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Overdrive Extra
18-20-year-old interstate drivers? Answering FMCSAās questions
Owner-op Clifford Petersen on the federal under-21 interstate CDL pilot program idea, with answers to the questions FMCSA asked in the recent request for comment: āIf you want your opinion heard or recorded, the comment period is open through mid-July.ā ā¦
June 5, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Hours update: Congress advances 30-minute break provision, FMCSA to kill 2013 restart regs
Congress could stick its nose into the hours overhaul processĀ by trying to protect the 30-minute break requirement. Meanwhile, FMCSA has a rule in the works to permanently bury 2013ās regulations limiting the use of a 34-hour restart.
June 5, 2019
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Overdrive Extra
Amazonās brokerage could soak up capacity, hurt competing brokers
Unlike other brokers, analysts contend, Amazon isnāt looking to monetize the brokerage, at least not directly or initially. Instead, the brokerage is part of a larger strategy by the company to build up a network of small carriers and owner-operators by assuring them access to loads at pre-determined rates.
May 31, 2019
Custom Rigs
āLawlessā offers fun look at the dark side
Danny Autullo took one of the hottest trends in the show truck scene ā rat rods ā and added his own touch by dressing up an old Peterbilt 379 with custom metal artifacts.
May 29, 2019
Overdrive Extra
When celebrating, donāt become a memorial yourself
Clifford Petersen reflects on the challenges of the holiday weekend ā marked increase in motorist traffic, irresponsible on-highway moves and so much more. āDonāt let it be your last weekend as a professional because of poor judgement. Donāt become a memory for others to celebrate next year.ā
May 27, 2019
Overdrive Extra
When changing freight lanes, donāt forget to think differently, too
Quick-changing freight conditions affect carriers large and small, and faster than they ever did before as tech greases the change skids. The people who are going to adjust best, as has always been the case, will be independent thinkers with high-level critical thinking skills in the toolbox.
May 23, 2019
Custom Rigs
A new take on stainless, an amazing trailer conversion
The exterior attention-grabber is the gold-colored stainless on the Kenworth W900 and the custom RV it pulled. The interior of the trailer, though, is an equally impressive showpiece of household amenities and efficient power-sharing.
May 17, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Letās end the cat-and-mouse approach to roadside inspections
āIn the wake of several state troopers and truck drivers being hit on the side of the road in recent months, I feel the time has come to change the regulations and require more than one inspection be conducted every 12 months in an approved location.ā Forcing more routine around equipment inspections, owner-op Gary Buchs believes, will pay multiple dividends.
May 15, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Bull hauler Mary Hooks was told āI couldnāt do it, and I was gonna prove āem wrongā
Hooks and her 2014 389: āI learned a lot from a lot of people over the years. A lot. Thereās people out there in Texas ā¦, most of them gone today, [who] are credited for whom and what Iāve become today. Without them, I never would have made it.ā
May 13, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Plenty blame to go around in Colo. tragedy, when the damage is done
Trucker Clifford Petersen on the Colo. disaster: āLetās build a training program within our industry that the feds will model, because the standards are high, and expectations are even higher. The lives we save may be those of our own families. Those lives may be our own.ā
May 6, 2019
Overdrive Extra
āTheyāre not used to seeing a woman haul steelā ā Meet Md.-based Nikki Stewart
āThereās a lot of ego in steel hauling. You have to psych yourself up for it, like an athletic event. You have to have a good work ethic. Theyāre not used to seeing women hauling steel. When they see youāre a woman, they have to give you some kind of label.āĀ Hear more from Stewart in this āFaces of the Roadā installment from Long Haul Paul.
May 1, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Changing gears on interstate highway funding
A new study argues that replacing state fuel taxes with vehicle miles traveled fees is the best way to pull highway funding out of its death spiral.
April 26, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Have we hit a trucking lull? Recent indicators, analysis reveal a mixed bag
Comparisons to 2018 aside, trucking-specific indicators have been dull in recent months, signaling the definitive end to the roughly year-long up-cycle in late 2017 and into 2018.
April 24, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Even in a roaring market, think twice before joining the stampede
This weekās Overdrive Radio podcast features this talk, delivered by former small fleet owner and longtime radio host Kevin Rutherford at MATS, on prioritizing all the new risk and responsibility of trucking with authority, toward better income. Significant wild-card today: Inexplicably high cost of insurance for some carriers.
April 12, 2019
Overdrive Extra
What a driver really needs
āAs with so many trucking issues, a look at Abraham Maslowās hierarchy of human needs brings us back to pay. Without money, the first basic needs, on which the entire pyramid sits, cannot be met. Last year drivers saw movement, but drivers need a sense of pride. How can we bring that back?ā
April 9, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Recalling Mass 10 Truck Stop ā āThe Dumpā ā and its owner, who treated truckers like royalty
The Mass 10 Truck Stop and its bighearted owner Gene Murphy were known by many truckers of the ā60s and ā70s who ran in New England.
April 1, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Hold tight! Storms lashed parking-lot festivities the final day of MATS
More than a hundred fans of Tony Justice braved storm warnings to hear the beloved trucker-songwriter play, only to be forced to evacuate the Uber Freight Tent Saturday night at MATS two songs into the long-awaited concert in The Papa Johnās Parking Lot. Smaller tents, with the help of truckers holding tight, fared better.
April 1, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Why truckingās labor market isnāt really ābrokenā
Agreeing with truckers, the study concludes that pay could indeed mitigate fleetsā labor woes.
March 26, 2019
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