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Business
Tablet-controlled tractor-trailer, automated-manual transmission test drive
Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts was in Germany earlier this month hanging out with the folks from ZF, where the transmission maker introduced a new automated-transmission and a tractor-trailer equipped with a system that allows remote controlled operation of the vehicle via a tablet computer. Roberts shot the two videos above — one a test drive […]
July 29, 2014
Channel 19
Part 2 of Mark White’s story
Mark White continues his story of how Old Time Express got out from their Conditional rating, truly earning the reinstatement to Satisfactory, he says.
July 8, 2014
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Channel 19
Old Time Express’ Mark White — a two-year regulatory odyssey, in his own words
White tells his story — featured in the July 2014 issue of Overdrive — of two years spent under the Conditional safety rating and the aftermath. Today, the Satisfactory-rated small fleet is running electronic logs.
July 7, 2014
Custom Rigs
Paul Rissler’s Custom ’96 Peterbilt 379, ‘The Risslerbilt’
Paul Risslers 1996 Peterbilt 379 and matching Great Dane reefer won Best of Show – Third Runner-Up at the 2014 Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition last month. See photos of the truck and hear him talk about its features and the build process.
June 5, 2014
Equipment
Shell engineer details low-viscosity engine oil test
At an engine teardown event held earlier this month, Shell Rotella engineers showed off parts from three engines used in a two-year, half-million mile test of the next-generation low-viscosity oil that’s part of the next category of engine oils.
May 28, 2014
Truck Stops
Love’s stop in Choctaw, Okla., reopens after 2010 tornado
At I-40’s Exit 166, the new site offers an 11,000-square-foot facility, significantly larger than the previous location.
May 27, 2014
Business
Sacrificial action averts tragedy on icy road
A driver’s quick thinking helps mitigate damage on I-90.
May 27, 2014
Custom Rigs
Custom ’95 Pete 379 showing at SuperRigs
Brian Babcock, owner of Automotive Additions, brought his ’95 Pete to Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs show at the zMax Dragway May 15, 2014. In this interview, he talks about some of the truck’s features and why he enjoys showing it.
May 15, 2014
Custom Rigs
Award-winning ’88 Pete sports racing green stripes, chrome, 312-in. wheelbase
Joel Dawes, owner and operator of the small reefer fleet Dawes Contractor Carriers out of Waterford, Wis., has been toting this 1988 Peterbilt 379 around the show circuit the last two seasons.
May 5, 2014
Custom Rigs
‘Danger’ — Highly customized ’97 Pete 379
[youtube C4wkHmlWdns nolink] In the video above, Mirielys Hernandez talks about her husband’s custom 1997 Peterbilt 379, which they’ve dubbed “Danger”. The truck was built by A&A Stainless Steel Plus in Miami, a shop run by Alex and Armando Garcia.
April 18, 2014
Channel 19
Jetset Getset’s ‘Mile a Minute’ behind 75th-anniversary Pete
Teen country-pop outfit Jetset Getset performed its trucking-themed track in the Cincinnati Reds’ Opening Day parade on a flatbed behind the truck March 31.
April 7, 2014
Channel 19
Tony Justice performs ‘Simple Man,’ ‘Trick My Truck’
Always great to run into Tony Justice — the singer-songwriter and East-Tennessee-based Everhart Transportation driver performed Friday, March 28, for attendees of the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 28, 2014
Custom Rigs
ChampTruck No. 1, race series making progress
At MATS, Mike Ryan is showing a 2006 Freightliner Columbia he and team put together over six weeks preceding to show potential new “Champs,” drivers in the series, how they can affordably get into a race truck.
March 27, 2014
Business
Kenworth T680 Advantage updates at MATS booth
See part of the Kenworth MATS booth as Kenworth Chief Engineer Kevin Baney walks through further updates to Kenworth’s “Advantage” package, showcasing the T680’s continued development for fuel economy savings.
March 26, 2014
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
Overdrive Extra
Seeing that you’re driving blind
The video shows that what is superficially doing two things at once – driving and talking on the phone – is really just switching between two activities.
December 17, 2013
Channel 19
Scenes from Wreaths Across America in Nashville
Wreaths were laid in a section of the cemetery devoted to Civil War-era soldiers. Catch a video of the ceremony, as well as several still photos from the day, here.
December 16, 2013
Channel 19
Dashcam documents four-wheeler bad behavior
Libby Clayton sent along a harrowing dashcam vid showing one of the more egregious instances of aggressive driving by one of our four-wheeled friends that she’s seen recently.
December 14, 2013
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