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Roadcheck inspections: To avoid or not to avoid, or both?
Updated results show more than a fourth of readers planning to sit this one out, yet intentions are not the same as actual action, as past Roadchecks indicate. Find data here on likely May 4-6 inspection hotspots, perspectives on enforcement and more.
April 8, 2021
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Faces of Wildwood: The Kid, the Old Pro and the Builder at the 75 Chrome Shop Truck Show
Long Haul Paul's Saturday stop at the truck show in Wildwood, Fla., yielded brief profiles of owner-ops Lincoln Williamson (Mississippi) and Tom Billington (Florida) -- and builder Dustin Dickerson's show-stopping 1956 Pete.
April 27, 2021
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Roadcheck prep: Invest in inspections to save money, hassle later
A good way to learn and gain confidence that you wonât get a roadside violation is to invest in equipment inspection, observe the inspection process at your shop/the scales, and ask questions.
May 22, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Remembering the inaugural Pennsylvania Make-a-Wish Mother's Day convoy
A special edition of Overdrive Radio looks way back into history to the first Make-A-Wish convoy to set off from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with former trucker George Ruelens, hauling for Ned Bard & Son at the time. This year's convoy sets off May 9.
May 24, 2019
Overdrive Radio
CSA's Achilles' Heel: Exposed carrier data
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, views on unintended consequences that continue to be big problems for carriers. The entire trucking, enforcement and regulator community should do a lot better, two panelists contend, working together to solve issues.
April 23, 2021
Channel 19
Elusive blinker fluid located, 'dream hotshot' of a 1956 Chevy, and a small fleet owner memorialized
Singer-songwriter and custom performance mechanic Jason Lee Wilson's nothing if not alert to otherwise hidden possibilities when it comes to humor â and real meaning. Herein, three remarkable parts of what he's been up to this past year.
April 20, 2021
Voices
POLL: Manual or automated -- What transmission's in your truck?
Are you still grabbing gears traditionally with a fully manual transmission or have you embraced engine makers' AMT transmission pairings aimed at optimal partially automated efficiency? Weigh in via the poll here.
April 19, 2021
Overdrive Radio
How to build a small fleet that's a destination for the best
Hear what brought this owner in less than ten years from hauling chicken litter with an old daycab to a 20-truck, 40-reefer-trailer fleet, two of whose operators were No. 1 and 2 in their state's driver of the year awards for 2021.
April 16, 2021
Channel 19
An emissions-systems cautionary tale for new truck-tech development
Trucker Joel Morrow offered high-ranking SuperTruck 3 stakeholders a cautionary tale of real-world consequences when new technology isn't adequately validated.
April 15, 2021
Voices
POLL: What are your chief worries over (or hopes for) the Biden administration in 2021?
Independents responded to a recent survey with no small amount of trepidation (some a little hope) about the likelihood of further government spending, regulation and more under this administration/Congress. This question summarizes results. Your take?
April 13, 2021
Channel 19
'I didn't know you were TikTok-famous'
CNN profiles Clarissa Rankin, Tierra Allen, & Candace Rivers, among a rising tide of 'TikTok influencers' among female truckers utilizing the platform. Are you sharing there? And: One of our own contributors is, with another recipe in miniature.
April 12, 2021
Voices
POLL: How are you prepping for Roadcheck?
The annual Roadcheck inspection spree is set for May 4-6 this year; how are you prepping -- or planning around -- this year?
April 9, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Owner-ops aren't company drivers for a reason
Fundamentally, though abuses of the contractor model are real in many industries, including in trucking, owner-ops seek ownership for a reason. ATBS details strong 2020 income to benchmark against, worries about ABC contractor test, much more in podcast.
April 9, 2021
Channel 19
What's at stake for truck parking advocates, states in federal funding
If this Q&A with Florida DOT is any indication, dedicated federal parking funding probably couldn't come at a better time, should HR 2187 make it this Congress, or not â FDOT's effectively used Jason's Law to build a foundation for new capacity projects.
April 7, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Mirah Lesa 'YoYo' Worley runs with the wind, long after retirement
The latest in Paul Marhoefer's "Faces of the Road" oral histories. Worley's story resonates decades after being featured on NBC's "Real People" TV show in 1979 and launching her road-legend status in a 359 with a KTA 600, 3:55 rears, and a 13 over.
April 5, 2021
Custom Rigs
A salute to the 'Old Filthy' 1957 Kenworth fuel hauler
For this week's Overdrive 60th-anniversary installment, the story of how one longtime hauler came to own one of his first employersâ classic 1957 Kenworth 925. âOld Filthyâ was the first truck bought new by Montana-based owner-operator Gene Ballinger.
May 15, 2017
Overdrive Extra
There's much more to business ownership than having an authority
History is rich with companies that worked tirelessly to save their sinking ship rather than change when the need became inevitable. Yet failure to effectively plan for the change can be its own Achilles Heel of sorts.
March 29, 2021
Channel 19
The power of video evidence in fighting tickets, DataQs challenges
Courtroom crash dissembling and drama can be cut as with a sharp knife by good video evidence that proves your case, as this example from a Virginia bulk hauler shows clearly. It helps a speedy DataQs challenge, too.
April 1, 2021
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