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Overdrive Radio: Page 14

Overdrive Radio
Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned
The advice was good then and it's good now -- see a massive pileup, a multi-fatality runaway, ask yourself, "Could it have been you?" Owner-operator Gordon Alkire's '70s runaway tale, among others, shows it could. When you least expect it.
May 3, 2019
runaway truck sign
Overdrive Radio
What's the congressional endgame on parking, under-21 drivers, more?...
With the House's detailed approach to trucking-related legislative items in its draft highway bill, the viewpoint in this Overdrive Radio podcast from TCA's Dave Heller well grounds the bill in what's possible, given political realities.
June 11, 2021
trucks on highway
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Overdrive Radio
Remembering two songwriters named George on Overdrive’s Friday streaming show
'Overdrive's Music to Truck By' remembers the great George Riddle, a country music legend and a driving force behind The Jones Boys, George Jones' touring band, after Riddle passed on Sunday.
June 10, 2021
bluegrass jamboree home page
Overdrive Radio
An era’s social unrest finds an anthem in the rebellious ‘Convoy’
The legacy of history behind the unlikely 1970s hit "Convoy," by C.W. McCall, aka ad executive Bill Fries. The song, heavily laden with CB slang and conversation, tells the story of a spontaneous truck convoy that clashes with authorities.
June 7, 2021
Mack semi truck
Overdrive Radio
Inside the divide between docs and Congress, truckers over sleep apnea
Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: Intro'ing a new dispatch provider in S2 Logistics, with hotshot hauler S2 Transport co-owner Scott Sabatini at its helm and stressing integrity in operations, a response to his own early difficulties.
June 4, 2021
custom sleeper image on top of man with sleep apnea mask on
Overdrive Radio
Driver shares memories of Merle Haggard bus gig on music show
Among music, news and more featured on this week's Overdrive's Music to Truck By edition, host Big Al Weekley will talk with Merle Haggard's former bus driver and current caskets hauler Al Cotter, among a longer look at other examples of strange cargo...
June 3, 2021
Al Cotter and Merle Haggard
Overdrive Radio
'If they want us to stop, we need spaces': As pandemic eases, owner-ops take stock
Owner-operator Greg Eudy on the parking shortage, particularly along his North Carolina lanes. He's one among six voices on the biggest issues today in this podcast. Also: truckers take stock looking back over the last pandemic year in Overdrive Radio.
May 28, 2021
six owner-ops in front of their big rigs
Overdrive Radio
'Music to truck by' for the Friday morning ride with Big Al this week features Stephen Flatt
Join host Big Al Weekley Friday for this week's Overdrive streaming radio show for a tour through singer-songwriter Stephen Flatt's new "Cumberland Bones" record, as well as other tracks from his two decades plus writing hard-driving Americana music.
May 27, 2021
stephen flatt playing acoustic guitar
Overdrive Radio
The trucking spirit within 'Cumberland Bones,' the new record from Stephen Flatt
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Stephen Flatt details how his logistics work in and around trucking dovetailed with some of the tracks on his new album. Get a taste of it and roll down the road with him here.
May 21, 2021
steven flatt with guitar
Overdrive Radio
'What extortion looks like': Owner-operator Glenn Keller v. Parking Pirates, round 2
Keller, following a booting/attempted tow incident while he was sitting idling in the driver's seat last month, is on a mission to raise awareness to predatory practices targeting truckers. Hear his 911 call and his own analysis in today's podcast.
May 14, 2021
Tow truck attempting to tow semi truck
Overdrive Radio
Rising oil prices -- for this dry bulk hauler, there's far less fear than opportunity
Oil services fleet Sisu Energy owns no trucks or trailers itself, nor do dispatch personnel at the company. Owner-ops leased there take that to heart as evidence the company’s sticking to its mission to be a platform where owner-operators can thrive.
May 5, 2021
truck at natural gas site
Trucking History
Trucking history added to 'Overdrive’s Music to Truck By'
If you like your trucking music seasoned with a little trucking trivia, don’t miss “Big Al” Weekley’s show Friday morning.
April 29, 2021
David Macon
Overdrive Radio
Remembering the inaugural Pennsylvania Make-a-Wish Mother's Day convoy
A special edition of Overdrive Radio looks way back into history to the first Make-A-Wish convoy to set off from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with former trucker George Ruelens, hauling for Ned Bard & Son at the time. This year's convoy sets off May 9.
May 24, 2019
make-a-wish convoy
Overdrive Radio
CSA's Achilles' Heel: Exposed carrier data
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, views on unintended consequences that continue to be big problems for carriers. The entire trucking, enforcement and regulator community should do a lot better, two panelists contend, working together to solve issues.
April 23, 2021
police receiving information from man
Overdrive Radio
'Overdrive's Music to Truck By' features 1960s hitmaker, current artist
An interview with 1960s singer Claude Gray, along with a focus on Jason Lee Wilson, 2016 winner of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, will be highlights of Friday's “Overdrive’s Music to Truck By."
April 22, 2021
Jason Lee Wilson and James County, pictured from the Caverns venue near Monteagle, Tennessee, will feature on the Friday, April 23, edition of Overdrive's Music to Truck By.
Trucking History
What's behind 'Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel'
This Red Sovine classic celebrated heroic wives and mothers, who shouldered the burdens of maintaining a household while their husbands drove over the road. It also subtly addressed doubts either spouse might have about the other ...
April 19, 2021
a woman resting her elbow on a clothesline with a sad face
Overdrive Radio
How to build a small fleet that's a destination for the best
Hear what brought this owner in less than ten years from hauling chicken litter with an old daycab to a 20-truck, 40-reefer-trailer fleet, two of whose operators were No. 1 and 2 in their state's driver of the year awards for 2021.
April 16, 2021
Mack RD688S truck
Overdrive Radio
Owner-ops aren't company drivers for a reason
Fundamentally, though abuses of the contractor model are real in many industries, including in trucking, owner-ops seek ownership for a reason. ATBS details strong 2020 income to benchmark against, worries about ABC contractor test, much more in podcast.
April 9, 2021
The independent trucker we will not go away protest sign
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Owner-operator Raiko Graveran might be the 'nicest dude in all of trucking,' a version of which has been said by more than one truck showgoer who's found him and his 1995 Freightliner FLD 120 parked up. Here he's showing off fairly recent wins at the Old Town Rig Down event in Nacogdoches, Texas. Look for Graveran out at the Stars, Stripes and White Lines event this week in Atlanta.
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Red, white and 'Little Blue': The story of owner-operator Raiko Graveran
RGT Transport owner Graveran came to the United States in '08 on a raft from Cuba, ultimately able to gain legal permanent resident status with the immigration policy of the time. Today, he's the proud owner of a multi-award-winning custom '95 FLD flattop that cuts a unique picture on the show circuit.
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