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Five decades of trucking

Overdrive has a big anniversary next year – its 50th. You can e-mail your reflections about trucking to me at [email protected] or send them to Overdrive, P.O. Box 3187, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403.

July 26, 2010

Business

Wind energy equipment trailer

The 75-ton Double Schnabel Trailer is designed to transport wind energy equipment and for use in heavy haul applications. The trailers are self-sustaining, and self-loading options are available with hydraulic-lift capabilities to reduce the need for cranes during loading and unloading, the company says. The trailer has a 13-axle configuration designed to haul an 80-meter […]

July 19, 2010

Business

I-40 lanes in Nashville to close

Lanes in both directions will be closed July 16-19 to begin work on concrete foundations for new overhead sign structures.

July 15, 2010

Business

June 18: Partners in Business

It’s tough to run a successful owner-operator business. Overdrive’s Partners in Business seminar at the Great West Truck Show, sponsored by Freightliner Trucks and Schneider National, provides training to make it work.

June 10, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Paper products leading factory growth

The latest news from manufacturers, reporting a strong May, backs up reports that freight is growing. Manufacturing expanded in May for the 10th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 13th consecutive month, according to the supply executives polled for the Institute for Supply Management’s Report On Business. “Employment continues to grow as […]

June 2, 2010

Overdrive Extra

CSA 2010 – your bittersweet change agent

I’ve yet to speak to anyone in trucking who’s overjoyed about Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. After all, a much more meticulous safety mindset will be required to avoid getting caught on the radar of this huge data-crunching machine when it cranks up in December.             Some carriers in CSA 2010 test states have been to […]

May 27, 2010

Overdrive Extra

A shortage of drivers — and quality

I’ve been hearing since at least March that many carriers are once again scrounging for drivers. This means a return to business as usual in terms of a driver shortage, only this time it could more severe than normal. The reasons by now are well-known. The economy has been bouncing back. Imminent safety-related regulations — notably […]

May 14, 2010

Channel 19

Owner-operator assesses options for rig flooded at TA

The Cumberland River in and around Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, May 6, finally dropped below flood stage, and for many affected in the area, the cleanup process, if not already well underway, began in earnest. At the now-dry site of the inundated TravelCenters of America location downtown (the clean-up there, said sources at the site yesterday, could […]

May 7, 2010

Voices

Speakout

Drivers weigh in on running a profitable business and the new health care legislation.

May 4, 2010

Business

Send us your flood photos

Is your haul delayed due to flooding in Tennessee? Send us a photo for posting online: [email protected]

May 3, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Let us now rant over the unfairness of safety technology

You wouldn’t normally equate a person’s economic status with the safety of their vehicle, but a recent study links them. The study, appearing in the April issue of Traffic Injury Prevention, is talking about four-wheelers. However, the same principle could apply to heavy trucks’ history with anti-lock brakes and slack adjusters, or to current trends […]

April 23, 2010

Channel 19

Truck driver for governor: “Singin’ Sam” Little’s Alaska campaign song

Since I blogged about “Singin’ Sam” Little’s campaign launch for the governship of the northernmost U.S. state, Little (pictured, left, with his wife, Denise, and Pat Holt) has been laying the groundwork for the run, part of which included a visit to my home city of Nashville, Tenn., where he met Tennessee’s Lieutenant Governor, recorded a new campaign record […]

April 20, 2010