Tag: George Parker

Custom Rigs

Introducing the Parkers’ Coronado — and rat — retooled; and more scenes from MATS

George and Wendy Parker’s 2004 Freightliner Coronado debuts after 4 State Trucks’ treatment, scenes from the active Pavilion, outtakes from seminars on trucking for profit, music and more scenes from MATS 2018.

March 23, 2018

Business

Truckers for Texas

Kicking off this Saturday is the “Truckers for Texas” initiative, an online fund drive for those in the path of Hurricane Harvey, with performances by Bill Weaver, Tony Justice, Jayne Denham, Terrance Mathis and more…

August 30, 2017

Custom Rigs

Behind the ‘Stars, Stripes and White Lines’ music video shoot

Run through some of the scenes last week Sunday, September 25, out at the Joplin, Mo., Petro, where one special convoy was staged for what is a special song from trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice. And meet many of the 14 drivers, many military veterans, who participated.

October 5, 2016

Channel 19

New profile vid in ‘Life of a Trucker’ series by Tex Crowley hits close to home

From driver-videographer Tex Crowley, another slice of trucking from the voice and through the eyes of the stand-up human being behind the wheel — this installment’s subject, George Parker, certainly fits that description.

November 7, 2015

Life

Life beyond trucking

Trucking moves America, but it’s not unusual to meet a trucker who’s moved by things other than trucking. Some even have other jobs they do to break the sometime monotony of the road.

September 22, 2015

Pride & Polish

Take a 360-degree video tour through the 75 Chrome Shop

Shot with Landstar-leased owner-operator George Parker’s GoPro, the video’s a neat view on the location of the first-of-the-season Overdrive’s Pride & Polish event, upcoming April 24-26.

April 14, 2015

Business

The George and Wendy Show 2013 in pictures

A video look-back on 2013 put together by owner-operator George Parker for the George and Wendy Show YouTube channel.

December 31, 2013

Business

Dinosaurs and pretty girls

Wendy’s first day at GATS 2013 saw her taking around a dinosaur for pictures on the show floor and elsewhere for Hunter, a child in Southern Ohio with an illness that prevents him from traveling.

August 23, 2013

Business

MATS 2013 walk-through

Owner-operator George Parker shot the walk-through vid during his miles of exploration of the show floor in the mammoth Kentuck Expo Center with a GoPro camera mounted on his baseball cap.

March 27, 2013

Business

Happy birthday to my favorite trucker

Wendy gives a big birthday salute to her owner-operator husband. Happy birthday, George!

March 27, 2013

Business

Middle of Nowhere, Ariz., with cattle, aliens…

Wendy and George find themselves on a cow path in the middle of the night in Arizona: “When George Parker is driving and he says, ‘This isn’t good,’ it means you’re potentially about to experience a fiery death crash.”…

November 16, 2012

Voices

Wendy Parker’s blog: ‘Funniest thing I’ve seen this week!’

Overdrive‘s newest blogger is turning heads with no-holds-barred wit, refreshing honesty and good humor on her George and Wendy Show blog.

August 3, 2012