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With truck-show season fast upon us, Long Haul Paul Marhoefer takes the mic for this week's Overdrive Radio edition as the Mid America Trucking show's set to commence on Thursday, March 30th. There will be the pageantry and the pomp, the polish and the shine. Influencers, thought leaders, and micro-celebrities. (Oh my!) But you know what Marhoefer looks forward to the most? It's the war stories. It's the accounts you hear while you're waiting on a table to open up at a steakhouse, or maybe while tipping back a cool beverage or two. It's the unguarded things people tell you about their lives and work when they've had a few days to step away and decompress. This episode features one such conversation. Owner-operator Bill Douglas is an old truck show friend. Marhoefer met him at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas back around 2016. Back then, Bill was just thinking about becoming a trucker. These days, he's a six-year veteran of the super slab, hauling with a mission, too, to be a mentor to new drivers he's training for Prime. This time last year, the pair went out for that steak, and along the way Bill gave Paul the lowdown on big fleet training -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Also in the podcast: Join ATBS VP Mike Hosted and Overdrive's own Gary Buchs 1:45 p.m. local time Friday, March 31, for the annual Partners in Business seminar. Stay tuned for the updated version of Overdrive's Partners in Business manual, too, to be released next week. Read more about the session via this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/overdrive-extra/article/15352892/new-owneroperator-business-manual-updated-for-release-at-mats And for a full schedule of a bevy of MATS business-related programming, visit the show site here: https://truckingshow.com/education/ Hope to see you there.

The context for the conversation you'll hear in today's 60th-anniversary special edition of Overdrive Radio, conducted at the Great American Trucking Show in 2019, was twofold, centered around both driver training and history. Over the course of the 20th century, as you'll hear, the licensing required for a driver to operate interstate tightened. In the early days of motorized transport, an 18-year-old had no problem being licensed for interstate operation of what passed for the big trucks of the day. They weren't, of course, very big at all by today's standards. The picture here is one of of Walter Thompson of Shelburn, Indiana, grandfather of Jay Thompson, now an independent consultant to various trucking and natural gas interests through his Transportation Business Associates company. As I wrote at the time of this conversation's original airing two years ago, Thompson's been quite a resource for me when it comes to owner-operator and trucking history in general. He grew up in rural Indiana and starting his working career driving big trucks, a route taken by the generations of men in his family as well, all the way back to his grandfather. Walter Thompson had a chauffer's license enabling him to move freight as early as age 18, in 1917. And given debate continues around training and potentially opening up interstate operations, perhaps in a limited fashion, to some drivers younger than 21, Thompson's thoughts do more than just gives us a window on trucking's history through the lens of one family's experience. We were also talking at the time about the potential potential for a pilot program for under-21 CDL drivers, then under intense debate, as we sat down to ferret out a little bit of the history there. As Thompson says, history often repeats itself in various ways … Find more installments in Overdrive's 60th-anniversary series of lookbacks on history via http://overdriveonline.com/trucking-history

The Over the Road podcast, a co-production of Overdrive and PRX's Radiotopia podcast network, finished its run of eight main episodes last year with this final episode, titled “The Road Ahead,” in which Overdrive contributing writer and Moeller Trucking driver Paul Marhoefer documented a yogurt haul outbound from the Midwest to Texas and then to the 2019 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas. There, the OTR crew explored the implications for drivers of new technology in trucking — specifically, the march toward vehicles capable of more autonomous operation. Automation has become a fundamental piece of the way so many think about the future of trucks and trucking, including regulators who seem bent on preparing the way in the name of safety. regular listeners may recall news that aired just a couple weeks ago here in which the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator expressed her view that, though the timeline is ultimately unknown, that “automated future,” as some say, is coming. It's unclear, though, given the structure of our highway system, that the American public will ever feel fully comfortable with the notion of sharing the road with 80,000-lb. robots, without an operator therein as capable "overseer," one might say, of the machine. But as more folks are eventually ferried around by wheeled robots themselves, that could be a likely prospect, not to mention the impulses the old dollar-signs-in-the-eye can infect even the most staid among us with. The future looks pretty fuzzy, as it were. Don't forget to pack your reading glasses. Find all eight of Overdrive Radio's re-air of the Over the Road podcast via http://overdriveonline.com/tag/over-the-road-podcast Subscribe to Overdrive's daily for news updates, views and analysis via http://overdriveonline.com

GATS Week + Detroit Diesel Update | Chrome Corner Episode 33 We are back this week with the Chrome Corner podcast discussing the Great American Trucking Show and Dave updates our YouTube audience on the long-awaited Detroit Diesel podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

LLN (8/28/20) – Today is day two of our virtual Great American Trucking Show. One OOIDA member tells us what goes into winning a Best of Show prize at GATS, while another fills us in on another kind of competition: rattlesnake hunting. Also, Jon Osburn explains why getting the OOIDA tour truck inside the exhibit hall is such a pain, and we have the latest on hours of service changes and attempts to raise insurance requirements. 0:00 – Newscast 10:14 – Virtual GATS: show trucks; virtual conventions; rattlesnake hunting 25:09 – Spirt of the American Trucker 39:53 – Hours of service changes; minimum insurance requirements

