POLL: How are you prepping for Roadcheck?

Overdrive Staff
Apr 9, 2021

Related Stories
Almost a fourth of owner-ops were planning to take a vacation for the week to avoid the hassles associated with inspection – delays, for most, violations and the chance of the dreaded out-of-service violation for others. Another five percent, too, would be off the road for planned major maintenance and/or shop inspection, a tack taken by owner-operator Mike Crawford of Long Lane, Missouri, every year over the last several, as you'll see.
Channel 19
Roadcheck inspections: To avoid or not to avoid, or both?
inspector tim mccadden
Equipment
Roadcheck preps: Invest in inspections now to save money, hassle later
Overdrive Roadmansion ...a new dimension in dignity spread from Overdrive magazine
Overdrive Extra
Roadmansion photo gallery, background from founder Mike Parkhurst
Bill Mack
Voices
A year after his passing, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Bill Mack lives on in readers’ memories
Top Stories
Owner-operator Greg Labosky now pilots this 2025 International LT that bought new at the beginning of this year. The truck replaced a 2017 Freightliner Cascadia that, approaching 1 million miles, was costing the GDL Enterprise owner more in maintenance than he could countenance.
Trucker of the Year
Minding Ps and Qs of costs, rates: Trucker of the Month Greg Labosky
Owner-operator Labosky continues to roll up profits as a power-only carrier in the Amazon Relay system, riding high on a new horse with a lot of road ahead -- a lot behind him, too. He recently crossed the 1-million-safe-mile threshold for his career.
Mix Collage 30 Mar 2026 01 55 Pm 7396
Overdrive Radio
FMCSA fully engaged with owner-ops: OOIDA | DACA-recipient CDL holders have hope?
Randy Menkel and Never Satisfied Builds/J&L Contracting took home top honors in the 2026 Big Rig Build-Off at the Mid-America Trucking Show with their full-custom 1985 Peterbilt 359.
Custom Rigs
PKY results: Never Satisfied Builds' 1985 Peterbilt 359 captures big Build-Off win
Enter your own or another deserving owner's business (up to 3 trucks) in Overdrive's 2026 Trucker of the Year competition via this link.
Trucker of the Year
Trucker of the Year John Penn honored at MATS among owner-op peers
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy talks to Overdrive ahead of his speech at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Both FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs and Duffy walked among the show attendees, answering questions off the cuff and vowing major change.
Regulations
DOT's Duffy: 'Spot rates are going to go up' as FMCSA cracks down on fraudsters
Overdrive Radio
Latest Episode
FMCSA fully engaged with owner-ops: OOIDA | DACA-recipient CDL holders have hope?
More episodes »
Apple PodcastsYoutubeSpotifySoundcloud