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Overdrive Extra

Coming attractions: Show trucks

The biggest venue for Pride & Polish, produced now by Overdrive’s Custom Rigs, is coming in less than a month. It’s the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Aug. 26-28. This show always draws great rigs. You can view a quick sampling from the 2009 show in a music video on Overdrive’s video player. There […]

July 30, 2010

Channel 19

‘No Zone’ redux

A look at one of the “No Zone” safe-driving advocacy trailers.

July 28, 2010

Channel 19

Con-way Truckload driver pens ‘Semi Aware’ book for teen drivers

But it’s not just for teens, Toby Bogard says. The Crossville, Tenn., resident and seven-year Con-way Truckload company driver hopes all drivers can get something out of the Semi Aware book.

July 27, 2010

Channel 19

‘Nice mouse, driver’

The folks at Avant Garde Gifts, LLC, offer the MotorMouse, a computer mouse of wireless design and in varying colors — and that looks like a sports car, as you can see (that the Porsche 911 you recognize). As company reps have it, it might well be a “great gift” for car lovers at Christmastime or […]

July 26, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Five decades of trucking

Overdrive has a big anniversary next year – its 50th. You can e-mail your reflections about trucking to me at [email protected] or send them to Overdrive, P.O. Box 3187, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403.

July 26, 2010

Channel 19

From homeschooled in the cab to Harvard Law

Kerry Anderson may someday be the President of the United States. She’s got the educational pedigree, at least, having graduated from Harvard and now contemplating law school — what’s interesting about all this is that according to the feature interview NPR All Things Considered cohost Michele Norris conducted with Kerry Anderson Wednesday, Anderson is the daughter […]

July 23, 2010

Channel 19

Suvey says DOT’s happy, how ’bout you?

We couldn’t help but chuckle here at Overdrive HQ when we saw a particular press release blast from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s halls a couple weeks back now. Its title, “Latest Survey Shows DOT Employee Satisfaction on the Rise,” read to our trucking ears like a piece of news full of all manner of comic, […]

July 22, 2010

Channel 19

A Jazzy Jordan racecar design; more from the run

Since Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan completed her run across the United States to benefit the St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund, haulers around the nation have used the internet to send out mini-tributes to her historic effort, from posted pictures (such as the one here from Robert Curran, of Jazzy signing his flatbed) and anecdotes […]

July 21, 2010

Business

Fuel filtration system

The STS 6000-30GPM keeps fuel clean of microbial contamination by removing sludge and water from fuel tanks and drying fuel with a fully-automated programming and remote monitoring system, the company says. The controller also monitors fuel tank levels and uses high-fuel level alarms to prevent overflows and spills. ALGAE-X, www.algae-x.net, (877) 425-4239

July 20, 2010

Business

Smart phone application

The mobile application for the iPhone and other smart phones offers drivers the ability to update trip status, confirm pick-up and deliveries and capture trip documents for submissions. The application offers a document submission method that can provide faster pay and reduce out-of-route miles, the company says. TRIPPAK SERVICES, www.trippak.com, (800) 489-4585

July 20, 2010

Channel 19

U.S. Army’s self-driving truck a long way from the action

Check out the latest edition of the DTI, or Defense Technology International, journal, and you’ll get an electronic whiff of the latest experiment in a self-driving truck — this one from Lockheed Martin and steered by the company’s Convoy Active Safety Technology, or CAST, being employed on a few prototype U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, […]

July 19, 2010

Business

Wind energy equipment trailer

The 75-ton Double Schnabel Trailer is designed to transport wind energy equipment and for use in heavy haul applications. The trailers are self-sustaining, and self-loading options are available with hydraulic-lift capabilities to reduce the need for cranes during loading and unloading, the company says. The trailer has a 13-axle configuration designed to haul an 80-meter […]

July 19, 2010