LLN (8/27/20) – Today is our virtual Great American Trucking Show. Dr. John McElligott discusses truckers’ top health concerns; Marty Glomb discusses the antique truck he displays at GATS; and Texas resident Danny Schnautz tells us why he got involved in Angel Flights. Also, local Texas voters will soon vote on transportation taxes, while an upcoming court ruling could affect billions in Washington state transportation funding. And we’ll have an update on FEMA hurricane relief loads and what’s ahead from Congress regarding COVID-19. 0:00 – Newscast. 10:14 – Virtual GATS – health concerns; antique truck; Angel Flights. 25:09 – Texas, Washington state transportation funding. 39:53 – A virtual GATS update on hurricane, COVID-19.

In our series finale, Paul checks back in with truckers we’ve met throughout Over the Road, as the team convenes at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas to ponder the million-dollar question: will self-driving trucks render American truck drivers obsolete? Find a transcript for this episode and learn more about Over the Road at overtheroad.fm.

DALLAS – The 2020 Great America Trucking Show, which was scheduled for Aug. 27-29 and presented by Randall-Reilly, has been canceled according to a release on the show's website. “The same fears and uncertainties that have led entities as diverse as Facebook and Major League Baseball to cancel or severely curtail in-person events have informed a very difficult decision: Randall-Reilly is canceling the Great American Trucking Show, scheduled for Aug. 27-29, 2020. This decision has been made with the health and well-being of all participants first and foremost in mind,” the release said. The release continued to say that the show's presenters “will use the coming months to determine what form future events take and assess the safeguards needed to ensure your health.” “This pandemic has underscored how critical the industry and drivers are to the well-being of America. The fleets, owner-operators and drivers are what's kept the flow of food and other goods in stores and homes. We are thankful to you, proud of you and will keep you posted on what's next for GATS so we can celebrate you at a future event,” according to the website.

Load it or Leave it is BACK!  On this episode Michael and Aaron discuss a few pieces of news as of the time of recording (3/20/20) like the way truck drivers are experiencing life over the road as the Coronavirus spreads, state-wide lock downs in New York, California, and Texas, viral misinformation memes and more.  Then they get into 4 separate clips recorded at Great American Trucking Show 2019 and discuss whether or not to "load" or "leave" the advice from those they speak to. Finally you'll hear from next week's guest, T.D. Studor, a freight broker brokering loads to Kroger about his team is experiencing as a member on the front lines of one of the most challenging times in the supply chain in recent memory.  Enjoy!

In this episode you'll hear timeless wisdom from trucking industry veterans we had the opportunity to speak with at the 2019 Great American Trucking Show.  This episode is a direct result of listener feedback! Be sure to leave a review with your thoughts or suggestions about the content you'd like to hear so we can continue to improve the show each week!  You can also give us a shout out on social media @pdqamerica

In this episode we talk about two trucking articles: C.H. Robinson Hit with $1.1 Billion dollar lawsuit https://www.businessinsider.com/truck-brokerage-hit-with-1-billion-lawsuit-from-farmers-2020-2 Tennessee Based Trucking Company Ceases Operations After 69 Years https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tennessee-based-trucking-company-ceases-operations-after-69-years?utm_content=116527494&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-179175252108775 Then we break down a new segment called Load it Or Leave it! We break down three separate clips of audio we recorded when we launched our podcast at Great American Trucking Show.  We ask the public's opinion on the Millennial generation and the responses are thought provoking to say the least!  Do you want to be a 5 star listener of our show? Leave a 5 star review! :)

in this edition of Overdrive Radio we're talking music, and the Capitol Christmas Tree haul, and a recording session that happened November 23 in Nashville. Kingsport, Tenn.-based owner-operator Taylor Barker won this year's edition of Overdrive's own Trucker Talent Search, held annually at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Part of the prize for the big win is a recording session at Jay's Place in Nashville on Music Row, with longtime producer-engineer and session player himself Jay Vernali. “It's Saturday night on Music Row,” as Jay set the scene -- where the magic happens, as it were. A window here into Taylor Barker's history in music and trucking, and the singer-songwriter's plans for the recording. Also: Brumbach Stephens on his experience piloting the final third of the haul of this Capitol Christmas Tree in a specially wrapped KW W990. Brumbach, a former small fleet owner-operator now principally in sales with Wilbanks Trucking, spelled out some of the details of his and others' piloting of the tree clear across the nation, making stops along the way. We caught up with him a week ago at the stop outside the Bridgestone Arena here in Nashville. Songwriter Lindsay Lawler and a crew of Nashville local songwriters entertained the assembled with a bevy of Christmas songs, as you'll hear.

