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Channel 19
‘Anne Ferro would be proud’…
One ridealong pit bull that will be familiar to regular readers would “make Anne Ferro proud with his berth time and breaks…” More on rescued “Buddy Roe” and his travels from hauler Mary Hanlon.
April 21, 2014
Business
Spring Toadies!
George and son, and Wendy, go to a rock concert: “I felt like I had been beat with a stick the next day, but it was worth it. We had a great time, functioned well under pressure as a little unit, and did things we won’t forget, and that’s what family time is about.”
April 20, 2014
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Parking
Sometimes the delays are lifesavers
Near-disaster averted by the highway in Arkansas — and the Motel 6.5: “It’s a real place, with a hand-painted sign, swear it.”…
April 18, 2014
Voices
7 more things members of the general public don’t know about truckers
“Have a little love for the truckers. They’re human beings, out there doing a hard job and a lot of them aren’t making as much money as people think.”
April 18, 2014
Channel 19
Unveiling: ‘Monkey Gouger’ travel center
With the official unveiling still several weeks off, owner-operator Jimmy Ardis, a recipient of one of TA Petro’s Citizen Driver Award recognitions, got an early look at his name up on the marquee at the recently renamed Manning, S.C., TA near his hometown.
April 17, 2014
Business
Taxing our patience — in more ways than one
Weather, taxes… “Mother Nature must have forgotten a few deductions this year, as she seems very angry and wrathful…”
April 16, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Vote for your favorite beautiful trucker
Selected quotes from our Most Beautiful nominees: “I love this industry and wouldn’t do anything else. I have a heart of gold and would give my last roller for a fellow driver in need”… and more!
April 15, 2014
Custom Rigs
The Mistress: ’04 Peterbilt and a 550-hp Cat
Owner-operator Robert Winkelman of Hermann, Mo., hauls logs and barrel staves from New Florence, Mo., to Lebanon, Ky., in this 2004 Peterbilt equipped with a 550-horsepower Caterpillar C15 motor and a 13-speed transmission.
April 14, 2014
Channel 19
Ice climber scales cow trailer, film at 11
A few outtakes from the April Overdrive cover shoot with owner-operator Matt Hopkins.
April 14, 2014
Business
Tied to a cause: Owner-operator takes Truckers Against Trafficking up the mountain
Part 2 in this feature: With support growing for Truckers Against Trafficking from the community of drivers, owner-operator Matt Hopkins, inspired by a cyclist friend to tie his planned climb of Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina to a cause, decided to take TAT with him to the top…
April 14, 2014
Business
The Whataburger connection
…to alien abduction? Yes: “Poor George has the implant, and he’s unable to fight the urges of the evil radio signals that emit from it, even under great duress.”
April 13, 2014
Custom Rigs
Christopher Vallee builds a cabover
Photos of a work in progress from the Alaska-based seasonal hauler and custom model truck builder: Plus more vintage 1970s Overdrive magazines, collected…
April 12, 2014
Business
Tied to a cause: Driver support grows for Truckers Against Trafficking
One of them, owner-operator Matt Hopkins, took his support for the organization to new heights with his early-2014 benefit climb of Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina.
April 11, 2014
Business
From one diseased, unhealthy animal to another
“We all know these things are bad for us, but it doesn’t make them any less delicious.”
April 11, 2014
Channel 19
Thursday round-up: CARB protest, highway babies, apnea follow-up
Owner-operator Loren Hutnick leads a rally, driver Mike Hawthorne packs a birthing kit, and Kenneth Dice decides fighting for a CDL is not worth it when authorities can’t even make heads or tails of what’s required relative to sleep apnea and medical certification…
April 10, 2014
Business
Two drivers deliver baby in Denny’s, named Highway Angels
Drivers Fred Robatcek and Peter Holland had their breakfasts interrupted Thanksgiving weekend last year to help a woman deliver her baby at a Denny’s in Texarkana, Ark.
April 10, 2014
Custom Rigs
Passion for purple: Dispatcher Megan Folkes models with dad’s ’03 379
Megan Folkes, dispatcher at Gulf Logistics and Parish Transport in Ellisville, Miss., poses in this photo gallery with a 2003 Peterbilt 379 owned by her dad, Alton Folkes. Megan urged her owner-operator father to fix up a purple Pete, as that’s their favorite color.
April 9, 2014
Business
FMCSA on med exam rule delay: More examiners on the way, numbers will work
Nearly 25,000 medical examiners are somewhere in the process of being certified and added to FMCSA’s medical examiner registry, the agency has said in response to OOIDA’s request for a delay for drivers of the compliance date of the rule.
April 9, 2014
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