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Voices
An eight-hour tour through Oregon in five minutes with Alan Sheain Jr.
Itâs not all truck theft, near-misses with distracted four-wheelers and other catastrophic events in Overdriveâs Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted dashcam vids. This one chronicles an eight-hour haul through big evergreen forests in Oregon in five minutesâ worth of time-lapse photography out the picture window of Alan Sheain Jr.âs windshield.
January 14, 2019
Custom Rigs
30th Waupun Truck-n-Show set for August
Two parades, live music, more on offer at free show
January 11, 2019
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Business
#WearBlueDay in the fight against human trafficking
Today, Jan. 11, is #WearBlueDay, otherwise known as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Securityâs Blue Campaign. The CVSA alliance of trucking-industry reps and law enforcement is participating in a variety of ways in the fight against trafficking, as are plenty individual professional truckers.
January 11, 2019
Voices
POLL: Independents, will sale of the business figure in financing your retirement?
Do you expect to be able to sell your business, including direct-ship accounts and other assets? How significantly do you expect the proceeds to figure in financing your retirement?
January 10, 2019
Life
Better Health vid: Why drivers are at risk for diabetes and how to treat it
Truck drivers have an above-average risk for diabetes. Thatâs largely because the nature of truck driving contributes to obesity and lack of physical activity, which increases risk for Type 2 diabetes. Hereâs what you need to know.
January 10, 2019
Business
Account of âcatfishedâ trucker a grave reminder to be leery of online romance scams
The woeful tale of Georgia-based truck driver tricked into wiring more than $25,000 to someone heâd met on Facebook
January 9, 2019
Custom Rigs
Kenworth to auction custom T680 to benefit Truckers Against Trafficking
The truck will be auctioned off by Ritchie Bros. on May 17 in Phoenix. Proceeds from the sale of the truck, which has a $162,000 retail value, will go directly to Truckers Against Trafficking. The rig features a 76-inch sleeper, 485-hp Paccar MX-13 and a Paccar 12-speed automated transmission.
January 7, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Chrome and Steel Radioâs relaunch as an entertainment platform with trucking at its heart
23-year-old web designer David Coleman and a 51-year-old singing trucker Bill Weaver have pooled their resources to acquire and relaunch Chrome and Steel Radio (ChromeandSteelRadio.com), a web-based entertainment venue dedicated to the transportation industry.
January 2, 2019
Business
2018 in review: A month-by-month look at the yearâs top stories
The implementation of the ELD mandate again loomed large as one of the most read topics on Overdrive in 2018. Adjustments to personal conveyance rules, the beginning stages of potential hours of service reform and more also ranked as some of the most-read stories of the year.
December 28, 2018
Custom Rigs
Shine in the Pines Truck Show slated for March in Dublin, Georgia
At dark, a light show and awards ceremony will be held. Awards will be given out for bobtail, combo and vintage categories, as well as wrecker classes for rotator and heavy-duty recovery and rollbacks. A peopleâs choice winner will also be named.
December 27, 2018
Channel 19
Roundup: âSantaâs Secret Helpersâ uncovered, âNight before Christmasâ two days late, and extended drains: Who do you use for oil analysis?
Truckingâs biggest media fan, Robb Mariani, confirms the âSecret Santa Forceâ rolls on 18, Sierra Sugarâs contribution to the truck-stop âNight Before Christmasâ canon, and a reader asks: Who do you use for oil analysis? And why?
December 26, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Delivering Christmas with nonprofit driversâ group
Turns out, just when you begin to believe all the good hands are mostly gone, you again run across the salt of the earth, who, from the cabs of their trucks, write another chapter in the Christmas story.
December 21, 2018
Channel 19
The year the DOT shut down Santa and the truckers saved Christmas
Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaverâs âHow the Truckers Saved Christmasâ gets the Texomatic Pictures video treatment. And: A hopeful note enforcement will be light for Claus Trucking up North this weekend and into Monday. Lord knows weâve seen some eventful years for the company over the last decade
December 21, 2018
Truck Stops
California city council votes to OK planning boardâs approval for new truck stop
Both interests in support of the stop and those against showed up at Jurupa Valley, Calif., city hall Thursday evening for a council meeting that extended into the wee hours Friday. The result, if all goes according to plan, will be near 200 parking spaces, among other amenities, at State Route 60 and Riverside Drive there.
December 21, 2018
Hours of Service
FMCSA scraps split-sleeper berth study amid press for hours reforms
FMCSA has canceled a study meant to gauge the safety aspects of allowing truck drivers to split their on- and off-duty time into segments. The agencyâs new â and pressing â move to propose changes to hours of service regulations has rendered the study moot, sources said.
December 20, 2018
Custom Rigs
Photos: Trucks deck the hauls for Christmas
With Christmas parades ongoing throughout December, as well as drivers just wanting to celebrate the holiday season, several Overdrive readers have submitted photos of their rigs decked out with decorations.
December 20, 2018
Business
Virginia DOT shows appreciation for truckers
The Virginia DOT and several other organizations pulled trucks in off of I-264 Monday, not for inspections, but to say âthanks.â
December 18, 2018
Channel 19
New photo book from short-time trucker offers fresh perspectives from the road
The images in Andrew Bennett Cohenâs âFuel Islandsâ run the gamut from landscapes at the fuel island to telling images like that of three empty chairs around a computer kiosk, presumably from a truck stop â a legend on the wall above the computer exhorts viewers to âFind Your PerfectFitCareer.â
December 18, 2018
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