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Voices: Page 120

Voices
Gauges – September 2009
Diesel Prices National average: $2.63 Average U.S. diesel prices rose for the fourth consecutive we…
September 2, 2009
Voices
Speakout – September 2009
ā€˜No Apology’ made for setting standard In response to your column on how owner-operators can survive recessions (Pulse, June 2009…
September 2, 2009
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Channel 19 – September 2009
Rolling the dice A board game designed by Blackfoot, Idaho, resident and potato hauler Randy Cox, My Truckin’ Luck, has players seein…
September 2, 2009
Voices
Busting myths: owner-operators here to stay
a href=ā€http://www.digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?KEY=overdrive-09-08augustamp;title=Overdrive+July+09#page=21″img style=ā€MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: handā€ id=ā€BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376533440426695346″ border=ā€0″ alt=ā€ā€ src=ā€http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ez6JTnOl_tQ/Sp1IrY-kWrI/AAAAAAAAAZE/9siuYsrblRo/s320/hazardousduty.jpgā€ //aWith so-called ā€œmythbustingā€ a href=ā€http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/31/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5278111.shtmlā€dominating headlines/a this Sept. 1 and no doubt propagating some new myths of its own, I thought I’d take the media moment to point you to the August a title=ā€Overdrive+July+09#page=ā€ href=ā€http://www.blogger.com/ā€ key=ā€ā€emOverdrive […]
September 1, 2009
Voices
Trucker of the Month: Tough calls
Robert Wilbur’s dependable nature makes him the go-to guy for all manner of challenging — and lucrative — hauls. Robert Wilbur became an owner-operator the same day he became a trucker. In 1980, Wilbur bought a 1970 Dodge dump truck and began hauling building materials for construction sites of MARTA, Atlanta’s rapid rail transit system, […]
September 1, 2009
Robert Wilbur, a 23-year veteran with Bennett Motor Express and the fleet's 2008 Driver of the Year, stopped his 2004 Freightliner Classic in Cottondale, Ala., while en route from Ft. Polk, La., to Ft. Campbell, Ky., with a cargo truck and John Deere gator loaded on his 53-ft. step-deck.
Voices
Speakout: The Voice of the American Trucker
Truckers speak out on business plans, military personnel, having faith, truck parking and shipping rates.
September 1, 2009
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Channel 19
Rolling the dice A board game designed by Blackfoot, Idaho, resident and potato hauler Randy Cox, My Truckin’ Luck, has players seeing how far they can advance their rigs from Washington state to Florida, making money along the way. The game retails for $29.95 at mytruckinluck.com, and play includes log books and other over-the-road realities. […]
September 1, 2009
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Handling with care
a href=ā€http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ez6JTnOl_tQ/Spgoxz-2GUI/AAAAAAAAAY8/ibOjlArc9DY/s1600-h/Hummel.gifā€img style=ā€MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: handā€ id=ā€BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375090991499188546″ border=ā€0″ alt=ā€ā€ src=ā€http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ez6JTnOl_tQ/Spgoxz-2GUI/AAAAAAAAAY8/ibOjlArc9DY/s320/Hummel.gifā€ //aa href=ā€http://overdrivedigital.com/ā€emOverdrive/em/a’s Trucker of the Month for August was Maverick-leased flatbed owner-operator David Hummel (pictured). In business for 20 years, Hummel’s always hauled large plate glass nearly exclusively, and tarping that cargo is a complicated job, […]
August 28, 2009
Voices
Give that man a CDL
Give that man a CDL Little did South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford know how universal was the feeling he revealed to his Argentinean mistress in one of several e-mails released by The State newspaper. Describing an early morning excavator session on his farm, he wrote, ā€œTo me, and I suspect no one else on earth, […]
August 20, 2009
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Voices
Speakout – August 2009
Owner-operator’s father worked hard, set good example My father, Leryon Moss Batts, known on the CB as Pink Panther, began his dr…
August 4, 2009
Voices
Channel 19 – August 2009
Give that man a CDL Little did South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford know how universal was the feeling he revealed to his Argentinean mist…
August 4, 2009
Voices
Gauges – July 2009
National average: $2.50 Matching a low last hit in 2005, the price of diesel began increasing from $2.02 in mid-March. The first week …
July 1, 2009
Voices
Channel 19 – July 2009
Putting a loved one’s ash in gear These urns, resembling scaled-down versions of external air cleaners, are sealed to protect your de…
July 1, 2009
Voices
Channel 19 – June 2009
Trimming video bears’ claws A March Wall Street Journal story probed the proliferation of traffic violation cameras and the growing r…
June 5, 2009
Voices
Gauges – June 2009
Diesel Prices National average: $2.22 Diesel prices at mid-May hovered at lows last recorded four years ago. Fuel is expected…
June 2, 2009
Voices
Speakout – June 2009
Send a letter to the editor of Overdrive: E-mail Overdrive editor The choices between job and …
June 2, 2009
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Speakout – May 2009
Send a letter to the editor of Overdrive: mailto:E-mail Overdrive editor Engine trouble…
April 30, 2009
Voices
Gauges – April 2009
Truck orders rise Class 8 total net orders for all major North American truck makers totaled 8,594 units in March, a 26 percent increa…
April 30, 2009
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