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I-80 in Wyoming closes again and again after fatal pile-up
I-80 in Wyoming keeps shutting down as intense weather causes crash after crash. The episode serves as a reminder to us all: Just because the highway is open doesn't mean it's safe.
January 30, 2023
wide view of I-80 44-car pileup
Why a college administrator quit her job and took up trucking
Tiffany Wallin fell for an owner-operator and the trucking lifestyle all at once, overcoming a personal tragedy to do so. For her husband, having a woman deal with shippers has been an eye-opener.
January 19, 2023
Tiffany Wallin sits behind the wheel of 2017 Freightliner Coronado glider.
Driver arrested after crash derails train in Tennessee
Police announced felony charges and blasted out the mugshot of a driver involved in a scary collision with a train, but some commenters are crying foul. The operator's day in court is set for April.
January 12, 2023
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FMCSA's new agenda, diesel's wild ride and the owner-ops who braved a 'bloodbath'
An ongoing pandemic, a raging foreign war, and diesel prices on a high-flying rollercoaster ride marked the year 2022, sure to go down as one of the most volatile in trucking's recent history. Track back through the most-read stories in this review.
December 28, 2022
No image defined the owner-operator experience of 2022 quite like the prototype suggested by this one, showing rarely seen per-gallon fuel costs and and gaudy totals. A similar series of photos shared around on social media prompted Overdrive's Gary Buchs in August to drill down into strategies to do more than just live with the all the horror around high fuel.
In favor of speed limiters: One owner-op's economic, safety case
Hear from an owner-op who swears by governing his truck at 58 mph, and how it's saved not just money and fuel, but potentially lives and headaches as well.
December 26, 2022
Robert ellis's Proud Mary 2016 Kenworth
Own the strangest-looking Pete ever | Rolling into inspection on rims
It looks like a movie prop, but it's got a Peterbilt "pink slip" and a new 700 hp Detroit engine under the hood or... under the whatever. Also: Trailer skates across the border on rims only.
December 16, 2022
highwayman truck
Tesla's 'badass' Semi torn apart by operators
Overdrive readers took billionaire Elon Musk's bold claims about the Tesla Semi with a grain of salt, but a slim majority of drivers remained open minded despite delivering some withering critiques.
December 15, 2022
elon musk tesla announcement
Remember, Honor, Teach: What Wreaths Across America means for trucking
From a Wreaths Across America convoy stop in Connecticut as it makes its way to honor the fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, an impatient reporter learns to be a little less impatient in conversation with owner-operator Steven Meyer.
December 14, 2022
Meyer's wreaths across america trailer
Tesla's Semi really that 'badass'?
Tesla claims the Semi has "three times the power" of any diesel truck on the road and can accelerate "from 0-60 mph in 20 seconds, fully loaded." But is it truly 'badass,' as Musk put it? You decide.
December 5, 2022
Tesla Pepsi and Frito Lay Semis
Truckers may get the last laugh on Artificial Intelligence
For years, Artificial Intelligence has been predicted to put hundreds of thousands of truck drivers out of a job -- at any moment. Instead, the same elite tech pundits who prophesied your demise are at risk of being replaced by computers.
December 2, 2022
toy robot
Calling all long memories in search of wedding band lost to the road
Former independent Louis Santiago reached out over the weekend in hopes of a holiday miracle. He left his wedding band on a sink at a truck stop in the 1970s -- he's hopeful his story lights a fire of memory out of the Midwest.
November 22, 2022
Scenes from Louis Santiago's history
Holiday-traffic highway safety PSAs fit for our four-wheeled friends
With the holidays on the way comes four-wheeled traffic in places all around that don't see near as much most of the year. Herein, some road-ready resources to point the four-wheeled friend in your life toward. Some new, some tried and true.
November 16, 2022
landstar drive fro five sticker
Stuff an emotional-support animal in the cupholder | Pallet hoarders' potential big break
The "lowly, disrespected wooden pallet finally gets its tech due" .... And: Your chance to carry a pet in the truck -- no litter box or long bathroom breaks/walks needed.
October 28, 2022
picture of a riderz stuffed animal
FMCSA/DOT getting serious about double-brokering?
FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson this week urged carriers and brokers alike to report double-brokering, well on the rise the last couple of years as crooks take advantage of the FMCSA's registration system. Let's let her hear about the bad actors.
October 27, 2022
fraud
Double-brokering scams that can result in theft of more than just money
Amid alerts to an active ring in Southern California targeting cargo for theft through various "strategic" means, a well-known theft investigator laid out three double-brokering and/or ID-theft scenarios that increasingly result in physical load theft.
October 4, 2022
trailer parked at a warehouse dock
FMCSA official re-emphasizes exploratory nature of pre-2000 exemption attention
Associate Administrator Larry Minor joined truckers John Grosvenor, Shawn Mitchell and others for a discussion of the current ELD-regs comment period. For now, Minor emphasized, "we're asking questions" about the pre-2000 exemption, not proposing change.
September 28, 2022
john grosvenor, shawn mitchell, larry minor
Pricing problems in the parts aftermarket? Owner-operators like Lee Epling are adapting
Is there parts-pricing relief in sight? According to a recent parts-aftermarket sales index, the tide may have turned in June. Meanwhile, owner-operator Lee Epling's doing all he can to prevent an expensive purchase on the road.
September 14, 2022
Lee Epling 1999 Peterbilt 379
Kardashians crash a truck stop | Food industry needs diesel emissions
Kourtney Kardashian's trip to a truck stop has hundreds of commenters in disbelief. Also, a product of diesel fuel burning might just be what the food industry needs to keep the beer from going flat.
August 26, 2022
Screenshot of Kourtney Kardashian's Instagram
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One owner-op's long road to steady dry-bulk freight, for the whole family
In this Overdrive Radio edition out on a dry-bulk haul with Kentucky-based John McCormick, the owner-operator lays out his own and his father's different histories in trucking. Their stories converged in recent years on this regular run.
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