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Overdrive Extra: Page 56
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Who built your business?
The political elite in D.C. have no idea how hard it is to earn a CDL, yet alone to make a living as a trucker, to raise a family at the same time, to keep up your health, to keep your sanity.
August 16, 2012
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Stun gun flashlight for truckers
The Tactical Stun Flashlight offers light and protection.
August 13, 2012
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Longtime Overdrive Trucking News personality passes
The broadcast world and the trucking community lost a pioneer and innovator Thursday, Aug. 9, with the passing of Larry Shannon.
August 12, 2012
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Four days of celebrating Brockway’s 100th anniversary
One of the oldest names in heavy-duty trucking – Brockway – gets special honor this weekend with a 100th anniversary celebration that centers around the Brockway Museum in Cortland, N.Y. From Aug. 9-12 there will be fireworks, a concert, and a Saturday morning parade of Brockway trucks. Check the schedule for full details on the […]
August 8, 2012
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Record-low bankruptcies shows signs of stability
Trucking fleet bankruptcy report shows some semblance of stability for trucking companies.
August 7, 2012
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Are you ready to go independent?
Two upsides to getting your authority are the potential to make more money than a leased-operator and the almost complete freedom with how you run the business.
August 7, 2012
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The short-lived $2 dry van
Dry van rates topped $2 in June — the first time since 2005 — and then toppled.
August 5, 2012
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Pilot Flying J CEO buys NFL team in rival’s backyard
Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J, bought the Cleveland Browns — TA’s headquarter city.
August 3, 2012
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Six pounds of soot could be lurking in your oil
EGR-only engines put up to six pounds of soot into oil during a 40,000-mile interval.
August 2, 2012
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Meet the expanded Overdrive
Overdrive now incorporates its sister publication, Truckers News, and Overdrive spinoff Custom Rigs.
August 2, 2012
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Pay to play on the ice roads of Alaska
Alaska company capitalizes on popularity of Ice Road Truckers reality show with tour packages.
July 31, 2012
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Major owner-operator carrier reports record income
That’s good news for independent contractors, considering Landstar is the nation’s largest owner-operator carrier.
July 27, 2012
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PHOTOS: Cover shoot outtakes with crude hauler
Find a photo gallery of Overdrive’s July 2012 cover shoot with crude-hauling owner-operator Jimmy Lessley in Texas — and more about how the owner-operator got into the oil business.
July 26, 2012
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High-altitude jumper was also a …
Yeah, you guessed it. Today over on the CCJ blog find the story of onetime New Jersey-based truck driver Nick Piantanida (pictured), who also holds the distinction of being a 1960s pioneer of extreme high-altitude skydiving — and who holds the unofficial record for the highest-ever manned balloon flight, 123,500 feet. He was trying to beat a […]
July 24, 2012
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Win a free trip to Dallas trucking show
Overdrive​ is giving an owner-operator the chance to jet to Dallas next month for an all-inclusive trip to The Great American Trucking Show.
July 23, 2012
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ObamaCare: Love it? Or repeal it?
As you’ll likely be aware, on June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the president’s health care act, including a provision that requires Americans to prove they have health insurance or pay a fine. Also under the law, those with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied coverage, children up to age 26 can stay […]
July 22, 2012
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A freeway is born – and choked
The so-called Pasadena Freeway now carries more than four times the traffic it was designed for.
July 20, 2012
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Housing starts hit high point in June
Housing starts rose almost 7 percent last month, said the U.S. Commerce Department.
July 18, 2012
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