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Business

Gem City Tire adds new center

Gem City Tire has opened a 30,000-square-foot full-service truck tire center in Sharonville, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati. The sixth such center for Gem City Tire, the Sharonville facility is located near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 275. Goodyear and Dunlop brand commercial truck tires, retreaded tires that have been manufactured using The […]

January 3, 2012

Business

Jet truck makes dramatic takeoff

Check video of the jet truck’s scorching run at the 2011 Charlotte Diesel Super Show.

January 3, 2012

Channel 19

Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review

What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so let’s make it a tradition, how bout? The Chinese Year of the Rabbit saw all manner of issues hopping in and out of the national on-highway spotlight, bookended by a proposed […]

January 1, 2012

Business

Pulse

These stats were gathered by Overdrive’s sister magazine Commercial Carrier Journal from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

January 1, 2012

Business

Click for Parts

Expanding e-commerce options make ordering parts online efficient and convenient.

January 1, 2012

Business

Chasing the Green

Certain niches offer big income potential for those willing to specialize.

January 1, 2012

Voices

Roadside Attractions

Stowaways are caught, Overdrive has a young fan, how to prevent joint pain, freight rates are holding and other industry oddities and news items are featured along with Truck Gallery.

January 1, 2012

Business

Western Star 4700 SF to premier in test drive challenge

Western Star’s new 4700SF dump truck, equipped with a 450-hp Detroit Diesel DD13 and Allison 4500 RDS transmission, will make its debut in the Serious Trucks Challenge in January at the World of Concrete 2012, said the Fort Mill, S.C.-based truck maker and contest host. The test drive challenge will be from 9:30 a.m. to […]

December 30, 2011

Business

Epes drivers tie in referral contest

Epes Transport System driver Eric Betts won a new Chevrolet Silverado, and Tim Britt and Donald Washburn won $5,000 for having the most referrals in a carrier-wide contest, the Greensboro, N.C.-based carrier announced. After the drivers tied for first place, their names were drawn recently to determine which prize each would receive. Epes Transport was […]

December 29, 2011

Channel 19

FMCSA’s hours rule justification includes, well, guess who…

You can imagine my surprise yesterday when, just as I’m perusing portions of the new hours rule’s full text in preparation for a story or two I’m putting together for Truckers News and Overdrive, I get an email from a colleague making note of the fact that none other than my own reporting is sourced […]

December 29, 2011

Business

Trucker wins flat-screen TV in Christmas promo

Veteran trucker Ron Phares won a flat-screen TV, DVD player and power converter for his Freightliner Cascadia as a grand prize package in a promotion named the 12 Days of Christmas, said Troy, Ill.-based Truck Centers Inc. Phares, an owner-operator and resident of Springfield, Ill., also garnered other prizes, the total for which is valued […]

December 29, 2011

Channel 19

Big Idaho Potato Tour peels out behind T660 drives

More trucking news here emerging from the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl like a shoot from a half-pound baker left on the windowsill. You’ll recall my post about the fine salute Women in Trucking delivered to the females of our industry during the televised contest — and now, check out the giant re-creation of one of […]

December 28, 2011