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Overdrive Radio
Learning from the mistakes of others, with owner-op Bill Ater from last week’s early-Spring blizzard
In this week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast we drop into the scene at The Junction truck stop in Blunt, S.D., round about mid-week last week just ahead of the blizzard. Owner-operator Ater and a fellow hauler on a run from Midland, Texas, up to the Williston, N.D., oil fields, ended up spending three nights there, leaving with a new appreciation for the place and its generous manager.
April 19, 2019
Business
New York State Thruway partially reopened 3 p.m. Friday afternoon
With some sections having been closed for more than three days, as of morning November 21 more than 100 miles of the New York State Thruway east and west of Buffalo, N.Y., remained closed.
November 21, 2014
Channel 19
Lookback on — and a severe weather report from — a Mustang at the tattoo parlor
Mike “Mustang” Crawford runs through the high winds on I-40 in West Okla. and East Texas, and a look back on his Marine Corps tattoo.
October 13, 2014
Channel 19
Keys Truckers on Joplin relief mission; Open weather webinar tomorrow
Last time I saw Keys Truckers Jan (pictured, with Rocky) and James McCarter they were right here in Nashville for the grand reopening of the downtown TravelCenters of America location, which had been closed since the flooding last May. Today, the Keys sent word out I thought Midwest haulers may well be able to act […]
May 24, 2011
Channel 19
Driver rides out Joplin tornado at Flying J
You’ve probably seen the pictures from the horrific tornado that rammed through Joplin, Mo., hitting the Pilot Flying J off I-44 at U.S. 71 yesterday. Ozark Mountain Leasing driver Todd Arnold, who lives far northeast in Maine, just weeks after missing the Glade Spring, Va., tornado that devastated the Petro Stopping Centers location there by […]
May 23, 2011
Channel 19
Trucker Weather Watch storm spotters want you
Former long-hauler and current Traffic Control Supervisor/Driver for Stripe Rite, based near Seattle, Sean Kiaer in April 2006 was a front-line witness to the formation of a tornado in Tennessee. He called 911 from the cab at the time to report the storm, which was headed directly for the town of Newbern, Tenn., but realized his […]
May 18, 2011
Channel 19
Tornado caught on owner-operators’ webcam
Owner-operators Randy Moyano and Ann Burt (pictured) run in a 1998 Peterbilt pulling a Fontaine RGN with Superior stinger axle for heavy/overdimensional loads, leased to Greentree Transportation. I met the pair a week ago today in Lebanon, Tenn., where I took this picture. They were deadheading west then all the way to Oklahoma to pick […]
April 29, 2011
Business
Illinois DOT suspends HOS rules for petroleum haulers
Petroleum haulers are exempt from Illinois’ hours of service regulations until 11:59 p.m. Feb. 7, or until bad weather has subsided, the Illinois Department of Transportation said Monday. The lift was declared due to increased fuel demands as a result of severe weather in the Midwest. An extension is possible, if conditions exists, IDOT says.
February 2, 2011
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