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Channel 19

Bon voyage — a final word on leaving trucking

Thomas Dempsey’s farewell to trucking “toward a more stable industry, one that young people will want to enter, and current drivers will choose to stay with, and be proud to do.”

November 16, 2013

Business

5 more things members of the general public don’t know about truckers

Costs of operation eat up a majority of an owner-operator business’s revenue — more on fuel, maintenance, tires, oil and food in this occasional series.

October 29, 2013

Voices

Hot Button: What would be the No. 1 effect of a wide owner-operator shutdown?

Opinion on the potential effects resulting from a wide shutdown has varied widely among Overdrive readers — from a solid negative for truckers’ public image to political leverage on regs.

September 27, 2013

Life

5 things members of the general public don’t know about truckers

From typical speed to on-the-road conditions and pay packages, misunderstood elements of the trucking business remain in the dark for many in the general public.

September 19, 2013

Channel 19

‘Collectively dumbfounded and equally impressed’ — Mike Ryan on judging ‘Most Beautiful’

“We started thinking about the times we’d been broken down, flat broke and what it took to get home about the same time that we all started broadening our original concepts of beauty.” –Mike Ryan

August 27, 2013

Business

Walmart driver No. 1 in truck-driving championships

Gary Harms, a Walmart Transportation professional truck driver based in Olathe, Kan., was named the 2013 Bendix National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion. Gary’s driving skills and knowledge of transportation and truck safety information topped those of 422 other professional drivers from all across the United States in the National Truck Driving Championships, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, […]

August 26, 2013

Business

Hard choices judging Overdrive’s Most Beautiful

“I learned more in the hour and a half we spent with these ladies than I have in a very long time. These women know their business, and they all know their way around a truck.”

August 25, 2013

Channel 19

‘Harder than it looks’ — mainstream biz reporter takes big-truck wheel

Biz reporter Lauren Boyer of the York Daily Record faces down fears of highway driving around big trucks to take the wheel herself; a round-up of truck/trucking shows near-term and down the road…

June 22, 2013

Life

Back on the ice: Lisa Kelly’s return to Ice Road Truckers

Lisa Kelly returns to Ice Road Truckers as a new season debuts on the History Channel Sunday, June 9. What does the most recognizable face in trucking have to say about the latest twists?

June 5, 2013

Business

Improving truckers’ public image — or not

“While I don’t think it’s necessary to wear a tie to garner respect, I do feel it’s necessary to properly cover your genitals when in public. Please. For the love of God.”

April 10, 2013

Channel 19

‘Truckers: The soldiers of the U.S. economy’

Owner-operator Gary Johnson’s new Gzs-Tees.com website has a section devoted to t-shirts with trucking messages of various and sundry colors and viewpoints.

March 18, 2013

Parking

Warner Robins ordinance repealed!

Last night Wendy’s home town council voted down the restrictive two-hour truck parking ordinance they’d approved just two weeks prior. Here’s why.

March 5, 2013