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Dealing with holiday stress? You’re not alone
Gary Buchs on support at work on the road: “It’s not hard to find someone who will help, confidentially, on the highway working or parked at the truck stops.” Also, an update from Buchs on his retirement plan, put into action in October this year and “fully functional” …
December 16, 2019
Channel 19
Long Haul Paul’s ‘… in the Big Hole Now’; Will Beeley’s Texas history with Steve Earle
Trucker-songwriter Will Beeley sits down for a run back through shared history with well-known songwriter and actor Steve Earle. Long Haul Paul’s new record spinning out into the world as we speak — a sneak peek in this video from Rocky Mountain Bull Hauler Doug Worthing for “We in the Big Hole Now.”
December 12, 2019
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Business
Drug clearinghouse looming, owner-operators express frustration, lack of awareness
Many owner-operators, though technically not required to do anything before the looming Jan. 6 deadline, are in some ways unaware of, and unprepared for, the new CDL Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse rule that takes effect in less than a month.
December 10, 2019
Business
Marine Corps, Army veteran wins new Kenworth in Transition Trucking contest for rookie military vet truckers
Joseph Campbell, of Elgin, South Carolina, spent 24 years in the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army. When he retired, he still wanted to be a part of something bigger than himself, and trucking fit that bill.
December 9, 2019
Business
‘I didn’t want to believe it’: Celadon closure leaves thousands jobless as fleets reach out
Celadon, after a weekend of swirling rumors, announced in the midnight hours between Sunday and Monday that it would be closing its doors after 35 years, leaving thousands of drivers without a job, many of them still on the road in company trucks attached to company freight.
December 9, 2019
Gear
Come clean, Dude! And now you can
True or False? Truck drivers have easy, cheap and frequent access to proper facilities while on the road, so they can shower every time they stop. False! True or False? So, truckers have no alternative but to go for days without getting clean, and douse themselves in sweet-smelling body sprays so as not to offend […]
December 9, 2019
Channel 19
Pro drivers clear air on the practice of flashing brights to signal space to merge, and a highway-speed-cutoff PSA
A West Coast newspaper columnist corrects the record on signaling with truckers leading the way, and: A PSA of sorts for motorists with a tip from pro Gary Buchs — use your turn signal early and often when passing a combination truck to combat impatient traffic behind you and the “highway-speed cutoff.”
December 3, 2019
Channel 19
CBD: One trucker’s answer to chronic pain, opioid addiction
The tale of one trucker’s use of a CBD product with a small amount of THC in it to get the addiction monkey of longtime opioid use for chronic pain “off my back,” he says. The current regs around CBD essentially ask him to “put the monkey back on my back,” he says. “No thank you.” …
December 2, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Listen: Talent Search winner Taylor Barker’s new musical bonds; Brumbach Stephens hauls one giant tree
Listen: Owner-operator and Trucker Talent Search winner on trucking, music and life in general in-studio from Nashville, likewise former small fleet owner now with Wilbanks Trucking, Brumbach Stephens, on the haul of a lifetime with this year’s Capitol Christmas tree.
November 29, 2019
Custom Rigs
We’re thankful for you, drivah! … And Wyo.-based Martin Herman’s 1970 narrow-nose KW
If you’re like Wyo.-based owner-operator Martin Herman and home for the holiday tomorrow, enjoy the time off. We’re thankful for what you do, likewise for Herman’s special rig. Dba HNH Trucking, he hauls tank doubles with the restored, working KW mostly for a dedicated customer.
November 27, 2019
Voices
POLL: Plans for Thanksgiving this year?
What’s your plan for Thursday, whether another day in the life on the road as an OTR hauler, back home with the family or friends, or otherwise traveling? … What are you up to?
November 26, 2019
Channel 19
‘It’s Saturday night on Music Row’: Owner-operator Taylor Barker’s Nashville recording session
This Saturday, Heniff Transportation-leased owner-operator Taylor Barker laid the groundwork for what he’s hopeful will be initially an EP and later a full-length record in a session at Jay’s Place recording studio in Nashville, the end result of his 2019 Trucker Talent Search winning performance.
November 25, 2019
Business
Free meals offered to truckers for Thanksgiving
A number of truck stops are offering free Thanksgiving meals to drivers, and Meals for 18 Wheels will once again be bringing meals to drivers.
November 25, 2019
Business
Scenes from the Capitol Christmas Tree’s stop in Nashville, with Wilbanks Trucking’s Brumbach Stephens
Wilbanks Trucking’s Brumbach Stephens didn’t exactly to expect to be where he is today, behind the wheel of this specially wrapped Kenworth W990 and toting the well-overlength trailer that currently houses a 60-foot Blue Spruce on its tour across the country bound for the U.S. Capitol. Stephens calls the christmas-tree haul a “once in a lifetime deal.”
November 22, 2019
Channel 19
New vid/single from Bill Weaver: ‘This Ole Girl and Me’
The new one from tank owner-op Bill Weaver will also be featured on a new record, his third over the last five or so years. That record will be called “Number 3,” simply put. When we talked, the tanker yanker was fresh of cutting two of the last featured tracks at Leon Everette’s studio in South Carolina. …
November 20, 2019
Trucker Talent Search
Trucker Talent Search winner Taylor Barker meshes stage success with growing industry outreach
With one truck, nine guitars and a growing set of industry projects, 2019 Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search winner Taylor Barker is finding his place with his music peers and others in trucking.
November 13, 2019
Business
Tony Justice, Trucker Talent Search alumni join Christmas fundraising group for trucking families
Trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice and seven TTS alumni will work with the Truckers Christmas Group to help raise awareness and funds for the 2019 campaign – TCGO’s 12th annual fundraising effort. The former TTS contestants participating are Keith Sampson, Mandi Jo Pinheiro, Taylor Barker, Paul Marhoefer, Bill Weaver, Jason Henley, and Ken Freeman.
November 12, 2019
Business
Goodyear seeking nominations for annual Highway Hero award
The three finalists will receive expense-paid trips to the 2020 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, where the winner will be announced.
November 6, 2019
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