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Overdrive Radio: Page 22

Overdrive Radio
The truck parking problem: Tools in the toolbox, modest capacity proposals, and more
Listen to the 2018 Great American Trucking Show parking panel discuss truck parking problems and advocacy on this week's Overdrive Radio podcast.
October 19, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Voices from D.C. and elsewhere on hours, the ELD mandate, tariffs and more
The latest edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast covers several controversial trucking industry topics. Hear what people have to say about certain issues here.
October 9, 2018
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A two-truck independent’s long climb up from a widow maker to business success
Andre Jackson, an owner-operator, discusses his success in trucking and how he got where is today. Learn all about him and his story on Overdrive Online.
September 27, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Owner-operator income benchmarking, freight relationships and best practices
Listen as Todd Amen, Keven Rutherford, and Richard DeForest take on current events in trucking, how to deal with customers, and best business practices.
September 21, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Cooking in-cab with Tom Kyrk, St. Christopher Fund update, more on the ‘big 10-4’ to D.C.
Listen to Overdrive Radio's podcast to hear from owner-operator Allen Kelly about "That's a Big 10-4 on D.C." event, Tom Kyrk, and Shannon Currier.
September 14, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
‘Burnin’ the Old School Down’ with trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver
This week's podcast starts with a sample of Bill Weaver's "Burnin' the Old School Down" and moves into Weaver talking about his record with Todd Dills.
September 7, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Listen: Owner-operators relay their hours suggestions, concerns to FMCSA
Listen as owner-operators voice their opinions and recommendations about hours of service reforms to the FMCSA on this Overdrive podcast.
September 2, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Listen: Trucker Talent Search 2018 — the people, the performances
This year’s competition, and this edition of Overdrive Radio, featured quite a collection of trucker-songwriters all, from show opener and talent-search alumnus “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer to emcee Tony Justice and this year’s competitors Benford “B.J.” Williams, James Nelson, and the ultimate winner, Mandi Jo Pinheiro.
August 31, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
HOS reform: Now’s the time to comment, says Martinez, who hopes to ‘fast track’ potential rulemaking
FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez expresses FMCSA's wish to move swiftly through HOS rulemaking process. Get the details on Overdrive.
August 24, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Podcast: ELDs, truck automation and hours of service through FMCSA’s Martinez’s lens
Ray Martinez opens up about issues plaguing the trucking industry and what he hopes to accomplish as FMCSA's administrator in an interview with Overdrive.
August 22, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Preview podcast: Trucker Talent Search 2018
Listen to Overdrive's preview podcast to hear sounds and stories of three of the finalists for Overdrive and Red Eye Radio's 2018 Trucker Talent Search.
August 20, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Sunsetting a classic — any truth to the rumors? And when your dead starter is really a bad cable
Hear Danial Mustafa's presentation to learn more about your starter going bad. Also, find out if there is any truth to the discontinuing of the W900. More here.
August 14, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Expedited conversations before the storm with operator Nancy Hudson, small fleet owner Eric Escobar
Operator Nancy Hudson, owner operator and fleet owner Eric Escobar discuss expedited hauling in this week's episode of Overdrive Radio's podcast.
August 10, 2018
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Toward reinvigorating camaraderie among haulers: Introducing road chaplain, owner-op and Overdrive Extra blogger Clifford Petersen
For regular Overdrive readers, Petersen may need no introduction, as he’s written several blog posts in recent times in which he draws on his experience over a few decades now in and out of trucking. His last time away, though, gave him a new purpose in his approach to the industry and, as he notes, a desire to leave it better than he found it initially.
August 6, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Expediter of the Year Tim Paxton on cargo van expediting and his business’ future
Recorded prior to Tim Paxton's award, Overdrive discusses challenges faced by him and others' small-vehicle trucking operations. Check it out on Overdrive.
July 27, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Podcast: The demise of One20 Trucking, and its owner-op’s efforts to get paid
Owner-operators Lee and Lisa Schmitt say they are owed over $4000 for loads carried in early May before the One20 buyout announcement. Listen on Overdrive Radio
July 19, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
A ‘malfunction junction’ where ELDs meet hours enforcement: Owner-operator Jon Hose’s OOS story
The independent shares his story of being put out of service with a false-log violation in Missouri early in June. The violation was a result of en-route malfunctions of his One20 F-ELD, and offers insights on how inspectors are handling en-route malfunctions, and how you can be prepared for one should it happen to you.
July 12, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
A new way to do reefer washouts: Produce broker’s ‘Healthy Trailer’ machine
Produce broker Pam Young’s response to the Food Safety Modernization Act’s new FDA rules for sanitary transportation of fresh food was to conceive of and build a new automated reefer washout machine that incorporates a variety of sanitary techs, including the use of UV light, among others.
June 29, 2018
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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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