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Monique Lee of Motel 6 talks with Eric about the importance of good sleep on the road. They discuss how a safe/clean space is of utmost importance to maintain a healthy work environment while running the interstates.
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Truett & Crystal Novosad Win Best of Show Award at 41st Annual Shell Rotella® SuperRigs®
Truett and Crystal Novosad of College Station, Texas captured Best of Show honors with their 2007 Peterbilt 379 EXHD at the 41st Anniversary Shell Rotella®SuperRigs® competition held June 8-10 in Gillette, Wyo. They were awarded $10,000 from Shell Rotella. In addition, the truck won the Steve Sturgess Best Theme award for its “Doc Holiday” theme. Mark Aragon…… MORE
Shell Rotella® SuperRigs® is Riding into Wyoming
Truck Beauty Competition to be held June 8-10 at CAM-PLEX in Gillette, WY Houston – Shell Rotella® SuperRigs® will be riding into Wyoming from June 8-10 at CAM-PLEX (off of Interstate 90) in Gillette with the theme of Big Rigs, Big Competition, Big Country. Truck drivers throughout North America will have the chance to enter the annual truck…… MORE
Eric and Kevin Burch of Trucking Moves America Forward talk about the industry post pandemic
Eric and Kevin with Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) talk about the industry post pandemic. Kevin Burch discusses recent technology, research results and TMAF’s upcoming 10th Anniversary!… MORE
Announcing NTTC’s 2022-2023 Professional Driver of the Year Grand Champion
The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) is thrilled to announce Kenneth Tolliver of G&D Trucking/Hoffman Transportation, Channahon IL, as the Grand Champion of the 2022-2023 Professional Driver of the Year contest, sponsored by Great West Casualty Company.… MORE
Be the real pro: Sharpening your trucking business performance
There’s help out there. Longtime Overdrive contributor and former owner-operator Gary Buchs now works as a one-on-one business coach for scads of owner-operator clients. Here, he details his work to help those operators overcome obstacles to effective management and analysis of their own trucking performance. This video excerpts Red Eye Radio host Eric Harley’s roundtable…… MORE
Take control of your truck’s variable cost per mile, fixed costs, and more
Issues of cost-control are top of my mind for owner-operators in trucking — and never more so today, given the wild ride diesel prices and general inflation have been on over 2022 and 2023. The evolution of small-business accounting can help generate profit/loss statements in near real-time, yet truly touching the numbers, however you do…… MORE
Owner-operator business, start to finish: The Partners in Business program
Overdrive editor Todd Dills here details the more than two-decade history of Overdrive’s Partner in Business coproduction with owner-operator business services firm ATBS, with a brand-new 2023 edition of the PIB manual out now, covering all aspects of a trucking owner-operator’s business. It can be a valuable self-help resource for any truck owner, whether new…… MORE
Eric talks with John Diggs of FPPF about Fuel Power Max. John discusses extending equipment life and increasing overall fuel economy.
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