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Channel 19
Former hauler loses 100 pounds with dance
Need proof âsmall steps can lead to big resultsâ in attempts to lose weight? Look no farther than âBig Johnâ Drury, who at his heaviest weighed 400 pounds, reported Local 12 News in Cincinnati, Ohio. A resident of nearby Hamilton, the 6â7âł tall former highway hauler lost nearly 100 pounds combining portion control and calorie [âŚ]
May 2, 2012
Channel 19
Interviewing NFI âroadside midwifeâ Mike Hawthorne
How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the unlikely description that can now be appropriately applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne, of Somerdale, N.J. Since I wrote about him several weeks back, the driver, who delivered the third newborn baby of his hauling career in late March, has been back at work delivering [âŚ]
May 1, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Could stocks lead natural gas power uptake?
Much has been made in recent times of the traction being gained by natural gas as an energy source to power truck freight transportation. Natural gas powertrains have made their most significant gains to date in vocational markets. Recall my post here in Overdrive Extra about the Ozinga Ready-Mix fleet in Chicago and 13 new [âŚ]
May 1, 2012
Channel 19
Humor in all places: Weigh stations, auto hauler suppliersâŚ
Thatâll be $5, driver When we quizzed operators via Overdriveâs Facebook page about their funniest weigh-station memories, moving van hauler Robert McConnell didnât hesitate: âMany years ago at a Colorado scale, when you used to have to go in and get your little yellow paper, a fellow mover was there and, when asked what he was [âŚ]
April 30, 2012
Channel 19
Holloway Sisters, good music, nice truck, and a joke
Nice truck, donât you think? Drivers, meet the Holloway Sisters, Michelle (right) and Sondra, both of whom we met here next to Jimmy Jaboâs custom 1953 Ford F100 on the grounds of Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, Tenn. at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show a couple weekends back. The sisters performed with their family band, Outta [âŚ]
April 29, 2012
Voices
Fuel management: Optimization, taxes and surcharges
Overdrive columnist and trucking radio host Kevin Rutherford presents âFuel management: Optimization, taxes and surcharges.â
April 27, 2012
Channel 19
OOIDA on bond increase: Large brokers not the problem
I spoke to Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer about the broker minimum bond increase issue earlier this week. The conversation followed posts to the blog looking at opposition to the measure (to raise it from $10,000 to $100,000) from small brokerages and their advocates, who have been reaching out to owner-operators [âŚ]
April 27, 2012
Channel 19
Speak out today in EOBR session
If youâve not taken the opportunity to tell the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration your thoughts on just how electronic onboard recorders for hours-of-service monitoring are or will be used in the industry, today is your day. For haulers shutting down in late afternoon on the East Coast, the opportunity is particularly good. The agencyâs [âŚ]
April 26, 2012
Channel 19
Heck of a farm truck: Custom 359 single-axle flatbed, with wide singles
Tom Crawford, owner and operator of the Farmerâs Market in Cashiers in far Western North Carolina, showed this custom-restored 1975 Peterbilt 359 flatbed daycab, outfitted with Michelin wide singles on the single axle rear end, at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show in Knoxville April 13 and 14. It was one among many I saw there [âŚ]
April 25, 2012
Business
Veteran driving team takes home NAST trophy
Forty-year trucking vets Harvey and Karen Zanderâs 2003 International Model 9001x has been named the winner of the 2011 NAST Truck-Lite Trophy. The truck, which theyâve named Icy Blue 2, features 322 Truck-Lite LED lights and won the couple a prize of $5,000, along with the trophy. Second place went to Jeremy Trout and his [âŚ]
April 25, 2012
Overdrive Extra
âShipping Warsâ hotshot reality TV show extended
The Shipping Wars reality TV show, launched earlier this year and featuring the work of several hotshot owner-operators competing for earnings by bidding on and moving freight from the uShip.com online marketplace, hasnât exactly lit up the trucking world with interest in the manner of, say, the Ice Road Truckers show at its height, but the [âŚ]
April 25, 2012
Channel 19
Sleep apnea reg recommendations: Comments closed?
If youâve missed the news as yet, the recommendations put forward by the joint meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Board to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on sleep apnea entered a 30-day comment period late last week. Or did they? The agency sent out updates to various media [âŚ]
April 24, 2012
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