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The Overdrive Radio podcast is produced by Overdrive magazine, the Voice of the American Trucker for 60-plus years. Host Todd Dills -- with a supporting cast among Overdrive editors, contributors and others -- presents owner-operator business leading lights, interviews with extraordinary independent truckers and small fleet owners, and plenty in the way of trucking business and regulatory news and views. Access an archive of all episodes of Overdrive Radio going back more than a decade via this link: http://overdriveonline.com/overdrive-radio

Episode Date
Truck-ownership traditions staying alive: Owner-operators Lucas Zach, Harlan Martin
Jul 21, 2025
Secret weapons for bookkeeping, biz analysis: Trucker of the Month Scott Smith
Jul 15, 2025
'Shake a stranger's hand' today: Remembering trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver
Jul 06, 2025
Car haul to pneumatic, dump to step deck and uphill drag racing, too: Owner-op Kevin Bruns
Jul 01, 2025
When should owner-operators expect competition from unmanned, truly driverless trucks?
Jun 24, 2025
Doing it right the first time: Paul Rissler Transportation, Small Fleet Champ for the long haul
Jun 16, 2025
Relationship-value priority: Rufus Morris's old-school ways delivering new success trucking
Jun 09, 2025
Hear the kitty-Cat purr! Rare 3408 in a '79 359 | What works, what doesn't: 4 owners break it down
Jun 02, 2025
Honoring a father's legacy: Tim Eacret of EZ Pete Interiors
May 26, 2025
Small Fleet Champ C.W. Express: Owner Steve Wilson, from new headquarters, assesses growing pains
May 19, 2025
Flatbed owner-op George Kincaid looks out at prospects of 'phenomenal' year ahead
May 12, 2025
Kenworth W900: History, legacy, availability through 2026, and what's in store for the W990
May 05, 2025
One small step, after step, hundreds of truckers improve life with Mother Trucker Yoga
Apr 28, 2025
Truck drivers' English-language proficiency and the inspection problem, other issues
Apr 21, 2025
'Keep digging' with Dice Mayhem's Trucking, growing dump roots to long-term small fleet success
Apr 14, 2025
Encouraging freight signs -- for now -- in ATBS annual owner-operator income update
Apr 07, 2025
Freight markets and fraud, insurance, towing: Small-biz challenges dominate trucking-issues panel
Mar 31, 2025
Overdrive's new Partners in Business playbook, start-to-finish resource for an owner-operator career
Mar 23, 2025
Tony Justice: Top billing at MATS, honoring a mother's legacy, prospects for new record
Mar 17, 2025
Trucker of the Month Kenny Wingate leans into the pride, and brass tacks, of owner-op trucking
Mar 07, 2025
New battery-powered auxiliary A/C system: Small fleet owner looks to move truck-to-truck for better ROI
Mar 03, 2025
Get in where you fit in: Hotels4Truckers revamped for truck parking-friendly, discounted bookings
Feb 23, 2025
Don't be an unwitting accomplice to cargo theft: Cautionary tale, steps to mitigate risk
Feb 17, 2025
'Road less traveled': Trucker of the Month Ken Brodeur takes control with authority
Feb 10, 2025
Beat the 'winner's curse' of auction-type negotiations for better freight rates
Feb 04, 2025
How to build the 'Remarkable One Truck Company': NASTC, Kevin Rutherford on ROTC progress
Jan 27, 2025
Staying young, learning more: Master of the owner-operator craft Alan Kitzhaber, Trucker of the Year
Jan 21, 2025
Hacked? How trucking owner-ops can contain the damage -- or better yet, avoid it in the first place
Jan 13, 2025
Tour-haul 'special forces': Small fleet owner Josh Rickards building the team with owner-ops
Jan 06, 2025
4 million miles toward optimism for a new year: Overdrive Radio's countdown to 2025
Dec 31, 2024
Five decades of trucking, advocacy, 'swinging the bat' for small business: Joe Rajkovacz
Dec 23, 2024
'You can succeed': Truckers of the Month beat 2024's sluggish conditions with more than just will
Dec 16, 2024
Success through self-help, lane change: 2024 Trucker of the Year 'exit interviews,' part 1
Dec 09, 2024
What can owner-ops expect from Trump II? Outlook for speed limiters, transparency, parking, more
Dec 01, 2024
Owner-op Garrett Steenblik's 200-lb. weight loss journey to Trucker's Body Shop program to give back
Nov 24, 2024
Paying trucking knowledge forward: Growing pains and adjustment, more from four Small Fleet Champs
Nov 18, 2024
Veterans Day special: Coalition supporting vets in ag careers honored in Howes Hall of Fame
Nov 11, 2024
'Good day to be out trucking': Overdrive October Trucker of the Month, two-truck Zimmerman Ag
Nov 04, 2024
The 'driver shortage' is dead? And: Inside the broker-carrier scrum at last week's summit
Oct 28, 2024
$2 million Peterbilt 389X with a special mission, benefiting Wounded Warrior Project, other orgs
Oct 21, 2024
Rene Holguin, September Trucker of the Month, cementing a legacy with authority
Oct 14, 2024
Owner-operator income/cost stability shows in 2024 ATBS update: When will rates rise?
Oct 04, 2024
When will freight markets turn? Part 2: Building business for trucking's down cycles
Sep 29, 2024
'The sweetness of low price' v. the 'sour of bad service': Trucking through the freight trough
Sep 23, 2024
No more detention half measures: The time is now to charge for it and actually collect from shippers
Sep 16, 2024
Investment diligence over nearly 35 years has Trucker of the Month on path to profitable retirement
Sep 09, 2024
Trucker of the Month Alan Kitzhaber: 4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for his '95 T600
Sep 02, 2024
Brake inspection blitz this week: Roadside inspection system should be 'preventive,' not punitive
Aug 23, 2024
Owner-operators survive, thrive: Lightning round from the final Waupun Truck-N-Show
Aug 18, 2024
Fair shot at highway safety: Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols a voice for sharing the road
Aug 11, 2024
Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols steers business with reliable freight, maintenance partners
Aug 05, 2024
'Thank you to all drivers everywhere': Part 2 on the road with Alabama and tour hauler Josh Gentry
Jul 29, 2024
'Roll On, Alabama': On the road with tour hauler Josh Gentry for music titans' Roll On II tour
Jul 22, 2024
4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for owner-op Alan Kitzhaber and his 1995 Kenworth T600
Jul 14, 2024
Man's mastery of the machine: Trucker of the Month's firm hand in the Amazon system
Jul 06, 2024
FMCSA's safety rating revamp: Truckers urge caution if using roadside data
Jul 01, 2024
Dark side of the road: Inside FBI's 'Highway Serial Killings' initiative, fight against trafficking
Jun 22, 2024
Marroquin brothers' journey from Guatemala to U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators
Jun 17, 2024
Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus' odyssey to 10+ mpg and two-truck Alpha Drivers Transportation
Jun 07, 2024
What marijuana as a Schedule III controlled substance could mean for truckers
May 30, 2024
A pair of custom 2024 Peterbilt 589s, and one standout owner's advice for the next generation
May 24, 2024
Roadcheck chicken-house wrap with the Mustang | Running the High Road with tour-haul small fleet
May 17, 2024
What is your time worth? Re-engage with owner-operator business fundamentals to know the answer
May 15, 2024
A short leash on long-term success: Trucker of the Month Gary Schloo
May 13, 2024
Trucker Josh Giesbrecht building a legacy for family, fellow truckers, people all around the world
May 03, 2024
How to transform OTR 'work/life' division into real balance, unity with customers
May 01, 2024
Hey shippers, we're out here: Small fleet resolved to sharpen biz on long haul for change
Apr 29, 2024
Should freight brokers' required bond amount vary according to company size?
