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Overdrive Extra
Bringing back Overdrive’s Most Beautiful!
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful Contest launches on Valentine’s Day 2014. Submit your sweetheart.
February 14, 2014
Business
Fun at Pedro’s place in S.C.
If you’ve seen the signs for Pedro’s South of the Border and haven’t stopped, you should, at least once. If you’re with someone cool who doesn’t mind taking stupid pictures with fiberglass animals, it’s an added bonus.
February 14, 2014
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Custom Rigs
Pay and play: ’03 Western Star works in the summer, tours in the winter
Owner-operator Bill Kolias’ 2003 Western Star works hard during the summer, towing throughout New Hampshire. When cool weather arrives, Kolias, his wife and grandson take the truck and camper to Florida for the winter.
February 13, 2014
Business
Goodyear names Highway Hero finalists
Four finalists have been named for Goodyear’s annual Highway Hero Award, with stories ranging from rescuing a young boy from a fiery car, pulling a man to safety from a fiery crash and over-the-cliff truck and pulling a pickup truck from a pond to save a college student.
February 12, 2014
Business
Atlanta-geddon, part two
“Well here we go again. There’s an ice storm predicted for the greater Atlanta area, and this time, they’ve decided to prepare by asking big trucks to avoid the area.”
February 12, 2014
Overdrive Extra
What do cats think of us?
Cats might not be as social with their owners as dogs, but that hasn’t stopped truckers from taking them on the road.
February 11, 2014
Business
‘Deadliest Catch’ star Edgar Hansen, country stars Sara Evans, Craig Morgan highlight Red Eye Radio booth at MATS
Red Eye Radio’s lobby booth at the Mid-America Trucking Show next month will have on hand Edgar Hansen, one of the stars of the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” show, along with country stars Sara Evans and Craig Morgan.
February 10, 2014
Business
Random thoughts, random signage
Wendy marvels at the wealth of hung shingles in America: On a split billboard, an “ad was spray painted, home-made, cobbled together with plywood and corrugated cardboard. It read: ‘We buy junk cars.'”
February 9, 2014
Business
Feeling the love with a new carrier, in a warm place
If FMCSA is really concerned about safety, “they’ll go after the companies with churn like a Wisconsin butter factory, and leave experienced drivers and small companies with longtime employees alone.”
February 7, 2014
Overdrive Radio
Public ignorant to costs added to goods by trucking regulations: Part 3 of OD spot on Road Dog
Overdrive Executive Editor Jack Roberts said in a radio appearance the public doesn’t realize the burden it bears in paying for goods with prices elevated by regulations placed on the trucking industry. Listen to the segment here.
February 6, 2014
Business
20 Best Fleets to Drive For based on pay, benefits, career path named by TCA
The Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge announced their annual list of the 20 Best Fleets to Drive For. Here’s the list.
February 5, 2014
Custom Rigs
Dallas duo: Finalist Libby Clayton poses with Pride & Polish champ
Austin Ashley’s 2007 Peterbilt 379 serves as the backdrop here for Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist Libby Clayton, who drives doubles across the country for Dillard’s department stores.
February 5, 2014
Business
Sometimes you gotta lose to win
Following driver Art Huntley on his course of natural bodybuilding to lose weight and get in shape.
February 5, 2014
Channel 19
Latest TAT vid: ‘I am not a lot lizard’
The latest vid from the Truckers Against Trafficking organization re-ups the outreach to the industry via an empathetic portrait of the victims of human trafficking and a clarion call against the dehumanizing “lot lizard” term.
February 4, 2014
Business
Gretchen Wilson headlines concert at Mid-America
Grammy award-winning country star Gretchen Wilson will play a live show at the Mid-America Trucking Show next month. The concert is sponsored by Mobil-Delvac.
February 4, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Trained canine assists deaf trucker
Hearing-impaired driver Pete Kleckner’s relies on his service dog, Snickers, throughout his days.
February 3, 2014
Channel 19
New ‘Truckers for Hope’ initiative to benefit St. Jude
Organizer Chris Dowdy is requesting drivers to mail in printed pictures/bios to present to children at the hospital during the April 25 outreach visit.
February 3, 2014
Business
Rising from the frozen planet
Down and out at an Alabama distribution center in the ice — and how just a little bit of goodwill goes a long, long way.
February 2, 2014
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