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Owner-operator and Highway Hero finalist Brian Bucenell ends a police chase
The trailer and tires got a scratch, the custom power unit was untouched, and the officers Bucenell helped obliged him with a clean white-glove Level 1 inspection just after. As he told Movin’ Out’s Steve Pollock, “The DOT officer did me a favor, U.S. Bulk gives us a $200 bonus for each clean Level 1 inspection.”
April 3, 2018
Business
Raised end dump trailer smashes violently into bridge
This video out of the Quebec province of Canada shows an end dump trailer smashing violently into a pedestrian bridge overhead, causing Canada’s Highway 40 to be closed nearly 24 hours.
April 1, 2018
Custom Rigs
Antique rigs on display at MATS
A look at the classics that the Antique Truck Historical Society had on display last week at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
March 25, 2018
Business
Trucker-songwriter salutes women in trucking
Longtime trucker and songwriter Joe Martin recently penned and recorded the song you’ll hear via the video as a tribute to women working behind the wheel in the trucking industry.
February 26, 2018
Equipment
Unloaded Tesla Semi shows off acceleration
In a video posted this week, an onlooker shows a Tesla Semi’s quick acceleration from a stop, albeit as a bobtail. The truck’s acceleration speed is a feature the company touted in its unveiling last year.
February 20, 2018
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Trucker threads the needle in snow-stricken I-35 pileup
Check the 3:35 mark on this video and watch this driver navigate a major pileup on I-35 in Iowa earlier this month.
February 5, 2018
Equipment
Tesla Semi spotted rolling on California streets
As you’ll hear in the video, there’s no mistaking the sound — or lack thereof — of the electric powertrain.
January 23, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
On the ground with enforcers on the first day of ELD mandate
Interviews with enforcers and drivers on Day One of the ELD mandate show the soft enforcement in effect, as is the practice in most states for the first few months of the mandate.
December 18, 2017
Overdrive Extra
What to expect as ELD mandate takes effect
The rough road to the electronic logging device mandate is close to an end, though it may get more bumpy from here.
December 14, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Voices and images from Monday’s ELD rallies
Several truck drivers in attendance for Monday’s “ELD Media Blitz” rallies voice their concerns over the electronic logging device mandate and issues the mandate will cause for drivers.
December 6, 2017
Custom Rigs
Brandon Avant and his Pete 389 ‘Mistress’
Brandon Avant spent so much time with this 2010 Peterbilt 389 during the two years it took to turn the rig into a championship-contending show truck, his wife Melissa had to give the truck its nickname, “The Mistress.”
September 21, 2017
Overdrive Extra
ATBS forecasts higher owner-operator income
Amen revisited his forecasts from last year and made some new ones during an Overdrive Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last month.
September 6, 2017
Business
The happiest owner-operator in trucking today?
The title might well apply to Landstar-leased owner-operator Dickie Penrod of Fayetteville, N.C. He walked away from Landstar’s All-Stars event the winner of a new 2017 Western Star 5700 XE, the second truck Landstar has given one of its BCOs (“business capacity owners”) this year, an annual tradition.
July 10, 2017
Custom Rigs
Racing action, update with ’88 Mike’ Morgan’s Mack race truck
In the 6th race of the inaugural Minimizer Bandit Big Rig racing series, the No. 88 Mack of “88 Mike” Morgan ran away with the win in the main event at what amounts to the Wartrace, Tenn., resident’s home track. In this video, Morgan walks through some of the modifications he’s made, with a little race action, to the 1999 Mack CH since Overdrive’s last close look.
July 4, 2017
Custom Rigs
Muscular Mack pickup ready for Independence Day
The 800-horsepower Mack Granite is American-made and sports flag-and-eagle graphics.
June 27, 2017
Custom Rigs
Bandit Big Rig Series revives action-packed truck racing
See big rig racers roaring around the Montgomery Motor Speedway.
June 21, 2017
Overdrive Extra
Making the transition to owner-operator
The expanded freedom and earning potential of running as an owner-operator come with a big tradeoff: greater self-discipline and more demanding money management.
June 15, 2017
Overdrive Extra
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner a mentor for young women, girls
Trucker Stephanie Klang says the financial stability and independence she’s enjoyed through her CFI career is a common theme when she speaks to Girl Scouts and other student groups. She wants young girls to see an example of a woman succeeding in what some still consider a man’s world.
May 24, 2017
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Missouri dealer's incredible 2016 Peterbilt 389, rebuilt from the bare frame
Mid-Mo Equipment built this impressive 389 to show at the Guilty By Association Truck Show last fall. The Mid-Mo team swapped the rig's original Cummins power for a 6NZ Cat and rebuilt the rig from the ground up.
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DOT calls out Utah for lapses in non-domiciled CDL issuance
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Custom 1968 Peterbilt 358A made with parts 'built, borrowed and begged-for': Showdown champ
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Connor's Law: Truck crash tragedy, ELP advocacy, and a mother's courage
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