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The COVID-survival tale of a hauler for some of the biggest acts in music
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, concert-tour-trucking veteran Chip Warterfield tells the story of what happened to Upstaging, Inc., when COVID in 2020 essentially brought every single one of its touring clients to an abrupt and complete halt.
April 22, 2022
Chip Warterfield Upstaging
Small Fleet Champ
The 1973 Autocar flagship of Silver Creek Transportation
Jason Cowan and his son, Zane, now overseeing maintenance at the company, several years ago restored the rig as a testament to the small fleet's beginnings, with Jason's dad's name on the door. Bobbie Cowan got his start in it hauling anhydrous ammonia.
April 20, 2022
1973 Autocar
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Tools in your fuel arsenal: One hauler's successful use
Independent hauler Joey Terra doesn't have access to a big fleet's buying power, but he's found sizable retail discounts with a combination of a debiting fuel card and the Mudflap company's in-network discounts at independent truck stops.
April 19, 2022
Joey Terra tractor on truck
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Giving back: Dakota McDaniel is one among myriad operators blending grassroots events with philanthropy
McDaniel's Shine in the Pines truck show in Dublin, Georgia, May 20-21 will benefit the family of a young girl in treatment for neuroblastoma, one among many shows that have cropped up around the nation as benefits for a variety of worthy causes.
April 18, 2022
Dakota McDaniel standing beside his Kenworth truck
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Meet your regulator -- FMCSA chief Robin Hutcheson -- and post-PIB biz talk, part 2
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, track back through a half-hour session with reporters the FMCSA chief held at MATS, touching on trucking pride, regulatory change, and much more; also: Part 2 of our post-Partners in Business best practices roundtable.
April 15, 2022
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Long before 'influencers' were a thing: A trucking tribute to an invaluable mentor
“Son, the trailer won’t go where it's not pointed!" Chip Warterfield, in safety with Upstaging, Inc., tells the early-1980s story of his driving start with the colloquial wisdom of professional Kenny Jones' decades of experience as guiding hand.
April 12, 2022
Chip Waterfield
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Why drivers get into business as owner-operators
This Overdrive Radio podcast features a roundtable on business process issues with something of a cross section of trucking: Aspirational small fleet owner and fleet operations veteran Pete Anderson and leased owners David Nihart and Raeshawn Lucas.
April 11, 2022
Anderson, Nihart, Gary Buchs, and Lucas
Overdrive Extra
Was truck ownership supposed to be this hard?
Getting back to business brass tacks, Gary Buchs notes this common theme emerging from many MATS conversations with owner-operators both brand-new to the business and well-seasoned. Take control, plan, act, analyze the results to maintain success.
April 7, 2022
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Small Fleet Champ
Back for a third year, amid turbulent times: Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship
2021 finalist Hallahan Transport's recent experience with a dramatic increase in the fuel bill, van rates sliding: long-term safety performance has paid off with a more than $30K insurance cost reduction. Prove your own mettle in this year's competition.
April 6, 2022
Nick Hewitt, Jason Cowan and Rob Hallahan
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POLL: Will your truck fall under California's year-end ban of 2007-2009-emissions-spec equipment?
CARB's Truck and Bus Regulation's final phase requires repower or replacement of trucks registered or operating in the state with 2007-2009-emissions-spec engines by the end of 2022. Will you be affected? Weigh in here.
April 6, 2022
Problem Emissions Control Labels 2
Overdrive Extra
Plan and prepare before moving beyond just one truck to grow the business
W. Joel Baker makes the case for careful preparation and costs considerations for an independent owner-operator thinking of growing beyond a single truck. For him in his early trucking history, remaining just one truck was the best decision. Here's why.
April 4, 2022
Dry bulk truck on highway
Overdrive Extra
Legendary Bill Fries, creator of C.W. McCall and 'Convoy' classic, dies at 93
Overdrive looks back on the life and times of Bill Fries, the legendary advertising man who played a big role in the pop trucking craze of the 1970s on the back of his classic hit song, "Convoy."
April 4, 2022
Fries musical output as McCall has been collected in a variety of hits records like this one, originally released in the 1990s.
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Trucking 'The Big Road' with new podcast, small fleet TMS
Today's podcast features former operator James Crowley's new audio effort, telling his story of initiation to the trucking business, and the brand-new, small-fleet-focused Lynks TMS, greasing the skids for owner-op back-office/on-highway tasks.
April 1, 2022
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DataQs reform: A 10% violation error rate should not be acceptable
When a noticeable sidewall cut in a trailer tire was determined to have been marked as a violation in error, this small fleet owner did the math on his successful DataQs challenges over the past years. Here, his ideas on needed DataQs/CSA reform.
March 29, 2022
Tire with sidewall cut
Overdrive Radio
Meet the owners and drivers of the year -- a window on the Las Vegas awards banquet
For this edition of Overdrive Radio, sit back and take it all in as we run through the stories of six finalists, three each in owner-operator and company driver categories, from this week's awards show at Truckload 2022 in Las Vegas.
March 25, 2022
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On-highway experience yields insights for Convoy co-founder | More early from MATS
After co-founding the Convoy digital brokerage and serving as Chief Technology Officer, Grant Goodale shifted his role to better optimize carriers' experience of the platform. To get to MATS, he stitched together three hauls with three different carriers.
March 24, 2022
Convoy remote control truck
Overdrive Extra
Back to efficiency/safety basics with advanced driver assist systems
If you're driving with an advanced driver-assist system, notes longtime pro Jeff Clark in this op-ed on the partnership between safety and efficiency, try to maximize both for greater fuel mileage and more safety.
March 22, 2022
trucks on highway
Overdrive Extra
'Cancelation,' and the First Amendment's rope-a-dope with U.S. culture
Overdrive Extra contributor Clifford Petersen on the "cancel culture" phenomenon -- in his view a possible slippery slope down a dangerous road when it comes to the need for frank debate and discussion.
March 21, 2022
Kevin Rutherford with tweet from Ruben Gallego
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Owner-operator Raiko Graveran might be the 'nicest dude in all of trucking,' a version of which has been said by more than one truck showgoer who's found him and his 1995 Freightliner FLD 120 parked up. Here he's showing off fairly recent wins at the Old Town Rig Down event in Nacogdoches, Texas. Look for Graveran out at the Stars, Stripes and White Lines event this week in Atlanta.
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Red, white and 'Little Blue': The story of owner-operator Raiko Graveran
RGT Transport owner Graveran came to the United States in '08 on a raft from Cuba, ultimately able to gain legal permanent resident status with the immigration policy of the time. Today, he's the proud owner of a multi-award-winning custom '95 FLD flattop that cuts a unique picture on the show circuit.
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