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Emissions maintenance: Getting the correct diagnosis / repair the first time
How to get the most out of a trip to the shop when the dashboard lights up: This edition of Overdrive Radio features a wide-ranging discussion touching on ways to mitigate condensation in the exhaust system, exhaust leaks and much more.
June 18, 2021
clean me
Channel 19
One-pot chili-mac, from the 'deckplate diner' of owner-operator Thomas Remington
"I've broken bread with many a driver, but like this, out in the parking lot at the Love's at Trinity Lane and I-65 north of Nashville's downtown? Never." Here's the results, whipped up in under 20 minutes on the deck of Remington's Volvo VNL 740.
June 17, 2021
Chili mac in pot inside truck
Overdrive Extra
PSA: Driver issues education needed for non-trucking public
Here's Overdrive Extra contributor Clifford Petersen's answer to an associate's "not negative, but a bit naive ... thoughts on truck drivers," underscoring a central conundrum of trucking work: Tension between safety, pay, home time and regulations.
June 15, 2021
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Business
Mileage or percentage -- which one's best for you?
Variations on base pay structure for leased owner-operators are hard to come by -- 99% of owners are on either mileage or percentage plans. What's your preference in general terms and why? Weigh in here.
June 14, 2021
Percentage Versus Mileage Pay 2021
Overdrive Radio
Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned
The advice was good then and it's good now -- see a massive pileup, a multi-fatality runaway, ask yourself, "Could it have been you?" Owner-operator Gordon Alkire's '70s runaway tale, among others, shows it could. When you least expect it.
May 3, 2019
runaway truck sign
Overdrive Radio
What's the congressional endgame on parking, under-21 drivers, more?...
With the House's detailed approach to trucking-related legislative items in its draft highway bill, the viewpoint in this Overdrive Radio podcast from TCA's Dave Heller well grounds the bill in what's possible, given political realities.
June 11, 2021
trucks on highway
Overdrive Extra
Quarterly estimated taxes due next Tuesday
Set aside the time to deal with the administrative side of your business. Like preventive maintenance on your truck, proper attention now will save you hours and money in the future and lower your stress, setting you up for better decision-making.
June 9, 2021
May 2021 calendar marked with tax day
Overdrive Extra
Recipes for the Road: Chicken alfredo pizza
In-cab chef and owner-op Thomas Remington offers his version for cooking in the truck. It’s a simplified recipe, minimizing prep time and ingredients needed. Feel free to add or subtract anything to make it all your own.
June 7, 2021
Chicken alfredo pizza
Overdrive Radio
Inside the divide between docs and Congress, truckers over sleep apnea
Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: Intro'ing a new dispatch provider in S2 Logistics, with hotshot hauler S2 Transport co-owner Scott Sabatini at its helm and stressing integrity in operations, a response to his own early difficulties.
June 4, 2021
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Channel 19
Recruiting or retention? Which motivates truckers adopting guaranteed pay
For the smallest owner-operated fleets, retention outweighed or nearly matched recruiting as a motivating factor in offering guaranteed pay, while larger fleets more often focus on recruiting. A retention example: this 20-truck reefer fleet.
June 3, 2021
semi truck collage on wall
Business
POLL: What's your ideal pay method -- hourly, per-mile, percentage, salary?
In the choice of a pay package, which of these stands as the ideal for you given your experience?
June 2, 2021
Percent
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: Drexel L. Pentz and his 1956 Mack B61
Video and more on 86-year-old Pentz's 1950s classic West Coast spec dual-breather/twin-stacks B61, originally built for Coor's brewery, in this installment in Paul Marhoefer's "Faces of the Road" series of profiles/oral histories.
June 1, 2021
Man standing in front of semi truck driver side door
Custom Rigs
The day five famous 70s/80s rigs made history on 'Hollywood Hill'
A firsthand account of the event, bringing together restored trucks from movies “Duel,” “Convoy," and “Smokey & the Bandit” with “Movin’ On” and “B.J. & the Bear” TV rigs — among others at the Southern Classic Truck Show in 2016.
December 21, 2016
semi trucks in a field
Overdrive Radio
'If they want us to stop, we need spaces': As pandemic eases, owner-ops take stock
Owner-operator Greg Eudy on the parking shortage, particularly along his North Carolina lanes. He's one among six voices on the biggest issues today in this podcast. Also: truckers take stock looking back over the last pandemic year in Overdrive Radio.
May 28, 2021
six owner-ops in front of their big rigs
Channel 19
There's a 'truck-a-thon' in the offing, driver
Starting tomorrow, the Trucks With Room to Spare group is hosting its Miles That Matter Truck-a-Thon, aimed at giving a way for working haulers to help raise funds for the groups' mission to marshal unused cargo capacity to deliver disaster relief.
May 27, 2021
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Channel 19
Where are the empty shelves? Keep those rate increases coming, shippers
Renewed mainstream dialogue over the specter of a "driver shortage" shows some move toward realism, yet more often continues to ignore basic fundamentals. At the same time, in the push to recruit post-COVID, willingness to hold a grudge counts ...
May 26, 2021
semi trucks parked out front of an oil site
Overdrive Extra
You are not alone in the fight for stable mental health
Mental health is a widespread problem that could affect more than a million truckers. Be aware of those quietly suffering such challenges on a daily basis and find here simple practices to enhance the quality of your own wellbeing.
May 25, 2021
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Regulations
POLL: How does your alcohol/drug testing consortium contact you to schedule random tests?
Rules require randoms to be "unannounced," which means testing service providers serving owner-operators in a consortium's pool have the ability to deem lack of response a "refusal" of a test. Time is of the essence when making contact/scheduling.
May 24, 2021
Drug Testing
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