This week we step inside the world of TTN Fleet Solutions' Vice President Tyler Harden and Vice President of Marketing J.D. Redmon LIVE from the press stage at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. In this episode we cover the anatomy of a breakdown and how TTN Fleet Solutions is pulling more than their load by connecting the world of towing.Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and everywhere podcasts are heard around the world.More episodes of FreightWaves Insiders

In this episode we have a conversation about one of trucking's most critical issues - truck parking! There is a severe shortage of parking for truck drivers and we speak with Scott Grenerth of TSPS.io and RigRest.com to find out what's being done to improve it.  We had the opportunity to speak with Scott after he led a panel discussion with TxDOT and truck drivers at the Great American Trucking Show.  We also collected input from our driver Sam Willoughby, who provided some valuable first hand insight into the problem.  Through new technologies and regulatory study from TxDOT, positive changes are being made.  Thanks for listening!  Send feedback to us on social media (@PDQAmerica) or aaron@pdqamerica.com  

The need for greater parking capacity, well-managed, throughout the nation is no secret. The need along Texas lanes was the subject of the lively discussion Overdrive held at the Great American Trucking Show last month, devoted to parking. In today's podcast, you'll get a full window into that discussion, aimed at engaging with Texas DOT freight planning branch manager Sherry Pifer and others from the agency as they re-evaluate their own approach to marshalling public resources and create partnership with private companies toward parking improvement. The discussion could well provide a model toward engaging with other states, too. Along the way you'll hear from a multitude of owner-operators, drivers and other drivers in attendance, as well as owner-operator Ingrid Brown, Clark Freight Lines driver Jack Smith and former owner-op Scott Grenerth, who moderated the discussion. Grenerth, as regular listerners will know, is part of the Truck Specialized Parking Service company.

Something a little different on Overdrive Radio today – the podcast will transport you like so many futuristic teleporting time machines to a Thursday, Aug. 22, panel at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. That panel was all about the notion of a “driverless” truck and where drivers really fit in as such a thing gets closer to real. Find a brief contemporaneous report from the panel, a discussion with Starsky Robotics' Paul Schlegel and Pronto's Ognen Stojanovski, via this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/drivers-role-in-driverless-trucks-explored-in-gats-panel/

This year’s Great American Trucking Show has come and gone. One of the many featured events at this year’s show was the announcement of the 2019 Mike O’Connell Trucking’s Top Rookie Award.

In this Overdrive Radio podcast edition, run through the performances by competing truckers Jason Henley, "Mississippi Ken" Freeman and the ultimate talent search winner, Taylor Barker, live from the Great American Trucking Show a week ago. Also: A warm-up three-song act by Paul Marhoefer and Tony Justice's homespun emcee-ing of the event, an ongoing anchor among the community of musicians who also happened to haul freight on the open road, or vice versa, as it were. Thirdly: Near the top, a brief talk with Pennsylvania-based owner-operator Mike Landis, also of the United States Transportation Alliance, about his view of the FMCSA's hours of service proposal, including a bit of clarification of how the rule views computation of the split-sleeper options it's proposing.

If you missed the Great American Trucking Show or the FMCSA's webcast last week, you can sit in on the first hour and more of the hours of service listening session held at GATS in Dallas Aug. 23, 2019, via this special presentation of Overdrive Radio. This was the first listening session held by the FMCSA following its introduction of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that offered some changes to truckers aimed at increasing both safety and some measure of flexibility for drivers. Two significant elements of that were revisions to split-sleeper-berth regs as well as the proposal to allow up to a three-hour pause to the 14-hour duty clock daily with an off-duty mid-period break. Read more about the proposed changes via this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/stop-the-clock-proposed-hours-of-service-overhaul-would-allow-drivers-to-pause-14-hour-clock/

LLN (8/26/19) – Truckers have questions about the hours of service proposal – so we’ll have answers. Also, truckers speak out to FMCSA about the proposed changes to the hours of service at the Great American Trucking Show. Atlanta is a logistical nightmare dealing with massive congestion. We’ll tell you what’s being done to address the problem. Truck insurance costs are rising, so we’ll tell you how to control costs. 0:00-10:10 – Newscast. 10:10-24:59 – Fixing Atlanta congestion. 24:59 -39:14 – Dealing with higher insurance costs; hours of service questions. 39:14-49:06 – Truckers tell FMCSA their view of the hours of service proposal.

IVE from the great state of Texas, it’s your Friday edition of What the Truck!?! We’re talking Trump tweets (of course), China, Unicorns, and speaking directly to a variety of organizations here at GATS in Dallas. We’ve got Shelley Simpson from JB Hunt, Mirna Kusalovic from XPO, James Booth from Chevron, David Beaird talking SONAR, Brandon Bryant from Property Damage Appraisers, Miguel Cruz from Gorilla Safety, Justin King from Comdata, and Project 44 talking about locational transparency. This is one you can’t afford to miss!!!

