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Shortstack makes big waves with custom truck photography

Meet Ciara “Shortstack” Sleeth, a 17-year-old high school student from the hills of West Virginia on her way up in the trucking world through her truck photography. Next for her: small fleet owner-operator…

November 19, 2014

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Attack of the kidney stone, part 1

George laid up with an 8-mm kidney stone proclaims such stones “adultney stones” — it “takes a real man to pass them.” Wendy: “We’re both a little stressed and worried about how this is all going to come out (sorry – couldn’t resist)…”

November 19, 2014

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NASTC head David Owen’s sleep apnea story

NASTC president David Owen is firm in his belief in a professional driver’s ability to manage fatigue. And while he clearly knows the benefit of apnea treatment in those who suffer from it, Owen cites a fundamental disagreement with those who believe untreated apnea is public highway safety danger No. 1.

November 18, 2014

David Owen, pictured during his testimony earlier this year at the New Entrant testing listening session at the 2014 Mid-America Trucking Show.

Health-insurance exchange enrollment open through Feb. 15

Now is the time those purchasing health insurance on the exchange to browse and/or enroll or update prior purchased plans. For the coming tax year, penalties for not carrying health insurance are roughly double those in effect for 2014,

November 18, 2014

health-insurance changes ahead

Comets, celebrity butts and crashes

Do they have anything whatsoever to do with each other? Maybe not, but Wendy weighs in with an experiment intended to get information abut trucking to the general public.

November 17, 2014

Werner unveils latest military-themed truck

Werner unveiled this week its latest Freedom-themed truck, dubbed Ride for Honor. The truck is the fourth installment in the fleet’s Operation Freedom fleet of military-wrapped trucks.

November 14, 2014

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Owner-operator’s ‘grain hauling machine’

V.E. Parker calls his 2012 Freightliner Cascadia and 2014 Timpte Super Hopper a “grain-hauling machine.”

November 14, 2014

One helluva blind side back

“So it’s become pretty obvious: If you’re considering another line of work, space exploration is just a lateral over…. They think there’s a trucking shortage now? Just wait ’til everyone goes to outer space…”

November 14, 2014

Beware the comet-dwelling lumpers.

Capitol Christmas tree: Owner-operator talks 2,000-mile once-in-a-lifetime load

Owner-operator Elwood Higdem has the responsibility of piloting this year’s Capitol Christmas tree from its harvesting point in Minnesota across the country to D.C. — a gig he says “has been one of the best experiences of my life.”

November 12, 2014

Owner-operator Elwood Higdem and his wife Joan. Higdem is driving the Kenworth T880 that’s hauling this year’s Capitol Christmas tree to Washington, D.C.

Don’t eat me, bro

The connection between rubberneckers and those who will watch the “earth-shattering event” promised Dec. 7 by a certain cable network and a man who plans to feed himself to an anaconda.

November 12, 2014

I wondered what the inside of a grizzly bear looked like, so you know what? I looked it up on the Google. No special suit required.

Veterans Day: A roundup of trucking industry salutes, happenings

As noted in another Veterans Day post on Overdrive — Patriotism and trucking go hand in hand. And as noted in a story on Overdrive sister site Truckers News, more than 20 million people who served in the U.S. military now work in the trucking industry in some capacity. Trucking industry trade groups and companies […]

November 11, 2014

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Route 66 Archive stuffed with images past and present

The website has images of thousands of postcards of fuel stations, diners and other attractions from the historic highway.

November 11, 2014

In his book, Joe Sonderman curates the best from his collection of more than 20,000 postcards.

Breast cancer awareness guide for – that’s right – men

Lack of awareness is one contributing factor to late detection. A number of men don’t think they can get breast cancer, and because of the rarity, there is unlikely to be any benefit in screening them in the general population for it with preventive mammograms or other tests.

November 11, 2014

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Military vet: ‘Patriotism and trucking go hand in hand’

Owner-operator Rob Ahlers is starting a trucking company with two fellow veterans. He submitted a tattoo to Overdrive’s Show Us Your Ink, the text of which translates to “I am not led, I lead.”

November 11, 2014

The meltdown in the melting pot

“Freedom means different things to different people. Some don’t appreciate it enough to think it gives them the right to do anything. The apathetic are the most dangerous.”

November 10, 2014

Trucking leads the way in Capitol Christmas tree’s trek to D.C.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree began its annual trip to Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, when a 75-foot white spruce from the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota was harvested and loaded onto the back of a Heil heavy duty trailer, as reported by Overdrive last month. A Kenworth T880 — complete with a special graphics package […]

November 10, 2014

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Move Over Laws in spotlight through November

The folks at Allstate insurance have teamed up with the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum in Chattanooga, Tenn., on a “Provider Safety Advocacy” campaign to raise awareness of Move Over laws.

November 8, 2014

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NASTC names its America’s Best Drivers team 2014

The members of the group represent, all told, 533 years of accident free experience and near 51 million miles.

November 7, 2014

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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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