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Business

Stunning New Mexico military tribute tanker from owner-operator Grant Maxey

During the shooting of film footage for the upcoming Tony Justice “Stars, Stripes and White Lines” video, we had the pleasure and honor of running with Grant Maxey and the 1988 Heil tanker he’s had painted with a stunning tribute to the veterans of America.

October 2, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Special Olympics convoy: Joplin shatters truck-number record, raises $100,000-plus

Convoy footage, participants’ choice Best of Show winners, 4 States’ annual Larry H. Martin award presentation to a driver who is trucking “to the core,” and more from this weekend’s Guilty by Association Truck Show in Joplin.

September 26, 2016

Business

Florida group plans trucking rally from Miami to Tallahassee for June 6

Florida truckers have come together with plans for a rally ride from Miami to Tallahassee to “express their dissatisfaction” with some specific issues plaguing the industry. A press release issued to Overdrive by Ponce Seoane and Alberto Cruz-Torres, two of the organizers, begins with this appeal: We are a group of owner operators and transportation professionals […]

May 20, 2016

Business

Wreaths Across America convoy en route to Arlington National Cemetery

The annual Wreaths Across America convoy escort from Harrington, Maine to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., began Sunday, Dec. 6 and will conclude Saturday, Dec. 12.

December 8, 2015

Business

‘Convoy’ service for on-demand freight matching

Another entry in the would-be "uber for trucking" category, the Convoy service is centered around local/regional freight opportunities in Washington State.

October 27, 2015

Channel 19

Convoy honors Ohio owner-operator Dave Trout

A terminal cancer diagnosis last year stopped owner-operator Dave Trout’s career in its tracks. This weekend, more than 100 truckers showed him the trucking legend he is in their Ohio community.

January 29, 2015

Business

Pushing back with positive press

“There are as many good trucking stories as there are bad, and while there will always be bad press, it would be nice if we could get just a little more recognition of the countless dollars raised for numerous charities by the truckers.”

October 29, 2014

Business

Chicken lights visible from outer space

The Guilty by Association Truck Show was “hands down the best $100 we’ve spent in a long time,” Wendy says. “Next year, I’d like to see 300 trucks and some mainstream news agencies…”

October 1, 2014

Business

Race to a shutdown

“Attaching a bunch of stuff to a trucking cause that has nothing to do with trucking is the same thing the government does when they attach pork to a bill.”

October 1, 2013

Voices

Will you participate in the ‘Truckers Ride for the Consitution?’

The “Truckers Ride for the Constitution” Facebook page has been calling drivers to participate in an Oct. 11 Washington, D.C., area convoy, demonstrations around the country through the 13th and more, likewise a buy-nothing solidarity gesture from the general public. Will you take part? Or not hardly…

October 1, 2013

Business

‘Unofficial warning shot’ fired

Intel on the “2 Million Bikers to D.C.” ride Thursday, September 12, from Tidewater Express heavy hauler Lyndon Armory.

September 18, 2013

Overdrive Extra

Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a robot convoy

Steven Ashley, writing for the BBC, gives a good update on recent testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks, particularly a test of four trucks on an oval track in Tsukuba, Japan.

April 11, 2013