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Custom Rigs
A 360-degree inside look at a rolling audio-visual showroom
You wouldnāt expect a truck based in a tiny Indiana town and tied to grain farming to have more video monitors and speakers than whatās found in most houses. But then you probably havenāt been inside Buzz Kill, the 2015 Peterbilt 386 shown by Davis Bros. of Owensville, Ind. The sleek Pete has a sound [ā¦]
October 13, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Owner-operatorsā decade of āworking less and making moreā
Looking at miles, revenue, income, maintenance costs and more, owner-operators worked longer but made less in recent years.
October 7, 2015
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Conflicting accounts of bigger big rigs
When safety is at stake, thereās no need to take needless risks in the name of uncertain efficiency.
October 5, 2015
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How to see through bad advice on revenue per mile
Adding a stop to a run, even when the rate is good, can be a ādead loser,ā says Richard DeForest of ATBS, the nationās largest owner-operator financial services provider.
September 24, 2015
Overdrive Extra
E-log enforcement: Will it be āone strike, youāre outā? That and more from FTR conference
āItās a mandatory regulation,ā said former FMCSA head Annette Sandberg, meaning enforcers likely will drop a carriersā safety rating to Unsatisfactory, giving them 60 days to comply with the rule or be shut down, she says.
September 18, 2015
Overdrive Extra
When to take a vacation and other insights from trucking data
Smart owner-operators know they āhave to hit it hardā from March through November, said ATBS Vice President Richard DeForest at the Overdrive Partners in Business seminar.
September 18, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Our thank-you card to drivers
In addition to truck driver appreciation programs at many fleets, there are initiatives from truck stop chains, trade groups and others.
September 16, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Suicide spinoff: Blaming the trucker, once again
Professional drivers know firsthand from the evolution of the regulatory machine that there is a tendency to hold you guilty until proven innocent.
September 10, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Analyst: Trend to āmicromanageā drivers deterring truckers, ELDs to push small carriers out of biz
āWeāre watching them on the satellite. Weāve got a camera inside the cab of the truck that will take a movie of you if thereās any kind of acceleration, deceleration, swerve to the left or swerve to the right. This is not the kind of job that the swashbuckling truck drivers of years gone past would have any interest in and thatās part of what makes it so difficult.ā
September 10, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Time for a āno truckā list? Recent CDL recipient spurs the question
Minnesotaās recent issuance of a CDL to a man already forbidden to board U.S. planes begs the question: Does the U.S. need a list of those who arenāt allowed to obtain CDLs?
September 8, 2015
Overdrive Extra
30-Second Trucker Tip: Stalled on train tracks!
A 100-car train traveling 50 mph takes a full mile to stop. So if you stall on the tracks and hear that train a-cominā, rolling round the bend, the odds are not with you. Hereās what to do.
September 6, 2015
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30-second Trucker Tip video: Steer tire blowout!
A blowout is one of the most dreaded big-rig emergencies, especially when itās a steer tire. Hereās how to handle one if it happens.
August 13, 2015
Overdrive Extra
My conversations with truckers dealing with āsuicide by truckā cases
Thereās no way to fully prepare yourself for this kind of tragedy, but being at your very best, all the time, gives you an edge.
August 9, 2015
Overdrive Extra
A safer, more sensible CDL entry path
The current prohibition on interstate driving for 18-20-year-old CDL holders does only so much to promote safety.
July 31, 2015
Pride & Polish
25 years of show truck evolution
25 years of custom truck showpieces in a two minute window ā a celebration of Overdriveās Pride & Polish 25th anniversary.
July 23, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Goodbye, Bambi, we hardly knew ye
In the latest installment of Overdriveās Worst Case Trucking Scenarios series, we take a look at how to avoid hitting a deer.
July 7, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Interstate tolling: Time to give it up
Congress has dodged the obvious solution, raising fuel taxes, for years because raising taxes is unpopular. What has become popular, for many of those making federal law, is to dump this hot potato to the states.
July 2, 2015
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Samsung latest to the table with futuristic truck tech
The system uses a wireless camera mounted on the truckās front and transmits the video feed to four monitors built into the trailer doors.
June 30, 2015
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