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CDL schools call out 'threat' of 'unscrupulous training entities'

CDL training groups say FMCSA hasn't kept up with removing bad actors from the Training Provider Registry, and that it's a threat to safety on the roads.

April 18, 2025

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POLL: Do you yank a tanker? What's been your biggest biz struggle the last few years?

The liquid bulk-hauling owner-operator niche, known for better than average revenues and income, at once comes with its own unique struggles and tradeoffs. Weigh in on how you've approached them in this two-question survey.

April 17, 2025

Clockwise from top, owner-operator Matthew Karr, 2023 Small Fleet Champ LNL Trucking, and California-headquartered fuel hauler Lamb Fuels are just a few liquid-bulk businesses Overdrive's profiled in recent years.

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'Keep digging' with Dice Mayhem's Trucking, growing dump roots to long-term small fleet success

Owner-operator Hunter Hubbard's advice for any aspiring truck owner belies her own dump trucking determination: "If you have your mind set to do it, go for it. Nothing's stopping you but yourself. ... Keep digging."

April 14, 2025

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Owner-ops' near miss with a train a wake-up call for regulators?

Veteran owner-operators Lee and Lisa Schmitt were crossing an uneven, pockmarked, divided double rail crossing when the lights started flashing. Luckily, they're OK, but they offered this warning for others.

April 14, 2025

Divided rail crossing, problematic for oversize haulers

FMCSA voids 15,225 CDL drivers' medical certificates

FMCSA on Friday said that two doctors had performed 15,225 DOT physicals in two years that "failed to correctly apply required standards in determining that drivers are physically qualified to operate a CMV."

April 11, 2025

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FMCSA's speed-limiter mandate: Ban reintroduced in Congress | Diesel thieves arrested

A bill reintroduced in Congress would block FMCSA from issuing a rule requiring speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks. Also: Three arrested in Kentucky for allegedly stealing $18K in diesel to support a trucking business.

April 11, 2025

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Truckers, what road gets your vote for worst in the nation?

How about the best? With legislators set to take up a highway-funding reauthorization next year, the Overdrive Highway Report Card is back. Weigh in with your choices for road conditions (parking, too) to call out where improvement is needed most.

April 10, 2025

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Old-school perfection: 'Bossman' Bryan Martin's ’87 Pete 359

The 359 entered the MATS Big Rig Build-Off with defending champion Davis Brothers Designs out of Owensville, Indiana. 4 State Trucks owner Bryan Martin bought the truck in the early '90s, yet never got around to building it out himself.

April 10, 2025

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'Stop Netradyning me!': Can an app and a camera make you a better driver?

While the Netradyne company's Driver-i application and in-cab road- and/or driver-facing cameras promise safety "gamification," Long Haul Paul, and some other operators, find well more than just a game.

April 9, 2025

Driver-i camera in truck windshield

Mack unleashes a monster with 'badass' new on-highway tractor

Mack Trucks unveiled Tuesday its new Pioneer model, a truck dubbed "the new standard in long haul."

April 8, 2025

Mack Pioneer Class 8 truck

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Freight signals encouraging (for now): ATBS' annual owner-operator income update

Rates fell in 2024, and revenues for the average owner-operator continued down, yet income was up, a sure sign that successful owners tightened the belt, increasing efficiency. Compare your performance against the averages here.

April 7, 2025

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Tornado outbreak prompts emergency declarations, HOS waivers in four states

The declarations -- issued in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky -- automatically trigger HOS waivers for drivers providing direct assistance to the emergencies. Also: NHTSA denies petition to investigate side-underride guards; more.

April 3, 2025

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Wisconsin Make-a-Wish truck convoy will ride again, this time in the Dells

After the last ride for the Waupun Truck-n-Show in 2024, trucker Wade Riffey got to thinking about what would happen to the long-associated Make-a-Wish benefit convoy. With a little help, the Badger State Truck'n Show is born.

April 3, 2025

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Supreme Court sides with fired trucker against CBD vendor Medical Marijuana Inc.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a trucker can sue a CBD supplement company in a RICO case after a wrongly labeled product led to the driver failing a drug test and getting fired.

April 2, 2025

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Snap-on launches new diagnostic tool with code-based troubleshooting

Snap-on’s new Pro-Link+ is a complete code-based diagnostic and repair platform for all makes of trucks, providing a direct path from pulling a fault code via the vehicle communication interface to diagnosing and fixing the problem.

April 2, 2025

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Freight markets, fraud, predatory towing, pay-to-park: Small-biz trucking challenges

Setting the issues stage for MATS, this wide-ranging discussion on small-biz and other industry-wide challenges ended with a clarion call for Congress to finish what it's started and dedicate millions in funding to free truck parking.

April 1, 2025

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Trucker of the Year

'Keep digging': Trucker of the Month Dice Mayhem's Trucking seeds growth

Hunter and Tim Hubbard operate two dump trucks around northern Virginia. The couple started the business in 2019, working consistently toward better profits despite numerous challenges. Investment in a road tractor to haul cattle aims to expand business.

March 31, 2025

Hunter Hubbard's 2005 Kenworth W900

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Trucker of the Year honored at MATS with replica of his T600, Bostrom seat

Alan Kitzhaber's legendary run putting down more than 4,000,000 miles in a 1995 Kenworth T600 comes to an end with a bang as Overdrive honors the owner-operator as Trucker of the Year.

March 28, 2025

Alan Kitzhaber's T600 scale model, and the real thing

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CDL schools call out 'threat' of 'unscrupulous training entities'

CDL training groups say FMCSA hasn't kept up with removing bad actors from the Training Provider Registry, and that it's a threat to safety on the roads.

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