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Country star John Anderson to play Iowa 80 show in July
John Anderson will perform at the 35th Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree on Friday, July 11, at 7 p.m at the Iowa 80 Truckstop. The concert is sponsored by Mobil Delvac. The 35th annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree, will be held July 10-12, 2014, at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa. The 2014 Walcott Truckers […]
March 10, 2014
Parking
Say it, don’t spray it
Confrontation in a truck stop parking lot yields this from George: “You can’t just scream at people, babe. I don’t like it either, but you never know when you’re going to run up on crazy.”
March 9, 2014
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Business
Operator tops hill, slams jackknifed flatbedder — Could he have prevented it?
Truck driver John Doe topped a hill in the middle of a snow storm then crashed into a jackknifed rig in the middle of the road. Could he have prevented the accident?
March 7, 2014
Business
This just in: Alarming news about anything
The joy of local television news: “Every day someone is shot, someone dies in a car wreck or two, and a couple of places burn to the ground — the usual stuff.”
March 7, 2014
Business
Cinnabon President to Address Women in Transportation
Kat Cole, the 35-year-old president of Cinnabon, will be the keynote speaker for the 2014 annual conference of WTS International, the association for the professional advancement of women in transportation. The conference will take place May 14-16 in Portland, Ore. The Annual Conference is WTS International’s flagship event. Attendees gather to network, discuss the state […]
March 6, 2014
Channel 19
New Tony Justice interview, showcase vid from Christopher Fiffie
Fiffie’s work combines rolling shots and other footage with interviews and music as well, a perfect fit for singer-songwriter Justice as a subject. Take a look at it here.
March 6, 2014
Business
The nuances of winning
“There are distinct trade-offs in self dispatch. The security of a regular thing is awesome, but it’s not the adventure of pinging yourself around the country” — then there’s the new boots…
March 5, 2014
Custom Rigs
Showing off at GATS: Tina Comer and a classic custom Kenworth
David Schnautz’s 1981 Kenworth W900A serves as the backdrop for 2013 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Tina Comer, who hauls logs for Comer Trucking, owned with her husband, Robert.
March 4, 2014
Business
Fitzgerald raising money for St. Jude’s with glider kit sale
Fitzgerald Glider Kits will be selling a specially built Peterbilt 389 with the full sales price of the truck going to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
March 3, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Young singer preaches an offbeat ‘Truck Stop Gospel’
“In ‘Truck Stop Gospel,’ his narration is so astute it’s impossible to tell what side he’s on — not that it matters,” writes reviewer Kim Ruehl.
March 3, 2014
Channel 19
Driver makes Truckers Against Trafficking message his own
Timothy Coon’s powerful video message about why more drivers should actively support the goal of Truckers Against Trafficking.
March 3, 2014
Business
The tanks have arms
And the frogs and dogs sing — and other strange happenings at the military installation.
March 2, 2014
Channel 19
The yardstick method of driver training
Jimmy Ardis tells the funny story of how he learned to drive — his uncle rapping his knuckles with a yardstick from the sleeper whenever he jammed a gear too quickly — toward a serious focus on the need to more robust mentoring industrywide.
March 1, 2014
Business
Exercising the demons
The thought of having to put t-shirts and shorts on with nothing to hide behind seems like a personal affront to the kind Goddess Hanes of Spandexia, who invented loungewear and sanctioned it as a consolation prize for dealing with cold weather.
February 28, 2014
Business
Delo, Cummins sponsor 2013 Ram 2500 prizes for two top truckers
One Owner-Operator of the Year finalist and one Company Driver of the Year finalist will win a 2013 Ram 2500 next month in the annual contest produced by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.
February 26, 2014
Custom Rigs
’70s fever: 1977 KW catches lots of highway attention
Owner-operator Rick Sousa of Portsmouth, R.I., hauls general commodities with his 1977 Kenworth W900A and says the paint job is popular with passers-by.
February 26, 2014
Business
Temperature regulation and first world problems
” I could possibly be at the age where I’m having a little trouble regulating my body temperature. I may or may not have flung myself into the bunk once or twice to tear off my clothing like a madwoman because of a hot flash.”
February 26, 2014
Business
ACA health insurance exchange open-enrollment period ends March 31
If you’re uninsured, in order to avoid income tax penalties for not having coverage you’ll need to enroll in a qualified health plan by March 15 to begin coverage April 1. Find a primer of how to navigate the exchanges here.
February 25, 2014
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