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W900 gets sharp makeover for its third decade
In this video, Van Haitsma of V-Max Transportation shows off the Kenworth W900’s crisp red, white and black interior touches and the complementary exterior graphics.
May 16, 2015
Dave Van Haitsma showed this W900, part of V-Max Transportation, at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
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Riding in Freightliner’s autonomous truck, how drivers interact with autonomous features
Freightliner unveiled North America’s first state-licensed autonomous truck earlier this month at a press event in Las Vegas. Overdrive had the chance to ride in the truck, the Inspiration, last week following the truck’s debut.
May 13, 2015
World Premiere Freightliner Inspiration Truck
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Earthquake! How to survive when driving on shaky ground
When your peaceful drive gets interrupted by severe vibrations or worse, you could be driving through an earthquake. Here’s how to handle it.
May 13, 2015
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Washington state DOT’s newest road-crew employees
Goats are being employed by the DOT in places around the state to control weeds around facilities. Got a goat herd of your own in the area? File under: Side opportunities…
May 9, 2015
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In-cab with Freightliner’s self-driving truck
Video of Freightliner’s 2015-unveiled autonomous truck coming into and out of self-driving mode.
May 8, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Rush, Mobil Delvac saluting truckers at this weekend’s NASCAR race
Rush Truck Centers and ExxonMobil will be saluting truckers leading up to this weekend’s race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Chevrolet SS will feature a special truck-focused paint scheme. And his hauler is featured in two separate recognition videos.
April 7, 2015
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Obscene Gesture cabover rescued from junkyard
Among the many cabovers at the recent Mid-America Trucking Show, one of the best-looking was Jeff Shawhan’s 1990 Kenworth K100E, which he calls Obscene Gesture.
April 7, 2015
Jeff Shawhan still uses his Kenworth K100E on his Ohio farm.
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Trucker’s failed left turn leads to truck-train collision, crash still under investigation
North Carolina troopers say a 164-foot tractor-trailer and a passenger train collided recently after the trucker failed to negotiate a left turn at an intersection preceded by a railroad crossing.
March 13, 2015
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Keith Sampson’s Trucker Talent Search ditty
The 2014 Trucker Talent Search winner, songwriter and Landstar owner-operator encourages truckers to take part in this year’s TTS with a new song and video.
March 12, 2015
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Custom Rigs
How does a weigh station work?
Working in part with truckers following Overdrive’s 2014 Florida Pride & Polish, Chris Fiffie of Big Rig Videos turned his camera on the technology, procedures behind the Wildwood, Fla., weigh station
March 10, 2015
Florida DOT Senior Inspector Dennis Hegman was Fiffie’s ultimate source for the film that resulted.
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Tom Logano’s antique Mack toting his son Joey’s first Legends car
Following Joey Logano’s big Daytona 500 win, take a run through Logano’s father’s 1964 Mack B61 in this Overdrive video, toting another antique and Joey Logano’s first Legends car.
February 23, 2015
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‘Shipping Wars’ star Jessica Samko talks up Overdrive’s Most Beautiful
A 2013 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist, Samko says she had a blast getting to know the other women selected for the top 10.
February 20, 2015
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Custom Rigs
Views on Melvin Davis Jr.’s Hillbilly Hilton
All the comforts of home in the custom-fabbed 163-inch sleeper on this unit, a 2000 Freightliner Classic taken to the next level.
January 19, 2015
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Driver evades brake-checking pickup
Check out this trucker’s quick reflexes, which helped her narrowly avoid hitting a brake-checking pickup. The pickup, oddly enough, already had two busted brake lights.
January 5, 2015
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Custom Rigs
A quick run in Mike Morgan’s ChampTruck-in-progress
Take a run through some photos of the custom Mack racer and a brief bit of drifting around Morgan’s circle drive to get a feel for the unit in this video.
December 23, 2014
Mike Morgan's Mack ChampTruck
Custom Rigs
‘Freedom Flyer’ custom Volvo HD wrecker
The latest in the “Welcome to my cab” vid series features Eugene, Oreg-based Tim Baumgartner’s patriotically decorated custom Volvo VNL, a winner at a variety of beauty shows on the tow/wrecker circuit.
December 22, 2014
If you’re an owner-operator of a Volvo rig, follow this link to enter it for a chance to be featured in the series.
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‘Top rookie’ Julie Matulle hits the road with H.O. Wolding, Wreaths Across America
In just her second year as a driver, this week Matulle gets the rare opportunity to deliver wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery as part of preparations for the Wreaths Across America main event.
December 7, 2014
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Driver’s ‘turn to give’ in Wreaths Across America
Vince Strupp is joining dozens of other drivers to deliver wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery through the Wreaths Across America program.
December 3, 2014
Vince Strupp is a member of his local American Legion post, which helped support him financially last year on the Arlington delivery. The post also funded a box of wreaths that enabled one wreath to be placed at eight cemeteries in Wisconsin. This year the post is funding additional wreaths for those cemeteries.
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Red Arrow Christmas convoy rolls strong over first three years
This week's Overdrive Radio podcast tells the story of Noah Melton, long working with small fleet Big P Express, and how a fellow trucker's Christmas-season truck convoy idea grew by leaps and bounds over its first few years into a community-supported tradition in Melton's corner of Southwest Michigan.
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