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Meet Tommy Marshall, lead hauler among ESPN College Gameday tour team truckers
In more ways than one, Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole directs traffic in this week's edition of Overdrive Radio with Game Creek Video entertainment-biz hauler Tommy Marshall, lead hauler for ESPN's College Gameday mobile TV production.
September 25, 2023
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History in his grasp with 1978 W900A on '96 Dodge chassis, '46 Brockway, more: Adam Johnson
The K&D Transport third-generation owner has established himself in the custom-truck world with Johnson Hill Customs and numerous projects, including these, that show a range of ingenuity but also a healthy respect for the business's history.
September 18, 2023
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Beating the odds in a 1989 Marmon, from Chicago construction dump to OTR
August Trucker of the Month Steven Massat on Overdrive Radio: After decades of dump work with various Chicago construction outfits as an owner-operator, what used to be his wintertime home leased to T Max is now a year-round affair.
September 11, 2023
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Inside the fight against cyber crime in brokered-freight networks
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, DAT's Jeff Hopper outlines how his company is attempting to more proactively police the load board's network, as others also scramble to boost security. Also: A broker it may be best to avoid.
September 4, 2023
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After Yellow's shutdown, trucker Chris Dowdy and his family pick up the pieces
With the LTL giant's implosion, though business press charts the financial missteps, ensuing lawsuits, battles over creditors and the like, what’s often lost in coverage is the toll it all takes on individuals cast off to scramble for the future.
August 28, 2023
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The best of the best from trucker-songwriter Tony Justice: Behind his 'Greatest Shifts'
The trucker-songwriter leading light's new record features six new tracks -- five originals plus a fantastic rendition of Jerry Reed's classic "Eastbound and Down" -- and 14 previously released highlights from four records. Track through it all here.
August 21, 2023
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Freight Fest: Host-to-host with Rahmel Wattley of the Truck N' Hustle podcast
Sept. 28-Oct. 1 in Houston, the second annual edition of the Freight Fest conference from Truck N' Hustle aims to bring networking and educational opportunity to attendees looking to grow and sustain business for the long term.
August 14, 2023
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She makes car-haul look easy: Trucker of the Month Crystal Rives
After hauling in the Texas oilfields as well as side dump, end dump, and liquid-bulk tanker and more, she's growing a base of car-haul customers under her own shingle. All this while guided by lessons learned from her grandfather.
August 7, 2023
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Owner-operators' worst roads in America, take two
Today on Overdrive Radio, several viewpoints on roads that especially need work. Yes, there's more worst-roads "accolades" for I-40, yet also callouts for poor pavement and/or dumb design on sections of I-10, I-20, I-74, U.S. 491 and others.
July 31, 2023
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Owner-op's journey to trucking, by way of 1973 W900A custom resto: 'Cherry Pie'
Owner-operator Kate Whiting's turn to trucking is wrapped up in her passion for old trucks, none more so than her spectacular 1973 W900A, the latest addition to Howes' Hall of Fame.
July 24, 2023
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FMCSA offering 'kinder, gentler' approach to safety scoring? Not if automated inspections go live
In this Overdrive Radio edition, transportation attorney Hank Seaton draws links between several regulatory initiatives around safety scoring/rating and the prospects of Level 8 inspections, promising more inspection/violation data.
July 18, 2023
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Truckers 'canaries' in the tech coal mine: Inside the 'Data Driven' book on ELD mandate, rise of 'new workplace surveillance'
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, an in-depth conversation between Long Haul Paul Marhoefer and Karen Levy, author of "Data Driven," on the ways technology has helped transform the "Knights of the Highway" of yore to something entirely different.
July 10, 2023
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Writing the book on trucking as an independent: Owner-operator Debbie Desiderato
Overdrive's June Trucker of the Month is not afraid to tell it like it is -- nor to give back in the form of advice for those coming up, always willing to share the tools and processes she's built for her success.
July 3, 2023
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Trucking's owner-operators call out the absolute worst stretch of highway in America
Asked for the absolute worst stretch of road in the nation, most owner-operators today are quick to point straight to I-40 in Arizona. What would you say? In this week's podcast, there's a little hope for relief.
June 26, 2023
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How to master work-life balance while trucking over-the-road
This week's Overdrive Radio features our in-depth talk with Adam Wingfield and Jason Cowan on processes that can help owner-operators and small fleet owners find better balance long-term.
June 19, 2023
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Trucking with authority, take two: Another run at independence for owner-operator Matthew Karr
"Strike when the market's cold" -- you could consider it a maxim for the outlook on small business for Overdrive May Trucker of the Month Matthew Karr, coming off an excellent profit year hauling fuel leased. Run through his history on Overdrive Radio.
June 12, 2023
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Arizona I-40 rougher than a corncob? You bet, particularly between Kingman and Flagstaff
Longtime owner-operator Joey Slaughter reached out today about a particular stretch of road he calls "by far the worst I’ve ever seen in my 30-year career" driving trucks. Some relief may be coming, but he hasn't seen it yet.
June 7, 2023
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Another reason to fight traffic tickets: Convictions can now impact your safety ratings
Last year, according to compliance consultant Jeff Davis in this edition of Overdrive Radio, FMCSA modified its safety rating methodology significantly. For the first time, auditors could include traffic-ticket convictions in a carrier's safety rating.
June 5, 2023
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