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

Custom Rigs

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