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Hog heaven: Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner tackles tough niche with a big smile
Owner-operator and livestock hauler Maggie Stone was named the winner of Overdrive’s Most Beautiful contest in August. Here’s her story, detailing her one-truck operation — MissFit Trucking — her outlook on life and her work in charity.
November 27, 2013
Voices
What are you thankful for, driver?
As part of a Thanksgiving-related story package, we wanted to share with your driver, owner-operator and small fleet colleagues what others like them are giving thanks for this season.
November 25, 2013
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February 19, 2025
Business
Data analysis: Ten years isn’t a lifetime…for Yoda
“As much as I’d like to be able to write a happy ending for the hours of service story, I can’t. The HOS are just the tip of the iceberg.”
November 24, 2013
Business
TCA, Pilot team up with Wreaths Across America for ‘rolling tribute’
Two trucking industry entities, the Truckload Carriers Association and Pilot Flying J, have teamed up with non-profit Wreaths Across America to form a “rolling tribute” to fallen U.S. veterans.
November 22, 2013
Business
Have it your neigh
On U.K. horse-meat fast-food burger scandal: “I’d actually be happy to find out it’s only horse meat, and not something unspeakable, like ground-up baby diapers drenched in pig fat.”
November 22, 2013
Custom Rigs
Hauling the Capitol Christmas tree with driver Duane Brusseau
We caught up with lead driver Brusseau at the tree’s stop in Nashville — find a brief video, photos of the rig and further reporting here.
November 21, 2013
Custom Rigs
Midnight Rider: 2005 Peterbilt 379
Jerry Kleinsasser of Frankfort, S.D., tore his 2005 Peterbilt 379 to bare frames and rebuilt and customized the truck equipped with a 550-hp Caterpillar and an 18-speed transmission.
November 21, 2013
Business
Former Trucker of the Year on health, success strategies
In this vid, owner-operator and former Trucker of the Year Mike Curle stresses his focus on long-term health and the short-term strategies he’s adopted toward keeping his weight and blood pressure down, and sense of well-being high.
November 20, 2013
Business
When dumb meets middle-age humor
Worlds collide amid the signing of forms in order to properly exercise First Amendment rights. Now, more waiting on that important callback….
November 20, 2013
Life
How to bring home on the road
While it requires dedication and understanding, and like any family situation, there will be trials and tribulations, having close family ties while being away is absolutely possible.
November 19, 2013
Overdrive Extra
These are the most annoying drivers and driving habits
Who are the most annoying drivers? For you, it’s a simple answer: four-wheelers, at least the bad ones. The same question was put to four-wheelers, and their responses were based on relationships. The top three, in order: my spouse, a friend, my mother. If you’re wondering about that leading “spouse” response, women were slightly more […]
November 19, 2013
Voices
Overdrive’s top Christmas songs: Vote for your favorite!
Help us get into the holiday freight-hauling spirit this year by casting your vote for the best Christmas song of all time.
November 19, 2013
Channel 19
Owner-operator takes active role in educating tomorrow’s four-wheeler
Meet Todd Modderman, independent owner-operator who today collaborates in his spare time with the B.R.A.K.E.S. program of young driver education, utilizing his Peterbilt 379.
November 19, 2013
Business
Po-ta-to / Po-terrifying
“Most people don’t scream when they see a potato that’s been left until it grows hideous, blood sucking tendrils, and they tend to look at you funny when you do.”
November 17, 2013
Business
Do you have a permit for that?
Annals of obstruction: If such questions keep up, Wendy says, she’s may just require sources sign a “waiver … to read my articles from now on.”
November 15, 2013
Life
More holidays to celebrate — or ignore
That’s right, Hoodie Hoo Day is a real, copyrighted holiday, celebrated on Feb. 20. People run outside at high noon, raise their hands in the air, and yell, “Hoodie Hoo!” | more lesser-known holidays …
November 14, 2013
Parking
Report: Open road is gone as modern trucker grapples with hours rules, e-logs and parking shortages
A Wall Street Journal report says a “confusing tangle of rules” and a myriad of devices like electronic logs and speed limiters are dampening not only the industry’s efficiency but the will of those who are and want to be truck drivers.
November 14, 2013
Business
Chevy pickup turns corner, slams truck’s trailer — Could trucker have prevented it?
Truck driver John Doe was waiting to be unloaded when a pickup roared around the corner of the restaurant and smashed into his trailer’s ICC bar. Was this a preventable accident?
November 12, 2013
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