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Regulations
Drivers, do you support DOT's move against 200,000 non-domiciled CDLs?
Questions for the haulers out there: Are you seeing impacts from DOT's moves to revoke nearly 200,000 non-domiciled CDLs? Do you support the move? Will it boost rates? Weigh in here.
October 27, 2025
Overdrive Radio
'Be the best': Lofty goals successfully executed define owner-op John Treadway's trucking career
Trucker of the Year contender John Treadway's mindset served the owner well through three-plus decades in business, now with a central customer with a reefer trailer and plenty of pride showing through the equipment. That's never easy, of course: "There's just a grind to it," in his words. "Keep grinding, and keep moving forward."
October 27, 2025
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Small Fleet Champ
TFX, Oberman come out on top: Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Champs
Taking home the Small Fleet Champ title belts in their respective categories were Thomasville Furniture Xpress owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis in the 11-30-truck category, and Oberman Logistics and its owners, Wes and Laura Oberman, in the 3-10-truck class.
October 24, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Taking control: Owner-op cost and revenue, income, wider trucking trends
In this Overdrive Radio edition, follow along with the latest semi-annual ATBS owner-op trends session, charting performance metrics against which you can measure your own performance. A key metric to consider, too, to ID when the iron is hot -- not in the freight market broadly but in the run of your own day-to-day business.
October 20, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Chase away the phantom: 'There is no shortage of American-made drivers'
NASTC President David Owen applauds the Trump DOT's move to change rules around non-domiciled CDL issuance and hold states accountable for lapses, hopeful for a definite end to narratives that "promulgate the phantom 'driver shortage' to obscure and deflect from the most significant" safety issues.
October 17, 2025
Life
Trucking TV host, Hollywood stuntman set out to re-create iconic 'White Line Fever' stunt
If you haven't seen the full classic "White Line Fever" film, there's a good chance you at least remember the iconic scene of the "Blue Mule" Ford cabover being jumped through a large sign. There's now an effort ongoing to re-create that stunt for the trucking film's 50th anniversary.
October 14, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Ice Road Truckers' Lisa Kelly, back in action -- new show season, new biz
Two episodes of the new IRT season in, our talk with Lisa Kelly reveals what the past Carlile Transportation company driver has been up to in the near-decade hiatus for the show. For one: She bought a truck and now runs as an owner-operator, among other new pursuits.
October 13, 2025
Business
POLL: What's your preferred compensation structure: Miles, %, hours, a combo?
If you're leased to a carrier or a company driver, weigh in on this short poll on pay preferences and reality, including insight on how carriers approach miles -- short, practical, or actual.
October 10, 2025
Channel 19
Foreign driver exodus clearing parking lots and boosting rates?
Brokers and truck parking lot owners say non-domiciled drivers are leaving in droves. What are you seeing?
October 9, 2025
Partners in Business
Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer: How to use to assess rates, costs
This video tutorial walks owner-operators through simple steps that will help unlock insights to drive the business forward profitably, whether analyzing load offers on the front end or holding yourself accountable after the run's in the bag.
October 8, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Compensation 'as the crow flies': Why are carriers, shippers still using 'short miles'?
Clifford Petersen argues "short miles" pay has long outlived its past convenience with advances in tech: "Trucking companies that use short miles have to be well aware of the impact: a systematic underpayment of drivers."
October 7, 2025
Overdrive Radio
FMCSA's GBATS session: Truckers' applause for Trump DOT moves not hard to find
No news has further reach around trucking this year than the DOT's recent changes to the rules around non-domiciled CDL issuance, effective now, garnering applause at the agency's recent GBATS session with owner-ops. It's not alone among FMCSA moves of late truckers have lauded. Hear the session in full here.
October 6, 2025
Channel 19
CHP busts 'unusual,' definitely 'NOT legal or safe!' metal pole truck tow
California Highway Patrol found one tractor towing another down the big road with nothing more than a metal pipe and chains connecting the two. Unable to appreciate art or finesse, CHP issued a citation.
October 3, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Last cafe for 1,200 miles -- Lyman, Wyoming: Report
Long Haul Paul wondered how far EB on I-80 he might have to haul to find another spot like the Cowboy Cafe in Lyman. Another 1,200 miles to Illinois, a friend said, prompting this appreciation, and lamentation for his generation in contemporary roadside culture.
October 3, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Turnage, TFX, Oberman, Clifford Hay advance to Small Fleet Champ final round
Turnage & Sons LLC, Thomasville Furniture Xpress, Oberman Logistics and Clifford Hay Inc. -- all are mastering the fine arts of trucking-biz management in myriad ways. Two Small Fleet Champs among these finalists will walk away with the title belts at NASTC's annual conference Oct. 23 in Nashville.
October 3, 2025
Custom Rigs
Guilty by Association Truck Show rolls into Joplin
One of the trucking industry's biggest events, the biennial GBATS at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, is officially under way at Exit 4 off I-44. Scenes from the show here with some standout trucks from the show's first day.
September 26, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?
Proposed split-duty and -sleeper pilot programs from FMCSA offer a path forward on delivering what's been the cardinal ask of many owner-operators for more than two decades since the 14-hour rule came into play. Namely, that's greater hours of service flexibility.
September 22, 2025
Channel 19
Ice Road Truckers' new season delivers the goods
A sneak peak at Episode 1 of Ice Road Truckers shows veteran drivers Todd Dewey and Lisa Kelly return to the saddle in a love letter to the trucking trade.
September 19, 2025
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