Apr 22, 2024
Staying choosy about brokers -- 'too many scammers out there': Trucker of the Month Candace Marley
Apr 12, 2024
'You're the business owner, so be the boss': Engage your own trucking numbers to take control
Apr 10, 2024
How to leave trucking better than you found it, with Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan
Apr 05, 2024
Trucking's feast-or-famine cycles: Stock the pantry against 'panic mode' as an owner-operator
Apr 03, 2024
FMCSA moves on carrier/broker-registration overhaul to tamp down fraud: Detail, potential problems
Apr 01, 2024
Long legacy, good humor of LNL Trucking owner Larry Limp: From a '79 White COE to fleet of 12
Mar 22, 2024
On-highway toward MATS with the 'Sisters of the Road' book tour and its pilot, Debbie Desiderato
Mar 15, 2024
How owner-operator Doug Viaille persevered through 30-plus years trucking: 'Expensive wisdom'
Mar 08, 2024
A shot at health insurance, and the new Driver Advocacy Network, with CDLDU grassroots group
Mar 01, 2024
(Don't) inspect me! With Roadcheck on the horizon, ways to avoid trouble at the scale house
Feb 24, 2024
Peterbilt trucks, and a living history with three owners of a 359, 379 and 389
Feb 16, 2024
Family affair: Owner-operator Leslie Bitterman claws back from near-death for success
Feb 10, 2024
Alert! Roadside inspection system should be 'preventive,' not punitive as is with 'safety' scoring
Feb 02, 2024
Parking-lot-trap tows, roadside tows: Truckers' defense against predatory billing, other practices
Jan 26, 2024
Crash-review DataQs: Why owner-ops, small fleets should file for 'nonpreventable' determinations
Jan 19, 2024
They said he'd fail, but he proved them wrong: Overdrive's Trucker of the Year Jay Hosty
Jan 12, 2024
The owner-operator's trucking New Year's Resolutions: Back to basics in a down market
Jan 05, 2024
Closed coops, worst roads, weathering the storm toward value: Owner-operators' countdown to 2024
Dec 29, 2023
'Predatory' tows' big dollar impact in trucking at roadside, or as blunt end of the parking shortage
Dec 21, 2023
2023 retread: Tony Justice's best of the best with 'Greatest Shifts' record
Dec 15, 2023
'Never give up' in drive to trucking success: New owners' pitfalls, best advice for the long term
Dec 11, 2023
Overdrive 2023 Truckers of the Year: The 'exit interviews' toward the finale, Part 1
Dec 01, 2023
A plan to not just survive -- but thrive -- through the bottom of the freight market
Nov 24, 2023
Homer Hogg's top 5 diesel fault codes: At No. 1, emissions issues that you can do something about
Nov 17, 2023
Small fleets find a way: 2023 challenges, from slowdown to recruiting, equipment devaluation, more
Nov 10, 2023
Owner-operator John Schiltz's top-notch team with business and life partner: Trucker of the Month
Nov 06, 2023
Without accessible power, battery-electric Class 8 trucks don't stand a chance, even in drayage
Oct 27, 2023
'Trucking Legends': New podcast charts 70-year career of Ken Greff
Oct 20, 2023
Speed limiter mandate: Safety, congestion concerns high among truckers opposed
Oct 13, 2023
Super-sweet spot hauling chocolate for Roger and Rita Wilson's two-truck operation
Oct 06, 2023
Has your trucking income taken a beating this down cycle? You're not alone
Sep 29, 2023
Meet Tommy Marshall: Lead hauler with ESPN College Gameday tour team truckers
Sep 22, 2023
Grabbing history's reins with 1978 W900A on '96 Dodge chassis, '46 Brockway, more: Adam Johnson
Sep 15, 2023
Beating the odds, from Chicago construction dump to OTR: Trucker of the Month Steve Massat
Sep 09, 2023
Inside an explosion of cyber crime in brokered-freight networks, with DAT's Jeff Hopper
Sep 01, 2023
After Yellow ceased operations, trucker Chris Dowdy's picking up the pieces
Aug 25, 2023
The best of the best from trucker-songwriter Tony Justice: The story behind 'Greatest Shifts'
Aug 18, 2023
Introducing Freight Fest, host-to-host with Truck N' Hustle podcast's Rahmel Wattley
Aug 11, 2023
Making car-haul look easy with owner-op Crystal Rives: 'Couldn't imagine doing anything else'
Aug 04, 2023
Lightning round: Owner-operators' worst roads in America, take two
Jul 28, 2023
Owner-operator Kate Whiting's journey to trucking by way of 1973 W900A custom resto
Jul 21, 2023
FMCSA offering 'kinder, gentler' approach to safety scoring? Not if automated inspections go live
Jul 10, 2023
Regulators 'miss the boat' on trucking and the ELD mandate, rise of 'new workplace surveillance'
Jul 07, 2023
Writing the book on trucking as an independent: June Trucker of the Month Debbie Desiderato
Jun 30, 2023
Trucking owner-operators call out the worst road in America
Jun 23, 2023
Work-life balance as an owner-operator, small fleet owner: You have to build it
Jun 16, 2023
Trucking with authority, take 2: Trucker of the Month Matthew Karr reboots after banner year leased
Jun 09, 2023
Another reason to fight traffic tickets: Convictions can now impact independents' safety ratings
Jun 02, 2023
Owner-operator evolution: 'Partners in Business' on Red Eye Radio's 'Extra Mile'
May 26, 2023
A wrap on Roadcheck with the 'Mustang' | Introducing Mother Trucker Yoga proprietor Hope Zvara
May 19, 2023
Double brokering a 'cancer' requiring whole-of-trucking battle plan | New Pete 589: Go inside
May 12, 2023
Frugality only goes so far after getting used to $4/mile freight, but Jay Hosty's staying choosy
May 05, 2023
New app for broker-lookup/review, navigation, IFTA and other accounting -- designed by an owner-op
Apr 28, 2023
Paths to 10-plus mpg in a Class 8 diesel tractor with aero, downspeeding, more
Apr 21, 2023
Making it work, and then some: Illinois-headquartered food-grade tank haulers Pulli Express
Apr 14, 2023
‘The extra load' to boost profitability in tough times -- Overdrive's Partners in Business at MATS
Apr 12, 2023
'The spot market is not for you': On building steady trucking business with authority
Apr 07, 2023
Fit or Unfit? FMCSA keying in on problems with 'Conditional' safety rating limbo
Mar 31, 2023
Tales from a trainer's truck: Good, bad, ugly with reefer operator Bill Douglas
Mar 24, 2023
One oversize hauler's mobile shower solution | Dispatch from I-80 Wyo.'s 'winter from hell'
Mar 17, 2023
Plan for success designed, executed for a long-term home: Truckers of the Month Ruth and Chris Smith
Mar 10, 2023
Hear AM/FM CB difference -- the story behind the FCC petition that launched dual-mode radios in U.S.
