Tag: faces of the road

Overdrive Extra

Owner-op finds Chicago container hauling, long-term, more lucrative than OTR

Marine vet and owner-operator Carlos Alizondo hauled in military support-operations in Iraq, but also has war stories about container hauling in his hometown of Chicago. "These guys don't know how good they have it today," he said of current conditions.

January 23, 2023

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Faces of the Road: Gold Star Mother Jill Williams' eight-day pilgrimage to honor her son

Williams' son, Warrant Officer William Joseph McCotter, had served in the prestigious Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard.” In 2021, Williams culminated what had been a six-year journey to honor him with Wreaths Across America.

December 19, 2022

Overdrive Radio

Faces of the Road: Betting on the 'highest common denominator' with Road Dog's Jimmy Mac

Long Haul Paul Marhoefer guest-hosts, in part, this edition of Overdrive Radio, featuring one among his Faces of the Road oral histories with none other than Dave Nemo Weekends host Jimmy Mac about his elevation of trucking talk radio.

October 21, 2022

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Faces of the Road: Dave Nemo on history at 50 years in trucking radio

Long Haul Paul's interview with Nemo speaks to the historical importance of all-night radio formats, birthed in part with Nemo's initial mentor Charlie Douglas at New Orleans 870 WWL AM, for overnight truckers, including himself in the 1980s and '90s.

June 7, 2022

Overdrive Extra

How William 'Porkchop' Honey and his dump truck saved dozens

The latest in "Long Haul Paul" Marhoefer's "Faces of the Road" series chronicles what's now the stuff of blue-collar lore around Indianapolis -- operator Honey's act of heroism to cut off a high-speed chase headed straight for a late-night paving crew.

May 10, 2022

Overdrive Extra

Faces of the Road: Log hauler and writer Gord Magill, student of the ice roads

The latest in Long Haul Paul's series of oral histories and profiles features Canadian-born hauler Gord Magill, who's run the ice roads, hauled logs in New Zealand and road trains in Australia, written on Canadian politics for Newsweek, and more.

March 8, 2022

Overdrive Extra

Faces of the Road: Canadian songwriter/owner-operator Mike Murchison

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained," said the operator about early days trucking in the 1980s, then out of Alberta. His recent investment in his music has turned plenty ears his direction, including those of Long Haul Paul, with this profile.

December 27, 2021

Overdrive Extra

Healing power of a good read -- or listen: A case for audiobooks on the road

Long Haul Paul: "One of the best things you could get yourself for Christmas is an Audible subscription." And a recommendation: Mary Gauthier's 2021-released "Saved by a Song." LHP interviews the author for this latest "Faces of the Road" installment.

December 14, 2021

Overdrive Extra

He died on the road -- Remembering owner-op Mylo Heimbuch

Long Haul Paul remembers a close owner-operator friend, Mylo Heimbuch, with Mylo's wife, Tammy. Mylo passed away last week after a fight with COVID's Delta variant in Georgia on the road from his Michigan home.

September 14, 2021

Channel 19

Docmenting the 'Faces of the Road' with Long Haul Paul

Any retrospective on Overdrive's recent history would be incomplete without Paul Marhoefer's contributions to the magazine's multi-author "Overdrive Extra" blog with his "Faces of the Road" series of dynamic close-ups, delivering living history.

September 6, 2021

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Faces of the Road: Drexel L. Pentz and his 1956 Mack B61

Video and more on 86-year-old Pentz's 1950s classic West Coast spec dual-breather/twin-stacks B61, originally built for Coor's brewery, in this installment in Paul Marhoefer's "Faces of the Road" series of profiles/oral histories.

June 1, 2021

Overdrive Extra

Mirah Lesa 'YoYo' Worley runs with the wind, long after retirement

The latest in Paul Marhoefer's "Faces of the Road" oral histories. Worley's story resonates decades after being featured on NBC's "Real People" TV show in 1979 and launching her road-legend status in a 359 with a KTA 600, 3:55 rears, and a 13 over.

April 5, 2021