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Truckers' anti-trafficking efforts as eyes, ears making a difference, leading to major arrests
Regulators, enforcement personnel, and trucking reps gathered to mark world anti-trafficking day with emphasis that efforts are bearing fruit, thanks in large part to truckers. "These highways and roadways are their domain." They're "eager to help."
August 1, 2024
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Two weeks left for Small Fleet Champ entries: 2023 winner well-positioned for economy's turnaround
It's been a bit of a rough year for Butterfly Xpress owner-operators Bill and Karen Barhite, yet the fleet's well-positioned for a turnaround. Their big win last year has helped them weather the storm in one respect.
July 16, 2024
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Big week for Overdrive's Trucker of the Year Jay Hosty, now officially a 'Roadstar'
It's the Landstar owner-op fleet's highest honor, and crucially for Trucker of the Year Hosty, will take more than $1,700 in fixed cost off his ledger. Hosty also offered a peek at the only two Western Stars he could find at the ATHS national convention.
July 11, 2024
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'Trucker and rig, sunrise delivery,' a poem by S.H. Stein
A poetic tribute by the Florida-based poet has positively mythic dimensions, yet it describes a residential-area unload of shingles, at its most basic. Lurking under the basics there's majesty, though, in the work.
June 28, 2024
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How New Jersey created chaos with new $1.5M liability insurance requirement
New Jersey has raised minimum commercial auto liability coverage for all who have commercial trucks registered there. Here, owner-op and insurance agent W. Joel Baker outlines significant uncertainty around who the hike applies to.
June 26, 2024
Dry Van Car On Open Highway
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New book examines FBI initiative investigating truck-driving serial killers
Former FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi recently published a new book diving into the FBI's Highway Serial Killings Initiative, where the bureau has seen 850 murders it believes were committed by truck drivers over decades.
June 24, 2024
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Burnout's weight OTR: Face the facts with these steps to ease adverse impact
"All kinds of work can be taxing, but OTR trucking is unique given its sometimes stress-inducing nature -- from the moment we hit the road to the search for a parking spot." --Clifford Petersen, here with strategies to repair the burnout damage
June 19, 2024
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Marroquin brothers' journey from Guatemala to U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators
A 30-plus year odyssey into U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators, is the story in brief of three of these four brothers, united not just by their last name but also CA-domicile difficulties with AB 5 that have dulled the Golden State to decidedly silver.
June 17, 2024
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Delivering our best to military families: A call for Congressional evaluation of military GHC program
Florida Trucking Association President Alix Miller calls on "Congressional leaders to insist on a strategic pause" of new military HHG contract "while a comprehensive evaluation of its feasibility is conducted by the Government Accountability Office."
June 11, 2024
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Service, loyalty might mean little to a shipper today, but we can't give up on them entirely
Past Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan: "If we accept a lower rate on the hopes that we will ask for a higher price next week, we are kicking the can, fooling ourselves we are making progress." Here, a few examples of better ways through the downturn.
June 4, 2024
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Impressive 2000 Sterling uses adapted Peterbilt chrome
Following up on a popular Reader Rigs entry, a more in-depth look at owner Dustin Ross's history in the business behind the "one-of-a-kind" Sterling AT9522, which makes some creative use of Peterbilt parts.
June 3, 2024
Dustin Ross' 2000 Sterling AT9255
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Three-decade trucker Francis Junto advancing in Mr. Health and Fitness competition
The multiple-marathon finisher's story proves it absolutely can be done: Fitness and diet transformation OTR. Junto's made it happen with a whole lot of hard work over the past decade.
May 23, 2024
Francis Junto running road race and the Freightliner he pulls in today
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Big winners at Large Cars & Guitars: Minds, hearts, elemental trucking camaraderie
White Pine Paving's Mann family took home Kids' Choice, and a long conversation with owner-operator John Highley, among others, showed the event's doing the job right, with some of the best trucking's got to offer.
May 14, 2024
Trucks facing Large Cars & Guitars stage
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In a tough trucking-business environment, owner-operators must improve efficiency to compete
How did this writer/truck owner get to 10.5 mpg? It's not just through equipment mods. If you're still running your business the same way you did in the good, booming years, it’s high time to change gears.
May 10, 2024
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Ditch the dime-a-dozen approach to drivers: Carriers need value-attitude adjustment
After a talk with a rookie truck driver fed up with wasted time, empty miles and so much more, Clifford Petersen got to thinking about "value." Truckers need to make it a bedrock principle that their time is valued. It's costing carriers, drivers dearly.
April 24, 2024
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Kinship with old-school trucking drives photojournalist's new exhibit
Photojournalist and Air Force vet James Year rode 25,000 miles with truckers of all stripes with a goal to illustrate OTR trucking culture "while it still remained." His "Stealing Fire" exhibit is now up in Syracuse, New York, detailing the journey.
April 16, 2024
A Waymo Via autonomous truck gets serviced by a safety driver at a QuikTrip truck stop just south of Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Autonomous trucks are targeting long haul and line haul trucking markets. Estimates have stated that these machines will be able to lower current operating costs between 30 to 45 percent and more than double a truck’s utilization rate.
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Your customer/broker says you ‘don’t need trailer coverage to pull their trailer’ -- true or false?
Warning -- just because your customer/broker says you don’t need non-owned trailer or trailer interchange coverage doesn’t mean you will not be liable if the trailer is damaged while in your “care, custody and control.” Here's why.
April 11, 2024
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Roadcheck-ready resources: 'Ask Me Anything'-style live rap with CVSA coming May 1
Our friends and colleagues at CCJ are hosting a live Q&A with Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance roadside inspections guru Jeremy Disbrow May 1. That's two weeks ahead of Roadcheck -- all inspection questions, and Overdrive readers, welcome.
April 4, 2024
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