Mar 03, 2023
Running the lease roads to well sites with tank operator Edward Jackson of John McGee Trucking
Feb 24, 2023
Bust up the stigma around mental health for a chance at a better trucking life
Feb 20, 2023
Owner-operator Kelvin Schmidt: 'You've got to be an accountant' to ensure long-term biz success
Feb 10, 2023
John McCormick's long road to steady dry-bulk freight, for the whole family
Feb 03, 2023
Diesel-electric innovation in a 1969 KW: Chace Barber on 'Voice of GO(r)D' podcast
Jan 27, 2023
Keep Trucking with small fleet owner Mike Nelms, integrating biz-education goals into operations
Jan 20, 2023
Battery-electric's trucking reality -- parking shortage will 'look a whole lot worse'
Jan 13, 2023
Re-air: Get ready for the downturn, it's right around the corner
Jan 06, 2023
Survive a heart attack, fight freight fraud, button up the business: 2022 on Overdrive Radio
Dec 30, 2022
Owner-op Steven Meyer's vets-tribute FLD and Kentucky trailer, delivering Wreaths Across America
Dec 23, 2022
Semi Sam delivers: Three new children's books shed light on trucking for young minds
Dec 16, 2022
Why a hazmat-tank veteran driver went out on her own pulling dry vans: Meet Angelique Temple
Dec 09, 2022
On-highway with the 'Bandit': Owner-operator John McCormick's 2021 Kenworth W900L
Dec 02, 2022
ELD mandate and crashes -- cause or correlation? Owner-operators weigh safety, training, more
Nov 25, 2022
Back in the saddle, on a mission -- Toby Bogard's journey home, to the road
Nov 18, 2022
Car-haul fleet's back-office backbone got his start as so many do -- behind the wheel
Nov 11, 2022
Fighting double-brokering fraud: Attorney Hank Seaton on prevention, ways to elevate the issue
Nov 04, 2022
Small Fleet Champs on managing equipment procurement, insurance hikes, diesel volatility, more
Oct 28, 2022
Faces of the Road: Betting on the highest common denominator with Road Dog radio's Jimmy Mac
Oct 21, 2022
Trucking in a recession? Owner-operators sound off, messages mixed depending on niche
Oct 14, 2022
FMCSA's electronic-ID qs, Level 8 wireless inspections, autonomous trucks: Connecting the dots
Oct 07, 2022
The spot market slide: Mid-year owner-op numbers illustrate a turn back to leasing, much more
Sep 30, 2022
Bryon Stoll, survivor: Hindsight's 20/20 after the small fleet owner's heart attack
Sep 23, 2022
Used-truck warranty evolution, coverage improvements, and what to consider when evaluating
Sep 16, 2022
A stolen truck, a freight scam and a big re-evaluation on the road to small fleet success
Sep 09, 2022
Get ready for the downturn -- it's always right around the corner
Sep 02, 2022
'Knock on wood,' owner-op of the year Glen Horack's money-making ways set to grow
Aug 26, 2022
Listen back: The 20% rule -- how brake adjustment violations can put your truck out of service
Aug 19, 2022
The expert songwriting of Ky.-based hauler Coby Langham -- and a special truck, on a special day
Aug 12, 2022
Remembering owner-operators Mark Mills, Jeff Seales on tough week for show hauler Clark Transfer
Aug 05, 2022
Independents/private fleets connection engine, a haul for breast cancer, and a legend remembered
Jul 29, 2022
Tank operator Guy Archer on the roll, trucking with new music
Jul 26, 2022
Drive to small-biz trucking success -- living and learning, pride of ownership on offer at Walcott
Jul 15, 2022
Two show-ready rigs -- and owners -- moving toward retirement in style: Meet Bruce and Kellie Cone
Jul 08, 2022
OTR to home: Making local trucking work with Mike 'The Boston Trucker' Gaffin, Terry Shelton
Jun 24, 2022
What if you didn't need 10 after 11 or 14 in the hours of service? Lee Schmitt aims to find out
Jun 17, 2022
California trucking crossroads: $7 fuel, AB 5 and a special truck show in the offing
Jun 10, 2022
What a three-year expediter and 2021 Small Fleet Champ Jason Cowan have in common
Jun 01, 2022
Limits to the cargo-van hustle: Bre the Xpediter stresses business-systems value to break through
May 24, 2022
How politics/PR cloud 'zero emissions trucks' reality -- digging into recent ATRI analysis
May 13, 2022
Fuel-market insanity: A tale of two loads, bedrock cost control, rates-management tactics
May 06, 2022
'All drivers': Support, recruiting inclusivity highlight mission of LGBTQ+ Truck Driver Network
Apr 29, 2022
How this hauler for some of the biggest names in popular music survived COVID
Apr 22, 2022
Meet your regulator -- FMCSA chief Robin Hutcheson -- and post-PIB biz talk, part 2
Apr 15, 2022
Why truck drivers get into business as owner-operators
Apr 11, 2022
Out on 'The Big Road' with a new podcast, small fleet TMS for back-office/operator management
Apr 01, 2022
Meet the Owner-Operator of the Year -- a window on the Las Vegas awards banquet
Mar 25, 2022
'Unpopular opinions' on the Entry Level Training regs newly in effect last month
Mar 18, 2022
A truckin' start: Owner-Op of the Year finalists Glen Horack, Gene Houchin, Allen & Sandy Smith
Mar 11, 2022
Will the national emergency declaration's COVID hours of service waiver extend again?
