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The environmental benefit of adequate highway investment, and: Manual v. automatic?

What last year's COVID fuel-mileage boost for owner-operators might say about the long-term value of infrastructure investment that keeps up with demand. And: Reviving an old debate over manual/automated transmissions in training.

March 31, 2021

Inside truck view of steering wheel and front dashboard

Under-21 interstate drivers: Most owner-ops say no

Just about a third of readers support in some measure. Among the no votes, one urged "better training programs, better trainers, better treatment from DOT and law enforcement, more parking places, and other incentives to help drivers stay and not quit."

March 30, 2021

CDL student driver semi-truck

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Roadcheck preps in a mobile-heavy state, where inspection numbers continue up

In today's Overdrive Radio, an Alabama captain explains his state's continued emphasis on inspection screening via "virtual weigh stations" with weigh-in-motion and/or other technologies for inspection screening. Also: Plenty Roadcheck tips for May 4-6.

March 26, 2021

Semi-truck stopped at a scale

Colorado coops are open: Hours enforcement trending up in the Centennial State

Heads-up north-south on I-25 in Colorado, driver. Hours of service violations are clearly on an upward prioritization trend in the Centennial State. Also: Pro tip on I-70 in Indiana for good eats "like homecooking" you might otherwise overlook.

March 24, 2021

Colorado hours of service violations 2017-2020

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Recipes for the Road: Trucked-up Chili is good on its own, easily customized

Meet Decker-leased owner-op Thomas Remington and a new series of culinary creations from the road. For this first, we'll start with a chili ripe for make-ahead potential at home, offering plenty custom latitude for your taste preferences.

March 23, 2021

A bowl of chili

POLL: Under-21 interstate drivers -- OK or not?

Weigh in here with your thoughts on whether an option -- with limits or not -- is a good or bad idea, and find further reading on efforts to introduce similar programs via regulatory pilot programs and prior legislation.

March 23, 2021

Hay Hauler Highway

Race-winning V12 KW still in action after four decades

As seen in the short film from Overdrive’s late-1970s N.J. diesel drag races, the winning rig alive and kicking four decades later -- and one race attendee's reflections on trucking enthusiasm through the decades.

May 24, 2016

1971 Model A Kenworth of Richard Smith and family

Overdrive Radio

Long Haul Paul's 'Long Haul of Fame' through trucking history

What emerges over the course of this Overdrive Radio re-air of the OTR podcast's episode 7 is a vivid take on recent trucking history through six individual stories, including that of host Long Haul Paul himself.

March 19, 2021

Marhoefer, Ken Waugh, 'Fast Freddie' Lieb, and Idella Marie Hansen

Overdrive Extra

Don't let the push toward electric powertrains turn into a 'green monopoly'

Op-ed contributor Aaron Terrazas: In societal quest for fewer emissions, "unless we make a conscious effort to ensure that green trucking tech is available to smaller trucking firms, any green freight revolution risks slipping toward a green monopoly."

March 17, 2021

Convoy truck fuel economy graph from 1970 to 2018 for heavy trucks and light vehicles

Overdrive Extra

'Sitting is the new smoking,' or — Tackling stress, a trucker's war

Clifford Petersen on what drivers can do to boost the "feel-good hormone" levels to balance out the impact of chronic stress, key to long-term physical and mental well-being. Exercise plays a part, but it's not the only component of the program.

March 15, 2021

rest area with mountain view

Overdrive Radio

Listen: Introducing Rylan Brooks' 'If Wishes Were Horses'

Nate Rylan and Chris Brooks’ hard-driving country rock stems from a songwriting collaboration that blossomed on the road when Rylan came aboard with Brooks’ independent owner-operator business as a codriver several years back.

March 12, 2021

Rylan Brooks album cover for If Wishes Were Horses

POLL: How do you feel about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines?

Whether you've actually been vaccinated or not, which of these choices best describes your general feeling about the safety of the COVID vaccine?

March 10, 2021

Yet another reason insurance costs are rising

Claims, says Sergio Hernandez of the DialVan 60-truck Laredo, Texas-based fleet. Hear his story of a multiple injury accident, for which DialVan shared no fault, that resulted in payout of his company's $1 million policy limit, and how they're mitigating.

March 9, 2021

DialVan crash scene

A '70s film at Overdrive's diesel drag races, and a 'Back in Time' tour

In 2016, a late-1970s short film on U.S. trucking, via Overdrive’s Englishtown, New Jersey, truck drag racing event, provided a clear window back in time, including a glimpse of Overdrive’s founder. This 60th-anniversary special takes you there ...

May 19, 2016

'just nancy' featured briefly in trucking film

POLL: Disc v. drum brakes -- what are you running?

Air disc brakes have made big inroads in over-the-road operations over the years. This poll question asks owner-operators and small fleet owners just which combination of the two are on your trucks and trailers. Weigh in via the poll

March 5, 2021

Sergeant David Mills Inspecting Brakes

Overdrive Radio

OTR podcast rewind -- 'Our Punjabi brothers'

In this week's Overdrive Radio podcast episode, we drop into October of 2017, amid the demonstrations on both coasts and some points in between against the ELD mandate that, out west, were led by the Punjabi-American trucking community.

March 5, 2021

beginning of truck convoy from yuba city

Overdrive Extra

Trucker showed how to 'enjoy the ride'

Remembering Anthony Scott Townley Sr.: "Whether it was food, hospital supplies, oil or gas, my dad hauled it all. His life made a difference in this world, and it’s not just him but the many truck drivers who have decided that the road is their home."

March 4, 2021

Anthony Townley Sr. standing in front of a blue Mack semi-truck

Owner-operators wrestle scheduling hurdles with double-dose COVID shots

Two days' notice for a vaccine appointment in Tarrant County, Texas, just wasn't going to cut it for Landstar-leased flatbedder Bill Ater, he said. As states have opened up the COVID shot to older residents, scheduling obstacles for truckers abound.

March 2, 2021

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Owner-operator Raiko Graveran might be the 'nicest dude in all of trucking,' a version of which has been said by more than one truck showgoer who's found him and his 1995 Freightliner FLD 120 parked up. Here he's showing off fairly recent wins at the Old Town Rig Down event in Nacogdoches, Texas. Look for Graveran out at the Stars, Stripes and White Lines event this week in Atlanta.

Red, white and 'Little Blue': The story of owner-operator Raiko Graveran

RGT Transport owner Graveran came to the United States in '08 on a raft from Cuba, ultimately able to gain legal permanent resident status with the immigration policy of the time. Today, he's the proud owner of a multi-award-winning custom '95 FLD flattop that cuts a unique picture on the show circuit.

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The ‘Maximum Overdrive’-themed 1999 Western Star that made a marriage

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