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Trucking 'The Big Road' with new podcast, small fleet TMS
Today's podcast features former operator James Crowley's new audio effort, telling his story of initiation to the trucking business, and the brand-new, small-fleet-focused Lynks TMS, greasing the skids for owner-op back-office/on-highway tasks.
April 1, 2022
Meet the owners and drivers of the year -- a window on the Las Vegas awards banquet
For this edition of Overdrive Radio, sit back and take it all in as we run through the stories of six finalists, three each in owner-operator and company driver categories, from this week's awards show at Truckload 2022 in Las Vegas.
March 25, 2022
On-highway experience yields insights for Convoy co-founder | More early from MATS
After co-founding the Convoy digital brokerage and serving as Chief Technology Officer, Grant Goodale shifted his role to better optimize carriers' experience of the platform. To get to MATS, he stitched together three hauls with three different carriers.
March 24, 2022
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'Unpopular opinions' on the Entry Level Training regs newly in effect
Trucker Nation's Andrea Marks returns in this Overdrive Radio podcast to push and pull on reactions to trucking regulation, specifically recent voices of distaste for FMCSA's Entry Level training rules.
March 18, 2022
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A truckin' start: The OTR origin stories of owner-op award finalists
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, hear how three competing nominees got their start, including award finalist five-timer Glen Horack, Iowa-based owner-operator Gene Houchin, and West Virginia-based team Allen and Sandy Smith.
March 11, 2022
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Owner-operators report rates slipping against the rise in fuel
With diesel hitting all-time price highs this week, a majority of owners assessed fuel/maintenance cost inflation measured against revenue and noted the latter was starting to lag, despite efforts to combat dramatic cost pressures.
March 9, 2022
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Will the national emergency declaration's COVID hours of service waiver extend again?
With a protest convoy on its way to the D.C. area calling for withdrawal of the emergency declaration that underpins it, and the government signaling a return to a non-emergency footing, this Overdrive Radio details prospects for the COVID hours waiver.
March 3, 2022
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Flatbed securement accountability, mentoring, training in practice
Longtime independent and Gary's Fleet Service hotshot flatbed/step deck dispatcher Gary McGaha feels his securement practice, an easy strategy to implement, might be "a perfect job for very experienced drivers" sidelined by medical or retired.
March 1, 2022
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What Kevin Rutherford's Sirius XM show's cancelation might teach us about the outrage machine
Tit-for-tat over loose-talk social media commentary from a politician, prompted by media amplification of similar loose talk, ends longtime owner-operator coach Kevin Rutherford's long run on Sirius XM.
February 28, 2022
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On-highway fitness coaching program for quick weight loss, or your money back
The relatively new TruckFit program of the Trucking Fitness Company helps operators build custom-designed programs toward individual diet/fitness goals. Its founder and haulers who've used it emphasize efficacy through small steps.
February 25, 2022
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'Advanced ELD auditing': Preventing hours viols during an audit
ELDs have emphatically not delivered carriers from hours-related enforcement, particularly at the investigatory level when federal and state auditors come calling. Here's how to navigate the new system of ELD audits.
February 18, 2022
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On the 'Freedom Convoy' protest, with Canadian cross-border owner-operator Mike Murchison
A long Overdrive Radio talk on initiating and evolving issues related to the protests in Canada, from the vantage point of an owner-operator who hauls cross-border exclusively, as authorities up the ante in bids to end the border blockades.
February 11, 2022
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Full-throated return of the truck show season on tap for 2022?
With MATS back on tap in March, a robust truck show season ought to be in the cards for 2022 β details here on ATHS' series, their national convention in Illinois, Shine in the Pines in Georgia, a shootout in Illinois, the A.J. Soza show poster, more.
February 8, 2022
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The FBI needs your help solving this cold-case murder
Via Overdrive Radio, an FBI agent talks about her office's push in hopes of gathering leads into the 2006 murder of 19-year-old Tracy Owana Jones. If you were running I-40 back then, you might help. Also: Debate over FMCSA's under-21 trial run.
February 4, 2022
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Price of border vax mandates? For this owner, a two-hour protest traffic jam
On Mike Davis's first-ever trip over the Canadian border last weekend, hundreds of protesting vehicles at 7 a.m. on the northern side cost some hours of wait. Also: A trial run sourcing synthetic oil, and a question: Anybody run "Sinopec" oil?
February 1, 2022
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'Not really what we need': Training regs may miss the mark, but this small fleet's doing it right
In this Overdrive Radio edition, veteran hauler and small fleet operator Harry Smith speaks to his passion for on-the-job training he's put into practice, skepticism about training regs going into place, and determination to move forward with the regs.
January 28, 2022
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Dramatic, disastrous wheel-off incidents -- a new way to prevent
Former owner-operator Scott Grenerth well recalls the day a leaky wheel seal resulted in heat such that a tandem pair on his trailer rocketed into the woods clearing a path like a tornado. New sensor tech from LWS, Inc., could have helped prevent it.
January 25, 2022
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Owner-Op of the Year Bryan Smith's three-decade journey through trucking, family, more
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, walk-and-talk with trucker Bryan Smith through decades of business ownership, after operating heavy equipment in the Marine Corps during the Gulf War, and commitment to family and community.
January 21, 2022
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