Crete Carrier President Tim Aschoff discusses Hours of Service rules and shares his thoughts on recruiting young drivers, improving driver experiences and a variety of other topics at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

LLN 08/23/19 – The FMCSA hears from truckers about potential changes in the hours of service at the first of two listening sessions at the Great American Trucking Show. OOIDA requested clarification on a number of issues and reiterated its request to eliminate the 30-minute rest break. Mark Reddig talks with Lewie Pugh, OOIDA executive vice president, who recently paid a visit to the headquarters of TA & Petro. Plus, Mark Reddig sits down with Andrew King with OOIDA’s Foundation. King explains why the association is against an automatic emergency braking systems mandate. Plus, we’ll head out on the road with Jon Osburn the driver of the OOIDA tour truck. 0:00-10:10 – Newscast. 10:10-24:59 – OOIDA executive vice president Lewie Pugh visits headquarters for TA & Petro. 24:59 -39:14 – OOIDA opposes automatic emergency braking system mandate. Plus a visit with Jon Osburn, driver of the OOIDA tour truck. 39:14-49:12 – truckers comment on proposed changes to HOS.

Dooner and special guest co-host Kyle Cunningham are on-site at GATS with a full days worth of coverage. They're talking to Truckers Against Human Trafficking, MAPBOX, TRAFFIX, and so many more. Tune in tomorrow for Day 2 and catch the LIVE stream on FreightWaves YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

GATS presents a unique opportunity for trucking professionals of all kinds to come together and experience all things trucking. This year’s event boasts a variety of attractions, exhibits, and educational sessions designed to cater to all facets of the trucking industry.

LLN (8/8/19) –FMCSA raises fines for several offenses. Also, a new report clears the EPA of wrongdoing in testing glider kits. Later this month, FMCSA will be at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Three states change laws to ease rules for truck platooning, while a push is underway to enforce rules for truck passengers. Louisiana gets a shot in the arm for state infrastructure, and a new Oklahoma law would end trains blocking traffic. We have information about upcoming truck shows. And a program that allows you to have some accidents that are not your fault removed from your CSA scores is likely to be extended. 0:00-10:10 – Newscast. 10:10-24:59 – Fines up; EPA cleared in glider tests; FMCSA at GATS. 24:59 -39:14 – Truck platoons; Louisiana road funds; Oklahoma trains. 39:14-49:07 – Truck passenger rules; Crash Preventability Program.

Today we preview The Great American Trucking Show! We are joined by Tom Winters, Operations Manager for GATS, Emily Larson, Director of Marketing Operations, Suzanne Stempinski, Pride and Polish Organizer followed up by a special appearance with Linda Longton, Senior VP of Editorial for Randall-Reilly. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from the new APP, Location, Parking, Pride and Polish, Benefits, and Seminars to name a few.

Today on Overdrive Radio, much of a conversation I had with former owner-operator Scott Grenerth, with whom regular listeners will be familiar from his moderation of our parking-issues-related panel at the Great American Trucking Show in August 2018. Grenerth's currently with the Truck Specialized Parking Services company and is a former regulatory affairs director with OOIDA. At Mid-America last week, his company introduced a new parking-related resource in RigRest.com, a mobile-optimized search tool -- and more – for parking around the country. Most importantly, perhaps, Grenerth and company are working in a variety of ways to optimize and in some cases make newly available excess parking capacity for truckers of all stripes in partnership with fleet operators with available space, dedicated sites around warehouses under development, and others. Now to a certain extent, and hopefully more in future, Grenerth says RigRest.com will be an info and parking-reservation hub for truckers not only looking to park in chain truck stops but in a variety of nontraditional locations and independent stops all around the country. Also in the podcast: When the lights went out on FMCSA at MATS, and Grenerth's continuing work with the National Coalition on Truck Parking and around metro and county zoning and planning issues, advocacy and more.

In this Overdrive Radio edition we're talking truck parking with some of the insights on parking advocacy and brass-tacks on-highway planning delivered as part of the parking panel we hosted at the Great American Trucking Show in August. You probably saw Overdrive's James Jaillet's report on the panel in September, but this bit of audio gives you a window into the discussion, valuable for anyone I'd imagine who has to think hard about parking along their lanes. Most of you in this current post-ELD mandate environment, I'd wager. Voices include those of owner-ops Gary Buchs and Desiree Wood, moderator Scott Grenerth and Mike Johnson of the North Central Texas Council of Regional Governments. Also: what would you think about parking for a 10-hour break at a truck-dedicated, secure facility on the site of a NASCAR track? After the selected panel excerpts, you'll hear part of a conversation I had with a member of the audience at that panel, Houston-based Schneider National leased operator Rodny Ziolkowski, who proffered a novel idea for adding parking capacity in a variety of areas around the country –- the notion of partnering with race-track facilities to utilize suitable space there for the purpose.

