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Channel 19
Obamacare case analysis: Stick with the wife’s insurance
Owner-operator Michael Wright, of Michigan, runs through health-insurance numbers as he contemplates potential moves in 2014 as the Affordable Care Act gets closer to implementation.
October 14, 2013
This image greets visitors to the HealthCare.gov central portal for applications for insurance purchased through the public exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” Best estimates of the cost of coverage for your particular situation, without going most of the way through the application process, can be found via the Kaiser Family Foundation’s costs/subsidy calculator, though only Silver-level plans are estimated there.
Business
Close quarters and gastric distress
“Sometimes, making friends on the road is hard.”
October 13, 2013
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Charlotte 500 in pictures
Rigs of NASCAR: Scenes from the garage, pits and infield at the October 13, 2013, Bank of America 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
October 13, 2013
This JHE Productions rig hauled the concert stage to and from the Charlotte Motor Speedway for pre-race activities.
Channel 19
Downtime pursuits — querying Overdrive back-issue rates
Any collectors in the house? Some longtime catalogers have some questions for you about rates….
October 12, 2013
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Business
Invasion of the critters, take two
“I’m exhibiting the symptoms of ‘home time weariness.’ These include: crawling into the bunk of the truck to sleep when you have a perfectly good bed in the house…
October 11, 2013
“”Hi. I’m Josephine. Any drivers going West?”
Life
Home remedies to get you home
Home and natural remedies have been used for thousands of years with much success, but modern medicine is sometimes more beneficial; here find palliative tips, new ideas.
October 10, 2013
Ginger root has been used as a digestive aid for thousands of years, among its other beneficial health effects. Find a video on storage for most beneficial freshness (key is keeping it out of the light) at the bottom of this story.
Channel 19
Good reason to roll out West
The Truckers for Kids Poker Run gets started Saturday at Los Angeles Freightliner, 13750 Valley Blvd. in Fontana, ending at the Foundation for Kids, 2970 Myers in Riverside.
October 10, 2013
Truckers for Kids Poker Run
Business
Things that go ‘scrabble’ in the night
Wendy goes fishing for a possum — or other 1,000-pound creature. . .
October 9, 2013
Wendy fishing for possum
Overdrive Extra
Old trucking photos and a tale of ‘envy, pride and greed’
The Fruehauf website contains lots of historical photos and company history, some of it quite dramatic.
October 8, 2013
One of the early models made by Fruehauf Trailer Co.
Channel 19
Language of the sleep apnea bill close to becoming law
The text in full of H.R. 3095, a bill to require FMCSA to adopt any sleep apnea/disorder provision in driver’s medical certifications procedures through formal rulemaking.
October 8, 2013
This poll ran with reporting last week on reactions to news of the bill discussed in this post. Read the full report here.
Custom Rigs
Star power: 2005 Freightliner Classic XL
Star Traywick of Tucson, Ariz., drives this 2005 Freightliner Classic XL as a power provider pulling a dry van for Rudolph Freight of Murray, Ky. The truck is powered by a 685-hp Detroit and features a graphic package put together over a two-year span.
October 6, 2013
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Business
On the trail of the elusive budget
Wendy Parker runs it down: “Most members of Congress were unable to respond, as they were too busy practicing reading ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ for their dramatic and uninspired filibusters.”
October 6, 2013
Pork Rind sculpture by Stuart L. Wagner
Life
Lindsay Lawler’s truck stop concert series a dedication to trucking heroes
Country singer and Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler played with her band in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Oct. 4, where she talked trucking heroes, truck stop concerts and more.
October 4, 2013
Country singer and Highway Angel spokesperson Lindsay Lawler plays with her band in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Oct. 4 at the TA off Interstate 20. The stop was one of many along Lawler’s TCA Truck Stop Tour, aimed at promoting the Highway Angel program.
Channel 19
More ‘bird business’: Share your ‘Most Loved Pet’
Checking in with Sammons-leased owner-operator Larry Leckrone, whose 25-year-old pet macaw Mugsy rides along with him in his 1962 C-model Kenworth.
October 4, 2013
Larry Leckrone and Mugsy
Voices
Amid government shutdown furor, a tap on the sleep apnea brakes
For now. There are indications that Congressional mandating of FMCSA taking a rulemaking approach to any apnea regulation would slow the process down, though some readers didn’t see it that way.
October 3, 2013
“CPAP saved my life,” wrote Bill McVay, responding to the question posed by this poll, which showed a solid third of drivers have actually taken the apnea test to date. Others responding positively to treatment included Edward Lomas, who has a CPAP machine and uses it. “It’s not as bad as you think.” Driver Ed Webb, interviewed in 2011, agreed with such sentiment, though navigating Indiana’s independently instituted apnea program for medical certifications proved difficult. Hear him tell his story in the video at the bottom of this post.
Business
Safety is all in the perception
I can’t help but be a little fixated on the government shutdown. Our parents are all paid by the government right now, either in the form of retirement or a paycheck. If their money is suddenly gone, we’re probably going to have to do something stupendous to save the family, like go to Taiwan and […]
October 3, 2013
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Voices
Is Obamacare impacting your 2014 insurance preps?
Owner-operators, are you seeing insurances rates on the new exchanges higher or lower than what you pay now for coverage, or are new requirements causing your current insurer to adjust rates? Weigh in via this poll.
October 3, 2013
Life
Coffee is king! The once-upon-a-time story of the brew’s origins
“Whether you pay for it or not, coffee is king on the road, still out-selling energy drinks, and being consumed by 80% of the population on a daily basis. All hail the mighty bean.”
October 2, 2013
Wendy Parker, this story’s author, writes the George & Wendy Show blog, appearing several times a week on OverdriveOnline.com, dispatched from her ridealong position in the truck with her owner-operator husband, George.
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