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Life

Lisa Kelly returns with new Ice Road Truckers series

Kelly is appearing in the third and fourth installments of a special series on SiriusXM’s Road Dog Trucking Radio Channel 128 this weekend, May 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. EDT both days.

May 21, 2013

Channel 19

Small gestures go a long way

Truckers pitched in to feed sandbag-filling volunteers in Fargo, N.D.’s efforts to reach 1 million sandbags by this week’s end in preparation for flood season.

April 13, 2013

Overdrive Extra

Behind the scenes with Lisa Kelly

A couple weeks ago, as the Mid-America Trucking Show was winding down in Louisville, my friends at Volvo Trucks grabbed me in the media room and asked if I’d be interested in doing an exclusive interview with Ice Road Trucker star Lisa Kelly as she test-drove a Volvo VN tractor. Volvo was helping Lisa spread the word […]

April 5, 2013

Life

‘Shipping Wars’ season 3 features refused load, Evel Knievel truck

“Either it’s legal, safe and compliant or I’m not going to do it.” –owner-operator Marc Springer, who refused a load he’d won the bid on during filming of Shipping Wars’ third season.

December 27, 2012

Channel 19

Saturday round-up: Defining ‘dream girl’; Four-wheeler ed; Christmas already?

Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi says she’s a “truck driver in a model’s body,” Linde North America educates budding four-wheelers on sharing the road, and … Snap-On hopes it’s Christmas — yes, already.

November 17, 2012

Channel 19

A familiar Montana state senate candidate — broker Dan Metully

Metully, of TFI Logistics and TransportWatch.com, holds pride as a Montanan, with the state at the fore of challenges to the explosion of corporate campaign spending. Also: how the broker bond minimum increase will impact his business.

November 3, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Iowa 80 eatery featured in television series

I always enjoy watching a program on television that fires up the “hey, I’ve been there” electrons in my brain. There’s just something exciting about seeing familiarity on the flat-screen. It’s even better when you have a personal relationship with the subject being featured. Another opportunity for my excitable standard “been there” announcement to my […]

September 15, 2012

Voices

Reader: ‘Shipping Wars’ coverage ‘disgusting’

Mary Hanlon of Milton, Ky., had strong words for Overdrive‘s coverage of the ‘Shipping Wars’ TV show.

August 29, 2012

Overdrive Extra

World’s Toughest Trucker contestants at Great West

Drivers Jason Johnson and William Carlos “L.A. Rookie” Weekley (pictured) will be joining representatives of the Truck It Smart load matching service at their booth in Las Vegas at the Great West Truck Show, beginning Thursday. Not only have both drivers proven they can hang hauling loads in the Australian Outback and in the Himalayas, […]

June 12, 2012

Channel 19

IRT without Lisa Kelly: Downer for many fans

With Ice Road Truckers‘ sixth season premiere on the History Channel last Sunday, fans were reportedly bummed by the absence of the biggest star the show’s produced, trucker Lisa Kelly. (Find my 2010 interview with her here.) On Overdrive‘s Facebook page, one commenter went farther: “Looks like this will be the worst season ever. Hot […]

June 6, 2012

Channel 19

$100 off apnea test; Motorhead Garage TV at Diamond International

Motorhead Garage TV to feature International dealerships this morning Diamond Companies, a holding company for International Truck and IC Bus dealerships in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, will be featured on a special “Big Rig” episode of the Motorhead Garage TV Series on the Fox Sports Network. The episode airs this morning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern and […]

May 6, 2012

Business

States looking to replace trucking with barges, shuttles

While California’s trying to move freight with barges, Texas is looking replace trucking with a shuttle system.

April 27, 2012