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Overdrive Radio
Guilty by Association Truck Show rolls into Joplin
One of the trucking industry's biggest events, the biennial GBATS at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, is officially under way at Exit 4 off I-44. Scenes from the show here with some standout trucks from the show's first day.
September 26, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?
Proposed split-duty and -sleeper pilot programs from FMCSA offer a path forward on delivering what's been the cardinal ask of many owner-operators for more than two decades since the 14-hour rule came into play. Namely, that's greater hours of service flexibility.
September 22, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists not afraid to get their hands dirty
Turnage and Sons' father-son team of Robbie and Levi Turnage, and MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford, illustrate value in hands-on operations, training, leadership underpinning their long-term success.
September 15, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Small-biz trucking success, with family assist: The woman behind owner-operator Jason Shelly
The owner-op's journey in business has benefited from all manner of family support, none more so than his wife's. Shelly strives to pay it forward in all sorts of ways, and does so in this Overdrive Radio with emphasis on family's importance to all manner of owner-operators' biz success.
September 8, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Lending a hand up the ladder: Legacy of mentorship for Trucker of the Month Jason Shelly
Shelly's legacy is no doubt a work in progress with plenty working years ahead, yet he's building it by prioritizing mentorship to young truckers with an eye on getting in business as owner-operators.
September 2, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Rise of the 'non-domiciled CDL' for non-citizen truck drivers: Safety, rates, security
In Overdrive Radio this week, Executive Editor Alex Lockie and NAPTA's Raman Dhillon both offer perspective on the "non-domiciled CDL" and issues of truck driver training, vetting, and more. Get the inside story on Lockie's July report and the reasons why this little-known license has gained federal attention.
August 18, 2025
Overdrive Radio
What freight recession? Trucker of the Month insulates biz with direct customers
Ron Kelsey’s achieved something of an "owner-operator holy grail," trucking for decades now in a still-pristine modified two-stick 1981 Peterbilt 359 and hauling direct freight for customers that date back three decades for the owner.
August 11, 2025
Overdrive Radio
$2.30, $3, $10/mile: Which haul would you choose? Profit analysis might surprise you
Pull up
Overdrive
's relatively new Load Profit Analyzer tool and follow along with this detailed walk-through with owner-operator business coach and longtime
Overdrive
contributor Gary Buchs. This week's Overdrive Radio breaks down profit results from wildly divergent rates that might make you think differently about load choice.
August 4, 2025
Overdrive Radio
OOIDA, ATA, Teamsters scrum in Senate hearing: 'Driver shortage,' ELP, CDL fraud, driverless trucks, more
In this Overdrive Radio, Track back through last week’s trucking-issues Senate hearing ahead of the 2026 highway bill. From cargo theft to fraud to driverless truck regs, hours of service and non-domiciled CDLs, a lot of ground was covered.
July 28, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Truck-ownership traditions staying alive: Owner-operators Lucas Zach, Harlan Martin
These two Wisconsin truck owners in their early-mid 20s talk custom adds and operations for their 2017 and 2023 modified Peterbilt 389s, in this week's Overdrive Radio edition. Said owner-operator Zach: "Hard to keep something nice if you're in the hopper world." Yet, he does.
July 21, 2025
Overdrive Radio
One owner-op's secret weapons for trucking biz bookkeeping, analysis
Overdrive's June Trucker of the Month Scott Smith's adopted an innovative approach to bookkeeping and week-to-week profitability tracking. Learn about his custom spreadsheet and more -- including how his wife Stephanie's accounting expertise helps keep the business on track -- in this week's podcast.
July 15, 2025
Overdrive Radio
'Shake a stranger's hand' today: Remembering owner-operator and songwriter Bill Weaver
In this week's podcast, celebrate with us some of what Bill Weaver leaves behind after his untimely passing June 30. This Overdrive Radio episode features some memories, likewise re-airs of two episodes featuring his "Every Mile I Drive" and "Burnin' the Old School Down" records, from 2016 and 2018.
July 6, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Owner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deck
Owner-op Kevin Bruns raced his 2019 LoneStar in this past weekend's Semi Stampede at Kuhnle Motorsports Park in Ohio. With his authority today, Bruns pulls a step deck after several years of local dump truck ownership and work around quarries and construction sites in the Nashville, Tennessee, region.
July 1, 2025
Overdrive Extra
When will owner-operators have to compete with truly 'driverless' trucks?
We've heard the "driverless" marketing for a decade. But with recent commercial autonomous implementation, this Overdrive Radio episode aims for an answer to the question of just what's the reality right now, likewise offers opportunity for owners to weigh in.
June 24, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Doing it right the first time: Small Fleet Champ Paul Rissler, for the long haul
In this week's edition of Overdrive Radio, listen into a tour around the headquarters of Paul Rissler Transportation, current Small Fleet Champ, on the old home place for the big Rissler trucking family.
June 16, 2025
Trucker of the Year
Consistency, focus on long-term relationship value: Trucker of the Month Rufus Morris
Morris you can for sure call a little old-school in approach, yet he clearly keeps an eye on new ways and new people, too. In today’s episode of Overdrive Radio, you’ll hear from him a clear priority placed on business relationships invested in, cemented over time.
June 9, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Knowing what 'might' work isn't enough: How four owner-ops learn from biz failures
The owner-operator brain trust that is the Trucking Solutions Group lent us a window into their decades of combined experience at MATS in a panel discussion called "Failing! ... to Succeed," acknowledging there's a whole heck of a lot all of us learn from our own, and others', failures.
June 2, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Honoring a father's legacy with Tim Eacret of EZ Pete Interiors
There are some dads who, in not giving their children everything they’d like materially, wind up giving them something of far greater value. That describes the father of Tim Eacret, proprietor of truck-upholstery specialist EZ Pete Interiors, who honors his dad's legacy in this week's Overdrive Radio.
May 26, 2025
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