Mar 03, 2022
'Advanced ELD auditing': How small fleets, independents can work to prevent adverse safety ratings
Feb 17, 2022
The 'Freedom Convoy' protest, with Canadian cross-border owner-op Mike Murchison
Feb 11, 2022
The FBI needs your help solving this cold-case murder, and: Inside FMCSA's under-21 interstate pilot
Feb 04, 2022
'Not really what we need': Training regs may miss the mark, but this small fleet's doing it right
Jan 28, 2022
Marine Corps to trucking, martial arts, music, family: Meet Owner-Op of the Year Bryan Smith
Jan 21, 2022
Trucking exit strategies, 'The Great Resignation' and a 'Face of the Road' with author Michael Perry
Jan 14, 2022
With whorls of history: Paul Marhoefer's new record, 'Corn Belt Cafe'
Jan 07, 2022
A final 14 -- plus a 3-hour pause -- to count down to 2022: HOS, in-cab cooks, roadside trends...
Dec 31, 2021
A tale of two loads of Kentucky tornado relief collected, distributed, with owner-op Daniel Koors
Dec 23, 2021
'Power only' as a springboard for owner-operator growth: Tim DeWitt's 34-truck fleet
Dec 17, 2021
Trucker-songwriter Guy Archer's journeys with heavy loads, right back to Nashville
Dec 10, 2021
Small fleet roundtable: Co-opetition, balancing personal/business pursuits, tech challenges, more
Nov 29, 2021
The promise -- and challenges -- of the car-haul trucking niche
Nov 19, 2021
Inside the veterans-support mission of MSR Transport with active duty servicemember Rob Ahlers
Nov 11, 2021
'Fun' with safety/compliance: Low-hanging fruit to avoid drug/alcohol Clearinghouse violations
Nov 08, 2021
Behind the wheel with automated-driving start-up safety driver Ruben Cardenas
Oct 29, 2021
Why California ports are overwhelmed: Intermodal perspective from out East
Oct 25, 2021
Empowerment, education, innovation: Growing minority-owned-business community, trucking influence
Oct 13, 2021
Meet the owner-ops of the year -- and hear talent-search finalists' performances
Oct 08, 2021
Introducing the trucking-focused TNC Radio online network with driver Tom Kyrk
Oct 01, 2021
The big reveal: From a truck to a home, with owner-op Debbie Desiderato and 'celebrity renovator'
Sep 24, 2021
Could the COVID hours waiver be flexibility advocates' chance to further disentangle HOS rigidity?
Sep 16, 2021
Trucker Talent Search preview: Sheffield, Scripps, Archer square off September 16
Sep 02, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 9: 'Eastbound and down,' by Jerry Reed
Aug 30, 2021
Five owner-operators, five forecasts for business growth, maintenance, alt-powertrain adoption
Aug 27, 2021
Inside the 20% rule: Out of service brake adjustment, other violations -- and how to prevent
Aug 20, 2021
Owner-ops' big role out West as AB 5 wound toward this week's Supreme Court filing
Aug 13, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 8: 'Little Pink Mack,' by Kay Adams
Aug 09, 2021
Tony Justice and '18 Gears to Life' -- the trucking behind, inside the music
Aug 06, 2021
SuperRigs show report -- and this small fleet owner's growth story, managing pains that come with it
Jul 30, 2021
What came before the CDL? 18 years old and hauling interstate in 1917
Jul 27, 2021
Insurance, big-ticket maintenance, time off to recharge... What's your biggest business challenge?
Jul 23, 2021
'Routine, day's end, on the way home': Getting there, even with advanced assist tech
Jul 16, 2021
Real success leased to a 'virtual' carrier: Owner-operator Jason Hurley and CloudTrucks
Jul 12, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No 7: 'Hello, I'm a truck,' by Red Simpson
Jul 04, 2021
Deckplate diner diaries: The ins and outs of this leased owner-operator's in-cab kitchen
Jun 30, 2021
Little-known movie showcased Overdrive founder’s Hollywood, Nashville forays
Jun 21, 2021
Diesel emissions maintenance: Getting the right diagnosis, and repair, the first shop visit
Jun 18, 2021
Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned
Jun 14, 2021
Truck parking, under-21 interstate drivers, more: A window on congressional trucking machinations
Jun 11, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 6: 'Convoy,' by C.W. McCall
Jun 07, 2021
Inside the divide between docs and Congress, trucking constituencies over sleep apnea
Jun 04, 2021
As the pandemic eases, owner-ops take stock of parking, biz pressures, more
May 28, 2021
The trucking spirit within 'Cumberland Bones,' the new record from Stephen Flatt
May 21, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 5: 'Six Days on the Road,' by Dave Dudley
May 17, 2021
'What extortion looks like': Owner-operator Glenn Keller v. Parking Pirates, round 2
May 14, 2021
Rising oil prices -- for dry bulk hauler Sisu Energy, there's far less fear than opportunity
May 05, 2021
The first Mother's Day Make-a-Wish convoy in Pennsylvania, remembered with George Ruelens
Apr 26, 2021
CSA's Achilles' Heel: The pubic nature of carrier data
Apr 23, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 4: 'Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel,' by Red Sovine
Apr 19, 2021
Building a small fleet as destination for the best: Alabama-based Brian Lindley's LB3
Apr 16, 2021
Owner-ops are not company drivers for a reason -- ABC test in practice, more data from ATBS
Apr 09, 2021
Flailing toward an 'automated future'? Over the Road reality, more in final episode
Apr 02, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 3: 'I've Been Everywhere'
Mar 29, 2021
Roadcheck preps, with the state where inspections were up in 2020, not down like everywhere else
Mar 26, 2021
Indelible trucking portrait -- Long Haul Paul's 'Long Haul of Fame' through highs, lows of history
Mar 19, 2021
Trucking team turns to rocking country with new record, 'If Wishes Were Horses'
Mar 12, 2021
'Our Punjabi brothers' -- portrait of a protest, a trucking community, and changed hearts and minds
Mar 05, 2021
Songs of the Highway, No. 2: 'Truck Driver's Blues,' by the Texas Wanderers
Mar 01, 2021
The long tail of the CB's social utility, or: How the Lucky Turkey became the Maverick became ...
