Life: Page 195

Truck Stops
Pilot Flying J implementing $100M in upgrades, healthy food options
Pilot Flying J announced Oct. 30 it is investing $100 million in facility upgrades and implementing healthy food choices and new hot beverage offerings.
October 30, 2014
Pilot Diesel Lanes
Life
Be careful what you wish for: A Halloween tale
A new fictional tale for a spooky week by Overdrive’s Wendy Parker. Sure, Gary was a little overweight, but with the new weight mandates for drivers coming on, his resignation wasn’t quite enough to forestall desperate measures…
October 29, 2014
Ken doll
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Business
Pushing back with positive press
“There are as many good trucking stories as there are bad, and while there will always be bad press, it would be nice if we could get just a little more recognition of the countless dollars raised for numerous charities by the truckers.”
October 29, 2014
2013 Convoy-5292
Business
Show Overdrive photos of your tattoos
Continuing through November, you can take a photo of your tattoo and upload it to the Show Us Your Ink gallery.
October 29, 2014
Tattoos
Voices
Do you use prescription meds to treat chronic pain?
October 28, 2014
Business
Country music that’s Justice good as rock
“If you see us rolling down the road, singing our hearts out and bopping away to country music, blame Tony Justice. It’s his fault.”
October 27, 2014
Tony Justice (left), George Parker
Business
Trucking social media 101
“The minute you post something to the internet, no matter what the venue may be, it becomes everyone’s business.”
October 25, 2014
Look, ma, no hands.
Business
Driver helps two young children survive horrific crash
David Ragland has been named the latest Truckload Carriers Association’s Highway Angel for his role in helping two young children survive a bad car crash.
October 24, 2014
David Ragland
Custom Rigs
Lumber hauling International 9300 working toward 2 million miles
Minnesota owner-operator Alex Roeder uses his 1999 International 9300 to haul lumber, construction supplies and the occasional oversized load for Gary Kotek Trucking.
October 24, 2014
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Business
On-highway swap meet
“Don’t ever let anyone tell you truck drivers aren’t generous – especially with their family and friends. We’ve got a bag full of goodies sitting here on the floor of the cab that says otherwise.”
October 23, 2014
George and Baggy-eyed bob
Business
Truckers News wants your creepy tales from the road
Overdrive sister site TruckersNews.com is collecting readers’ tales of “Haunted Highways” via a new special program.
October 22, 2014
hauntedhighways_leadphoto
Business
Hauling the Ebola virus with Dallas hazmat response team and wrecker service
CG Environmental owner Erick McCallum Tuesday, Oct. 21, was hopeful that “we’re seeing the end of it coming very soon.” The company, with an affiliated wrecker service, has been on the front lines of the Ebola clean-up in Dallas.
October 22, 2014
Ebola virus
Channel 19
Chad Boblett trucks up from nothing
The story of how Marine Corps veteran and onetime company driver Chad Boblett drove his independent business to success shows that, sometimes, the big leap pans out, even in this business.
October 22, 2014
Chad Boblett portrait edit
Life
Is it really depression?
The most important thing to remember about depression is that “it’s not all in your head.” If you are having feelings of overpowering sadness that persist for long periods of time, get a tune-up and add some vital nutrients or medications to your daily routine. Don’t be afraid to talk about it.
October 21, 2014
sleep on wheel OD
Business
32 drivers named finalists for leaders of next America’s Road Team
The American Trucking Associations named this week 32 drivers as finalists in the selection process for the captains of the 2015-2016 America’s Road Team.
October 21, 2014
Volvo-Americas-Road-Team
Business
Time travel, trucker style
Even if you had a genuine alien abductor to take you away from that most dreaded stretch of boring highway, it wouldn’t matter, according to George: “Tires aren’t rated for wormholes, can’t run ’em. And I’m pretty sure some of your friends are aliens.”
October 19, 2014
home
Channel 19
20-year-old TX intrastate hauler Chris Miller
The latest in Tex Crowley’s “Life of a Trucker” series of profile vids features this young driver, who issues a plea to those getting into the industry to work together to restore the respect for each other he feels was much more common when he was growing up.
October 18, 2014
Chris Miller edit
Business
Driver saves woman who went into cardiac arrest along the highway
Truck driver Vijaydeep Sahasi has been named the latest Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel after he performed CPR on a woman on the side of the road who had gone into cardiac arrest.
October 17, 2014
Sahasi
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Ron Kelsey, pictured here with his 'Sunrise Express' 1981 Peterbilt 359, is Overdrive's Trucker of the Month for July, putting him in the running for the 2025 Trucker of the Year award.
Trucker of the Year
Owner-op holy grail: Decades of direct freight in a custom '81 359
Owner-operator Ron Kelsey has been hauling for the same two shipper customers since he got his authority as an independent in 1994. Managing those relationships, and his award-winning 1981 Peterbilt 359, keep his business running strong.
Cameron Bagely's 1999 Peterbilt 379 parked at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show in Epping, New Hampshire.
Custom Rigs
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Regulations
Enforcing Trump's English language mandate 'not part of California law': CHP
If finalized, this proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with EPA’s first greenhouse gas regulations set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and those set in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.
Regulations
EPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulations
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