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Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: 45 years a team, with two independents
āMoss doesnāt grow on a rolling stone.ā Longtime specialized independent team owner-ops Kay and Ken Wagner donāt exactly divulge the secrets to remaining married while running as a team for forty five years, yet their history speaks for itself in this latest āFaces of the Roadā installment.
October 15, 2019
Overdrive Radio
More flexible sleeper splits: Didnāt take long for this newbie team to see potential value
Introducing Hartsville, Tenn.-based Tommy and Linda Bryant of Hartsville, Tenn., mid-careers but brand-new to trucking and operating a team. Would they use a 5/5 split if it were an option? You bet.
July 19, 2019
Voices
āAbout timeā: Readers respond to new CVSA directive not to wake off-duty drivers to inspect
Responses to CVSAās new policy directive to inspectors not to wake off-duty truckers for the purposes of conducting a random inspection ranged from exasperated positivity ā āAbout timeā ran the two-word response of multiple readers at Overdriveās Facebook page ā to I-hope-they-get-the-memo identifications of specific problem jurisdictions.
November 14, 2018
Overdrive Extra
A training suggestion for robust pre-CDL and finishing programs
If companies really want to fix their driver retention issues, offer free and thorough training for pre-CDL training. More information on Overdrive.
August 21, 2018
Business
ELD-related survey shows length-of-haul desirability trending shorter for small fleets, longer for large
Teamsā āgolden ticketā in todayās trucking environment suggested in part by Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Zipline Logisticsā survey of its carrier network, comprised of both small and comparatively large fleets, about the turn to electronic logging devices. Survey results, based on responses from more than 100 carriers, show something of a shift in thinking depending on the size of the carrier when it comes to the desirability of longer or shorter hauls.
April 18, 2018
Business
Team driving: Finding the right balance of driving hours, time apart
Federal hours of service regulations are the same for team drivers as solo drivers, though one team truck has two on-duty and driving clocks. Each driver has a 14-hour on-duty clock and an 11-hour driving clock, and each driver is required to take a 30-minute break during their shift.
March 20, 2018
Business
Team driving: E-commerce, ādriver shortageā pushing team pay to new heights
Owner-operator teams are in high demand by fleets, with carriers dangling major bonuses and appealing pay packages to draw in teams amid booming e-commerce and what carriers say is a critical driver shortage.
March 19, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Owner-op Dean Carnahan: Poor health is often a āpreventable accidentā
Carnahan urges drivers to take control of diet and health generally in hopes more attention to it might spur a movement against the growing āquick food, get-in-get-out-type attitudeā of so many truck stops when it comes to diet options.
May 26, 2017
Business
Bad ideas and agendas
āWeāre from the gubmint, and weāre here to help.ā āFMCSA (apocryphal) ā¦ Wendy: āNo thanks. Your kind of āhelpā is what will destroy us all.ā
June 12, 2015
Business
Driver cleared of obstruction charges after being woken up by police in the sleeper of team-driven truck
Kenny Capell was charged with obstruction of justice after refusing to comply with an ID check after being forced awake during a routine stop at the Northbound scale in Ringgold, Ga.
March 3, 2015
Business
Worry warts need not apply
On the long road, āIām only horrified about half of the time. The rest of the time is an adventure I look forward to and appreciate, unless it involves signs with pictures of scorpions on them posted inside the public restrooms. Thanks, Arizona.ā
January 23, 2015
Business
Women are from Venus, men are from Booblandia
āThe most important thing to realize when traveling in close quarters (for extended periods of time) with your chosen mate is that men and women have completely different thought patterns.ā
November 21, 2014
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