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Pride & Polish
Custom champs: A run in the 'Bandit' '21 W900L
It’s not just the classic black-and-gold throwback paint scheme from Smokey & the Bandit that's behind the name of this owner's rig. The Pride & Polish-winning W900L is now rolling memorial to John McCormick's "Bandit" Yorkie's memory.
December 2, 2022
Overdrive Radio
ELD mandate and rising crash rates -- cause or just correlation?
The question of cause and effect around the ELD mandate is certainly a conversation starter for owner-operators. Attendant to Matt Cole’s recent ELDs/safety reporting, these multiple voices offering perspective where the rubber meets the road.
November 25, 2022
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March 24, 2025
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Back in the saddle, on a mission -- Toby Bogard's journey home to the road
Bogard’s return to the road with Heartland Express follows a million-plus-mile career prior, and he's newly engaged in efforts to improve the public image of truck operators after personal tragedies took him away.
November 18, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Car-haul fleet's back-office backbone got his start behind the wheel
Slava Sobetki first came to the U.S. in 2006. That experience led to a determination to stay, to officially join what he calls "the best country in the world." In the next years, he got his CDL, bought a truck and now manages about 100 trucks.
November 11, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Fight double-brokering fraud: Prevention, ways to elevate enforcement
Drop into a long talk about somewhat simple steps carriers, brokers and shippers working together can take to stop double-broker schemes in their tracks, likewise elevate the issue for first-time meaningful enforcement at FMCSA, DOT.
November 4, 2022
Small Fleet Champ
Roundtable: Small Fleet Champs on biggest difficulties overcome
Small Fleet Champ finalists answered this question: What's been your biggest business challenge of the past year or two, and what have you done to combat it/mitigate effects? Sit in on the wide-ranging discussion in this Overdrive Radio podcast.
October 28, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Faces of the Road: Betting on the 'highest common denominator' with Road Dog's Jimmy Mac
Long Haul Paul Marhoefer guest-hosts, in part, this edition of Overdrive Radio, featuring one among his Faces of the Road oral histories with none other than Dave Nemo Weekends host Jimmy Mac about his elevation of trucking talk radio.
October 21, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Trucking in a recession? Owner-operators sound off, messages mixed depending on niche
Drop back two weeks in time in today's edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast to the site of the Mayberry Truck Show in NC, where six owners and operators answered the question in the title. Times are tough, many acknowledged, but optimism showed through.
October 14, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Connecting the dots: FMCSA's electronic-ID questions, Level 8 wireless inspections, autonomous trucks
FMCSA's recent request for comment on the notion of a required electronic-ID in trucks sets the stage for public discussion around increasingly automated inspections of traditionally manned and future automated trucks.
October 7, 2022
Overdrive Radio
The spot-market slide, and an owner-op return to leasing refuge
As rates on the spot markets for freight have fallen, ATBS is starting to see a shift for many owners who went out and got authority during the last couple of spot market boom years, a move back to leasing. Dig into revenue, cost, income performance here.
September 30, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Serious as a heart attack: Small fleet owner's brush with death a cautionary tale
Suprise Trucking owners Bryon and Holly Stoll are in the process of regrouping after Bryon's heart attack and subsequent surgery a few weeks back. Bryon here shares his story in hopes to spur better awareness of signs, symptoms, to save a life.
September 23, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Used-truck warranty evolution, coverage improvements, and what to consider when evaluating
In the edition of Overdrive Radio, hear a bevy of owner-ops' and others' tips on just what to consider when evaluating a warranty. The good news is protection options have clearly improved in recent history.
September 16, 2022
Overdrive Radio
A stolen truck, a freight scam and a big re-evaluation on the road to small fleet success
Hear CAP Trucking's success story, hauling from a home base in Florida, in this edition of Overdrive Radio -- in owner Chris Porricelli's own words. His is the voice of a man in clear control of his business after overcoming dramatic setbacks.
September 9, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Get ready for the downturn -- it's right around the corner
In Part 2 of this podcast featuring Owner-Operator of the Year Glen Horack, the Missouri-based hauler elaborates on themes of preparation by building the emergency nest egg. A big downturn is inevitable just about every 10 years, he said. Get ready.
September 2, 2022
Overdrive Radio
'Knock on wood,' Owner-Op of the Year Glen Horack's money-making ways set to grow
Listen in on lessons learned by decades-long owner Horack, who started team driving with his wife, Karla, after 2008, the one year -- "knock on wood," Horack said -- his one-truck business truly struggled in the depths of the Great Recession.
August 26, 2022
Overdrive Radio
The 20% rule: How brake-adjustment violations alone can put you out of service
In this podcast, a former inspector and compliance consultant details just how the out-of-service criteria around brakes adjustment work. A lot depends on knowing your chamber type and stroke length to effectively test your brakes to avoid violations.
August 19, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Trucker-songwriter Coby Langham delivers musical catharsis
For this Overdrive Radio special edition, Long Haul Paul takes the mic for a sitdown with the songwriter and Downey & Sons driver whose gorgeously crafted songs range from "gear-jamming toe-tappers to ballads bursting with Southern Gothic poetry."
August 12, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Remembering owner-ops Mark Mills, Jeff Seales on tough week for show hauler Clark Transfer
It’s been a sad week for everyone at Clark Transfer following the deaths of 30-year leased owner-op Jeff Seales and Mark Mills, leased there since 2018. In today's Overdrive Radio podcast, Clark's Charlie Deull remembers the two, and more.
August 5, 2022
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