Since being featured on the cover of Overdrive in February of 2013, Bolton, Mississippi-based owner-operator Andre Jackson in the last year has completed a more than five-year journey through adversity to success in business ownership with a business partner, Donte Ogletree of Atlanta, the two operating under their own authority with two power units as Midnight Express. In this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, Jackson tells what happened to him following his appearance on the magazine's cover when, five years ago the Friday prior to the Great American Trucking Show, he arrived that fateful day to load in and stage the truck for participation there. He had a massive heart attack, and nearly was lost. He's clawed back after two years of essentially losing most of his mobility and the very ability to take care of himself. Now, nearly 200 pounds lighter but no less driven, Jackson has a truly remarkable story to tell. Few stood by him in the years that followed but for his wife, Naomi Jackson, and as you'll hear, it's people like her that hold the world on their shoulders. No doubt about that.

This edition of Overdrive Radio rounds up three distinct parts of the Partners in Business seminars held last month at the Great American Trucking Show, with presentations by ATBS President Todd Amen, radio host and former small fleet owner-operator Kevin Rutherford, and Richard DeForest, also with ATBS and a longtime PIB presenter.  1) Amen begins with a quick take on current conditions in trucking relative to the wider economy and continues into the weeds with some valuable data against which you can compare your own for major tracked segments. 2) DeForest offers what amounts to an owner-operator version of business best practices for a solid foundation to prepare for what inevitably will come -- another economic downturn, often tough to weather for owner-operators in trucking -- to set up for success for the long-term and a comfortable retirement, pull out of a credit hole and other situations.  3) Rutherford runs through his philosophy on dealing with customer relationships -- and how, he believes, too many owner-ops create an impossible task in this department when dealing with just too many brokers. His thoughts on the broker as customer, direct-shipper relationships and much more dominated this talk, in part spurred on by lively discussions with members of the audience.

A run through Bill Weaver's new all-truckin' 'Burnin' the Old School Down' record, recorded in part with members of a band called the Stone Creek Four out of Kingsport, Tennessee, with whom Weaver performed three nights running at the Great American Trucking Show a couple weeks back now in Dallas. That's where we talked with him for this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, burning through a few of the tracks on the new record, complete with Weaver's own commentary on the genesis of many of the songs, and his hopes for the record. Find a 2016 talk with Weaver on the occasion of his first, 'Every Mile I Drive' record via this link: https://www.overdriveonline.com/podcast-take-a-run-through-the-stories-behind-bill-weavers-every-mile-i-drive/

We're still recovering from the Great American Trucking Show! Did you have the chance to experience GATS 2018? If not, we've got the whole show recapped with the help of correspondent Lenay. Troy breaks down the various attendees and vendors at one of the biggest trucking conferences in the nation! List of Interviewees: Helen Van Dam, Truckers Against Trafficking – https://truckersagainsttrafficking.org/ Jessica Rose, Driver Hope Zvara, Mother Trucker Yoga – https://www.mothertruckeryoga.com/ Peter Park, MiaSolé – http://miasole.com/ Laurence Gration, American Truck Historical Society – https://www.aths.org/ Related blogs on AllTruckJobs: https://www.alltruckjobs.com/blog/gats-2018-recap-alltruckjobs-takes-texas/ Connect with us! https://alltruckjobs.com/podcast/ https://www.alltruckjobs.com/

As it happened on Friday, Aug. 24, of the 2018 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, this week's Overdrive Radio podcast takes you through the music and people who were a part of the fifth annual Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search: emcee Tony Justice, opener and past talent search competitor Paul Marhoefer, and this year's entrants Benford "B.J." Williams, James Nelson, and winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro.

Tony Justice emcee'd the 2018 Trucker Talent Search, which happened August 24 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. He also performed this track from his "Brothers of the Highway" record, written with his wife, Misty.

This track, from Tony Justice's "Apple Pie Moonshine" record, was one of two Tony Justice performed while emcee'ing the 2018 Trucker Talent Search at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas while the judges worked.

Accelerated, Inc., driver James Nelson live from the Trucker Talent Search at 2018's Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

LaVergne, Tenn.-based Ryder Integrated Logistics driver B.J. Williams live from the Trucker Talent Search, which happened August 24 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

Driver Q&A and the Great American Trucking Show by Crete Carrier

In this Overdrive Radio special editor, you'll hear a little more directly from each of this year's Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finalists – Mandi Jo Pinheiro, James Nelson and B.J. Williams, all of whom were interviewed by Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley in advance of the final competition. That will take place Friday, Aug. 24, at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. For those attending the show, don't miss it –- it's scheduled for a 3 p.m. start on the America Strong Stage in Hall A at the Dallas Convention Center. For general information on attending GATS, including how to get registered and full schedules and the like, visit truckshow.com.

