Lucinda CoulterTrucking HistoryYou’ve been everywhere, ManWrite in with your trucking memories and vote on your favorte trucking song for Overdrive’s special anniversary issue.July 8, 2011Trucking HistoryTrucking a lifesaver after reform school abuseRetired trucker John Brodnax joined other former detainees at a Florida reform school in a class-action lawsuit decrying years of abuse.June 30, 2011Trucking HistoryA summer weekend read for gearheadsThe technology for air-to-air coolers and auxilliary power units was invaluable for making cleaner running engines and saving fuel.June 24, 2011Trucking HistoryA knight of the road recalls the royal carpetOwner-operator Gordon Alkire recalls an era when the knights of the road, he says, were treated like royalty.June 17, 2011Trucking HistoryCreating a trucking community, catching up with friendsOverdriveRetro.com is gradually creating an online truckers’ community of drivers who enjoy recalling careers they loved.June 10, 2011BusinessPilot Flying J plaza opens, another nearly readyA travel plaza in Haines City, Fla., opened recently and another in Morgantown, W. Va., will open June 22, Pilot Flying J Travel Centers announced. A company spokeswoman corrected an earlier announcement that the Morgantown facility had already opened. The Haines City plaza is at 35647 U.S. Highway 27 North. The 12,462-square-ft. facility includes eight fuel islands, […]June 8, 2011Trucking HistoryRevisiting a 12-month truck calendarReaders still remember Overdrive’s January 1980 12-month calendar of trucks, which ranged from modern to antique, American to European.June 2, 2011Channel 19On Memorial Day: A trucker to rememberMinnie Spotted Wolf never encountered combat in World War II, yet she blazed trails as, most likely, the first Native American woman to serve in the Marines – as a truck driver, nonetheless. A stretch of U.S. 89 now bears her nameMay 30, 2011Trucking HistoryRighting the recordMack truck book author Harvey Eckart and others weigh in on the correct identification of a MackR-600.May 20, 2011Trucking HistoryA pink tow truck gains immortality in the Hall of Eye CandyThe pink Lincoln Toe Truck, featured in Overdrive’s July 2000 Channel 19, now resides in a museum’s Hall of Icons and Eye Candy.May 13, 2011Previous PagePage 4 of 10Next PageTop StoriesPride & PolishLet your truck shine -- enter Overdrive's annual Pride & PolishThe entry period for the annual competition is now open through August 18. The five categories for the contest are: Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Limited Mileage/Show, Antique and Interior.Overdrive Radio4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600Equipment'Long-haul with natural gas' possible: Tour new Cummins X15NCustom Rigs'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after restoEquipmentEPA's Diesel Emissions Regulations: Truck pricing, reliability impacts over two decades