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Channel 19
Eye candy, business advice: Overdrive's top 25 custom-rigs vids
Marking Overdrive's sixth decade in existence, here's a compilation in one handy spot of the most-watched equipment-forward videos we've done since our Pride & Polish vid collection in 2015.
August 23, 2021
Life
POLL: What's the greatest trucking song of all time?
Choose your favorite three in this poll toward determining a final top 10 for 2021 to update our past rankings on the occasion of Overdrive's 60th anniversary.
August 20, 2021
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Voices
A year after his passing, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Bill Mack lives on in readers’ memories
Though he never met Mack, reader Ralph Hudson surmised the radio legend might have been "my best friend." Other memories of the 'Midnight Cowboy' here, including former Overdrive editor Max Heine's remembrance at the time of his passing one year ago.
August 11, 2020
Voices
'We are men and women who are misunderstood'...
Following last week's dissection of driver retention issues, readers said overtime pay for company truck drivers would be no quick fix for the stress reduction necessary if retention in trucking itself is a primary goal of industry and society writ large.
August 16, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Owner-ops' big role in advocacy against California AB 5 -- what's next
Grassroots efforts didn't forestall the ultimate passage of California's AB 5, problematic for traditional lease contracts to say the least, yet owner-operator efforts set the stage for today's high-stakes waiting game with the Supreme Court challenge.
August 13, 2021
Pride & Polish
Custom champs: Rob Hallahan's 2022 389 'Joke's on You'
Pride & Polish Limited Mileage winner Hallahan is coming off two years of fast growth to the 12-driver, 9-truck Hallahan Transport fleet he has today. This brand-new custom flagship is whipped cream of top of that, despite time limitations on the owner.
August 12, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Why are you holding off on the COVID vaccine, driver?
The COVID-19 pandemic is getting personal again for Long Haul Paul. The common denominator among those afflicted seriously in his group of friends and family is that all had foregone the vaccine, for a variety of different reasons.
August 9, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Listen: Tony Justice's '18 Gears to Life'
While preparations for Tony Justice's latest record were put on hold as he joined his wife's war against breast cancer, the emotional turmoil of the experience only deepened their commitment in pulling off this gem of a disc.
August 6, 2021
Business
POLL: Staged accidents -- have you ever been in one you were convinced was set up?
... And what was the outcome if so? Weigh via this poll and the comments below it. In the wake of the prosecutions of an organized ring around New Orleans staging accidents, attention to the issue has been on the upswing.
August 4, 2021
Channel 19
Three late-season truck shows to keep on the radar
The Guilty by Association Truck Show is back in Missouri after three years away. A first-ever SHE Trucking Expo comes to Tennessee, and 10-4 on D.C. hits the National Mall again in Washington. All are set to come off next month.
August 4, 2021
Overdrive Extra
'Retired,' not 'dead': On remaining a voice for necessary change
It's a new day for longtime Overdrive Extra contributor Clifford "Chappy" Petersen, who retired from the road early this year. Here he pledges to continue to be a voice, and sounding board, for drivers. Also: Remembering the influence of Pat Hockaday.
August 2, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Lessons in 30-fold growth over a decade with DSD owner Don Wood
Here's how he did it, utilizing a combination of owner-ops leased on and purchased equipment, after years with just a single truck. Much of it was predicated on meeting customer demand for transport. Also: SuperRigs report on-site in Illinois.
July 30, 2021
Channel 19
Did Joe Biden drive a truck or didn't he?
Whatever the case, he did take a ride with an independent trucker in 1973, evidenced in this lookback. Trucking could use a little more of what Biden seems to have had back at that time, an empathy for the realities of the independent trucking business.
September 10, 2012
Overdrive Radio
What came before the CDL? 18 years old and hauling in 1917
This special edition of Overdrive Radio re-airs a talk with Jay Thompson, looking back on his family's history in trucking, all the way back to his grandfather Walter, 18 years old and trucking with a chauffeur's license in 1917.
July 27, 2021
Overdrive Extra
'Are you OK?' -- the most important question in emergency situations OTR
For Long Haul Paul, the thought of admitting he wasn't OK in years past brought on wary thoughts of 'risk and shame.' But, accidents happen. Health scares happen. In an emergency situation, good support folks should be there when you cry 'uncle.'
July 26, 2021
Overdrive Radio
What's your biggest business challenge as an owner-operator?
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, varying answers to the question from four owner-operators in livestock, van, reefer and heavy haul. Better yet, distinct pictures emerge of different strategies to address insurance, maintenance cost, and so much more.
July 23, 2021
Overdrive Extra
A case for communication simulation in driver, biz-owner education, training
Gary Buchs with a lesson from his part-time gig simulating a hospital patient in service of nursing-school education: "Talk about a different environment from trucking! Yet I can envision the value simulation training" could hold for drivers, owners.
July 20, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Staying ahead of the complacency danger of advanced assist tech
On Overdrive Radio, real-world perspective from two operators on the space where increasingly sophisticated driver-assist technologies meet the realities of the road. And: W. Tim Miller's old-school 1982 359 and farming/hauling operation.
July 16, 2021
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