This special episode of Big Rig Banter covers The Great American Trucking Show (GATS) in Dallas, Texas. The Great American Trucking Show is the largest trucking show in the nation, and it features everything from new transportation technology to trucker lifestyles. The episode features interviews from show-goers, as well as several exclusive interviews from people involved with the show!   List of Interviewees: Rachel Falkenroth from TrackFive Todd McCann from The Trucker Dump Podcast Suzanne Stepenski – Overdrive's Pride and Polish Daniel Serowitz – Cofounder of Dock411 Emily Larson – Director of Event Services for GATS Other show-goers   Related blogs on AllTruckJobs: 4 Things to Look Forward to at GATS 2017 5 Things I Learned at GATS   Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter

In this special edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills walks you back to the 2017 Trucker Talent Search event at the Great American Trucking Show, for a run through the series of performances, from Bill Weaver introductory tune through competitors Michael Lochmiller, Terrance "Jake Brake Junkie" Mathis, and Richard Woods. Finally, host Tony Justice played two tracks from his "Stars, Stripes and White Lines" record, out earlier this summer.

Las Vegas-based Michael Lochmiller's Trucker Talent Search competition performance at the Great American Trucking Show. "Hitch your wagon" is a Lochmiller original.

Jake Brake Junkie Terrance Mathis performs a parody of Jerry Reed's "She got the goldmine" as part of the Trucker Talent Search competition at the Great American Trucking Show.

Owner-operator Richard Woods' winning original, a tune written for his grandfather, in the 2017 Trucker Talent Search at the Great American Trucking Show.

Owner-operator Richard Woods earned his spot in this year's Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search with a cover of the famous John Denver tune, "Country Road." He's one of three finalists in the talent search, coming to a close with a final winner Friday, August 25, at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Woods is an owner-operator hauling rail containers, largely, and lives in Hickory Flat, Mississippi. Following (and above), hear a little from his music, and Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley talks with Woods about his musical history, trucking and more.

This edition of Overdrive Radio spotlights one of our three Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finalists, set battle it out Friday, August 25, at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley talks here with Rockford, Illinois, resident and Kloeckner metals driver Terrance Mathis. Mathis is the man responsible for the great Johnny Paycheck parody you'll hear a little of here, which earned his spot in the talent search.

THURSDAY 6PM ET 347-826-9170 Trucker Health at GATS- Rig without Cigs-MATS2GATS-GutHealth Once against the Great American Trucking Show, #GATS, focuses on "the driver". A key element of the focus continues to be truck driver health.  Along with the well know Health Pavilion which offer free screenings and mammograms for drivers, comes an emphasis to aid drivers with many of their health issues and difficulties, including, smoking, weight, physical fitness, emotional wellbeing, and the all-around importance of Gut Health. Our first of 3 guests tonight is Julie Dillon, Communication and Wellness Manager at St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund /  This year Julie brings to drivers the "Rigs Without Cigs" program offered to drivers and their families to help them kick the nicotine habit. So many drivers need help from the habit and addiction and St Chris is offering all kinds of help to them! Pre-registration begins August 1st. - register online at  Rigs without Cigs Registration. Tom Kyrk of Road Tested Living is the Chairman of the MATS2GATS fitness challenge this year and will also be on stage at the Health Pavilion performing his popular cooking demos. Carolyn O'Byrne of LifeCoachService.net makes her 3rd appearance. Carolyn is truckings' Live Coach and is the author of “Gut Instinct”. Carolyn will be unveiling “Gut Instinct” on Audio CD at GATS 2017. She'll also be presenting at the Health Pavilion Julie, Tom and Carolyn continue to be a driving force at GATS when it comes to Truck Driver Health.

Owner-operators have a distinct advantage over company drivers in manipulating conditions toward better income, and that's cost management, says ATBS' Richard DeForest in this presentation, delivered at the Aug. 26, 2016 Overdrive/ATBS Partners in Seminar at the Great American Trucking Show. DeForest also laid out his case that the much-talked-about "driver shortage" issue is not a shortage at all, a subject also covered in-depth in Overdrive earlier this year: http://www.overdriveonline.com/the-driver-shortage-alarm/

Will Perry's "Coast to Coast" was the first trucking-related song the Wayne Transportation driver ever wrote, and here he well delivers it to the crowd out at the Trucker Talent Search all-stars performance Aug. 27 at the 2016 Great American Trucking Show. Blessed with a dynamic tenor voice honed over many years, Perry's got a record under his belt and, as of this performance, was at work on another. Find more about him via his website: http://willperryband.com/

Paul Marhoefer's performance at the Great American Trucking Show in 2016 followed on the heels of two night rounds of shows with Bill Weaver at Fair Park in the hospitality area of the truck-parking lot for the event -- likewise release of Marhoefer's "Old Black Epiphone" record. Read more about the album and part of its recording at Muscle Shoals Music with Alabama session players via this report from Spring 2016: http://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-paul-marhoefer-live-from-muscle-shoals-music-studio/

At the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas Saturday, Aug. 27, Keith Snyder's performance built on his prior-day run through his original "Walking the Alligators" in the Trucker Talent Search competition. Read more about the Minn.-based reefer-hauling independent owner-operator and songwriter via this link to the Eric Harley's Red Eye Radio interview with him: http://www.overdriveonline.com/walkin-with-grace-the-red-eye-radio-interview-with-trucker-talent-search-finalist-keith-snyder/

Knoxville-area-based Jason Lee Wilson delivered this performance on the final day on the 2016 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. It followed his live rendition of his own "Truck Stop Betty" the prior day during the Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search competition, which he won. Also played here is his "From Lynchburg to Nashville" original song, including on his "Big Gun" 2010 record, available via this link: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Gun-Jason-Lee-Wilson/dp/B005UGX8US

In spite of the softness of the freight market at the midpoint of 2016, owner-operators' income has actually tracked upward on average, says Todd Amen, ATBS President, in this podcast from the Overdrive/ATBS Partners in Business seminars at the Great American Trucking Show. More insights from ATBS' analysis of its 10s of thousands of owner-operator client business performance in this podcast.