Feb 26, 2021
60th-anniversary special: CB radio's safety, cultural importance, past to present
Feb 22, 2021
DataQs for violations, crashes: Minn.'s appeals process, reform efforts, and how to work the system
Feb 19, 2021
COVID hours exemption not valid 'just because you're hauling food'; OTR's 'Back home'
Feb 12, 2021
The best nanner pudding on I-75 -- and the custom restoration of this 1980 Kenworth W900A
Feb 05, 2021
Fuel's up, rates down, and this owner-op's growth determination in authority's 'honeymoon'
Jan 29, 2021
The OTR 'Brief history of trucking in America' -- and this preserved 1978 Pete 352
Jan 22, 2021
Songs Of The Highway, No. 1: 'Wreck on the Mountain Road,' by the Red Fox Chasers
Jan 18, 2021
Inside an uptick in human smuggling via truck: Avoid unwitting participation, keep attention high
Jan 15, 2021
Trucking with authority and other reasons 'Why we drive' -- OTR rewind No. 2
Jan 07, 2021
Brass tacks, bad brokers, big loads to count down the hours with a long run into 2021
Dec 31, 2020
Back to the 'Biggest Tailgate in Trucking' -- and Germann Soeth's 1976 KW K100
Dec 23, 2020
Log annotations to avoid hours of service violations, new split sleeper, and more from FMCSA Q&A
Dec 18, 2020
OTR soundtrack custom-built for 2020: Paul Marhoefer's 'Songs from a truck'
Dec 11, 2020
Is it time to account for independent dispatch services in regulation?
Dec 04, 2020
Music, tales for the big road: John Malayter, Long Haul Paul, and bluegrass pro Tina Adair
Nov 27, 2020
What can owner-operators expect from a Biden administration?
Nov 20, 2020
Double-brokered freight fraud: How to prevent, with a U.S. postal inspector who cracked case
Nov 13, 2020
Where's the size 'sweet spot' for small fleets? And other insights into owner-op growth
Nov 06, 2020
Listen back: FMCSA's brokered freight transaction transparency session
Oct 30, 2020
Sell service, haul value -- word to the wise of the next generation, from longtime independent
Oct 23, 2020
The day an ELD mandate protestor and ELD provider visited the White House to talk brokers
Oct 16, 2020
ELDs giving wrong impression to operators about short-split pause value
Oct 07, 2020
Final review: Hours of service changes recap, detailed explanation with FMCSA
Sep 25, 2020
Custom cabover emerges as tribute to a driver's pride, from former Viking hauler
Sep 22, 2020
Hear the 2020 Trucker Talent Search -- and intro'ing Jason Keeler's custom shop
Sep 11, 2020
How to manage for downside risk in turbulent trucking times
Sep 04, 2020
Trucker Talent Search preview -- the performers, their hauling histories and songs
Aug 26, 2020
One Big Cam-powered 1970 KW's long transformation -- and the value of inspections
Aug 21, 2020
Hauling smart -- and high, wide and ugly -- with Owner-Operator of the Year Kevin Kocmich
Aug 06, 2020
'We're supposed to be in this thing together': Level 3 inspection advice with Kansas trooper
Jul 13, 2020
'Twice as good': Rico Muhammad on race-related opportunity barriers, trucking and otherwise
Jul 02, 2020
Having the 'difficult conversations': Race in trucking, wider U.S. culture with Rico Muhammad
Jun 25, 2020
Transparency in high demand, though seldom formally sought: Part 2 with broker Paul Berman
Jun 03, 2020
Part 1: Transparency, history, strategy from the other side of the fence with a food-industry broker
May 29, 2020
Sleeper splits toward 'Knights of the Highway' Revival? Trucker and author Ed Miller's new memoir
May 26, 2020
D.C., transparency, hours changes and more with independent Bryan Hutchens
May 15, 2020
Words to truck by: 'You will never, ever come out ahead running at a loss’
May 01, 2020
Questionable offer of easy money 'without asking for any business equity'
Apr 24, 2020
A tough week's diversion with music, trucking in pursuit of truth
Apr 17, 2020
Do the hard work now: COVID-19 business, health support insights
Apr 10, 2020
Follow the orange ribbon to Logan's lunch for truckers, at I-79 W.Va. rest area -- and more support
Apr 01, 2020
'This thing is on': Methods amid the mess, madness around COVID-19
Mar 25, 2020
Professional appreciation, and more on an owner-op-designed solar aux power system
Mar 13, 2020
In defense of truckers? FMCSA Chief Jim Mullen on hours, nuclear verdicts, more in Charlotte talk
Feb 25, 2020
For the love of ... Patty the traveling road dog, with owner-op Rob Goodwin
Feb 12, 2020
$50 and a little install work could save your life: Trucker Scott Carlson's close call
Jan 31, 2020
How former heavy-haul owner-op and current fuel hauler Lonnie Laurie became the 'one-armed bandit'
Jan 24, 2020
Truckers together in pursuit of victories over child abuse
Jan 15, 2020
Whose 'Autonomy'? The independent owner-operator and tech skeptic featured in new film
Jan 07, 2020
Countdown through a parking shortage, tech surge, truck boot ... 2019's Top 10 episodes
Dec 27, 2019
How to get more time for a malfunctioning ELD, entry level training redux, more
Dec 20, 2019
The methodical tour, by 'Choice,' from corporate America to a small flatbed fleet
Dec 13, 2019
Training rule delay in the offing, operator Scott Hainline compares own '70s, 2010s training
Dec 06, 2019
Talent Search winner Taylor Barker's new musical bonds; Brumbach Stephens hauls one giant tree
Nov 28, 2019
Occupied vehicle booting: No, it does not happen to cars; More 10-4 voices
Nov 21, 2019
The truck booting trap, and one small fleet owner's crusade for a solution
Nov 08, 2019
'Highways and heart attacks' to trucker Will Beeley's place in the American songbook
Oct 29, 2019
No ‘crystal ball’ for FMCSA’s post-Martinez future; Jason Lee Wilson live in a cave
Oct 18, 2019
VP undercover in a large carrier's training program; Voices From 10-4 D.C.
Oct 10, 2019
California independent contractor fallout: 'Two-check' employee/contractor pay system explored
Oct 02, 2019
'Truck parking only': Working together toward a new get-in reality
Sep 20, 2019
After the accident: First-responder superheroes, coping resources, first-person perspective
Sep 16, 2019
Engineering realities v. hyperactive marketing: The 'driverless' trucking future explored
Sep 06, 2019
Trucker Talent Search: The performances; And more on hours amid comment period
Aug 29, 2019
Special edition: FMCSA's GATS hours of service listening session
Aug 28, 2019
18 years old and hauling in 1917; Leon Everette, Long Haul Paul from GATS
Aug 24, 2019
Mailbag: Worm turns on regs favorability with hours proposal, readers sound off
Aug 16, 2019
What would you do for another 1-2 mpg in fuel mileage?
