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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
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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
Overdrive Extra
All the subjects The Algorithm permits
Donāt-call-me-Short Haul Paul keys up the old one-nine with this part-reminiscence, part-dirge on the bluetooth cocoons so many of us fall into around the truck stop counters, at the loading docks, on the long road, where it seems only the āsubjects The Algorithm permitsā ever get talked about, cāmonā¦
March 25, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Cultivating happiness in work: Time for a new approach
āFor truckers who already have the deck stacked against them when trying to maintain health, poor work performance as a result of stress can have deadly results. This reality goes largely unaddressed by many carrier support structures, and drivers begin to feel more like a number, or a cog in a giant machine that is eating away their lives.ā
March 18, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Lessons from the pothole that swallowed my truck
After a massive pothole snaps a steer-axle leaf spring, owner-operator Gary Buchs details āthe kind of day that can remind an owner-operator that safe and skillful driving is just one of many tasks successful owners must develop. ā¦ ā
March 11, 2019
Overdrive Extra
āHair in my coffeeā sketch sparks old Overdrive memories
A whimsical sketch from a 1976 visit to the Overdrive headquarters prompts a retired owner-operatorās memories of Overdriveās activist founder and a different era of trucking.
March 7, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Truckingās billionaires: Forbesā annual list includes those who made their fortune in trucking
Truckingās billionaires include a few who started businesses as single-truck operators, as well as those who founded or inherited large truck stop chains.
March 6, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Nearly six months without a paycheck: One lease operatorās story
Year 2018 was shaping up to be the best on record for a Midwest-based lease operator. He had just paid off his 2015 Pete. A breakdown, a cargo claim, an illness and little support from his carrier later, and āall I had left was my word.ā
March 5, 2019
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