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POLL: Post-crash litigation -- have you or your business been a target?
Whether or not you or the company you lease to or drive for has been a defendant in post-crash civil litigation, on the rise in recent years, take a moment to weigh in on the subject of lawsuits -- and threats that lead to post-crash settlements.
January 3, 2022
Overdrive Extra
An 'Owner-operator Mentor Academy' for sensible trucking apprenticeship
Overdrive Extra contributor Clifford Petersen outlines a proposal in response to the Department of Labor's 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge, one that would lean heavily on experienced owner-ops for basic safety, regs, business education.
January 3, 2022
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A final 14 -- plus a 3-hour pause -- to count down to 2022
This special edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast counts down to 2022 with a run back through 17 of our most-listened-to episodes of the year, covering HOS/waivers, roadside trends, custom project rigs and restos, cooking in-cab, and so much more. ...
December 31, 2021
Overdrive Extra
A $21K overdue bill for ELD service you never used? How friends might help
For these small fleet owners, after three years of escalating overdue notices, their personal network finally cracked the case with a solution. Looking into 2022, invest in your own network to ward off problems, create new opportunities.
December 30, 2021
Overdrive Extra
The highs and lows of 2021 over the road with Overdrive
If 2020 flipped the trucking world on its head, 2021 asked drivers to remain upside down while juggling and jumping through flaming hoops. Here Overdrive recounts an absolutely historic year where trucking issues finally broke into the mainstream.
December 28, 2021
Business
POLL: Business outlook for 2022 -- what's your income expectation for the new year?
How long will rates stay rising against cost inflation? Weigh in here on where you see your business income going in 2022. Got commentary on trucking headwinds, tailwinds? Drop us a note under the poll in this post.
December 27, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: Canadian songwriter/owner-operator Mike Murchison
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained," said the operator about early days trucking in the 1980s, then out of Alberta. His recent investment in his music has turned plenty ears his direction, including those of Long Haul Paul, with this profile.
December 27, 2021
Overdrive Radio
A tale of two loads of Kentucky tornado relief collected, distributed
In this Overdrive Radio edition, owner-operator Daniel Koors walks us through his and several other truckers' efforts after springing into action in the wake of December 10 storms that devastated areas of Western Kentucky and other states.
December 24, 2021
Overdrive Extra
'If it didn't come by Santa, it came by truck'
Greg Fulton penned this Dear Santa letter, featuring his wish list this year for the men and women behind the wheel -- better parking, less detention, insurance relief and more. Fulton is President of the Colorado Motor Carriers Association.
December 23, 2021
Channel 19
Trucking's next generation engages with Wreaths Across America, far from D.C. hoopla
In the mind of Californian Dave Dein, Wreaths was a D.C.-only event. Read here how a Nebraska trucker led the high-school trucking instructor/produce hauler and his students to this quiet commemoration of Dean's own WWII-vet father and so many more.
December 22, 2021
Channel 19
Revisiting the A.J. Soza Memorial Truck Show, 2022 dates set
The first annual Soza Memorial Truck Show this past June, established in memory of C.G. Soza's son and prior wife (both passed in a car accident on the way to dyslexia tutoring for the young man), has set dates for its 2022 dyslexia-support goal.
December 20, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Power only: A springboard for this owner-op's growth
How is it that this small fleet owner's been able to recruit when so many of his large-carrier counterparts sound like they’re facing the greatest shortage in history when they talk about drivers? Find out on Overdrive Radio.
December 17, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Trucks With Room to Spare turns chaos into blessings in the aftermath of deadly Kentucky tornadoes
To listen to the media tell it, the trucking industry is aging and ailing and in need of support. This trucking nonprofit led by female drivers proves that more often than not, it's trucking that comes to America's rescue.
December 17, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Healing power of a good read -- or listen: A case for audiobooks on the road
Long Haul Paul: "One of the best things you could get yourself for Christmas is an Audible subscription." And a recommendation: Mary Gauthier's 2021-released "Saved by a Song." LHP interviews the author for this latest "Faces of the Road" installment.
December 14, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Trucker-songwriter Guy Archer's journeys with heavy loads, finally back to Nashville
Join us for this Overdrive Radio tour through some of the studio results of Trucker Talent Search winner Guy Archer's trip to Nashville last month, likewise a long talk with the trucker-songwriter about his life in music, and hauling.
December 10, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Three common fallacies in popular 'driver shortage' arguments
The conversation around shortages suffers from incomplete information, short-/long-term conflation and misunderstandings of economics. Stressing out over shortages is a losing game -- innovate to increase your own productivity to win.
December 7, 2021
Channel 19
The No. 1 barrier to truckers' efficient hours utilization
Shippers/receivers' dock inefficiencies were named No. 1 by both owner-operators and MIT when it comes to hours utilization barriers, yet researchers might be missing a significant limiting factor in how new hours of service flexibilities are applied.
December 2, 2021
Small Fleet Champ
Small fleet roundtable: 'Co-opetition' code, balancing personal/business pursuits, more
Trucking companies can do more to embrace cooperation amongst their kind -- "I'd rather have your friendship than have your freight," Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan said in this roundtable with fellow finalists -- where it makes sense to seed growth.
November 29, 2021
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