Aug 07, 2019
Longtime TA Nashville employees recount historic 2010 flood, support and recovery
Jul 30, 2019
More flexible sleeper splits: It didn’t take long for this newbie team to see potential value
Jul 19, 2019
A truckstop in the halls of Congress, and a hotshot carrier's data-use-transparency hopes
Jul 11, 2019
40 years of trucking — and surviving — with owner-op Ingrid Brown; Plus: Talent finalists’ tunes
Jun 28, 2019
Preventing skin cancer: 'The sun will hunt you down' in the truck
Jun 13, 2019
'Tennessee Alabama Fireworks': The new record from Nashville-based singer-songwriter Boo Ray
May 30, 2019
The first Penn. Make-a-Wish convoy, remembered, and: OOIDA highway-bill priorities
May 24, 2019
Runaway on I-64 down Sandstone Mountain, and revisiting an accurate rate prediction pre-ELDs
May 13, 2019
In wake of Colo. crash, reserve judgment: Owner-op recounts '70s no-brakes run off Monteagle
May 03, 2019
Custom walk-in storage at the front of a dry van; bulk tank niche explored
Apr 26, 2019
Learning from the mistakes of others with owner-op Bill Ater
Apr 17, 2019
Even in a roaring market, think twice before joining the stampede
Apr 12, 2019
Lights-out at MATS, and: You're the parking expert 'where you live and where you truck to'
Apr 05, 2019
Why pick a fight with the air? And: downtime for the spot market 3 o'clock hustle
Mar 29, 2019
In love with trucking: Mandi Jo Pinheiro in-studio in Nashville
Mar 22, 2019
90-plus-inch double-bunk sleeper in a cargo van? You bet
Mar 14, 2019
1970s, 2010s trucking parallels, and: Hauling away (or into) the headaches with a cargo van
Mar 08, 2019
More slow-rollin' supporting shutdown call: A talk with owner-op Brian Bucenell
Mar 01, 2019
Raise scam awareness -- How to combat expensive online fakery; More from Long Haul Paul
Feb 21, 2019
A close look into the freight-demand and planning app for owner-ops with Load One
Feb 15, 2019
Dissecting new study on post-ELD mandate crash rates, and the blues of Watermelon Slim
Feb 08, 2019
Local/regional fuel hauling's winter boost: Seasonal cost tradeoffs and more with Dave Marti
Feb 01, 2019
Preparing for the impossible, shutdown pessimism, and the divisions in trucking history
Jan 25, 2019
The growing pains of small trucking: Midnight Xpress on blown motors, hiring mistakes and more
Jan 18, 2019
'Dynamex' ABC test 'an unfair hammer to legitimate contractors' -- view from a small fleet
Jan 11, 2019
2018 'coulda planned better': Counting down the top 10 Overdrive Radio podcasts of the year
Dec 27, 2018
Weighing ECM retune options, or full-on emissions defeats, in light of enforcement risk
Dec 14, 2018
On the 'flower gravy train': Greenhouse freight, 10-4 D.C. convoy and more with Scott Hampton
Dec 07, 2018
Beware what you sign with brokers: Freight-charge offsetting of cargo claims a 'sucker's game'
Dec 03, 2018
The truckers helping foster 12-year-old Robbie Welsh' creative journey
Nov 19, 2018
How a '99 Classic came to be 'the Goose,' and: Hope for small-biz primacy with FMCSA?
Nov 09, 2018
'Winds of change' at FMCSA: Ray Martinez addresses 2018 NASTC event
Nov 02, 2018
Hurricane relief hauling with Fla. owner-op Tim Philmon; and a look at ATA's fed/state agenda
Nov 01, 2018
Living legacy of the 'BlackOut' veterans-tribute truck; small fleet expansion with Rob Hallahan
Oct 26, 2018
The truck parking problem: Tools in the toolbox, modest capacity proposals and more
Oct 19, 2018
Voices from 10-4 D.C.: Doug Hasner, Todd Campbell -- and more from the hours mailbag
Oct 09, 2018
The long bounce back from a widow maker with two-truck independent Andre Jackson
Sep 26, 2018
Owner-operator income benchmarking, freight relationships and best practices
Sep 21, 2018
Cooking in-cab, St. Christopher Fund update, and the big 10-4 to D.C.
Sep 14, 2018
'Burnin' the Old School Down' with trucker/singer-songwriter Bill Weaver
Sep 07, 2018
Owner-operators relay their hours suggestions, concerns to FMCSA
Sep 03, 2018
Listen in on the Trucker Talent Search, 2018 edition
Aug 30, 2018
"In My Final Mile," by Paul Marhoefer
Aug 29, 2018
"That's Why I Drink," by Paul Marhoefer
Aug 29, 2018
"Heartbeat," by Mandi Jo Pinheiro
Aug 27, 2018
"The Big Road," by Tony Justice
Aug 27, 2018
"Live, Love, Laugh and Dance," by Tony Justice
Aug 27, 2018
"Tennessee Bluesman," by BJ Williams
Aug 27, 2018
"What I'd Do to Ride With You," by James Nelson
Aug 27, 2018
Mailbag: Operators want hours options for safety, more
Aug 24, 2018
Hours of service, truck automation, ELDs, crash stats and more with FMCSA boss Martinez
Aug 22, 2018
2018 Trucker Talent Search preview: Interviews, music with the finalists
Aug 20, 2018
When a failing starter is really a bad cable
Aug 14, 2018
Expedited conversations before the storm: Operator Nancy Hudson, Eric Escobar's small fleet
Aug 10, 2018
The push for camaraderie, community, from Overdrive Extra contributing owner-op Clifford Petersen
Aug 06, 2018
Tim Paxton, the 2018 owner-operator Expediter of the Year, eyes his business' future
Jul 27, 2018
The demise of One20 Trucking, and its owner-op's efforts to get paid
Jul 19, 2018
Owner-operator Jon Hose and a malfunction junction where ELDs meet hours enforcement
Jul 12, 2018
Another way to do reefer washouts: Produce broker Pam Young's new 'Healthy Trailer' machine
Jun 29, 2018
Old-school ways in new-school days: Freight partnerships with produce broker Pam Young
Jun 22, 2018
Australian trucking troubadour 'Calamity' Jayne Denham on a run through America
Jun 15, 2018
ELD impacts, take 3,456: Reserved parking, hurry-up dynamics and more with owner-op Carolyn Carroll
Jun 08, 2018
How long will the good times last? And: Mailbag from the no-parking trail
Jun 01, 2018
The 'Amazon effect' and rate opportunities for small fleets, owner-ops
May 25, 2018
ELD-exempt trucking with W. Joel Baker: Inspections, adjustments and bedrock profitability
May 18, 2018
Trucking needs the 'brotherhood virus' to come alive: Owner-op Jim Bardsley on its long dormancy
May 11, 2018
Parking problems nothing new, though most truckers feel ELDs have exacerbated issues
May 04, 2018
Will FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez thread the industry needle toward hours change?
