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Active duty: Western Stars hauling 108,000-pound tanks
The Western Star full-axle tractors pictured here hauled three M88 tanks weighing 108,000 pounds each.
March 19, 2014
Overdrive Radio
Jasonās Law: Five years after the passing of its namesake
In conversation with Overdriveās Wendy Parker, Hope Rivenburg, marking the fifth anniversary of the death of her husband, for whom the Jasonās Law truck parking legislation is named, stresses the need for drivers to continue to press their legislators on areas where truck parking is sorely lacking and/or unsafe.
March 18, 2014
Life
From iPhone karaoke to viral parody hit: āSinging Truckerā Brad James
Avid singer and Youtuber Brad James estimates an audience of about 1,300 people before his detention-themed parody of āDock of the Bayā went viral. Post-āDetention,ā he estimates heās singing to around 10,000 people.
March 17, 2014
Business
Having a quirk doesnāt make you a jerk
Rather, āit makes you quirky,ā says Wendy. āHome time is awesome.ā
March 16, 2014
Channel 19
Holy snow-banks! Winter rolling vid over Loveland Pass
Another couple vids from the GoPro Camera of young Caleb Christner, son of Don Christner, the Reed Hurst Trucking driver whose dispatches from the road youāve become familiar with over the last year or two.
March 15, 2014
Life
āMost Beautifulā winner speaks on the ābeautiful womenā on the roads today
This open letter comes from Maggie Stone, named Overdriveās Most Beautiful in 2013. The current iteration of the contest is accepting nominations through March 20.
March 14, 2014
Life
When a Hummingbird just isnāt enough
Overdriveās Wendy Parker on competitive fishing, side-scan sonar technology, and more: āI have a theory that all things lead back to the trucking industry, in one way or another.ā
March 14, 2014
Business
For your dining (or building) pleasure
Georgeās choice in Clif Bars, if he canāt swing a Cloud Cake: āI would like the one that doesnāt taste like drywall, please.ā
March 14, 2014
Business
Highway Angel recalls life-threatening wreck
An icy road in Texas proved to be plenty dangerous when Thomas Colston, driving for Frito-Lay, witnessed a pickup truck fly out of control.
March 12, 2014
Custom Rigs
Matty Marie: Farm equipment hauling 379
Strickland, who primarily hauls bins and farming equipment for the alfalfa seed industry, says he named his truck Matty Marie because āI name everything,ā he says.
March 12, 2014
Business
If a tree falls in the forest, will you shut up?
āWeāre looking for flooring and Iām driving George nuts. Iām certain you just gasped with surprise. Since heās the installer, he knows exactly what we need. Iām the decorator and I know what I want.ā
March 12, 2014
Channel 19
Keller-sponsored musher pulls out another Iditarod win
Dallas Seavey broke the all-time duration record with a big win in the Alaskan Iditarod race this week.
March 12, 2014
Business
Owner-operator Matt Hopkins tells the story of his February Aconcagua ascent
Climbing in part to raise awareness and money for the Truckers Against Trafficking organization, Hopkins was within ā2,800 vertical feetā of the Argentinean summit, at an altitude of 20,000 feet, he says, when he and another climber in his party made the decision to turn back.
March 11, 2014
Voices
POLL: Have you heard about Truckers Against Trafficking?
How would you describe your level of awareness of the Truckers Against Trafficking organization, formed as a mobilization point to engage drivers to combat abduction and forced prostitution.
March 10, 2014
Business
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.Ā The concert is sponsored by Mobil Delvac. The 35th annualĀ 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 [ā¦]
March 10, 2014
Parking
Say it, donāt spray it
Confrontation in a truck stop parking lot yields this from George: āYou canāt just scream at people, babe. I donāt like it either, but you never know when youāre going to run up on crazy.ā
March 9, 2014
Business
Operator tops hill, slams jackknifed flatbedder ā 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: āEvery day someone is shot, someone dies in a car wreck or two, and a couple of places burn to the ground ā the usual stuff.ā
March 7, 2014
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