Live from the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, trucker and singer-songwriter Tony Justice delivered this performance Aug. 26, 2016, to an appreciative crowd made up primarily of truckers attending the Great American Trucking Show. It included the live debut of his "Stars, Stripes and White Lines" patriotic anthem, planned for release with his next record. To hear samples from his last, the 2016-released "Brothers of the Highway," check out this Overdrive Radio interview with him: http://www.overdriveonline.com/podcast-tony-justices-brothers-of-the-highway-the-trucking-brotherhood-reinforced/

"If I write a song, it ends up setting the stage for the path I take later on" often enough, says Jason Lee Wilson in this interview with Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley in advance of the RER/Overdrive Trucker Talent Search, happening later this week at the Great American Trucking Show. Having grown up around trucks and truckers in Monteagle, Tenn., Wilson wrote the "Lynchburg to Nashville" song that was the track in the talent search that got him to this point, in part about a friend's regular run with whisky barrels for export on the route in the title. Read more about Wilson via http://www.overdriveonline.com/trucker-talent-search-finalist-jason-lee-wilson-trapped-in-the-gears/

Health Pavilion at GATS 2016 focuses on Trucker Wellness Thursday Aug 4th 6PM ET 347-826-9170 For the 2nd year in the row, the Trucking Solutions Group (TSG) joins truckings finest to bring quality health information, products, and services to professional drivers at the GATS Health and Wellnes Pavilion. The Lanstar Health and Wellness Pavilion once again combines efforts and organized partnership with the Trucking Solutions Group and will prove to be even bigger and better than last years event! Join us as we have as our special guest Rick Ash, Chairman of the Trucking Solutions Group, along with TSG member Les Willis of Godspeed Expediters, LLC. The Great American Trucking Show ~AUGUST 25-27 ~2016 Dallas, Texas TSG will be conducting their sixth annual blood drive in partnership with Carter Blood Care and their third annual bone marrow donor registry drive in partnership with Make It Happen USA. New this year is sleep apnea screening with Dr. John McElligott and the St. Christopher Fund as well as DOT physicals for $59 being conducted by our new friends at AccuScreen. Another favorite~ 5K road race out at the truck parking lot with free shuttle service to and from the convention center. GATS Concert Featuring John Michael Montgomery with Tony Justice Opening Act When: Friday | Aug 26 | 5:30 p.m. Where: Ballroom D

2014 Trucker Talent Search competitor Brad James warmed up the 2015 crowd at the Great American Trucking Show with his trucking-themed version of "Dock of the Bay"... "I've been sitting at the dock all day, wasting time..."

Paul Marhoefer's "Jacksonville" takes the point of view of a trucker nearing the end of his career and requesting that final dispatch. Marhoefer got the competition heated up as the first performer among the three finalists at the Great American Trucking Show. Based in Indiana, he drives for Moeller Trucking. Read more about him at this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/looking-forward-to-a-musical-good-time-trucker-talent-search-finalist-paul-marhoefer/

Speaking in the GATS Theater at the 2015 Great American Trucking Show's Saturday edition of the Overdrive/ATBS Partners in Business seminar, Trucking Business and Beyond host, small fleet owner and longtime owner-operator business consultant Kevin Rutherford took questions and spoke over a few hours, emphasizing the importance of ongoing education to business success. There's a field of veritable diamonds lurking in the cab of most every owner-operator's truck, he noted. Find more about his talk at this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/kevin-rutherford-reveals-owner-operators-most-oft-overlooked-and-untapped-resource/

It was a big night Friday, Aug. 28, at the Great American Trucking Show for singer-songwriter and Everhart Transportation driver Tony Justice. Following two widely well-received albums of trucking songs (On the Road, Apple Pie Moonshine) and performances over the years at a variety of shows, Justice's first show on the big stage at GATS, opening for one of his musical heroes, John Anderson, was a special occasion indeed. Between his second and third songs, Justice asked all the drivers in the crowded house to stand. They clearly made up a sizable majority of attendees in the hall. "From one trucker to another I want to thank you guys for what you all do," Justice said. "I just want you guys and gals to know one thing. If it wasn't for you men and women who sacrifice your times with your family, your home and your friends to sit behind that wheel to keep this country rolling, none of this would be happening here in Dallas."

