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Business
Trucker gets squeezed into crash in downtown delivery: Preventable or not?
Trucker John Doe tried to merge back into traffic after making a delivery in downtown rush-hour traffic. But an impatient cab driver mashed the gas to try to maneuver around Doeâs rig, causing the two vehicles to collide. Could Doe have prevented this accident?
August 15, 2016
Business
Train smashes into tractor-trailer stuck on the train tracks
A violent train-truck collision out of Locust Grove, Georgia.
August 12, 2016
Business
Impatient trucker has rig knocked on its side by crossing train
This trucker couldnât wait quite long enough to cross the train tracks â and it cost him.
August 4, 2016
Trucker of the Year
Owner-operator Gary Buchsâ âplan for successâ
âPeople complain about the rates,â says owner-operator Gary Buchs, but ânot everybodyâs losing money.â Buchs suggests too much emphasis is placed on an aspect of the business that owner-operators have only partial degrees of control over. âItâs better,â he says, âto have your costs in line â I have total control over that.â
July 26, 2016
Custom Rigs
Owner-op Rod Miller brings new aero Pete 386 to custom truck circuit
Video of Chance 2 Transport owner Rod Millerâs new highly customized Peterbilt 386 glider. Millerâs one of few operators to bring a tricked out aero Pete to the truck beauty show circuit.
July 7, 2016
Business
Truck loaded with pigs crashes on I-45
The NBC affiliate TV station in Dallas is reporting that a tractor-trailer hauling pigs crashed on I-45 in Wilmer, Texas Thursday. Pigs escaped the trailer, closing down the highway for several hours. The cause of the accident and condition of the driver are unknown.
June 30, 2016
Custom Rigs
Sights and sounds from Shell Rotella SuperRigs truck parade, lights show and Tony Justice concert
Highlights from Shell Rotella SuperRigsâ annual truck parade, which featured downtown staging of dozens of the countryâs top show trucks, along with a truck lights competition, fireworks show and concert by trucerk/singer-songwriter Tony Justice.
June 15, 2016
Business
Truckers rally in Tallahassee, two arrested
The ralliers said they were protesting low rates and working conditions for drivers, high insurance costs and brokersâ lack of transparency with truck operators. Two truckers were arrested during the protests for blocking an intersection.
June 9, 2016
Channel 19
Tony Justice live in Nashville at the downtown TA
Trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice live at the TA location in downtown Nashville â this video captures an acoustic version of the âWe Drive Trucksâ anthem on his new âBrothers of the Highwayâ record.
April 20, 2016
Custom Rigs
Sights and sounds from the Mid-America Trucking Show
Quick hits from the Mid-America Trucking Show, which took place earlier this month.
April 12, 2016
Custom Rigs
Custom glider gets special treatment
A.J. Lopez Trucking Owner Henry Lopez used some personal touches â his name and his wifeâs â to set apart his 2015 Peterbilt 389 and Armorlite trailer.
April 1, 2016
Custom Rigs
Ted Bowersâ 2005 Peterbilt 379 â stretched and refined behind the cab
Ted Bowersâ rig, facing down an engine rebuild for the C15 that powers the unit, has in recent times gotten new headlights, stacks and, perhaps most significantly a three-foot frame stretch to a 276-inch wheelbase, complete with a unique deckplate treatment.
March 2, 2016
Home
How frozen chicken helped create the U.S. pickup market
Check out this video from NPRâs Planet Money, which details how a post-World War II trade war between the U.S. and Germany helped establish the U.S. pickup market â a uniquely American automobile segment.
February 24, 2016
Custom Rigs
Phil Millerâs award-winning custom cow hauling 2015 Pete 389
Owner-operator Phil Miller discusses the finer points of the centerpiece to his cattle hauling operation: His 2015 Peterbilt 389 and matching Wilson livestock trailer.
January 29, 2016
Life
Paul Marhoeferâs âGod and God Aloneâ
The song from trucker-songwriter Marhoefer in part tells the story of a trucking accident that was a near-total-disaster for him and his young family.
January 1, 2016
Electronic Logging Devices
Inside the ELD mandate
Overdrive editors Todd Dills and James Jaillet discuss the Dec. 10 announced rule requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices to maintain records of duty status, breaking down the ruleâs general hardware specâs, pre-2000 exemption, smartphone compliance and more.
December 10, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Stuck under an overpass!
If you are jammed under an overpass, you face financial, legal and employment disaster â not to mention the unending humiliation when your truck pics hit social media.
December 4, 2015
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A look at Teslaâs all-electric Semi
An overview of Teslaâs new all-electric Semi, including a look at its reimagined cockpit.
December 2, 2015
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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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