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How-to: Custom walk-in storage at the front of a dry van; bulk tank niche explored
Daniel and Phyllis Snow detail their four-foot walk-in storage compartment they built into the front of their dry-van trailer, accessible from the tractorâs deck catwalk via a door assembly, to house tools and other supplies. Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: liquid-bulk-tank insights from owner-ops Mike Landis, J.D. Howard.
April 26, 2019
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Learning from the mistakes of others, with owner-op Bill Ater from last weekâs early-Spring blizzard
In this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast we drop into the scene at The Junction truck stop in Blunt, S.D., round about mid-week last week just ahead of the blizzard. Owner-operator Ater and a fellow hauler on a run from Midland, Texas, up to the Williston, N.D., oil fields, ended up spending three nights there, leaving with a new appreciation for the place and its generous manager.
April 19, 2019
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Even in a roaring market, think twice before joining the stampede
This weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast features this talk, delivered by former small fleet owner and longtime radio host Kevin Rutherford at MATS, on prioritizing all the new risk and responsibility of trucking with authority, toward better income. Significant wild-card today: Inexplicably high cost of insurance for some carriers.
April 12, 2019
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Lights-out at MATS, and: Youâre the parking expert âwhere you live and where you truck toâ
Former owner-op Scott Grenerth introduces parking-info/reservation site RigRest.com, talks ongoing work with National Coalition on Truck Parking, in this episode of Overdrive Radio; Also: The moment the lights went at MATS just ahead of Secretary Chaoâs speech on hours reform, captured for eternity âŚ
April 5, 2019
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Why pick a fight with the air? And: Downtime for the spot market 3 oâclock hustle
This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast comes as MATS continues in Louisville, with conversations with two owner-ops showing commonality between them in a willingness to be the contrarian in this loud age, on a variety of things â Chad Boblett and Henry Albert, on rates, ELDs, aerodynamics and more.
March 29, 2019
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In love with trucking: Talent search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro from Nashville studio
Latest Overdrive Radio podcast: A sitdown with (and series of music sketches from) 2018 Trucker Talent Search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro, also her father, Urban Roger Brown, on hand in Nashville for the recording session that was part of the TTS grand prize.
March 22, 2019
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90-plus-inch double-bunk sleeper in a cargo van? You bet
Cargo-van owner-operators Darren and Trish Ayres, in this edition of Overdrive Radio, haul in the CDL-required hazmat military-freight niche, and worked with Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Fastlane Products to build a unique sleeper set-up in their Mercedes Sprinter van. Also: More onerous inspection practices that could use discouragement.
March 15, 2019
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1970s, 2010s trucking parallels, and: Hauling away (or into) the headaches with a cargo van
In this edition of Overdrive Radio find audio from part of Max Heineâs talk with John Strong about his memories of the 1970s and beyond, and more from my own sit-down with Load Oneâs John Elliott, about headache boxes checked by the cargo van hauling niche in expediting â not without its significant challengesâŚ
March 8, 2019
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More slow-rollinâ supporting shutdown call: A talk with owner-op Brian Bucenell
Owner-operator Brian Bucenellâs 2002 Peterbilt 379 was among the 100 or so trucks that participated in the âslow rollâ event in Indianapolis last week. Bucenellâs also helping put on a Virginia âslow rollâ event tomorrow, March 2, both of which he speaks to in this Overdrive Radio podcast.
March 1, 2019
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Raise scam awareness â How to combat expensive online fakery; More from âLong Haul Paulâ
An online security expert addresses an audience to increase their digital awareness in order to combat online scams. Read more right here on Overdrive Online.
February 22, 2019
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A closer look at the freight-demand and planning app for owner-ops with Load One
In the sort of emergency-freight service that is the expedited trucking business, having information about where best to be for the next load is, to say the least, a difficult proposition. Load Oneâs âUltimate Advantageâ smartphone app, though, delivers relevant demand information to leased owner-ops, as Load One head John Elliott explains in this weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast,
February 15, 2019
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Further dissection of post-ELD mandate crash rates, and the blues of Watermelon Slim
The Overdrive Radio podcast highlighted a recent study around potential safety-sensitive impacts of the ELD mandate. Get more details on it here on Overdrive.
February 8, 2019
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Local/regional fuel hauling and the winter volume boost, cost tradeoffs and more
This weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast features small fleet owner Dave Marti of Forrest, Ill., with six power units leased to Transport Services of Sullivan, Ill., hauling fuel in the region around his home base, and a newly built six-bay shop. Balancing the volume/cost tradeoffs is one of the many calculations the ownerâs learned to make over his years in business.
February 1, 2019
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Preparing for the impossible, shutdown pessimism and the divisions in trucking history
Steve Bixler on those situations when contingency plans come up short, his long advocacy for an experienced-driver regs-review panel, the history of the âshutdownâ and whatâs changed since he started in the 1970s, and more in this Overdrive Radio podcast. Also: Slow roll convoy in the offing in Illinois this weekend âŚ
January 25, 2019
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Growing pains of small trucking: Midnight Xpress on blown motors, hiring mistakes and more
In the half-year since we first talked with Midnight Xpress co-owner Andre Jackson for the Overdrive Radio podcast, small fleet expansion plans continue to be implemented, though theyâve shifted with a breakdown of the first truck Jackson and partners added, among other issues â including hiring mistakes made.
January 18, 2019
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âDynamexâ ABC test âan unfair hammer to legitimate contractorsâ â view from a small fleet, and a contractor
The latest podcast is talk with the owner of, and a contractor with, Southern California-based Angus Transportation, the now three-truck business of Jimmy Nevarez, the source of the quotation in the headline, hitting on the problematic nature of the independent contractor classification test for truckers who value entrepreneurial leased relationships and much more.
January 11, 2019
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2018 âcoulda planned betterâ: Counting down the top 10 Overdrive Radio podcasts of the year
Take a review run back through some of those most memorable moments from the top 10 most-listened-to episodes of the year, from details of owner-op Mark Kirbysonâs skepticism of any wisdom present in the oft-repeated âshoulda planned betterâ to more than two podcasts dedicated to recognizing the many best-avoided games brokers play in contracts ⌠and much more besides.
December 31, 2018
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Weighing ECM retune options, or full-on emissions defeats, with enforcement risk
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, I went in-depth my colleague James Jaillet about his reporting on the EPAâs increasing willingness to wield the enforcement sword around heavy-duty emissions modifications, and what owner-operators should weigh when thinking about ECM retunes. Also: owner-op Dean DeSantis on improving OEM emisisons tech.
December 14, 2018
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