Tune in "Live" from the 2015 Great American Trucking Show as co-host Donna Smith, representing Trucking Social Media at GATS this year, brings us the highlights from the LANDSTAR "Fit for the Road" Health and Wellness Pavilion. Call-in guests include: Carolyn O'Byrne from Life Coach Service, TruckerPath: the popular mobile app for drivers. Also, Urgent Care Travel, Tough Tested, Trucking Solutions Group, Desiree Wood, Tony Justice and the list keeps growing! Saturday, August 29th: 2 PM Eastern Time.

Personal history has driven country singer-songwriter and Smokey Point Distributing driver Nate Moran from the get-go. His father unexpectedly passed when he was a boy, and music became his way of coping. "Nate picked up a guitar 'to keep my mind right,'" he says in a profile on the website of the Daseke company. He talks about this and more with Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio ahead of his performance August 28, 2015 at the Trucker Talent Search competition at the Great American Trucking Show. Find more about him at this link: http://www.overdriveonline.com/three-singing-truckers-head-to-dallas/

Join us Saturday 8/8/15 6PM ET as we unveil some of the best highlights going on at the Great American Trucking Show going on in Dallas Texas Aug 27-29 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. This years Truck Show displays much of its focus where it should be, around the professional driver! Here are few of our scheduled guests who will be calling in to share their highlights with us; Rick Ash, chairman of the Trucking Solutions Group (TSG), who leads the charge over at the Landstar Fit for the Road Health Pavilion. Listen to the details of the FREE Health Screening offered to drivers.  Read more   Also scheduled from TSG is Linda Caffee, owner operator with Landstar, and Les Willis, Owner of God Speed Expeditors. Tom Kyrk, founder of Road Tested Living will also share his extensive involvement. We are thrilled to also have on the show this year, Julie Dillon, of The Saint Christopher Fund who will discuss the “Driven to be Healthy Challenge” This is a 6-month challenge with 2 categories for both monthly and overall winners. The challenge runs August 27 – February 27 and it will all begin at #GATS. If you’re directly involved with GATS this year and would like to share your participation details with us, we invite you to join in on the conversation. 347-826-9170

Have you ever had an idea you thought would be GAME CHANGING? Have you ever thought about a product a business you would launch if you just had $5,000.00? Well, Matt Manero and his colleagues are giving you an opportunity to present your idea at TRUCK TANK! Truck Tank will be held at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, TX.

Take a tour with Overdrive's Todd Dills through performances by Trucker Talent Search emcee Tony Justice, contestants Brad James and Jennie Simpson, and the ultimate winner, Keith Sampson. The inaugural Trucker Talent Search finale was held on the Red Eye Radio stage outside the main entrance to the Great American Trucking Show floor Friday, Aug. 22, as the show was ending for the day.

Kevin Rutherford, speaking at the Overdrive/ATBS Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show, emphasized the difference between detail-heavy business tactics and what many owner-operators clearly need, defined goals and mission that amount to a clear strategy. Put the latter in place, he notes, and finding tactics to help achieve it should be much easier.

"Life is good" for owner-operators, says ATBS' Todd Amen at the end of this podcast, part of Amen's presentation during the first hour of the 2014 Overdrive/ATBS Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Amen presented the latest in revenue/income averages and trends from ATBS' owner-operator clients, which continue to follow what's been happening over a decade now. Better income on fewer miles.

Can’t make it to GATS this year? No problem, Truth About Trucking "Live" is bringing it to you! Among some of our scheduled callers tonight are singer songwriter and Emcee of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, Tony Justice; Finalist of Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search, Brad James; Country recording artist and Highway Angel program spokesperson Lindsay Lawler; Overdrive’s 2014 Most Beautiful winner,Emily Weymouth and Kylla Leeburg, Deputy Director at Truckers Against Trafficking. Others expected to call in, sharing the GATS 2014 experience are: Tom Kyrk of the Trucking Solutions Group, Christina Schnese of Make It Happen USA, James Lamb of SBTC, Dr. Pamela Thomas for the Truckers Rolling Against Hep-C Campaign, and whoever gets pulled into the show as they walk by! Come join the conversation as Truth About Trucking "LIVE" takes you "inside" GATS 2014 with some of the biggest names in Trucking Social Media.

Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley interviewed Tony Justice recently about the Trucker Talent Search program at the Great American Trucking Show, as well as his recent efforts with his own music. Justice will host and perform as part of the GATS event.

Do you know what you want to achieve but have trouble getting there? In the podcast below, Overdrive columnist and trucking radio host Kevin Rutherford tells owner-operators how they can improve their business and personal lives. He explains how owner-operators can set goals and take the first steps toward completing them, even while driving over-the-road. This message continues an earlier one about establishing tactics and strategies. Rutherford, a former owner-operator and now a small fleet owner, presented this at an Overdrive Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show. Partners in Business is sponsored by Firestone, Ryder Vehicle Systems and Shell Rotella. It's produced by Overdrive and financial services provider ATBS