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Changing tires the old-fashioned way: ‘A Trucker’s Tale,’ part 3

Follow this link for the previous Part 2 in this three-part feature, excerpted from “A Trucker’s Tale,” a memoir by Maryland-based former trucker Ed Miller.   It is a wonder my brothers and I didn’t...

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Kenworth TruckTech+ enters production

Kenworth Trucks’ TruckTech+ real-time diagnostics system is now in production on new Kenworth Class 8 trucks spec’d with the Paccar MX-13 engine, the company says. The system enhances vehicle...

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Help me find the love today

Today I learned that our inverter is extremely important. I also discovered that owning a truck requires approximately the same financial commitment as supporting Keith Richard’s heroin habit from...

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Staying ahead of the inspectors

Maintenance violations are by far the biggest single contributor to the Motor Carrier Management Information System database that underpins CSA, accounting for on the order of 70-plus percent of the...

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Emissions system: Newer trucks’ potential handicap

If you missed it early in the week, access part 1 of this report via this link.   Percentages indicate the “emissions system” choice’s share among all reports as owners’ biggest maintenance issue from...

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Shout to a shipper

The picture in some respects says it all. That’s not Holly Knoll Services independent dump owner-operator Dave Palmer’s company hat, after all. Rather, it’s from a shipper based in Columbia, S.C., he...

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Redux: The cost of emissions-system maintenance

Overdrive‘s 2015 Truck Purchase and Lease Survey, conducted a couple months back and published in part in the July issue of the magazine, showed clearly how big of a problem emissions systems have been...

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Broken thermostats and filthy lies

I had someone come up to me at the Rantoul show and say, “I love your filthy lies. They crack me up.” A normal person would probably be incensed by this, but I was tickled to hear it, mostly because I...

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Electrical system tech tip: Choosing a trailer nosebox

The Philips company produces a monthly series (five years runnings) of tech tips related to truck and trailer lighting and electrical systems. Access the full archive of “Qwik Tech Tips” via this link....

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Holding on: Independent Zach Beadle and the ’76 Peterbilt cabover he won’t...

The rig shown above loaded with round bales in some kind of setting, I’ll say, came in from Texas-based independent Zach Beadle, whom longtime readers may remember from Overdrive issues of days and...

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No breaks for brakes: Virginia State Police lead the nation in brake...

Compared to its neighboring state to the north, Virginia might seem like an inspection slouch. Maryland, No. 1 in Overdrive’s inspection-intensity rankings of inspection volume per mile of roadway,...

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I-65 / I-465 night and weekend closures

The Indiana Department of Transportation and its highway-maintenance contractors have nightly closures planned for the I-465 / I-65 intersection on the south side of Indianapolis this week. Work on...

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Two views from the independent road

Some kind of Kenworth, isn’t it? And a great scene, one of two that came in this morning from operators around the nation that, well, express something we no doubt don’t hear enough amid the shouting...

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ELD mandate represents a ‘piece of freedom’ under threat, say readers

In the mailbag podcast above, three views of the ELD mandate show the strong opposition felt among many in Overdrive‘s audience, with more than one of the callers noting the sense of freedom that...

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When new is already broken

Hey guess what? We looked at a new truck. Yep, we sure did. It was brand-spanking new, super shiny, with all the geegaws and electronic things. We looked at it and both shook our heads and said, “Some...

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POLL: Biggest issue you’ve seen lately with road conditions/maintenance?

Given falling federal infrastructure investment and lack of funding in some states for adequate highway expansion and repair, this poll looks at the issue where the rubber meets the road -- what have...

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Bad roads hasten one owner-operator’s retirement — and more infrastructure...

What stretch of North American highway in your experience would warrant the nomination for the No. 1 'Worst Road' all around?

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TA/Petro launches new TA Truck Service brand, expansion of maintenance offerings

TravelCenters of America, parent company of TA and Petro truck stops, announced March 31 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville it is combining all of its mobile truck maintenance services...

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Mack Leasing full-service demand on upswing

Mack Leasing System is today seeing greater demand for leasing services, having added 19 member dealer locations to its network in 2015.

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ELD Mandate, with equipment headaches, presents ‘tough call’ for one...

Weighing the costs of maintenance, truck purchase and operation in the face of the ELD mandate with one owner-operator.

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