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The truck booting trap, and one small fleet owner’s ongoing crusade for a solution

Local and/or state regs around booting and towing vary considerably, as small fleet owner Leander Richmond has most certainly found in his efforts to raise awareness among truckers and law enforcement about the more predatory boots in that business. Here in this week’s Overdrive Radio podcast, what he sees as a possible solution to the problem.

November 8, 2019

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One man and his R model Mack: Meet Carl Nyhof Trucking

Wisconsin-based owner-operator Carl Nyhof is “a household name in our area for his generosity,” owner-operator Seth Taylor says. With many others in the area long mentored by the elder statesman of trucking in Oostburg, Wis., Taylor in part penned this appreciation of Nyhof and his long-running Mack.

November 7, 2019

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A simple following-distance cheat proves effective ‘self re-training’ in speed and space management

Buchs, like so many of you, hauls in a truck built well before whiz-bang factory-equipped radar, lane-departure warnings, and automatic braking became a standard for owners opting into the systems. He devised a simple following distance cheat after self-evaluation via his own dashcam footage revealed behaviors he thought needed correction.

November 6, 2019

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POLL: What’s your typical interval for engine oil changes?

How often do you change the oil in your truck or trucks — do you stick with traditional low-mileage intervals or extend out based on oil analysis and/or manufacturer recommendation in newer extended-interval engines? Weigh in via this poll.

October 30, 2019

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Overdrive Radio

‘Highways and heart attacks’ to trucker Will Beeley’s place in the American songbook

Today on Overdrive Radio: Will Beeley’s new “Highways and Heart Attacks” record is the singer-songwriter and hazmat pressurized tank hauler’s third full-length record, and his first in 40 years. His story in music reaches back to the late 1960s, runs through an iconic record label in Mississippi and extends on up into the present day.

October 29, 2019

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Impeach Trump? No way, say 8 in 10 readers

In the wake of the September announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Trump was under way in several House committees, just 5% of readers expressed any uncertainty about whether such an inquiry was justified.

October 25, 2019

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POLL: Ever filed on a broker’s bond over nonpayment on an intrastate load?

We’ve seen more than one instance of late on in-a-single-state moves where surety-bond claims after a broker’s nonpayment come back invalid, uncovered — to say nothing of the same on loads of exempt commodities. What’s been your experience filing on bonds for intrastate loads, such as it may be?

October 24, 2019

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POLL: New driver training rule coming next year — will it impact your own training efforts?

Small fleets/owner-ops who engage new drivers with pre-CDL training: How do you see the Entry Level Driver Training rule’s implementation of pre-CDL course requirements affecting your own training efforts in the new year? The requirements go into effect in February next year.

October 21, 2019

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Overdrive Radio

Tony Justice: No ‘crystal ball’ for hours proposal’s post-Martinez future; Jason Lee Wilson live in a cave

Past Overdrive talent search winner Jason Lee Wilson live from a cave, Tony Justice from a speedway, and: Justice says, well, unlike so many out there, he doesn’t seem to be able to get his crystal ball powered up when it comes to predicting the future of the proposed hours changes post-Martinez.

October 18, 2019

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Overdrive Extra

Faces of the Road: 45 years a team, with two independents

“Moss doesn’t grow on a rolling stone.” Longtime specialized independent team owner-ops Kay and Ken Wagner don’t exactly divulge the secrets to remaining married while running as a team for forty five years, yet their history speaks for itself in this latest “Faces of the Road” installment.

October 15, 2019

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POLL: What’s your view of the trucking impact of the escalating import-tariff tit-for-tat with China?

What do you feel has been the domestic freight/trucking impact of the escalating back-and-forth of levies on import tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China on each other’s goods? Positive? Negative? Not so simple? Weigh in here.

October 14, 2019

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VP undercover in a large carrier’s training program; Voices From 10-4 D.C.

In this edition of Overdrive Radio, the story of C.R. England VP Pam Wilson’s undercover assignment, which began her company employment, as a new driver in the company’s training program with an eye toward improving the new-driver experience; and: voices from 10-4 D.C.

October 11, 2019

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Hours of Service

Stress relief the hours proposal stands to deliver

NASTC’s David Owen on the hours of service proposal: “What the unnecessary ELD mandate has required is a closer look at the HOS and relief from the odious stress and pressures created by the current rule. I feel if the ‘advocates’ were true advocates for safer highways, they would see and appreciate this.”

October 11, 2019

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POLL: Have you hauled in direct support of a natural-disaster relief/recovery effort?

What’s been your experience, such as it may be, hauling in support of immediate relief/recovery, and/or rebuild well after the fact, efforts after a natural disaster, whether a hurricane, flood, fire or another.

October 9, 2019

Wee hours roll-in, voices and more from 10-4 on D.C.

The upshot of the four-days-later post-mortem on That’s a Big 10-4 on D.C. — time will tell as to whether the second-annual event served as proof of the concept for those outside of the organizers as a gathering that serves as public outreach and awareness vehicle, as a neutral platform for individual owner-ops and drivers to represent themselves.

October 8, 2019

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South Dakota slow roll supporting ’10-4 on D.C.’ successful despite low turnout

Jeremy Johnson and Shawn McIntosh organized the South Dakota event through their Facebook group, The Disrespected Trucker. The seven drivers that showed up at the Countryside Travel Plaza along I-29 near Sioux Falls slow rolled a total of 268 miles on Thursday, Oct. 3.

October 7, 2019

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Owner-ops voice concerns, fellowship at 10-4 on D.C. on National Mall

Participation in the event this year was down slightly from last year, but the makings of a successful event are well in hand. Participating owner-operators and drivers will be parked on the mall through early Saturday, followed by a convoy back for some R&R at the fairgrounds in Fredericksburg, Va.

October 3, 2019

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Overdrive Radio

California independent contractor fallout: ‘Two-check’ employee/contractor pay system explored

This week’s Overdrive Radio podcast: A talk through history of the two-check “employee owner-op” model of the past with OOIDA board member and small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold, in the wake of California’s codification of strict new rules around the independent contractor classification.

October 2, 2019

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MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford today hauls direct freight outbound for customers in part built from his years of ownership of another fleet, since sold after years of growth. MRL in some ways is Ledford's effort to right-size a business for his life today.

Right-sizing for management: MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford hits five trucks

Ledford got his start trucking after working a dock where his manager said Ledford would never drive truck. Not only would he drive, he'd grow a fleet well beyond 30 trucks before selling out. MRL Transport is his second turn in the barrel, and Ledford's hit a profitability sweet spot.

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FMCSA cancels sexual assault study 'focused on DEI' and 'transgender ideology'

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Small-biz trucking success, with family assist: The woman behind owner-operator Jason Shelly

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FMCSA, other agencies update timelines for bevy of in-progress regs

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Small-biz trucking success, with family assist: The woman behind owner-operator Jason Shelly

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