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Walmart driver No. 1 in truck-driving championships 27 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
Gary Harms, a Walmart Transportation professional truck driver based in Olathe, Kan., was named the 2013 Bendix National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion. Gary’s driving skills and knowledge...
PHOTO: Welcome to the Big Apple, Kenworth T680 26 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
Pictured in bright lights on the huge NASDAQ Tower in New York City’s Times Square last week was the Kenworth T680, the 2013 ATD Heavy Duty Commercial Truck of the Year. The T680 was featured in part ...
One owner-operator’s top 5 add-ons showcased at GATS 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Independent owner-operator Marc Springer has been blogging on business basics via the “On the Marc” series of late. I ran into Pacific Northwest-based owner-operator Marc Springer, also the sole Clas...
Qualcomm sells Omnitracs; uDrove launches new EOBR 26 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
Omnitracs sell-off The Qualcomm company in the late 1980s “pioneered the use of commercial vehicle telematics with the introduction of the first mobile information system for transportation and logist...
iLuvMyTrucker: Mike Sutterfield 26 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
My husband, Mike, is one of those guys who was born to be a trucker. With love, the independence and freedom it brings us. He loves being out on the road traveling the country and only comes home once...
Hard choices judging Overdrive’s Most Beautiful 25 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
This years GATS has been a huge learning experience for me. Mostly, I learned never to drink numerous margaritas and hang out with your bosses. Also, curbs in downtown Dallas are higher than normal cu...
Trend Settin’, Family Buziness crowned Pride & Polish national champs 24 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
Vinnie Diorio’s 2013 Peterbilt 389 and 2009 Mac Vinnie Diorio and Todd Roccapriore have to find some room in their already packed trophy cases for one more award from a 2013 show truck tour that saw ...
Independent hog hauler Maggie Stone named Overdrive’s Most Beautiful 24 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Winner Maggie Stone, left, is an independent livestock hauler in Iowa. The other finalists were Libby Clayton, center, and Tina Comer. Maggie Stone, an Iowa hog hauler, was named the winner of Overdr...
VIDEO: Outlaw Customs cofounder now part of LKQ truck parts network 24 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
Remember this rig? Dead Man’s Hand, a custom 2001 Peterbilt 379 built up from salvage, made quite a splash at the 2007 Great American Trucking Show, racking awards in the limited-mileage category at O...
VIDEO: Tony Justice plays song from album at GATS 24 Aug 2013 | 02:25 am
At the TA/Petro booth at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Tony Justice took some time to play an acoustic session for attendees. Check out the video below for one of the songs Justice sang...
