Matt ColeMatt Cole is the News Editor for CCJ and Overdrive. Reach him at [email protected].Custom Rigs'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after restoDon Emmons started his trucking career in 1979 in a Freightliner cabover and had been looking for one for a long time. He found this one and bought it last fall, and fixed it up to put it to work as part of his Emmons and Sons LLC business.July 11, 2024RegulationsHeated debate over recommendations for improving underride guard regulationA biennial report from the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection, not yet final, shows big division among committee members, yet offers a bevy of recommendations for regulators to improve safety in underride crashes involving trucks.July 9, 2024EquipmentEPA 2027 diesel emissions regs: Class 8 truck price hikes in the offingHow high could new-truck prices go? Findings from Overdrive's early-2024 reader survey and analysis of past EPA emissions changes prove instructive, as the latest emissions regs loom.July 8, 2024Custom RigsMATS 'Build-Off' winner: Immaculate '24 Peterbilt 389 built with old-school styleA detailed look at the custom build from the team at Davis Bros. Designs team that MATS judges deemed the best of the three competing in the Big Rig Build-Off back in March.July 4, 2024RegulationsCongress doubles down, insisting EPA roll back Phase 3 GHG ruleMore than 150 members of the House and Senate on Tuesday sent a letter to the EPA Administrator urging the Biden Administration to overturn the rule that was finalized earlier this year.July 2, 2024RegulationsFunding bill says no to truck speed limiters, yes to truck parkingA U.S. House appropriations subcommittee will meet Thursday to discuss FY 2025 DOT funding legislation, which currently includes a block on any speed limiter mandate and $200M appropriated for new truck parking projects.June 26, 2024RegulationsClaims trailer rear-impact guard standards are 'inadequate and dangerous' shot down by NHTSANHTSA denies a petition to reconsider rear impact guard standards put forward by advocacy groups outside trucking; Also: New bill looks to establish cargo theft task force; California EV charging grants opening soon.June 26, 2024BusinessOperational costs for carriers rose in 2023 despite lower fuel costsFuel costs saw one of the biggest year-over-year changes in 2023 from 2022, falling 8.8 cents per mile. Despite this, per-mile operational costs were up slightly from 2022 to $2.27 per mile.June 25, 2024Overdrive RadioNew book examines FBI initiative investigating truck-driving serial killersFormer FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi recently published a new book diving into the FBI's Highway Serial Killings Initiative, where the bureau has seen 850 murders it believes were committed by truck drivers over decades.June 24, 2024BusinessHow mostly owner-op fleet K&J Trucking became the 'Best Fleet to Drive For'Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based K&J Trucking was named the Overall Best Fleet to Drive For in the small carrier category by CarriersEdge earlier this year. The 83% owner-operator fleet thrives with focus on success of its contractors.June 21, 2024Page 1 of 165Next PageTop StoriesPride & PolishLet your truck shine -- enter Overdrive's annual Pride & PolishThe entry period for the annual competition is now open through August 18. The five categories for the contest are: Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Limited Mileage/Show, Antique and Interior.Overdrive Radio4 million miles of increasing efficiency for owner-op's 1995 Kenworth T600Equipment'Long-haul with natural gas' possible: Tour new Cummins X15NCustom Rigs'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after restoEquipmentEPA's Diesel Emissions Regulations: Truck pricing, reliability impacts over two decades