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Channel 19

Introducing a ‘Truck Drivin’ Mama’ in Annabella Wood

Though she’s no longer a “gainfully employed trucker at this point” by her own estimation, Pennsylvania resident Annabella Wood continues to haul in a straight dump truck for a tree service company once a month or so to maintain her on-highway credentials. And she spent nearly 30 years — 29 and a half to be […]

July 26, 2011

Channel 19

Calling all independents; New profile series seeks nominations

Are you an owner-operator running with your own authority? A two-three-truck fleet owner with a unique approach to trucking success? If you’ve been following Overdrive Dollars & Sense columnist and radio host Kevin Rutherford’s columns over the past couple months, you know he’s gotten into a series about taking your business to the next level […]

July 25, 2011

Channel 19

Veteran long-hauler uninjured in run-in with 2009 Heisman winner

Lee Roop of the Hunstville (Ala.) Times yesterday reported, fortunately, that long-haul driver Paul Clewis was uninjured and will drive out the remainder of the 2011 season after an attempted right-side pass resulted in disaster for 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram’s four-door Infiniti — and Clewis’ tractor’s front end. Clewis wasn’t aware an incoming […]

July 23, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Landstar sees “continued strength in revenue per load”

If this week’s earnings report from Landstar Systems is any indication, the rest of the year looks good for owner-operators. “I would characterize the overall second quarter freight environment as a little choppy, but moving in an upward direction,” said Henry Gerkens, chairman, president and CEO of Landstar, the nation’s biggest owner-operator carrier.  “Pricing continued […]

July 22, 2011

Channel 19

Tonight on American Trucker — Gully Transportation’s antique trucks

Gully Transportation will be featured on tonight’s edition of the American Trucker television show. The episode will air on the Speed Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern. The program will show the production of one of the Quincy, Ill.-based regional hauler’s newest trucks – a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia – in the manufacturer’s Cleveland, N.C., facility. “My father started […]

July 21, 2011

Channel 19

Suspecting foul play in trailer deck collapse, car hauler vows vigilance

File this under “lessons learned,” folks. On May 9, 2011, after an afternoon loading cars in Shreveport, La., car hauler Marc Pogrebneak wheeled over to the Petro off I-20 for a quick shower, dinner and a call to his wife. He was set to roll into West Texas to stage near his load’s destination, and […]

July 20, 2011

Channel 19

Motorhead Garage TV’s ‘Big Rig Edition’ series continues

Hosts Sam Memmolo and Dave Bowman, formerly of such television shows as Two Guys Garage, Shade Tree Mechanic, and Crank and Chrome, have launched a series of “Big Rig Editions” of Motorhead Garage, Sundays at 11:30 a.m. on the Fox Sports Network, taking do-it-yourself maintenance and truck/trailer know-how from the shop to the small screen. This […]

July 18, 2011

Channel 19

Vid with a onetime ‘Queen of the Road’

Remember ‘Queen of the Road’ Margarette Kirsch, the 82-year-old whom the Twilight Wish Foundation helped find her way into the passenger seat of a Penske International for a cross-country haul — longtime dream come true? We came across video of part of her journey with driver/singer Anabella Wood behind the wheel at AARP’s Youtube.com page and […]

July 17, 2011

Business

I-405 in Los Angeles reopened ahead of schedule

Truckers coped with the shutdown by leaving early and taking alternate routes.

July 15, 2011

Channel 19

Visit the trucking museum at Iowa 80 and download a new app

If it happens you’re at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop today, be sure to visit the trucking museum. If you’re packing  a smartphone, scan the QR code with the phone’s camera at the front desk to download a new app and you can go back there anytime you like — […]

July 15, 2011

Channel 19

Getting around ‘Truckermageddon’; American Trucker season 2 ‘gets hardcore’

I-405 shutdown this weekend — the 405 will be shut down northbound in a 10-mile stretch between I-10 and U.S. 101.

July 14, 2011

Business

Minn. rest areas remain shut

Minnesota’s public rest areas remain barricaded as state officials near the two-week mark of their shutdown.

July 13, 2011