Life: Page 187

Earning your cool

Clorox wipes or baby wipes: There’s a difference. “While I have personally met people who could probably benefit from a Clorox armpit bath, it’s generally considered a bad idea to put bleach on your skin, and I try to refrain from it as much as possible.”

March 11, 2015

“Not recommended for mascara removal.”

Driver who saved two children from fiery crash named TCA’s Highway Angel of the Year

Colorado-based truck operator David Ragland has been named TCA’s Highway Angel of the Year award for his role in helping save two small children from a car crash.

March 10, 2015

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“I think our son may be a cat burglar … Sometimes, technology makes life harder than it needs to be.”

March 9, 2015

Trucker of the Year

31-year trucking vet Glen Horack ‘impresses with professionalism, safety and service’

The Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive partner annually to name the country’s top owner-operator. Three finalists for the 2015 Owner-Operator of the Year were named in January, and Overdrive will be highlighting all three this week. It’s all about trucking for Glen Horack. The resident of Eckland, Mo., has been team-driving for three years with […]

March 9, 2015

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Jeff Clark for FMCSA Administrator? And: Lookback Tony Justice podcast

Operator Jeff Clark fires up the campaign machine, and a lookback podcast performance from Tony Justice — Dave Dudley’s “Six Days on the Road” and Justice’s own “Who Needs Heaven.”

March 7, 2015

Tony Justice drives for Greenville, Tenn.-based Everhart Transportation. Find more about his most recent record, “Apple Pie Moonshine,” in the story and podcast at this link.

New rules for those making new rules

“If the word “data” is used once, it’s used 77,000 times and I vote that, hereafter, the gubmint is not allowed to use the word more than once in a report, unless of course, they’re referring to the Star Trek character…”

March 6, 2015

The only Data I trust

A couple’s experience with health-insurance premiums

“Once tax season hits, people are going to freak out.” –insurance agent Holly McCombs on Obamacare reaction. She and her husband, car hauler David McCombs, remain insured off the ACA exchanges.

March 6, 2015

Owner-operator David McCombs and his car-hauling Peterbilt

Florida bike week, anyone?

Headed past Daytona through the 15th? Brief word to the wise: As thousands of motorcyclsts converge on the aarea March 6-15, Love’s in Ormond Beach off I-95 at exit 273 will be fuel-and-go-only.

March 5, 2015

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Kicking colorectal cancer in the butt

Michelle Mintling will never forget May 23, 2014. It was the day she had her first colonoscopy and began one of the toughest battles of her life. Michelle and her husband Dennis are team drivers, leased on with Landstar. They’ve spent the last 9 years traveling the country together. They’ve hauled everything from baby diapers […]

March 5, 2015

Owner-operators Dennis and Michelle Mintling

Trucker of the Year

2M-miler Thomas Miller uses 2014 to boost health, raise money for cancer fight

For the second straight year, Miller is one of three finalists in Overdrive and TCA’s Owner-Operator of the Year contest. The winner, who will receive $25,000, will be named next week at TCA’s annual convention in Orlando.

March 4, 2015

How much is your time worth?

“I can’t rightfully condone Burger King bag enemas, but I can tell you to ask for detention pay…. Your time is valuable, too.”

March 4, 2015

Catch a brief vid of the hand-unload of, um, dock parts via a post on the George & Wendy Show Facebook page.

Winter storm cutting from Midwest across Southeast and beyond through Thur.

Various winter storm warnings were in effect for areas from Texas and Oklahoma east to the Appalachians and beyond; Also: More winter-trucking pics from readers around the nation.

March 4, 2015

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Day of reckoning: Health insurance/tax decisions weighed by owner-operators

As health insurance tax penalties hit many owner-operators, the prospect of paying double next year could change the decision on coverage; meanwhile, the King v. Burwell challenge to the ACA gets under way.

March 4, 2015

Owner-operator Bryan Spoon and his independent dispatcher business partner, Anna Lowdermilk, are covered by bronze plans purchased on the federal health insurance exchange.

Trucker of the Year

Many hats: Owner-op Bryan Smith active in hometown even after 2.4M OTR miles

For the second straight year, Smith is one of three finalists in Overdrive and TCA’s Owner-Operator of the Year contest. He’s being recognized for his on-highway safety and his off-highway community involvement.

March 2, 2015

Trucker Talent Search

Can you sing? Prove it in talent contest

Finalists will attend The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas in August and will compete live for first place.

March 2, 2015

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All hail Brooks

When a media foul results in a salute. A Columbus journalist gets one right in the wake of his “Reckless Rigs” initial report.

March 1, 2015

ProblemSolution

The difference between testing and implementing new ideas

Regulations and life lessons; with entry-level driver training under the microscope in D.C., Wendy learns a little more about her crazy cat.

February 27, 2015

“Say no to the harness.”

Knight of the Road: Driver rescues family in 14-degree weather

Robert Sutton braved icy, 14-degree temperatures last year to help save a family of four after they crashed on I-84. For his actions, he was named a Knight of the Road by Overdrive. Here’s his story.

February 26, 2015

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FMCSA's new National Consumer Complaint Database page has nine categories of complaints to file, including one for freight brokers.

FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update

FMCSA gives its National Consumer Complaint Database whistleblower portal an "overdue tech upgrade" it's calling "a win" for truck drivers and carriers as it gets easier to report bad brokers.

Oberman Logistics owner Wes Oberman's personal truck is this Kenworth T680 -- purchased to replace a lower-fuel-mileage 2020 389 that powered his maiden voyage in trucking as an owner-operator. He's getting 10 mpg now, and providing a reliable home for leased owners has the fleet up to 11 trucks as of August.

Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion

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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?

It's taken less than a decade for small fleet owner Derrick Wolfe to grow his New York-based food grade tanker-haul business from one truck to 21 company drivers, seven owner-operators and 10 non-driving employees.

Derrick Wolfe has built a 'sweet' business in New York's Finger Lakes region

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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?

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