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Trucking History
The 'Mother Road' heyday of independent truck stops and diners
Take a tour down old Route 66 through the highway postcard collection of Joe Sonderman, which began early on for him on family stops at Gaspar’s Truck Stop in Kingdom City, Mo., where he saw a postcard showing its prior incarnation... The rest is history.
March 15, 2021
Three people eating at Trucker's Home in Arlington, Missouri
Overdrive Radio
Listen: Introducing Rylan Brooks' 'If Wishes Were Horses'
Nate Rylan and Chris Brooks’ hard-driving country rock stems from a songwriting collaboration that blossomed on the road when Rylan came aboard with Brooks’ independent owner-operator business as a codriver several years back.
March 12, 2021
Rylan Brooks album cover for If Wishes Were Horses
Life
POLL: How do you feel about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines?
Whether you've actually been vaccinated or not, which of these choices best describes your general feeling about the safety of the COVID vaccine?
March 10, 2021
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Life
New Tony Justice record available for pre-order
Justice's '18 Gears to Life' is his first record in almost four years. Also: Night haulers can catch a replay of last Friday's "Overdrive's Music to Truck By" online radio program starting at 1 a.m. Central Wednesday morning.
March 9, 2021
Tony Justice 18 Gear to Life
Channel 19
A '70s film at Overdrive's diesel drag races, and a 'Back in Time' tour
In 2016, a late-1970s short film on U.S. trucking, via Overdrive’s Englishtown, New Jersey, truck drag racing event, provided a clear window back in time, including a glimpse of Overdrive’s founder. This 60th-anniversary special takes you there ...
May 19, 2016
'just nancy' featured briefly in trucking film
Regulations
Speed limiter debate reignited with new administration
ATA penned a letter to DOT Secretary Buttigieg advocating for speed limiters, while OOIDA responded with a letter of its own opposing such a mandate. Also, Michigan expands its spring weight restrictions.
March 5, 2021
Speeding Gov Shots
Life
Crash involving truck, SUV leaves 13 dead, 13 injured
A two-vehicle collision early Tuesday involving a truck and an SUV in southern California left 13 people dead and another 13 injured. Also, a new Love's is open in Bath, New York, and spot rates/volumes in the last week surge for dry vans, reefers.
March 4, 2021
Calif Crash
Overdrive Extra
Trucker showed how to 'enjoy the ride'
Remembering Anthony Scott Townley Sr.: "Whether it was food, hospital supplies, oil or gas, my dad hauled it all. His life made a difference in this world, and it’s not just him but the many truck drivers who have decided that the road is their home."
March 4, 2021
Anthony Townley Sr. standing in front of a blue Mack semi-truck
Channel 19
Owner-operators wrestle scheduling hurdles with double-dose COVID shots
Two days' notice for a vaccine appointment in Tarrant County, Texas, just wasn't going to cut it for Landstar-leased flatbedder Bill Ater, he said. As states have opened up the COVID shot to older residents, scheduling obstacles for truckers abound.
March 2, 2021
Covid Vaccine
Trucking History
First hit trucker song in history channeled road woes
Louisianan Ted Daffan visited honky-tonks frequented by truck drivers to help write his 1939 hit "Truck Driver's Blues." Find more about what's believed to be the first national hit of a trucking song in this Songs of the Highway special-edition podcast.
March 1, 2021
A sketch of a truck being loaded or unloaded sometime between 1935-1939
Overdrive Radio
The long tail of the CB's social utility
Owner-operator Mike Crawford in this Overdrive Radio edition expands on some of the themes showcased earlier this week in our special-edition podcast in part about the ongoing safety utility, and the decreased cultural importance, of the CB in trucking.
February 26, 2021
Mike Crawford sitting in a truck stop booth
Channel 19
Add your voice to 'Overdrive's Music to Truck By,' BlackOut tribute truck headed Daytona-way
Chuck Timbrook running south for Bike Week March 5 with his vets-support rig, and: Help us celebrate professional drivers and submit an intro that may be featured on the new show.
February 24, 2021
Chuck Timbrook's 'BlackOut' tribute truck
Channel 19
Respite, brother- and sisterhood, fellowship on the long, cold road this season
The cultural ramifications of the simple practice of turning the CB on are alive and well and, in a rugged winter for over-the-road haulers all across the country, shining through in so many ways. Stuck in the ice, making the most of the situation...
February 23, 2021
Thomas Remington with driver friends at the Love's in Wamsutter, Wyoming
Business
Truck stops closed due to power outages from winter storm
Truck stops across the South and southern plains are closed or otherwise impacted by Winter Storm Uri. Also: FMCSA's COVID hours of service waiver was extended; MATS 2021 has been postponed to next year; trucker needs help after family tragedy; more.
February 16, 2021
Trucks Snow
Overdrive Extra
Is burnout stoking in your workday? Here's how to fight it
It could manifest in added responsibilities you find yourself no longer able to keep up with, much less enjoy. Clifford Petersen here details the signs, how drivers' work can compound the issues, and how to get out of them with your sanity intact.
February 16, 2021
Semi trucks and cars on highway
Trucking History
1970s documentary gives intimate look at truckers' lives
A nationwide tour opened doors of truckers' homes for documentary filmmakers to get an intimate look at the business and family lives of owner-operators in the pre-deregulation era.
February 15, 2021
Jobie Vaden standing in front of a Keaton Truck Lines White-Freightliner truck
Overdrive Radio
COVID hours exemption not valid 'just because you're hauling food'
On Overdrive Radio, food for thought via the words of Captain Jon Olsen of the Minnesota State Patrol about qualifying for the COVID hours exemption, and: Episode 5 of the OTR podcast, about family-life sacrifices drivers -- and those back home -- endure.
February 12, 2021
covid-19 restocking emergency bill of lading
Technology
DAT load board integrating with Axele TMS
DAT and Axele's integration will give small and midsized truckload carriers easy access to automated freight-matching features that are typically available only to enterprise carriers. Also: Trucker recognized for helping family whose vehicle caught fire.
February 12, 2021
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Truck stop is part of Alaska's backcountry history
Coldfoot Camp and the Dalton Highway, which runs past it, have ties to development of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and, more recently, the popular "Ice Road Truckers" TV series.
The independent trucker we will not go away protest sign
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Owner-ops aren't company drivers for a reason
Trooper at computer watching truck cross scales inspections
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Roadcheck: Do blitz announcements do any good?
Truckers parked on get-on ramps out of rest areas given a lack of adequate designated space available is an ever-more-common sight on the highways today.
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What's at stake for truck parking advocates, states in federal funding
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Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2021 edition of Partners in Business.
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