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Overdrive Extra: Page 14
Hey, mate, this classic American trucking song isn’t exactly American ... or much about trucking
"I've Been Everywhere," one of trucking's classic American road songs, has roots in another continent. Decades before Johnny Cash's popular rendition, it was recorded by Hank Snow and others.
March 29, 2021
Recipes for the Road: Trucked-up Chili is good on its own, easily customized
Meet Decker-leased owner-op Thomas Remington and a new series of culinary creations from the road. For this first, we'll start with a chili ripe for make-ahead potential at home, offering plenty custom latitude for your taste preferences.
March 23, 2021
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Don't let the push toward electric powertrains turn into a 'green monopoly'
Op-ed contributor Aaron Terrazas: In societal quest for fewer emissions, "unless we make a conscious effort to ensure that green trucking tech is available to smaller trucking firms, any green freight revolution risks slipping toward a green monopoly."
March 17, 2021
Overdrive Extra
'Sitting is the new smoking,' or — Tackling stress, a trucker's war
Clifford Petersen on what drivers can do to boost the "feel-good hormone" levels to balance out the impact of chronic stress, key to long-term physical and mental well-being. Exercise plays a part, but it's not the only component of the program.
March 15, 2021
Trucking History
The 'Mother Road' heyday of independent truck stops and diners
Take a tour down old Route 66 through the highway postcard collection of Joe Sonderman, which began early on for him on family stops at Gaspar’s Truck Stop in Kingdom City, Mo., where he saw a postcard showing its prior incarnation... The rest is history.
March 15, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Dealing with diesel aftertreatment demons
Let’s talk about emissions maintenance – the demons howl at you in the form of warning lights on the dash or, worse, a repair bill you weren’t expecting well into the four figures and, sometimes, five figures. Here's how to tame them.
March 1, 2021
Trucking History
First hit trucker song in history channeled road woes
Louisianan Ted Daffan visited honky-tonks frequented by truck drivers to help write his 1939 hit "Truck Driver's Blues." Find more about what's believed to be the first national hit of a trucking song in this Songs of the Highway special-edition podcast.
March 1, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Is burnout stoking in your workday? Here's how to fight it
It could manifest in added responsibilities you find yourself no longer able to keep up with, much less enjoy. Clifford Petersen here details the signs, how drivers' work can compound the issues, and how to get out of them with your sanity intact.
February 16, 2021
Trucking History
1970s documentary gives intimate look at truckers' lives
A nationwide tour opened doors of truckers' homes for documentary filmmakers to get an intimate look at the business and family lives of owner-operators in the pre-deregulation era.
February 15, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Video captures spirit of 1970s trucking at convention
A brief video from a 1974 truck show in San Francisco features interviews with exhibitors and attendees, including comments about Overdrive and a trucking shutdown.
February 8, 2021
Overdrive Extra
How to navigate 'frost laws' in northern states
Gary Buchs on how to handle tiny jurisdictions' seasonal weight restrictions in more northern states. Do your research, don't trust your GPS and question everything -- before you end up in front of a judge.
February 2, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Truckers struggle with their lingering COVID symptoms
The health issues these truckers continue to experience are common for COVID patients, such as dry cough, fatigue and headaches.
January 21, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Processing an insurrection, with the Colonel
Long Haul Paul on the U.S. Capitol riot, and the messy questions it raises ... "How much time do we devote to the fussy comradeships of peripheral people we encounter online? And how much time does that rob from those we care about the most? ..."
January 19, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Fatal wreck remembered in first recorded trucking song
No. 1 in Overdrive Radio's new 'Songs of the Highway' podcast series looks at a 1928 song believed to be the first recorded trucking tune.
January 18, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Trucking’s bit part in the 'COVID long-haulers’ name
A teacher's trucker cap provides inspiration for her to borrow trucking's "long-hauler" designation for COVID-19 survivors who discover they're facing an indefinite period of further suffering.
January 14, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Building personal payroll -- a step toward tax savings, better finances
More deliberate financial choices engendered by creating a personal payroll can act as subtle self-nudges that lead owners to managing money better overall, controlling discretionary personal spending and placing roadblocks in the way of unwise habits.
January 13, 2021
Overdrive Extra
As some of its operators called it quits, 9-truck Hettinger persevered through 2020’s bad rates and new regs
Poor rates, health concerns and the new Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse drove away Hettinger's operators in 2020, but the fleet pushed through.
January 7, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Buckle up for a year of trucking time-travel
Throughout this year, Overdrive will take a look back at early trucking to celebrate its 60 years of being "The Voice of the American Trucker."
January 4, 2021
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