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'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
Overdrive Radio
'Unpopular opinions' on the Entry Level Training regs newly in effect
Trucker Nation's Andrea Marks returns in this Overdrive Radio podcast to push and pull on reactions to trucking regulation, specifically recent voices of distaste for FMCSA's Entry Level training rules.
March 18, 2022
Overdrive Radio
A truckin' start: The OTR origin stories of owner-op award finalists
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, hear how three competing nominees got their start, including award finalist five-timer Glen Horack, Iowa-based owner-operator Gene Houchin, and West Virginia-based team Allen and Sandy Smith.
March 11, 2022
Channel 19
Owner-operators report rates slipping against the rise in fuel
With diesel hitting all-time price highs this week, a majority of owners assessed fuel/maintenance cost inflation measured against revenue and noted the latter was starting to lag, despite efforts to combat dramatic cost pressures.
March 9, 2022
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: Log hauler and writer Gord Magill, student of the ice roads
The latest in Long Haul Paul's series of oral histories and profiles features Canadian-born hauler Gord Magill, who's run the ice roads, hauled logs in New Zealand and road trains in Australia, written on Canadian politics for Newsweek, and more.
March 8, 2022
Overdrive Extra
What I saw in Indianapolis of the 'People's Convoy'
Long Haul Paul visited the Indiana daylong stop of the "People's Convoy" as it made its way toward the D.C. area. Organizers noted the convoy will terminate in the D.C. area, not D.C. proper.
March 4, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Will the national emergency declaration's COVID hours of service waiver extend again?
With a protest convoy on its way to the D.C. area calling for withdrawal of the emergency declaration that underpins it, and the government signaling a return to a non-emergency footing, this Overdrive Radio details prospects for the COVID hours waiver.
March 3, 2022
Business
POLL: How's your business faring in the daily battle against fuel, maintenance cost inflation?
Are you losing the battle or winning the war? Brokers starting to push back in negotiations? Shippers balking at ever-increasing fuel surcharges and contract renegotiation? Or is everything hunky dory ... Weigh in here.
March 1, 2022
Channel 19
Flatbed securement accountability, mentoring, training in practice
Longtime independent and Gary's Fleet Service hotshot flatbed/step deck dispatcher Gary McGaha feels his securement practice, an easy strategy to implement, might be "a perfect job for very experienced drivers" sidelined by medical or retired.
March 1, 2022
Channel 19
What Kevin Rutherford's Sirius XM show's cancelation might teach us about the outrage machine
Tit-for-tat over loose-talk social media commentary from a politician, prompted by media amplification of similar loose talk, ends longtime owner-operator coach Kevin Rutherford's long run on Sirius XM.
February 28, 2022
Channel 19
On-highway fitness coaching program for quick weight loss, or your money back
The relatively new TruckFit program of the Trucking Fitness Company helps operators build custom-designed programs toward individual diet/fitness goals. Its founder and haulers who've used it emphasize efficacy through small steps.
February 25, 2022
Overdrive Extra
Truck operators are frustrated, and for good reason
Greg Fulton of Colorado's state trucking association offered these views on the difficulties operators face across trucking. "We call them essential workers. It’s about time we start treating them accordingly" by improving parking, regs, roads and more.
February 24, 2022
Overdrive Extra
No matter what Punxsutawney Phil said, winter is almost over
If you're one among the untold number of us dealing with SAD, or 'Seasonal Affective Disorder,' writes Overdrive Extra contributor Clifford Petersen, there's plenty you can do to combat depression -- and you don't have to wait for spring to start.
February 21, 2022
Overdrive Radio
'Advanced ELD auditing': Preventing hours viols during an audit
ELDs have emphatically not delivered carriers from hours-related enforcement, particularly at the investigatory level when federal and state auditors come calling. Here's how to navigate the new system of ELD audits.
February 18, 2022
Overdrive Extra
What do insurance companies use to calculate our insurance premium rates?
Insurance agent/longtime owner-operator W. Joel Baker breaks down why his own first annual trucking insurance premium was so high when he got authority -- most of the factors that go into an insurance rate are under your control.
February 14, 2022
Overdrive Radio
On the 'Freedom Convoy' protest, with Canadian cross-border owner-operator Mike Murchison
A long Overdrive Radio talk on initiating and evolving issues related to the protests in Canada, from the vantage point of an owner-operator who hauls cross-border exclusively, as authorities up the ante in bids to end the border blockades.
February 11, 2022
Regulations
POLL: Independents/small fleets, have you been audited within the last year?
With FMCSA and state law enforcement's turn to purely "off-site" audits, conducted entirely away from any independent/small fleet's place of business, what's been your experience in the past year?
February 9, 2022
Channel 19
Full-throated return of the truck show season on tap for 2022?
With MATS back on tap in March, a robust truck show season ought to be in the cards for 2022 – details here on ATHS' series, their national convention in Illinois, Shine in the Pines in Georgia, a shootout in Illinois, the A.J. Soza show poster, more.
February 8, 2022
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