’s rhyming couplets salute the driver.
March 17, 2017
Business
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Gretchel Ramos
Gretchel Ramos, one of this year’s 10 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalists, has always been independent and able to focus on any task at hand without constant supervision. Four years ago, she was ending a long-term relationship and looking for a move and career change. “I decided to drive truck to make more money and have […]
March 17, 2017
Business
YouTubers getting the attention of new truckers
Meet Will “Lil’ Dawg” Kling and Matt “Little Guy” Eso, trucking Youtubers on a mission to entertain and inform the next generation of owner-ops and drivers. “
March 17, 2017
Life
Trucker skills competition to benefit children’s charity
The annual Safety Drive for a Cure is Saturday, March 18 at the Holland’s terminal near Atlanta, and benefits and raises awareness for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) Georgia Chapter.
March 16, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Philip Keith, Owner-Operator of the Year finalist, has done it all in trucking
The native of Long Beach, Miss., has been driving trucks for 33 years, amassing more than 4 million accident-free miles. He’s leased to WEL Companies out of De Pere, Wisconsin, and hauls mostly food products in reefers.
March 15, 2017
Business
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Christine Treviranus
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Christine Treviranus of Hawthorne, Wisconsin, wanted to be a truck driver for as long as she could remember. “My dad was a truck driver, and ever since I can remember I said I wanted to be a truck driver … but then I met my husband and we had five kids.” […]
March 15, 2017
Business
‘Because We Can’ to feed hungry truckers at MATS
“Because We Can” will attend the show for the fifth year this year to serve breakfast and dinner to drivers at the show. The food will be provided for donations only, and no one will be turned away due to inability to pay.
March 15, 2017
Business
Hours of service and the need for flexibility: What docs, nurses and truckers have in common
Parallels in nursing and trucking hours regs and practices, as the debate over flexibility continues in both: “None of the issues regarding sleep-deprived safety will be solved with a one-size-fits-all rule, in any industry, as long as human beings are doing the jobs.”
March 15, 2017
Voices
Guy Pippin’s run-in with a distracted four-wheeler on I-49 in La.
Accident in the side-view mirror: Bulldog Hiway Express driver Pippin was northbound, approaching the scene of another accident that had occurred on the southbound side of the road, when a “brown Toyota pickup was barreling up through there and locked up the brakes and hit the trailer.”
March 15, 2017
Channel 19
New book from a familiar hand: Overdrive’s own Wendy Parker
Something that had to happen here on Overdrive, but of course: The debut of George & Wendy Show writer Wendy Parker’s “100,000 Miles of Crazy: Adventures from the Road with George and Wendy.” The book’s out now, a compendium of the best of her blog’s first year.
March 14, 2017
Trucker of the Year
Owner-Operator of the Year finalist Gary Buchs finds value in people
Gary Buchs, 62, of Colfax, Illinois, has spent many solo hours logging 2.3 million accident-free miles in his 27-year driving career. His success comes from being able to interact with so many people daily. Buchs is one of three finalists for the 2016 Owner-Operator of the Year, produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
March 13, 2017
Business
What is the cash value of a monkey, sir?
George: “There was a sign. I read the sign before I told them I’d rather have the cash value of a monkey than an actual monkey if I won.” He neglected to add, “Like some people I know would have,” but it was implied.
March 13, 2017
Business
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Mandy Cole
This is the first of 10 stories about this year’s contest finalists. Check back throughout March for the rest.
March 13, 2017
Business
Overdrive announces 10 finalists in contest recognizing women truckers
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful recognizes female drivers who stand out for professionalism and a positive representation of a career choice typically dominated by men. Here are the 10 finalists for the 2017 award.
March 10, 2017
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