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POLL: Have detention times improved since the ELD mandate came into play?
Whatâs been your experience at shippers and receivers since the ELD mandate came into play in late 2017? Have detention times gotten shorter, longer, stayed the same? âŚ
February 27, 2019
Voices
POLL: Where should U.S. focus be during summit with North Korea this week?
What should be principal point of emphasis during the U.S. summit with North Korea this week: Nuclear disarmament or containment, relationship-building toward the long game of the former, human rights and individual liberties in the country or other finer points? Weigh in here âŚ
February 26, 2019
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Raise scam awareness â How to combat expensive online fakery; More from âLong Haul Paulâ
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February 22, 2019
Voices
How not to secure a mattress
Securing your load is critical all the time, but especially in high traffic areas and interstate operations. See how this four-wheeler secured its load.
February 21, 2019
Voices
Don Christner presents âOpen range trucking in Wyomingâ
âI came over a rise and met a herd of sheep,â trucker and sometime Overdrive Extra blog contributors tells of this particular episode caught on video. âI brought the Kenworth to a stop and the Cowboy motioned me to keep moving. You see some interesting things truck driving!â âŚ
February 18, 2019
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A closer look at the freight-demand and planning app for owner-ops with Load One
In the sort of emergency-freight service that is the expedited trucking business, having information about where best to be for the next load is, to say the least, a difficult proposition. Load Oneâs âUltimate Advantageâ smartphone app, though, delivers relevant demand information to leased owner-ops, as Load One head John Elliott explains in this weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast,
February 15, 2019
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âBe pro out thereâ: More share-the-road resources
ATEF received a grant from the Office of Highway Safety. The grant allows ATEF to continue educating the public about safe highway behaviors around trucks.
February 14, 2019
Voices
Tapping a handy source for cool cab air
One truck driver isnât worried about burning fuel to stay cool in his Kenworth truck. His cab gets plenty of cold air with help from the Thermoking SB-210.
February 14, 2019
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your current hauling niche of choice?
Owner-operators, which of the choices in this poll â from basic general dry van, reefer and flatbed to more specialized heavy-haul, cargo-van expediting, livestock hauling and hotshot trucking â best describes your hauling niche?
February 13, 2019
Voices
Colin Young has a message for Colorado State Patrol: Enforce increasing problem of unsafe passing on mountain roads
Dashcam Central video from Colin Young shows a precarious Loveland Pass two-lane pass made by a pickupâs driver with just a hair of space available between the pickup, oncoming traffic and the nose of Youngâs rig. âWorst part is that the State Patrol does nothing to stop this increasing problem.â
February 12, 2019
Overdrive Extra
61 years trucking â and counting
Truck driver James Tharp shares some of history based on his 61 (and still going strong) year career as a truck driver. Read what he has to share here.
February 11, 2019
Voices
Truckers say no to partisan gerrymandering of electoral districts
A dislike of partisan gerrymandering of districts cuts across partisan divisions. 87% of Overdrive readers either noted simply that it should not be legal or that independent state commissions would be appropriate arbiters of district boundaries with a goal of taking politics out of the process.
February 11, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Further dissection of post-ELD mandate crash rates, and the blues of Watermelon Slim
The Overdrive Radio podcast highlighted a recent study around potential safety-sensitive impacts of the ELD mandate. Get more details on it here on Overdrive.
February 8, 2019
Voices
POLL: Have you considered â or followed through on â moving beyond a single truck?
For many owner-operators, the possibility of expansion beyond one truck is a common goal â have you ever considered building beyond the one truck, or actually followed through on such a plan?
February 4, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Local/regional fuel hauling and the winter volume boost, cost tradeoffs and more
This weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast features small fleet owner Dave Marti of Forrest, Ill., with six power units leased to Transport Services of Sullivan, Ill., hauling fuel in the region around his home base, and a newly built six-bay shop. Balancing the volume/cost tradeoffs is one of the many calculations the ownerâs learned to make over his years in business.
February 1, 2019
Voices
Assessing the âhard marketâ for liability insurance
Premium increases in the past year have followed increasingly difficult conditions for insurers, watchers note, for a variety of factors. 10 percent might be a good rough average for independents and small fleets. At once, itâs not hard to find contrary examples on either side of that 10 percent among readers.
January 29, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Preparing for the impossible, shutdown pessimism and the divisions in trucking history
Steve Bixler on those situations when contingency plans come up short, his long advocacy for an experienced-driver regs-review panel, the history of the âshutdownâ and whatâs changed since he started in the 1970s, and more in this Overdrive Radio podcast. Also: Slow roll convoy in the offing in Illinois this weekend âŚ
January 25, 2019
Voices
Mobility pays off on the road: Owner-opâs trailer-mounted two-wheeled personal transport
Using a 500-lb. pedestal-mount crane and winch mouted behind his sleeper for load and unload, owner-operator Kenny Capell devised a way to mount a relatively lightweight on-/off-road motorcycle to the front of his van trailer on a platform. His bike: a lightweight 2009 Honda CRF250M.
January 23, 2019
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