Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 43

Overdrive Extra

After 50 years, truly independent

The important thing is that the owner-operator has come into his own as a legitimate self-employed business owner able to deal with such opposition.

September 12, 2011

Channel 19

‘Where’s the love’ for truckers? Dr. Love has the answer

Or at least he knows where it’s not: I-55 South into Hammond, La., from the No. 46 milemarker about 15 miles to I-12 (much smoother). Dr. Love, or truck driver B.G. Love, takes online viewers on a tour down this road in a video posted in June to the blog for his “Lovology” project, a personal […]

September 12, 2011

Channel 19

Remembering 9/11 as anniversary approaches: A trucker’s story from ground zero

This month’s issue of Truckers News commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a look at how the trucking business has changed as a result of the disaster. The areas impacted largely include load security and driver background scrutiny, but also camaraderie, drivers looking out for one another, pay, and other factors. A […]

September 9, 2011

Trucking History

‘Hi, yo, Silver, away!’

Clayton Moore, longtime star of the TV series, “The Lone Ranger,” revealed a respect for truckers in a 1972 Overdrive feature.

September 8, 2011

Channel 19

Texting temptation: A little ditty — and more — to help you resist

A little good humor today — with a safety message to boot. Admit it: We’ve all been tempted when it comes to texting while driving, right? What will it hurt to answer the spouse’s question with a quick “N-O” or, yes, the opposite? Next time that thought fires in your head, Winnipeg, Manitoba-based high school […]

September 8, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Plenty of chrome at Dallas show

There were a record 71 entrants at the Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish in late August. See video of three contestants.

September 7, 2011

Channel 19

A novel ‘hot load’ strategy

Next time somebody tells you they’ve got a “hot load” and you best to do everything and more in your power to get it there on-time, you may do well to point the speaker in the direction of a new story in the National Law Journal. In it, plaintiff’s attorney Kent Emison goes to great […]

September 4, 2011

Channel 19

My talk with the $25,000-winning ‘Navigator of the Year’

I got the grand opportunity to meet an owner-operator at the Great American Trucking Show last week who holds something of a grand distinction of being the only OO I know who’s had a $25,000 check written to him just for being who he is. That owner-operator is St. Louis-based Edward Crumer (pictured), leased to […]

September 2, 2011

Channel 19

Channel 19 news round-up: flooding, radio, TSE, petition…

Vid tour through I-680 flood damage As Missouri River floodwaters receded from flood stage this month after a long summer of high water, Iowa DOT officials finally got a look at I-680 at the I-29 interchange, and the damage done to both roadways is just stunning (pictured courtesy of Iowa DOT; more info on detours/outlook […]

September 1, 2011

Business

Kentucky Trailer has grand opening of paint, decale division

A paint and decale division of Kentucky Trailer is having its grand opening in a new 80,000-square-foot building, the Louisville, Ky.-based trailer maker announced. The facility for the new division, Kentucky Trailer Paint & Reconditioning, is located near the company’s headquarters in the Louisville-Jefferson County Riverport Industrial Park. The division is a full service paint, […]

September 1, 2011

Business

Overdrive Galleries

Culled from 50 years, the classic images in these galleries epitomize some of trucking’s big moments and the feel of bygone eras.

September 1, 2011

Business

Pulse

Overdrive is proud of the role it continues to play in helping owner-operators get ever better at mastering the challenging job they do.

September 1, 2011