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Channel 19
Diesel price is up: One operatorās response
Driving habits can do a lot for fuel efficiency, as we know, but there are other ways of dealing with the continued high cost of fuel, up another 5 cents nationally last week. Seeing the gross inflation of crude markets that has been part and parcel of the world commodities markets in the past four-five [ā¦]
September 7, 2011
Channel 19
A novel āhot loadā strategy
Next time somebody tells you theyāve got a āhot loadā and you best to do everything and more in your power to get it there on-time, you may do well to point the speaker in the direction of a new story in the National Law Journal. In it, plaintiffās attorney Kent Emison goes to great [ā¦]
September 4, 2011
Channel 19
My talk with the $25,000-winning āNavigator of the Yearā
I got the grand opportunity to meet an owner-operator at the Great American Trucking Show last week who holds something of a grand distinction of being the only OO I know whoās had a $25,000 check written to him just for being who he is. That owner-operator is St. Louis-based Edward Crumer (pictured), leased to [ā¦]
September 2, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 news round-up: flooding, radio, TSE, petitionā¦
Vid tour through I-680 flood damage As Missouri River floodwaters receded from flood stage this month after a long summer of high water, Iowa DOT officials finally got a look at I-680 at the I-29 interchange, and the damage done to both roadways is just stunning (pictured courtesy of Iowa DOT; more info on detours/outlook [ā¦]
September 1, 2011
Business
Breaking Free: The history of the owner-operator in trucking
From fighting for freedom to haul in its early days to stressing smart business practices later, Overdrive has championed the owner-operatorās concerns. Here, a history of owner-op business, from 1960-2011, with a special request for you.
September 1, 2011
Business
LogBook
New regulations will increase truck cost, owner-operator pay expected to rise, natural gas trucks catching on and other industry news items are featured.
September 1, 2011
Business
Pulse
Overdrive is proud of the role it continues to play in helping owner-operators get ever better at mastering the challenging job they do.
September 1, 2011
Channel 19
Freewheelinās top 10 trucking songs after 1985
With Overdriveās September 50th anniversary issue hard on the way, and considering folks at the Great American Trucking Show got a sneak peak at the 50 top technical milestones John Baxter and oiur editorial crew put together, I thought Iād offer up a little for you. Youāll recall our all-time top ten trucking songs, of [ā¦]
August 31, 2011
Channel 19
Electrification of truck stop spaces revives
As fuel prices spiked in 2007-08, a large majority of truckersā anti-idling interest was focused on dedicated auxiliary power units, which market expanded dramatically with a profusion of new manufacturers. This time around, with the economy still somewhat shaky, owner-operator and fleet interest in up-front investment in full-function APU technology may be taking a back [ā¦]
August 30, 2011
Channel 19
Say ____ to electronic logs, Take 2
Itās time to play fill in the blank again on the Channel 19 blog. Itās been nearly Ā a year since the above headline graced this hall above a post about a rash of legislative proposals to mandate electronic logs for the entirety of interstate truckers and certain low-cost electronic logging options out there. In the [ā¦]
August 29, 2011
Channel 19
Live load visibility with a simple, free smartphone app
Owner-operators, thereās been no shortage of talk about the profusion of truck-tracking devices and the relative problems they could cause, given ongoing hours-of-service/EOBR issues and discussions. But the simple fact of the matter is that allowing shippers and consignees a real-time window into your location could be a quite simple way to engage potential direct-freight [ā¦]
August 24, 2011
Channel 19
Driver loses vital organ at Kentucky hospital
Trucker Philip Seaton is locked in a battle with a Kentucky doctor whom it appears may be attempting to cover his tracks after amputating Seatonās penis after finding cancer during a routine circumcision-type procedure to relieve inflammation ā doing so without, apparently, telling Seaton he was doing it. Thatās all Iāll say, aside from that [ā¦]
August 24, 2011
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