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Overdrive Extra
Thanks for the drive -- trucking pros fuel our economy
"To all the professional drivers out there: thank you. Thank you for your grit, thank you for your persistence and thank you for the drive to keep our economy moving." --Rusty Kirby, Pilot VP of transportation and logistics
September 18, 2026
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Overdrive Extra
What's wrong with this picture? 'I mean, the docks are in the back'
Police and local reports indicate this driver apparently opted for front-door service with his Aldi delivery sometime after midnight. Surveillance footage appears to show the truck/reefer combo pulling through the lot before circling back around minutes later to approach.
September 17, 2026
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Overdrive Extra
How much will diesel go up tomorrow?
Expect another 30 cents' worth, according to one fuel network's daily hedge. Reefer rates have been keeping up in the recent period of cost increases, on average, yet the same can't be said for other segments.
September 16, 2026
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Voices
Truckers sound off on EPA emissions regs with calls for total elimination
Recent Overdrive polling found 43% of readers in favor of rolling back at least the EPA's looming 2027 Heavy-Duty NOx rule, if not doing away with emissions regs altogether.
September 15, 2026
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Overdrive Radio
Trucking reliability, service over 6M miles: White Pine Transport
Dee and Bev Zeeman have made real strides as independents in their second run at trucking biz ownership. They strive to follow through on old-school business values, doing the hard work and doing it right in spite of challenges biz and life itself throw at them.
September 14, 2026
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Overdrive Extra
Danger of social isolation OTR: Truckers don't have to be alone
We can help each other, and help ourselves in the process. That's trucker Clifford Petersen's message to anyone struggling with isolation and serious mental-health issues that can result. As he charts in this story on World Suicide Prevention Day, he's been there.
September 10, 2026
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Small Fleet Champ
Drumroll, please ... Meet your Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists
Competing carriers range from a specialized car hauler to several varieties of open-deck small fleet and van pullers who've weathered the prolonged rates slump of prior years intact, thriving. Keep tuned for features detailing all of these fleets in the coming weeks, with plenty insight on setting up for success.
September 9, 2026
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Overdrive Radio
Cargo theft by fraud: White House task force, freight crime in spotlight
Last week's FTR freight fraud panel focused in on revenue fraud like double-brokering and increasingly sophisticated cargo theft rings, likewise touching on what was on everybody’s mind Tuesday last week the day after DOT and DHS announced the new White House "Crossroads" fraud task force.
September 7, 2026
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Voices
$604M C.H. Robinson verdict: Blame judge and jury, not 'ambulance chasers'
Retired small fleet owner and attorney Robert Spelke places blame for the recent nuclear verdict not on "ambulance chasing" lawyers, yet on emotions getting the better of juries, and judges "reluctant to dismiss counts or entire cases because they hope the jury will make the 'right' decision."
September 2, 2026
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Overdrive Extra
What's wrong with this picture? Motus mess costing small fleets thousands
Two carrier-authority suspensions with active insurance on file, one brokerage-authority grant with no bond? July Trucker of the Month Jeffrey Crise, DPW Inc. owner Kristin Crawford detail Motus mixups they're still at a loss to explain, worth tens of thousands in lost income. There could more than 1,000 other similarly situated carriers.
August 28, 2026
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Maintenance
Who's your online go-to for truck parts?
Owner-operators are more frequently turning to online retailers for parts sourcing and research. If you're one of them, name your go-to source in the brief survey here.
August 28, 2026
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Overdrive Radio
Latest $9K parking-lot-trap truck tow: Turn state-local rules to your favor
Just last year, the state of North Carolina explicitly banned the booting of commercial vehicles, yet private-tow tactics for parking enforcement clearly remain available to towing companies with latest headlines reporting a $9K tow bearing hallmarks of a parking-lot trap.
August 24, 2026
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Voices
The good, bad, and ugly of working at Truck Parking Club -- a former driver's perspective
A former company driver and Truck Parking Club customer service rep explains how the company's rapid growth sometimes drove a wedge between her and the drivers she loved to help.
August 19, 2026
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Overdrive Radio
Hotshot trucking to real driver support: Owner-op's second run toward small fleet
Overdrive July Trucker of the Month Jeffrey Crise is motivated, like most owner-ops, by prospects for profit. But if you take one thing away from the hotshot hauler's story, listen for the passion behind a primary goal: To be a true source of support for drivers as his business grows.
August 17, 2026
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Overdrive Extra
OTR dogs, alone: 'We were the strays, too'
Michael Singleton here recounts a moving, unspoken camaraderie with a co-driver and so many of the rest of us over the grief carried OTR, for the alone dogs passed by, for those wronged or who've wronged us, for ourselves.
August 14, 2026
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Voices
Blame the ambulance chasing lawyers for C.H. Robinson's $604M verdict: Owner-op
An owner-op who is no fan of brokers defends C.H. Robinson against what he describes as greedy lawyers and shady actors all too ready to do anything and everything, legal or not, for a big payday.
August 12, 2026
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Overdrive Radio
AI in the driver's seat? Tony Justice v. Suno a 'fight for the little guy'
Renowned trucker-songwriter Tony Justice is clearly motivated to fight to protect the value of the musical talent he's got from AI encroachment. In this edition of Overdrive Radio, hear his reasoning, suggesting more truckers could be motivated to do the same with theirs as driverless tech proliferates.
August 11, 2026
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Overdrive Extra
'Right thing to do': Small fleet owner-op Elton Wek's lifetime trucking, still rolling
Elton Wek, the owner of 14-truck Premium Best Transport, showed his 2000 379 at Wheel Jam in June, where he got a surprise. The show recognized Wek in part for willingness to stand with fellow carriers -- a refusal, for instance, to haul for a broker who undercut a fellow owner-operator's long-term contract.
August 7, 2026
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