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Birth of an Icon
For hard-working owner-operators trying to survive in a highly regulated industry, Overdrive became the Voice of the American Trucker.
October 1, 2010
Overdrive’s first issue in September 1961 swept truck stops with a special introductory price of 10 cents per issue, a review of nine good truck stops and postings of roads to avoid, among other offerings.
Channel 19
Custom heavy haul: Introducing Modern Machinery Movers
Clark Tucker opened his Indianapolis-based small fleet Modern Machinery Movers as a single-truck operation in 2002 to capitalize on heavy-haul opportunities in the wind-energy sector, a move that has proved fruitful. Today he employs 10 drivers. “Growing up on a farm, I bought my first truck, a 1946 Dodge, and never looked back,” says Tucker. […]
August 2, 2010
A Modern Machinery Mover
Channel 19
Grascals tour bus driver ‘Stubob’ Myrick’s Nashville flood tale
Stuart “Stubob” Myrick (pictured) of the Gallatin, Tenn., area paid his driving dues behind the wheel of several dump trucks, in the late 1970s, then logging miles over the road with a grocery-distribution outfit pulling vans and, most recently, a flatbed loaded with empty containers in the private fleet of a container refurbishing company. In short, he’s well earned his […]
May 27, 2010
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Reader Rigs
Truck Gallery, Feb. 25, 2010
Owner-operator Reed Thompson’s 2007 Western Star 4900 extended hood is powered by a 515-hp Detroit Diesel and pulls dry van freight in 48 states and Canada in a 2010 Cornhusker trailer. Thompson is leased to Skyview Farms of Gothenburg, Neb.
February 19, 2010
Papaw's truck
Business
3 manufacturers to get ‘SuperTruck’ financing
Cummins, Daimler North America and Navistar will receive $115 million in fuel efficiency projects.
January 11, 2010
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