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Owner-operator's 7-step in-cab workout plan for long-term trucking

Follow along with 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber as he walks you through his in-cab workout routine, designed to combat common OTR aches and pains and maintain "functional fitness." His seven-exercise routine takes just 20 minutes and requires minimal equipment.

January 1, 2026

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

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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

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Overdrive Extra

Thank a trucker today. I know I will

A personal note of thanks from Overdrive's editor to the truck operator who helped push his daughter's car out of the center lane of I-65 NB in Nashville Monday. "Cars and trucks can be replaced. People we love, not so."

August 8, 2025

Plenty truck-picture-taking opportunities, too, which I availed myself of. It's road-construction season pretty well everywhere. Sun goes down, the cones and barrels come out.

Driverless-truck tech: Owner-ops worry over cyberattacks, crashes, competition

Nearly a fourth of respondents to a recent survey felt driverless trucks were "one big accident away from being banned" from public roads. But current small-business truckers didn't have their heads in sand about the tech's progress. Most saw driverless competition less than a decade away.

July 25, 2025

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Trump nominates former Florida Highway Patrol Chief Derek Barrs to lead FMCSA

Just days after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Acting Administrator suddenly left the role, the White House has nominated Derek Barrs to lead the agency.

March 25, 2025

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More ways to take the horror out of high fuel

Slow down, breathe, put pen to paper to see where you really stand. Gary Buchs emphasizes concrete ways independents can account for fuel hikes in rates negotiations, leased owners can keep big surcharge-revenue boosts in necessary perspective.

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'Outta the Ordinary' 1985 Peterbilt 359 captures $20K MATS Build-Off win

Night Hours Hos

FMCSA stops short of saying 2020 HOS changes caused more crashes

DOT Secretary Sean Duffy daca non-domiciled CDL driver

DOT Secretary Sean Duffy confronted by non-domiciled CDL driver at MATS

Owner-operator Greg Labosky now pilots this 2025 International LT that bought new at the beginning of this year. The truck replaced a 2017 Freightliner Cascadia that, approaching 1 million miles, was costing the GDL Enterprise owner more in maintenance than he could countenance.

Minding Ps and Qs of costs, rates: Trucker of the Month Greg Labosky

FMCSA fully engaged with owner-ops: OOIDA | DACA-recipient CDL holders have hope?

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