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Overdrive Radio

Tale of two drivers at Partners in Business:

Todd Amen presented the latest in revenue/income averages and trends from ATBS’ owner-operator clients, which continue to follow what’s been happening over a decade now. Better income on fewer miles.

August 23, 2014

Business

Swiftwick compression sock to be sold in Pilot Flying J truck stops

“A compression sock ought to be a part of the uniform of every single fleet.” –Swiftwick CEO Mark Cleveland on the long-term health benefits of compression socks. He commended Pilot Flying J for “recognizing it as a driver health initiative.”

August 23, 2014

Trucker Talent Search

Keith Sampson named Trucker Talent Search winner at GATS

Keith Sampson was named winner of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search Aug. 22 by judges at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

August 22, 2014

Business

Don’t lick me, bro

Apocryphal — maybe — tale of face-licking as a form of gratitude yields an obsession: “I think I might have a mild complex regarding [fear of] stranger licking now.”

August 22, 2014

Business

Initiative brings hepatitis C awareness, testing to truckers

Truckers are five times more likely than the general population to carry hepatitis C virus (HCV), a dangerous blood-born infection that can live in the body for up to 40 years with no symptoms. To educate truck drivers about HCV and encourage them to get tested, the Healthy Trucking Association and its partners, OraSure Technologies […]

August 22, 2014

Business

Apex’ authority start-up service

The Apex Capital Startup Program adds to its newly minted load board for clients and other benefits the factoring company offers to customers

August 22, 2014

Voices

Julie Matulle named Top Rookie at Great American Trucking Show

Julie Matulle, a 46-year-old driver for H.O. Wolding Inc. in Amherst, Wisc. is the winner of the fourth annual Mike O’Connell Memorial Trucking’s Top Rookie Award. She received the award, including $10,000 and a variety of prizes, today in ceremonies at the Great American Trucking Show (GATS) in Dallas. Brad Bentley, editorial director for recruiting […]

August 22, 2014

Business

Wreaths Across America: Trucking partnership enables growth, full Arlington coverage the goal

WAA head Morrel Worcester said his group’s partnership with trucking companies helps makes possible not only the large annual year-over-year increases in wreath layings, but also the program itself.

August 22, 2014

Business

Traveling trailer exhibit highlights sex trafficking

Truckers Against Trafficking debuted its Freedom Drivers Project Friday at the Great American Trucking Show. The mobile exhibit includes displays of ordinary objects, such as a prescription pill bottle and a CB microphone, to show the realities of trafficking and how intertwined it is with the trucking industry. “It’s one thing to talk about human […]

August 22, 2014

Custom Rigs

‘Texas Trocas’ to document custom truck building process

The innovative and one-of-a-kind show trucks being produced by the Mendez family at the Texas Chrome Shop has caught more than the eyes of truck show attendees and Pride & Polish judges in recent years: The family and the custom truck builds at their shop are the subjects of a new documentary-style show on Discovery En Espanol.d

August 22, 2014

Trucker Talent Search

Edgar Hansen interviews Trucker Talent Search nominees

Edgar Hansen from Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch interviewed the nominees for the Trucker Talent Search. Check out the video below. The nominees will compete today at 5 p.m. Central at the Red Eye Radio booth.

August 22, 2014

Business

Get soaked with Baylor Trucking at GATS ALS ice-bucket challenge

The viral ALS ice-bucket challenges comes to GATS via Indiana-based Baylor Trucking, a fleet with a close relationship to the condition. Take the challenge yourself 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri-Sat near shuttle drop-off spots at the Dallas Convention Center.

August 22, 2014