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Trucking 101
Learning long and hard: “I haven’t developed the nerves it takes to play these monkey games. I’m still panicky when the truck isn’t rolling.”
May 21, 2014
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Custom Rigs
Long Haul Survivor benefit totals announced
May 17, the raffle winner, Brittany Dunigan, picked up the rig in Iowa, and it was revealed the rig raised a grand total of $142K on its yearlong fund-raising tour.
May 20, 2014
Brittany Dunigan and Long Haul Survivor
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Business
Sylectus holding ‘Driver Story’ Contest During National Transportation Week
Sylectus, a business unit of Omnitracs, announced the launch of its Driver Story contest. Open exclusively to current and retired drivers of carriers subscribing to Sylectus’ services, the contest invites drivers to submit their most compelling delivery stories for an opportunity to win a variety of prizes. Contest details are as follows: Start Date: Tuesday, […]
May 19, 2014
Business
I love the smell of 70W in the morning…
Three creative solutions to long-haul storage problems in the new truck.
May 18, 2014
Cab Refrigerator detail
Life
If the home is a castle, what about the truck?
So-called “castle law” explored.
May 17, 2014
Jason Rivenburg, for whom the Jason’s Law truck-parking legislation, included in the MAP-21 highway bill, is named.
Business
Put the brakes on inspection
“We had our first Landstar 90-120-day inspection this week. It just so happened to fall right before the big Safety Push 2014, and although it ended up being expensive, I’m really glad it happened when and where it did.”
May 16, 2014
George and Wendy Parker's 2004 Freightliner
Business
A spare tire walks into a bar…
George and Wendy take a trip to the beach for the first in a long time — look in the mirror says, time to gear up for a weight-loss initiative; you can help their success, and your own!
May 14, 2014
George behind the camera, doing pics and filming the first video installment for the Maxx Fitness Team; Left to right: Jesse, Aly and Jason.
Overdrive Extra
Forgetting a parking place and other highway goofups
If you’ve forgotten where your truck is parked, you’ve got something in common with most four-wheelers.
May 13, 2014
Three in 10 people admit to driving off with a drink or other object on top of their vehicle.
Business
Singer Lindsay Lawler starts four-month truck stop tour next week
Country singer and Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler will begin her second Highway Angel Truck Stop Tour on May 21. The tour covers more than 10 states and lasts until late September.
May 13, 2014
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Channel 19
More trucking tunes — and a cheeseburger
Catch Bill Weaver’s “Ode to a Peterbilt” in video, likewise the ‘Monkey Gouger’ cheeseburger, named for owner-operator Jimmy Ardis, at the Manning, S.C., TA location.
May 13, 2014
Jimmy Ardis Monkey Gouger Cheeseburger
Custom Rigs
Shell’s SuperRigs show takes place this week in Charlotte, N.C.
The annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition will be held May 15-17 at the zMax Dragway adjacent to the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
May 13, 2014
Bill Rethwisch’s 2013 Peterbilt 389 and matching Polar tanker won the SuperRigs competition last year.
Trucker Talent Search
Can you sing? Prove it in talent contest
The Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search, sponsored by Chevron Delo, is looking for truckers who love to sing. Submissions will be accepted through May 26.
May 13, 2014
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Business
The ups and downs (mostly the former) of self-dispatch
“So tomorrow we set out, for parts unknown, on a self-dispatch journey that doesn’t include a regular run….”
May 10, 2014
Find more photos of the 2004 Freightliner Coronado George and Wendy got running earlier this year, leasing to Landstar, in the gallery in this linked post.
Life
The JBC Hotline: Raising money and keeping good company
The group grew from four people making three-way calls to an organized conference call that runs 24/7. Callers use the room to keep company on long nights, give and get weather and road reports, check routes and just touch base with other human beings who do the same job.
May 9, 2014
Left to right: Don Schmidt, Richard Gatton and Kevin ‘Cornholio’ Young of the JBC Hotline crew at MATS.
Business
Dinner with history
“So I’m flipping through my virtual Overdrive and notice the contest Delo is having for a prize that involves dinner with Edgar the crab guy….”
May 9, 2014
“Crab Guys Who Lose Fingers and Bash Themselves Up”
Custom Rigs
Long Haul Survivor benefit rig goes to Michigan-based driver Brittany Dunigan
Twenty-one-year-old Dunigan got the call the evening of May 4 in Michigan and “her first comment was ‘are you telling me I won that Purple Peterbilt?’”
May 8, 2014
The Long Haul Survivor
Custom Rigs
Picture perfect: Show hauling ’99 Kenworth
Owner-operator Dale Burke of Strongsville, Ohio, snapped this picture of his rig while at a show at the Hilton at Universal Studios, Fla.
May 8, 2014
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Overdrive Radio
30-second trucker tip: How to find and play podcasts
Bored with the same old CDs and satellite radio programs to tickle your ears while you’re on the road? If you’ve got internet access, you can liven up those long hours with some fresh programming that suits your mood and interests.
May 7, 2014
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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.
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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.
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