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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
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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
Business
Cast your ballot: Voting for Overdrive’s Most Loved Pet contest begins
Voting for the Overdrive’s Most Loved Pet contest began Monday, Nov. 4, and will run until Nov. 30. More than 160 pets were entered into the contest, including dogs, cats, macaws, a rabbit, a capuchin and even a duck.
November 12, 2013
Channel 19
Best Christmas song ever?
The potentials are many, from “I’ll be home for Christmas” to “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch” — tell us yours toward building a top 10 list to put up for a vote this season. . .
November 12, 2013
Business
You know you’re an idiot when…
“Hey, guess what? Fifth-wheel grease stains everything….” Wendy knows because, well, she touched it…
November 12, 2013
Business
Short fuses at the fuel island
“They have people scheduled to maintain the snack bar — why couldn’t they schedule someone to maintain the fuel-isle flow? I would gladly give up a rolling rack of butt rockets for a fuel island attendant.”
November 10, 2013
Business
Gird your loins because hell has frozen over
“I applaud the trucker who let [Anne Ferro] ride with him — you’re a brave fellow. When I asked George if he’d let Anne do a ridealong with him, he flat out said, ‘Hell no.'”
November 8, 2013
Business
Goodyear looking for Highway Hero nominations
Goodyear is accepting until Nov. 29 nominations for its annual Highway Hero Award, which honors truck drivers who put themselves in harm’s way to help others.
November 7, 2013
Life
PHOTO: Mack Pinnacle loaded with the Capitol Christmas tree
The 2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was harvested from the Colville National Forest in Washington State to begin its multi-state trek to Washington, D.C.
November 7, 2013
Life
Pre-diabetic diagnosis births an Ironman
Mercer-leased owner-operator Wesley Wilson lost 100 pounds toward a quest to complete the Lake Placid Ironman race.
November 6, 2013
Life
Diesel Weasel
Diesel is the star of one of the biggest YouTube trucker vlogs on the net, Trucker Josh. Www.YouTube.com/user/truckerjosh456 Diesel has his own Facebook fan page under “The Diesel Weasel” he got over 700 likes the first day and has over 6100 YouTube subscribers following him everyday, and the audience is growing by almost 1000/month. Josh […]
November 3, 2013
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