Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Voices: Page 84
Voices
Cabover road-train run in Australia with Chris Dinsdale
Multiple views in Dashcam Central of a road-train run with KW cabovers in Australia — Cameras mounted “on the front, the back, even over the 18-liter Caterpillar 3408.”
March 29, 2016
Voices
POLL: Biggest issue you’ve seen lately with road conditions/maintenance?
Given falling federal infrastructure investment and lack of funding in some states for adequate highway expansion and repair, this poll looks at the issue where the rubber meets the road — what have you experienced?
March 18, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Change for the better or nails in the coffin: Talking the future with Gary Carlisle
Whether the future landscape of greater risk translates to a boon for the future generations of owner-operators willing to assume the risk themselves as independents, or not, is one of many areas discussed in this podcast conversation with current owner/former operator Gary Carlisle.
March 17, 2016
Overdrive Radio
One independent’s comeback from the brink: A run with Ted Bowers
A rare opportunity to make part of a run with Kingston, Tenn.-based Ted Bowers, owner of the small trucking company that bears his name, yields a story of adversity overcome that holds lessons in the importance of close freight, accounting, driver and other partnerships.
March 15, 2016
Channel 19
Kudos to one driver for two lives saved
The case of trucker Gary Hurd of Paul Transportation, whose company only became aware of his heroic actions on the road at the scene of two accidents well after the fact. Here’s to all among you who go unrecognized for similar actions day-in, day-out.
March 11, 2016
Voices
POLL: Small fleets, which comes first — the driver or the truck?
For those among readers who’ve owned more than one truck, this poll asks a question relative to views on expansion strategy: Best to buy a truck to fit a dependable driver or the converse, focus on hiring only as needed to utilize equipment?
March 10, 2016
Voices
‘No surprise’: Voices following report on driver pay’s historic fall
Reader Thomas Lawson had this to say about news of a new analysis of driver wage growth — lack thereof, in fact — over the 35 years since 1980: “And this is a surprise to whom?”
March 9, 2016
Voices
POLL: Future for ‘fatigued driving’ enforcement?
Could DWF (driving while fatigued) be treated like DUI? Will technologies emerge enabling real-time monitoring in-cab to eventually give way to an entirely new approach to the hours of service? Which of these (or other) scenarios do you think might be most likely in the future ….
March 4, 2016
Channel 19
34-hour restart: Readers weigh in on options for its future
With the 34-hour restart remaining in complicated limbo, the results of the polling show that the largest share of Overdrive readers prefer the restart to, simply, remain as it is in the hours of service rules.
March 3, 2016
Voices
Tarping safety: ‘Don’t become a statistic this year’
“Be careful,” notes owner-operator Pete Zimmer in this dispatch on tarping safety and the need for better safety practices at some load locations: “It’s no secret that drivers are forced to tarp loads that are in unsafe conditions.”
February 25, 2016
Voices
Most truckers favor delay in Supreme Court appointment
Only 4 in 10 respondents to Overdrive’s recent polling on how the nomination process should proceed for departed Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement favored President Obama going ahead with a nomination before the election.
February 23, 2016
Hours of Service
POLL: Ideal future for the 34-hour restart?
With Congressional attention back on the 34-hour restart in the hours of service after language of the FY 2016 appropriations bill put its very existence in a kind of limbo, what’s your preferred version of its future?
February 22, 2016
Voices
The 34-hour restart’s complicated limbo
Here’s the latest. Nothing about the 34-hour restart will change until FMCSA issues its certified report on its mandated comparative restart study. If the report says what many truckers have hoped, however, the restart could disappear entirely.
February 17, 2016
Voices
Should Supreme Court nomination proceed before or after 2016 elections?
What’s your take on whether or not President Obama and Congress should go ahead with the nomination/confirmation process to replace deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia?
February 16, 2016
Channel 19
‘How’s my driving’? Call-in complaints, scams and another argument for dashcams
When a motorist’s call-in complaint rises to another level entirely — to an extortion scam: “This is why I strongly believe in cameras on your tractor and trailer to prevent fake lawsuits!” says a reader.
February 16, 2016
Voices
Holland purchases trailer wraps to support Trucking Moves America Forward
Holland has purchased 20 trailer wraps to support the Trucking Moves America Forward campaign.
February 15, 2016
Channel 19
Dinner options and falling surcharges
“Ahhh, the good old days.” –one operator’s suggestion for a caption to this photo showing $4 diesel in 2011. Sarcasm? Could be — amazing, though, how a falling fuel surcharge can expose an inadequate base rate, isn’t it?
February 11, 2016
Voices
POLL: How often do motorists call in to complain about truckers’ driving?
“How’s my driving?” Whether solicited on the truck or not, have you ever been the subject of a call-in complaint from a motorist or other trucker relative to your on-highway performance?
February 10, 2016
Previous Page
Page 84 of 126
Next Page
Top Stories
Business
'Great news for spot rates'? Supreme Court rules against Trump emergency tariffs
The court's ruling sets up potential for a "flood of goods out of bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones into the 'consumption channel'" with some further court action, according to one analyst. At once, the president claimed most tariffs would remain in one form or another. Details on the ruling here.
Regulations
Non-domiciled CDL drivers, advocates call for California, Pennsylvania to fight DOT
Custom Rigs
1.8M miles and counting: Missouri owner-op's '05 W900L
Regulations
FMCSA shuts down 500 'CDL mills' after wave of in-person audits
Overdrive Extra
Federation of Professional Truckers explains ELD exemption push with FMCSA, future plans
Overdrive Radio
Latest Episode
'She's the rock': Owner-operator Patrick White leans on solid partner in tough times
More episodes »
Showcase your workhorse
Add a photo of your rig to our Reader Rigs collection to share it with your peers and the world. Tell us the story behind the truck and your business to help build its story.
Submit Your Rig
