Tag: Daniel Snow

Channel 19

Investing in a fellow trucker — team owner-ops pay it forward in a time of need

Team owner-ops pay it forward for a fellow truck driver; meanwhile, out-of-control insurance costs on the rise for independents... again? More on Overdrive.

June 23, 2020

Overdrive Radio

Words to truck by: ‘You will never, ever come out ahead running at a loss’

Independent owner-operators Daniel and Phyllis Snow of Snow Trucking discuss market deterioration, fallen freight volumes, and more. Listen here on Overdrive.

May 1, 2020

Overdrive Radio

Listen: Channel One-Nine Special from Over the Road — Custom rigs

In this episode, we're discussing semi-truck customization with Daniel and Phyllis Snow. How do drivers customize their trucks? Find out here on Overdrive.

April 23, 2020

Business

Week-over-week freight plunge: 42% falls out of spot market in week ending April 12

DAT Solutions notes that for the week ending April 12, load post volumes across segments were down another 42%. More information here on Overdrive.

April 16, 2020

Channel 19

Choice scenes from the parking community at GATS — night 1

Back at the old home place at GATS truck parking Wednesday night before show open: Watching music great Leon Everette and trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver wind their way a couple hours’ worth of music, eventually with the absolutely excellent backing of the Stone Creek Four, was an unexpected treat.

August 22, 2019

Business

Re-purposing dry van space as a small shop

This four-foot walk-in storage compartment Daniel and Phyllis Snow built into the front of their spread-axle dry-van trailer, is accessible from the tractor’s deck catwalk via a door assembly. The Snows built it on a budget — slightly more than $200, and plenty sweat equit — to house tools, parts and other supplies.

May 17, 2019

Overdrive Radio

How-to: Custom walk-in storage at the front of a dry van; bulk tank niche explored

Daniel and Phyllis Snow detail their four-foot walk-in storage compartment they built into the front of their dry-van trailer, accessible from the tractor’s deck catwalk via a door assembly, to house tools and other supplies. Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: liquid-bulk-tank insights from owner-ops Mike Landis, J.D. Howard.

April 26, 2019

Overdrive Radio

How a ’96 Classic came to be ‘The Goose,’ and: Hope for small-biz primacy with FMCSA?

So just how did Daniel and Phyllis Snow’s 1996 Freightliner Classic XL come to be called ‘The Goose’? In this Overdrive Radio podcast, the independent owner-operators tell that story. Also: A bit of stumping for the importance of small business in trucking from none other than the top motor carrier safety regulator in the nation,

November 9, 2018

Pride & Polish

Introducing the ‘Goose’ 1996 Classic XL and its 140-inch remodeled custom ICT sleeper

Daniel and Phyllis Snow of Harrison, Ark., have lived more than the last decade with their long-in-progress 1996 Freightliner Classic XL, “The Goose” to their son Jayme’s workhorse “The Duck.” The 1996 XL features a remodeled 140-inch big bunk with all the comforts of a home.

November 6, 2018