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Overdrive Extra
Senator Bernie Sanders sends a message to trucking
It's clear now that if Senator Bernie Sanders and the progressive Democrats he works with in Washington have their way on climate change, big changes could come to the trucking business sooner than later.
September 13, 2021
Channel 19
Looking back on 9/11's lasting trucking legacy
This retrospective on trucking history post-9/11 comes on the occasion of the 20th anniversary. While impacts of that event are impossible to exhaustively chronicle, Overdrive found shifts in security protocols, driver camaraderie, freight, and more.
September 13, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Driving through depression's dark valleys
Learning cognitive techniques "taught me how to battle my demons, how to stay clean, and how to finally find the peace I sought." --Trucker Clifford Petersen on battling depression's demons. Here find tips you may need if fighting the same fight.
September 10, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Don't over-insure your trucking business
It could cost you thousands annually. Here, independent owner-op and insurance agent W. Joel Baker offers a rundown of the top 3 types of commercial auto coverages he sees owner-operators and small fleets paying for that they don't need.
September 7, 2021
Channel 19
Docmenting the 'Faces of the Road' with Long Haul Paul
Any retrospective on Overdrive's recent history would be incomplete without Paul Marhoefer's contributions to the magazine's multi-author "Overdrive Extra" blog with his "Faces of the Road" series of dynamic close-ups, delivering living history.
September 6, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Trucker Talent Search podcast preview
On Overdrive Radio, we'll hear from trucker Mike Sheffield of Kentucky, Michigan-based Grassmid driver Rich Scripps, and Dayton, Ohio's Guy Archer, all in conversation, too, with the great Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio. Take a listen here.
September 3, 2021
Channel 19
A newly reconditioned 'Duel' 1960 Peterbilt 351 makes debut next week
Check out the work put into Brad Wike's 1960 Pete 351 and tanker used in the 1971 'Duel' film at the Southern Classic Truck Show next week. Also: The men and women of Truckers Feeding the Homeless are conducting outreach/support in Houston October 1-3.
September 1, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Five owners, five forecasts for biz growth
At last month's SuperRigs event, News Editor Matt Cole asked these five owners – from OTR heavy haul to local-regional fuel delivery – to forecast the next five years. Growth is coming and prospects are bright for small trucking, despite headwinds.
August 27, 2021
Overdrive Extra
What would happen if employers forced truckers to get vaccinated?
President Joe Biden, the National Safety Council, and other top authorities are all pressuring employers to mandate or incentivize vaccinations. But do they really tell owners and drivers what to do?
August 25, 2021
Channel 19
Out-of-service brake adjustment: More detail on how violations work at roadside
A bit of a clarification of the 20% rule following last week's podcast report, and: owner-operator Howard Salmon, after nearly two years away from the road during his son's cancer battle, jumps back on the horse with new perspective. ...
August 25, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Will the first COVID vaccine approval improve uptake among drivers?
COVID vaccine uptake among owner-operators may well rise with this week's full FDA approval for one, according to results of Overdrive polling, yet Long Haul Paul finds skepticism running deep through several conversations with readers.
August 24, 2021
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
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
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