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When bark turns to barf – having a sick pet on the road
Diesel Dog isn’t keeping his food down. You’re nowhere near a vet. It’s the middle of the night. What’s a long-haul driver to do? This Worst Case Trucking Scenario offers a few tips on dealing with common pet maladies on the road when you can’t get advice from a vet. For more detail, see the […]
November 10, 2015
Business
Test driving Paccar’s new 11-liter engine
Paccar unveiled to the press last month its new MX-11 engine offering, and the engine was officially announced publicly Monday. Here’s video of Overdrive’s time with the engine, powering here a Kenworth T880.
October 6, 2015
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Business
Daimler’s road-ready autonomous truck takes on the Autobahn
Late last week, Daimler Trucks launched its autonomous vehicle control system, Highway Pilot, in Europe on a section of autobahn highway between Denkendorf and Stuttgart. Here’s video of the truck on Germany’s famed highway systme.
October 5, 2015
Life
Most Beautiful winner talks how she became a trucker, bout with cancer and more
An interview with the 2015 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner, Joanne Fatta.
October 1, 2015
Home
What not to do in front of a semi
The title of this video says it all: “What you don’t do in front of a semi truck!” There is little left to say, except to ask, “What were they thinking?”
September 30, 2015
Business
The Dishers dish out some unexpected fun and terror
Big rig burnouts orchestrated with Jim and Charnie Disher at Guilty by Association get Wendy in the passenger seat with George at the wheel for a little fun — video and more here.
September 28, 2015
Business
Overdrive takes Freightliner’s autonomous truck for a spin in the desert
Overdrive Equipment Editor Jack Roberts this week received in Nevada an autonomous endorsement for his CDL. He then took Freightliner’s Inspiration autonomous truck for a test drive in the desert outside of Las Vegas. Here’s the video.
September 17, 2015
Home
Trucker dukes it out with pickup in road rage incident
The incident took place in Thailand. Watch the trucker and pickup play an aggressive — and dangerous — game of cat and mouse.
September 16, 2015
Custom Rigs
Robb Mariani on his favorite two subjects: Evel Knievel and, you guessed it, trucks
“I caught up with former American Trucker host and certified ‘truck nut’ Robb Mariani at GATS, where Mariani is one of the many people involved in the long restoration of the Evel Knievel haul rig on hand to greet GATS visitors at the Mack Trucks booth.”
August 29, 2015
Business
Thieves break into truck while it’s driving down the highway
Even a truck out driving on a delivery run apparently wasn’t enough to deter a determined group of thieves in the Netherlands from breaking into the moving vehicle and stealing $590,000 worth of iPhones.
August 4, 2015
Custom Rigs
Bill Hall’s silver and purple custom Pete 379 Legacy
The Halls, made up of a band of several full families, haul aggregates and other dump loads mostly in the San Antonio area.
August 4, 2015
Custom Rigs
J&L Contracting’s 2013 Peterbilt 389 — Back in Black
The “Back in Black” glider, powered by a 6nz Cat, was formerly the truck of then-Landstar-leased Brett Cole — J&L retooled it for heavy haul, among other extensive customizations, says J&L’s Randy Menkel.
August 1, 2015
Channel 19
Another Godfrey goes after semi-truck jump record — and nails it
Daredevil Gregg Godfrey nailed a world-record-worthy semi-truck jump at Evel Knievel Days July 24, landing the rig 166 feet from the launch point.
July 28, 2015
Pride & Polish
25 years of show truck evolution
25 years of custom truck showpieces in a two minute window — a celebration of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish 25th anniversary.
July 23, 2015
Business
The 2015 Walcott Truckers Jamboree in 60 seconds
In case you couldn’t make it to the 36th Annual Walcott truckers Jamboree at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop here’s what you missed. And, for your convenience, it’s all in just 60-second package.
July 17, 2015
Business
Trucker rescued after dramatic crash in PA
See this crash and its aftermath — including motorists aiding the trucker after a violent turnover.
July 7, 2015
Business
Behind the wheel of Freightliner’s SuperTruck
Overdrive had the chance last month to get in cab — and behind the wheel — of Freightliner’s concept SuperTruck vehicle.
July 2, 2015
Custom Rigs
Sights and sounds at 2015 Shell SuperRigs show
Video of some of the custom working trucks showing at Shell’s SuperRigs show.
June 12, 2015
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