Apr 26, 2018
Don't be a 'one-and-done': Survive your first year trucking with authority by knowing your customer
Apr 20, 2018
800-pound gorilla needs a few good lumpers: Team owner-ops' weeklong trailer dilemma at Amazon
Apr 12, 2018
Motor carrier self-insurance 'privilege': Removal might, dare one say, 'level the playing field'
Mar 29, 2018
Jason Lee Wilson live at MATS 2018
Mar 27, 2018
Live from Nashville to start MATS week: 'Long Haul Paul' Marhoefer with Donnie and Jan Gullett
Mar 21, 2018
Lay of the land for owner-operators: By the numbers, redux, with ATBS' Todd Amen
Mar 20, 2018
Double-brokering, ELDs, pausing that 14-hour clock: Round-up from the mailbag, more
Mar 16, 2018
Managing ridiculous expectations in the broker-communication game for owner-ops and small fleets
Mar 07, 2018
Mailbag: Split sleeper-berth hours option high on haulers' hours wish list
Feb 16, 2018
A site with community at its heart: BigRigTravels turns 10 under trucker Stephen Michaels' tutelage
Feb 09, 2018
Profit -- what this trucking thing is all about: A talk with Scott Jordan
Jan 25, 2018
Despite state-level momentum, truckers 'prohibited from using marijuana -- period'
Jan 22, 2018
New tax law enacts major changes for owner-operators
Jan 17, 2018
When 'planning better' is not an option: Owner-operator Mark Kirbyson on the move to ELDs
Jan 16, 2018
Driver monitoring and scoring: A brief overview of fleets' initiatives
Jan 11, 2018
The Odious Death of the Cracker King, by Paul Marhoefer
Jan 05, 2018
Emotions are high, but trucking didn't die Dec. 18: A talk with Gary Buchs
Dec 19, 2017
Less than a week to go before ELD mandate enforcement: Truckers voices raised against it
Dec 12, 2017
Can electric-drive upend diesel's long reign?
Dec 06, 2017
Everybody's favorite subject, ELD implementation, with 9-truck fleet owner Bill Frerichs
Nov 27, 2017
Carriers' 'magic eraser' role in compounding detention issues: Rico Muhammad on the e-log shift
Nov 14, 2017
'Bringing the cultural diversity of trucking together': Scott Reed, Mike Landis on the ELD protests
Oct 27, 2017
'It's time somebody starts looking out for the little guy': Voices from the ELD mandate protests
Oct 16, 2017
From the scene in D.C. and around the country as grassroots groups press against the ELD mandate
Oct 05, 2017
Mailbag: ELD mandate, 14-hour reform should be top priorities for next FMCSA administrator
Sep 29, 2017
Mailbag: Views on ELD protest actions promoted for Oct. 3 and following days
Sep 22, 2017
Protest efforts around the ELD mandate set to stage October 3
Sep 16, 2017
Overdrive Radio special edition: Trucker Talent Search 2017
Sep 04, 2017
"Mr. D-O-T," by Bill Weaver
Sep 01, 2017
"Hitch Your Wagon," by Michael Lochmiller
Sep 01, 2017
"She got the goldmine" parody -- Terrance Mathis
Sep 01, 2017
"Gran" by Richard Woods
Sep 01, 2017
Tony Justice live at the 2017 Trucker Talent Search
Sep 01, 2017
On a Hurricane Harvey relief mission with owner-operator Bill Ater
Aug 31, 2017
'Benefit of the doubt' to the driver on the ELD mandate in inspections
Aug 26, 2017
'Honky Tonk Nighttime Man': Talent search finalist Michael Lochmiller
Aug 24, 2017
'Country road': Trucking, music, life with Trucker Talent Search finalist Richard Woods
Aug 24, 2017
'Take this e-log and shove it': Talking with Trucker Talent Search finalist Terrance Mathis
Aug 23, 2017
Rebuilding: From bulk dedicated to a solid core of direct customers with independent Tim Klaus
Aug 18, 2017
A strong base: The mechanical prowess -- and ELD trials and tribulations -- of Randy Carlson
Aug 10, 2017
Out of the unknown: Step deck owner's strategies around mobile information tech, freight, ELDs
Aug 04, 2017
Freight niche transition -- HHG to expedited -- with Landstar-leased owner-operator Greg Huggins
Jul 20, 2017
'Make mad money. Be a freight broker': Independent on a culture of dishonesty among middlemen
Jul 13, 2017
Making the e-log switch: The evolution of small fleet Old Time Express
Jul 07, 2017
A tour through Tony Justice's new 'Stars, Stripes and White Lines' album
Jun 29, 2017
No more chasing rates: How dedicated freight can deliver on a chief concern, income stability
Jun 22, 2017
Don't get 'beat up' on rates: Talking direct-ship freight with Monte Wiederhold
Jun 15, 2017
'Not adding up': Skepticism of income equation with ELDs, hours regs, rates and detention issues
Jun 13, 2017
Identity theft: Owner-operator Scott Reed's ongoing clawback from a dramatic credit hit
Jun 02, 2017
Owner-op Dean Carnahan: Bad health is a 'preventable accident'
May 26, 2017
'It's made me who I am': Owner-operator Keith Sampson's new record
May 19, 2017
ELDs, rates: Small fleet owner throws cold water on the notion that a big change is in the offing
May 12, 2017
When a straight 14 isn't the ideal, or most safe, option: A run with Scott Reed
Apr 28, 2017
2016 Trucker Talent Search winner Jason Lee Wilson interviewed by Eric Harley on Red Eye Radio
Apr 25, 2017
Looking into the crystal ball on ELDs/rates with ATBS' Todd Amen
Apr 13, 2017
Cutting through the 'autonomous' hype with Bendix' Fred Andersky
Apr 05, 2017
Separate regs wheat from the chaff, say OOIDA's Todd Spencer, small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold
Mar 29, 2017
Chad Boblett of Rate Per Mile Masters: More on building relationships with brokers
Mar 27, 2017
Navigating trucking's 'tech bubble': FMCSA outlines ELD mandate implementation for drivers
Mar 25, 2017
America's Road Team captains to carriers' recruiters: 'Respect your drivers'
Feb 27, 2017
