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For when you get down and dirty
Trucking can be a dirty business, and when it gets physically dirty there’s some help. Two friends, Neil Stockman and Skye Wollenberg, created Surly Soap to tackle hands that get truly dirty. The big bars come in three strengths — aggressive, medium and mild — and each has a built-in finger rail scrubber to ensure your […]
March 6, 2019
Business
Three drivers named finalists for Goodyear’s Highway Hero Award
The Highway Hero Award winner will be named at MATS later this month. Finalists are: Darrell Atkins, who rescued an elderly couple involved in a bad crash; Don Frederick, who pulled a fellow trucker from a crash and administered live-saving aid; and Paul Mathias, who performed CPR on a child involved in a fatal crash.
March 4, 2019
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Alabama-based trucker recognized for pulling motorist from burning car
He noticed someone was still inside the car, so he approached and found a driver conscious and in pain trapped by the steering wheel that was jammed between the man’s ribs and belt. He then ran back to his truck and grabbed his fire extinguisher to knock the flames back.
March 4, 2019
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More slow-rollin’ supporting shutdown call: A talk with owner-op Brian Bucenell
Owner-operator Brian Bucenell’s 2002 Peterbilt 379 was among the 100 or so trucks that participated in the “slow roll” event in Indianapolis last week. Bucenell’s also helping put on a Virginia “slow roll” event tomorrow, March 2, both of which he speaks to in this Overdrive Radio podcast.
March 1, 2019
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Channel 19
Remembering Eddie Karwaski of former Penn. small fleet Apple House Trucking
Karwaski passed a year ago this past Tuesday, Feb. 26, says his daughter. Apple House Trucking closed in 2007 as the recession took hold, after having grown to a height of around 50 trucks in the early 1990s. Earlier than that, its distinctive blue/gold/white paint scheme was featured twice in Overdrive.
February 28, 2019
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Tuesday round-up: The boomerang of brokers’ claims offsets; LGBTQ trucking; large carrier channels inner owner-op on ‘shortage’
Check out Overdrive Online's lastest trucking industry roundup news which focuses on freight brokers, LGBTQ truck drivers and the truck driver shortage.
February 26, 2019
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Overdrive Radio
Raise scam awareness — How to combat expensive online fakery; More from ‘Long Haul Paul’
An online security expert addresses an audience to increase their digital awareness in order to combat online scams. Read more right here on Overdrive Online.
February 22, 2019
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Business
Truckers circle Indy’s I-465 in ‘peaceful protest,’ preview for April event
A large number of truck drivers drove their heavy rigs and took two laps around Indiana's Interstate 465 loop on Thursday in an organized peaceful protest.
February 21, 2019
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How not to secure a mattress
Securing your load is critical all the time, but especially in high traffic areas and interstate operations. See how this four-wheeler secured its load.
February 21, 2019
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Business
DOT auditing FMCSA registry of medical examiners over fraud cases
The Dept. of Transportation's Office of Inspector General says it is opening an audit to evaluate FMCSA medical certification program. See why on Overdrive.
February 20, 2019
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Business
Driver named Highway Angel for blocking traffic after witnessing high-speed crash
The collision caused the speeding vehicle to flip upside down and slide on its roof down the road. McKnight followed the car, stopping behind where it came to rest, and positioned his truck to block traffic as the driver tried to crawl out of her car.
February 20, 2019
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Voices
Don Christner presents ‘Open range trucking in Wyoming’
“I came over a rise and met a herd of sheep,” trucker and sometime Overdrive Extra blog contributors tells of this particular episode caught on video. “I brought the Kenworth to a stop and the Cowboy motioned me to keep moving. You see some interesting things truck driving!” …
February 18, 2019
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Business
Trucker recognized for helping save trapped motorist, dog after crash
Trucker, Brian Snell witnessed a crash on I-459 in Massachusetts and helped save one driver, and then rescued a dog whose driver had died in the crash.
February 14, 2019
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Business
Canadian trucker named Highway Angel for saving fellow trucker from burning cab
A truck driver has been named as a Highway Angel by the TCA for rescuing a fellow truck driver from a burning cab. More details on the story on Overdrive.
February 12, 2019
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Voices
Colin Young has a message for Colorado State Patrol: Enforce increasing problem of unsafe passing on mountain roads
Dashcam Central video from Colin Young shows a precarious Loveland Pass two-lane pass made by a pickup’s driver with just a hair of space available between the pickup, oncoming traffic and the nose of Young’s rig. “Worst part is that the State Patrol does nothing to stop this increasing problem.”
February 12, 2019
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Voices
Truckers say no to partisan gerrymandering of electoral districts
A dislike of partisan gerrymandering of districts cuts across partisan divisions. 87% of Overdrive readers either noted simply that it should not be legal or that independent state commissions would be appropriate arbiters of district boundaries with a goal of taking politics out of the process.
February 11, 2019
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Further dissection of post-ELD mandate crash rates, and the blues of Watermelon Slim
The Overdrive Radio podcast highlighted a recent study around potential safety-sensitive impacts of the ELD mandate. Get more details on it here on Overdrive.
February 8, 2019
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Business
Mississippi-based trucker recognized for helping trapped motorist after crash
Wayne Plunkett saw a pickup truck cross two lanes of traffic at high speed and crash into a cable-wire guard rail and ran over with his fire extinguisher.
February 8, 2019
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$2.30, $3, $10/mile: Which haul would you choose? Profit analysis might surprise you
Pull up Overdrive's relatively new Load Profit Analyzer tool and follow along with this detailed walk-through with owner-operator business coach and longtime Overdrive contributor Gary Buchs. This week's Overdrive Radio breaks down profit results from wildly divergent rates that might make you think differently about load choice.
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