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Channel 19

CSA 2010 — questions of accountability, fairness

A video interview with driver Steve Bugg about this Georgia-based carrier’s experience in the CSA 2010 pilot test program. CSA 2010, set to go online nationwide, changes the model for safety rating and enforcement in many ways for both carriers and drivers. Bugg questions the very basis of the program, at the same time acknowledging the legitimacy of his carrier’s new strict approach to driver speeding warnings, tickets and more, given the new regime.

March 4, 2010

Business

Show off your rig

Overdrive selects the best of its readers’ truck photos that have been uploaded to our gallery for publication in each month’s issue. Click here to post your truck in the Custom Rigs/Overdrive online gallery. Darren “Thunder” Gouveia of Lucasville, Ohio, owns this 2006 Kenworth W900L. It will appear in the March Overdrive.

March 4, 2010

Business

TCA names Owner-Operator of the Year

Warren Transport’s Steven Recker was named 2009 Owner-Operator of the Year in the contest sponsored by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive.

March 4, 2010

Channel 19

Saying goodbye to Michigan’s Te-Khi and Tekon independent truckstops

Soft freight and high fuel got you down? You’re not alone. Though business for the nation’s truckers has picked up since the extremely slow period we all saw last year, difficulties continue for many, and for two independent truckstops in Michigan the pressures were just too much. Writing in the Battle Creek Enquirer, Andy Fitzpatrick told a […]

March 3, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Arrow Trucking: Lawsuits, blame and good news

Some new developments emerged in recent days with Arrow Trucking, now two months after its Dec. 22 closing. Two items are from the Tulsa World. One details how lawsuits filed individually against executives are moving forward even though bankruptcy proceedings protect the company  from further lawsuits. Several of the civil cases are against Former CEO […]

February 24, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Credit card statements include free cold shower

You might have heard that banks have to play by new rules with their credit card terms and disclosures, starting today. If you’ve never faced the music when it comes to credit card abuse, your chance is about to come. One of the more digestible – and eye-popping – bits of information that now must […]

February 22, 2010

Channel 19

Remembering a genuine American — Yellow Freight driver Karl Krueger

It is with sadness that I that I relay news reports that confirm the death of a true American — Karl Krueger of Sioux Falls, S.D. (pictured), a union driver for Yellow Freight who made his mark on the trucking world and general public with a campaign for the presidency of the United States. A five-rig […]

February 19, 2010

Overdrive Extra

‘Ice Road Trucker’ comes home to thaw

Carlile Transportation’s George Spears When I rode with Alaskan Haul Road driver George Spears in the summer of 2006, he was planning to retire in the next year or so. However, he kept postponing the day. Then he was asked to stay for production of the third season of the History Channel’s “Ice Road Truckers” […]

February 11, 2010

Business

Sleep apnea: A wakeup call to drivers

Join us for a free webinar on Feb. 11 with sleep apnea expert Dr. Mark Berger. You’ll learn how sleep apnea affects your health and how it could impact your CDL.

February 8, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Is it recovery yet?

It’s hard some weeks to stack up the economic reports and figure if things are getting better or worse. This week was no exception.

February 5, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: TRANSPORTATION. For use of a personal veh

PIB TIP: TRANSPORTATION. For use of a personal vehicle for business, you should include the cost of the car and improvements, the date you started using it for business, the mileage for each business use and the total miles for the year. You should include your business destination and purpose of the trip. These details […]

February 3, 2010

Overdrive Extra

A confident public and stronger freight

Two bits of news breaking Wednesday offered some encouragement that the economy, and trucking with it, will continue rebounding.

January 27, 2010