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Parking

Gearing up for MATS

[youtube qY1LlwJxiFU nolink] Truck show season kicks off in March, and it’s all I’m hearing about these days. Apparently, MATS is going to be one heck of a show – we’ve heard from all kinds of people about all kinds of neat stuff that’s going to happen there. I’m going to be brutally honest and […]

February 1, 2015

Channel 19

Rates: Demand on the rise short-term?

And a check-in with owner-operator Jan McCarter on her new Human Trafficking Awareness Project, looking ahead to MATS in March.

January 8, 2015

Life

The JBC Hotline: Raising money and keeping good company

The group grew from four people making three-way calls to an organized conference call that runs 24/7. Callers use the room to keep company on long nights, give and get weather and road reports, check routes and just touch base with other human beings who do the same job.

May 9, 2014

Business

Wrap-up from complete and utter over-stimulation

Wendy on the news out of MATS and her own experience there, ultimately: “Anyway, I’m optimistic, because I like to be optimistic. Otherwise I get cranky and I can’t even stand myself.”

March 31, 2014

Custom Rigs

Photo gallery: Pride & Polish champ Vinnie Diorio’s 2013 Pete showing at MATS

Vinnie Diorio’s 2013 Peterbilt 389, which won the 2013 Pride & Polish National Championship in the Limited-Mileage Combo category, was on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show this week. Overdrive reported on the truck a few times last year, as the truck won Best of Show in several Pride & Polish events around the country. Click […]

March 29, 2014

Custom Rigs

Photo gallery: Custom ’07 Pete shows its stripes at MATS

The 2007 Peterbilt 379 below, on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show this week in Louisville, Ky., is owned by Dallas MCord.

March 28, 2014

Business

Trucker Buddy honors 2014 ‘outstanding’ truckers

Trucker Buddy International honored its 2014 Outstanding Trucker Buddies at a ceremony March 28 in Louisville, Ky., at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

March 28, 2014

Business

Observations from the dark side

“If you do go to MATS, take the time to go over to the Papa John’s parking lot and rub elbows with the regular guys – we’ve met some of the most decent human beings on this earth in that parking lot, and you don’t need a press pass to do that.”

March 28, 2014

Business

Seminar: Medical registry rule upping urgency of sleep apnea testing

The looming deadline for truckers to be medically certified by examiners approved by FMCSA has ratcheted up the pressure for those who may be at risk for sleep apnea to be tested and treated, said a speaker this week in Louisville, Ky.

March 28, 2014

Business

Volvo head talks fuel efficiency of ‘14 engines, remote diagnostics

Volvo President Goran Nyberg said the company’s 2014 engines are getting higher fuel economy than the company originally expected, besting their 2013 counterparts by 3 percent, rather than the 2 percent Volvo predicted.

March 27, 2014

Custom Rigs

Photo gallery: Western Star Optimus Prime at Mid-America

On display this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show is the Western Star 4900X that stars as Optimus Prime in the next iteration of the Transformers movie series. Above is a gallery of the truck on the show floor. (Photos by Jason Cannon)

March 26, 2014

Channel 19

Round-up: MATS haps, and a cattle hauler on his long career

Recently-retired bull wagon hauler Laurin Dreher reflects on a long career, while owner-operator Jeff Clark talks while he walks and more plans for MATS solidify…

March 20, 2014