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Life: Page 224

Business
Fifth-place winners: Monkey, Shasta and Diesel the parrot
The fifth-place winners of Overdrive’s Most Loved Pet are a Pekingese, a tabby and a parrot. Their owners wrote in to tell us what makes their pets so special.
December 28, 2013
The Million Mile Monkey
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 2
In the second third of the year, the hours of service took front and center, along with a bevy of spectacular rigs seen on the show circuit and elsewhere. Take a tour back through the year via this review.
December 28, 2013
Dispatcher Michael Winton’s staged “scare” with his pickup and the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Peterbilt was chronicled in this May post.
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Life
Sixth-place winners: a poodle, a cat and two conures
Today’s winners include a poodle rescued from a breeder, a cat rescued from the mouth of a large dog and a couple of protective squawking birds. Dog “We rescued Maxie from a breeder. She had had three litters of pups before she was 2 years old. You couldn’t even tell what kind of dog she […]
December 27, 2013
Maxie
Business
Evil elves and lemon chessboard pie
Look out! “For the New Year I have Santa and the elephant to keep the evil monkey lamp on my desk company.”
December 27, 2013
Merry Christmas to all edit
Parking
Added bonus at the W.Va. Tamarack
In 1996, Tamarack was opened by the West Virginia Parkways Authority at the Beckley Service Plaza on I-64 as an economic development project.
December 27, 2013
Find photos (all by owner-operator George Parker) of the well-appointed facilities at Beckley in the gallery at the bottom of this story.
Business
Seventh-place winners: Booger, Bob and Duke
Today’s Overdrive’s Most Loved Pet contest winners are colorful, cute and a comfort to their owners.
December 26, 2013
Booger
Channel 19
Running in reverse: Channel 19 year in review, part 1
Big themes for the year reared their heads in the first quarter on the blog, from upcoming CARB deadlines to increasing angst over CSA. Take a tour back through the year via this review.
December 26, 2013
Melvin Davis’ custom 1988 Freightliner FLD
Business
Eighth-place winners: Floyd, Ellie and Layla
The Overdrive staff was happy to see a variety of nominees for this pet contest. Today we honor the eighth-place winners — a cat, a soft-coated Wheaten and a capuchin.
December 25, 2013
Floyd
Business
Didn’t we just do this?
The Christmas story: “I sincerely hope everyone gets home for Christmas, although I know that’s not possible. Merry Christmas, God bless, and be safe out there.”
December 25, 2013
Sasquatch coozie 2 edit
Life
Merry Christmas, drivers!
Here find a round-up of Overdrive’s Top Christmas Songs to keep you company on the road or at home today with family. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2013
Santa-truck2
Business
Ninth-place winners: A rat terrier, a tabby and a mallard duck
Today we take a look at the dog, cat and duck who placed ninth in their categories.
December 24, 2013
Frank Mansheim
Life
Infographic: Holiday stress and how your body reacts to it
How does your body’s different systems react to the stress of the holidays? This infographic breaks it down.
December 24, 2013
Click here or the photo above to see the full-sized infographic.
Life
And the winner is…: ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’
The winner in our Top Christmas Songs poll/countdown effectively evokes the melancholy of time gone by as well as the joy of having someone back home to share it with.
December 24, 2013
Overdrive top christmas songs edit
Equipment
‘Tis the season: Trucks decked with Christmas lights, decoration
Are you ready for Christmas? These photos should help, if not.
December 24, 2013
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Business
10th-place winners: Bo the dog; three-way tie for cats
Beginning today and continuing through Jan. 1, we are counting down the finalists of Overdrive’s Most Loved Pet contest. Here are the dog and several cats who placed 10th.
December 23, 2013
Logo with animals
Channel 19
Holidays on the road
Rand McNally’s survey of 800+ drivers about how they celebrate holidays on the road yielded quite a few tales of generosity, camaraderie and veritable miracles… What your best story of Christmas on the road?
December 23, 2013
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Business
Last day to enroll in health insurance exchange for Jan. 1 coverage
Drivers have until March to get health insurance coverage and avoid a penalty, however. Find an update on Healthcare.gov improvements, Obamacare rule changes and more in this story.
December 23, 2013
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Life
‘O Holy Night’: No. 2 in songs countdown
The the runner-up in our Christmas-songs countdown is another carol with roots in 1800s Europe.
December 23, 2013
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Custom Rigs
Custom 2005 Peterbilt 379 a trucker's surprise, with intricate hand-pinstriping
Kimball Transportation driver Zach Held may not be an owner-operator, but he drives an owner-operator-spec'd truck that delivered on a promise made by the small fleet owner Held pulls flatbed freight for. The custom '05 379 features a bevy of custom touches throughout, including immaculate pinstriping all around.
Small Fleet Champ semi-finalist Thomasville Furniture Xpress has grown quickly since founding within the last decade, helmed by co-owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis.
Small Fleet Champ
LTL furniture specialist TFX lays solid ground for growth, profit, support
FMCSA's new National Consumer Complaint Database page has nine categories of complaints to file, including one for freight brokers.
Regulations
FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update
Oberman Logistics owner Wes Oberman's personal truck is this Kenworth T680 -- purchased to replace a lower-fuel-mileage 2020 389 that powered his maiden voyage in trucking as an owner-operator. He's getting 10 mpg now, and providing a reliable home for leased owners has the fleet up to 11 trucks as of August.
Small Fleet Champ
Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion
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