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What is the right course for Department of Defense spending?
Is the plan Defense Secretary Hagel outlined appropriate, or should DOD stick to lower sequestration levels â or take another route entirely? Tell us your thoughts in this poll.
March 6, 2014
Custom Rigs
Get your load on! (Edition 7)
From construction equipment to more garden variety loads dressed up behind spectacular tractors, this occasional series delivers more great photos of readersâ loads. Find out how to send in your own âŚ
February 28, 2014
Voices
Division over minimum hourly pay
With President Obama advocating for a $10.10/hour federal minimum wage and some states having raised the minimum wage as high as $15, readers showed fairly even division on the issue.
February 26, 2014
Voices
POLL: How has Obamacare impacted your health insurance?
Have you purchased insurance through the new exchanges? Was your old policy cancelled or is it still in force? Do you plan to continue to not purchase health insurance? Whatâs your health-insurance strategy? Tel us in this poll.
February 25, 2014
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Sharing Knowledge: Tom Quinton
February 25, 2014
Custom Rigs
What you would do with the Long Haul Survivor
With the raffling off of the Long Haul Survivor cancer-research-benefit custom Peterbilt coming up in May, we asked readers what they would do were they to win the truck. Find a round-up of answers here.
February 21, 2014
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Acquisition, maintenance cost worries stand out in post-2018 efficiency standards conversation
Readers sound off on President Obamaâs announcement of plans for post-2018 model truck fuel-efficiency/emissions standards.
February 20, 2014
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EOBRs/ELDs are being put in the wrong place
Owner-operator S.E. McCurdy argues an alternative to the ELD/EOBR mandate in a time-card system to put the burden of accounting for driversâ time on those who would waste it.
February 19, 2014
Channel 19
Learning early from the âgentle giantsâ of the highway
A four-wheelerâs salute to the âgentle giantsâ of the highway â âI know that each and every driver endures a lot, whether it is bad weather or bad drivers, to name just two, to keep the rest of us safe.â
February 17, 2014
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âStill not listeningâ: Readers react to FMCSAâs hours study
Overdrive readers in large part showed skepticism over FMCSAâs hours-impact study and its conclusion that last yearâs changes improve safety â Congressman continues call for independent review.
February 4, 2014
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POLL: How often do you use lumpers?
Do you pay lumpers or otherwise contract with a âfreight handlingâ service in your trucking operation? Tell us how often if you do â or if you donât â in this poll.
February 3, 2014
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Driver-to-driver tip: Slow down for a passing rig
Reader Kurt Kleinschnitz offered this driving tip in part to âimprove the quality of life for the other drivers on the highway, and boost the standing of all truck drivers with the public.â
February 3, 2014
Channel 19
Reader: Parking enforcement in La Porte, Texas, gets tough
Clark Freight Lines Safety Director (and La Porte police officer) Jeffrey Tippit on cityâs move to get tough enforcing a no-parking ordinance extending to retail parking lots.
January 28, 2014
Channel 19
âHaul it for free?â: Readers sound off on recent hours study
Wisecracks and ideas on rates following the recent UT Global Supply Chain Instituteâs study on the new hours of serviceâs economic impact, which noted companies along the supply chain should focus on efficiency rather than raise rates/pass along costsâŚ
January 23, 2014
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Owner-operators show business optimism for 2014
Results of polling on 2014 business outlook shows generally optimistic views from the majority of respondents relative to the past year.
January 21, 2014
Voices
Readers mixed on wide-single tires
Point of view on wide single tires to replace duals on drive and trailer axles is all over the map, as evidenced by a recent discussion here on OverdriveOnline.com and Facebook.
January 17, 2014
Voices
Get your load on! (Edition 6)
From space capsules to new cars, cattle and more garden variety loads dressed up behind spectacular tractors, this occasional series delivers more great photos of readersâ loads. Find out how to send in your own here, too.
January 15, 2014
Voices
POLL: Should the federal minimum wage be raised?
With many states going well above the current federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, is it time the U.S. government raised its own minimum? Weigh in on the subject via this poll and in comments.
January 15, 2014
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