If it means parking options remain, readers say, rest-area commercialization A-OK
Jan 31, 2017
'Common sense, you've got it for a reason' -- Use your CB already, readers say
Jan 24, 2017
Will the speed-limiter mandate 'die an ignominious death'?: Joe Rajkovacz on incoming administration
Nov 22, 2016
Partners in Business, part 3: Managing fuel costs
Nov 22, 2016
Partners in Business, part 2: Managing money and time
Nov 17, 2016
Truckers to Trump on regs: Hours, speed limiters, ELDs should be on tap for revision, withdrawal
Nov 14, 2016
A case for stronger owner-operator freight partnerships: Kevin Rutherford to a roomful of brokers
Nov 02, 2016
Mailbag: ELD mandate upheld in 7th circuit court, readers react
Nov 01, 2016
Partners in Business, part 1: Getting started as an owner-operator
Oct 26, 2016
Paul Marhoefer's "Old Black Epiphone" record: Trucking, music, life
Oct 24, 2016
Cost, safety, undue government intrusion on business: More reader voices on mandated ELDs
Oct 21, 2016
Brice Martin presents the Larry H. Martin award to Tony Justice
Sep 26, 2016
'I am a speed limiter': More voices against -- and one in favor of -- the DOT's speed proposal
Sep 20, 2016
OOIDA v. U.S. DOT's ELD mandate: Oral arguments in the 7th Circuit
Sep 14, 2016
Mailbag: 'It was hairy' --reader on cross-country trip speed-limited at 65, more views
Sep 13, 2016
Truck Stop Betty, by Jason Lee Wilson
Sep 02, 2016
Walkin' the Alligators, by Keith Snyder
Sep 02, 2016
Yesterday is History, by Will Perry
Sep 02, 2016
ATBS' Richard Deforest on the 'driver shortage': Turnover/retention and income is the real problem
Sep 02, 2016
Trucker and songwriter Jason Lee Wilson's 'From Lynchburg to Nashville' and more
Aug 30, 2016
'Why he trucks' and more: Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver live at GATS 2016
Aug 30, 2016
'Walking the alligators' with Minn.-based independent trucker/songwriter Keith Snyder
Aug 30, 2016
'27,000 lbs. over gross': Trucker-songwriter Paul Marhoefer at GATS 2016
Aug 30, 2016
'Coast to coast' and more: Will Perry live at GATS 2016
Aug 30, 2016
'You don't need to outrun the bear': NASTC head Dave Owen's case to small fleets for e-logs
Aug 30, 2016
Lay of the land for owner-operators: By the numbers with ATBS Todd Amen
Aug 27, 2016
'Stars, stripes and white lines': Tony Justice live at GATS 2016
Aug 27, 2016
'Renegade' Australian singer-songwriter Jayne Denham live at GATS
Aug 26, 2016
Starting GATS off right -- a front-porch singalong with Tony Justice, Bill Weaver
Aug 25, 2016
Coast to Coast: Trucker Talent Search finalist Will Perry
Aug 22, 2016
'Came out singing': Trucker/singer-songwriter Jason Lee Wilson
Aug 22, 2016
Walkin' with grace: Interview with 2016 Trucker Talent Search finalist Keith Snyder
Aug 19, 2016
The trucking brotherhood reinforced -- Tony Justice's "Brothers of the Highway" record
Aug 11, 2016
From 'tourist truck' to consummate professional: The evolution of owner-operator Gary Buchs
Aug 04, 2016
One driver's bounce-back after two years lost to 'suicide by truck'
Jul 29, 2016
Expansion limits: Brita Nowak's BratCat Express odyssey from one to five trucks and back
Jul 27, 2016
A 'major issue': Problems with uncompensated detention impact income, safety, health
Jul 22, 2016
Your best post-crash resource to avoid litigation: Attention to 'every little thing'
Jul 20, 2016
"I Became An American," by Jennie Simpson
Jul 02, 2016
Carl Lambert reads the ESGR pledge of commitment at U.S. Express military program event
Jul 01, 2016
"War Within," by Howard Salmon
May 27, 2016
Live from Muscle Shoals: Trucker/singer-songwriter Paul Marhoefer cuts 'Old Black Epiphone' record
May 27, 2016
Mandating speed limiters is 'unsafe, period,' readers say
May 23, 2016
34-hour restart: Readers weigh in on hours as they are and could be
Apr 29, 2016
Trucker Bob Stanton's proposals for FMCSA's Beyond Compliance program
Apr 26, 2016
Bill Quade explains FMCSA's Beyond Compliance program proposal
Apr 25, 2016
Panther Expedited's Irwin Shires speaks at Beyond Compliance listening session
Apr 25, 2016
Joe Rajkovacz, FMCSA's Jack Van Steenburg back and forth on Beyond Compliance
Apr 25, 2016
Mailbag: More voices on pay, ELDs and proposed safety rating tied to roadside inspections
Apr 13, 2016
The 'daily fitness for duty'? Talking fatigue measurement, monitoring and the pace of technology
Apr 07, 2016
Vigillo CEO Steve Bryan: How data will be used to predict accidents and what that means for drivers
Apr 06, 2016
Mailbag from the driver wage shortage: More views on the long fall in pay, rates, income and more
Mar 17, 2016
Back from the brink: On the road with Ted Bowers Trucking
Mar 15, 2016
Nails in the coffin or change for the better? Talking trucking's future with Gary Carlisle
Mar 07, 2016
"I'm rollin'": Behind 'Every Mile I Drive' with trucker/singer-songwriter Bill Weaver
Feb 23, 2016
"I Likes Me a Big Girl," by Paul Marhoefer
Feb 19, 2016
I'm Rollin', by Bill Weaver
Jan 14, 2016
'Brothers of the highway': Aaron Tippin, Tony Justice in the studio in Nashville
Jan 08, 2016
'God and God Alone,' by Paul Marhoefer
Dec 18, 2015
Mailbag: Answering ELD Mandate questions, and more trucking views
Dec 17, 2015
A 'piece of freedom' under threat: Owner-operators sound off on ELDs after final rule's release
Dec 15, 2015
Mailbag: Mixed reactions from owner-operators on CSA's public scores' removal
Dec 07, 2015
Lindsay Lawler's "Highway Angel" live in Nashville
Nov 10, 2015
Will Congress pass CSA-reforming highway bill?
Oct 29, 2015