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Regulations

California reignites driverless-truck ban | FMCSA lease-purchase task force wants your input

After being vetoed by Gov. Newsom at the finish line last year, California lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to require a human operator in autonomous trucks. Also: FMCSA wants to hear driver lease-purchase experiences; KAG expands with acquisition.

February 15, 2024

Partners in Business

Owner-operator survival strategies, tactics to thrive in a down market

Join Overdrive and ATBS for the annual Partners in Business seminar at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville on March 22 at 2:45 p.m., this year with emphasis on pulling through the tough freight markets.

February 14, 2024

Life

The Steel Woods, Tony Justice to feature in MATS concert

Trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice will kick things off Friday night at the Mid-America Trucking Show in March. Also: Sheetz opening new truck-friendly location off I-95 in North Carolina; Bestpass "Toll Genius" now available in Geotab system.

February 9, 2024

Maintenance

Lease-purchase task force zeroes in on restrictive maintenance covenants

In worst cases, lessee truck operators are set up to fail. In its third meeting, FMCSA's task force examined impacts of restrictive maintenance terms in truck lease-purchases. The panel also planned for a potential meeting/public forum at MATS in March.

January 23, 2024

Overdrive Extra

A tribute to Glenn 'Pillsbury' Hensley -- his well-preserved personal 1984 Pete 359

A. Hensley Livestock Dispatch and Consulting owner Andrea Hensley pays tribute to her legendary small fleet owner father in conversation with Long Haul Paul -- and gets a look with all of us at the spectacular restoration of the 359.

January 5, 2024

Custom Rigs

MATS hosting invitation-only 'Big Rig Build-Off'

Show organizers say the build-off is a “special ‘elite builders only’ class” at the event. It will pit “four of the industry’s most talented and innovative builders in a winner-takes-all competition."

December 19, 2023

Overdrive Radio

'Chicken house closed, locked up, nobody home' | Introducing Hope Zvara and 'Trucking Yoga'

Is it possible to get through the Roadcheck inspection blitz without passing a single open scale? Flatbed independent Mike "Mustang" Crawford points the way. Long Haul Paul's talk with Zvara details the quality-of-life benefits of basic movement.

May 19, 2023

Overdrive Extra

More ways to vet brokers to combat fraud, double brokering

Double brokering and other fraud in spot freight transactions is dragging down rates through misrepresentation/skimming, and in some cases outright theft. At MATS, yet another tool in the arsenal emerged.

April 18, 2023

Custom Rigs

‘Big Bird’ ’57 Pete spreads its wings

During the six-month rebuild, Ronnie Jordan and company tore it down to the frame, sandblasted the frame, added new fenders, tanks, step boxes, headache rack and new stacks, in addition to plenty of chrome.

June 20, 2019

Custom Rigs

Trucker’s ‘Excessive Behavior’ yields one-of-a-kind 1999 Peterbilt 379

Lawson, Missouri-based owner-operator Gary Jones wanted to do something with his 1999 Peterbilt 379 EXHD that hasn’t been done before. That desire resulted in the airbrushed smoky flames that cover his rig and trailer.

May 23, 2019

Custom Rigs

2018 Pete 389 a ‘Touch of Class from the Past’

Warren Hartman said he always wanted an older truck but never could find exactly what he was looking for, so he decided to buy a glider and give it the old-school features he wants.

May 9, 2019

Custom Rigs

Custom-built 1980 Peterbilt 359

Dave Tompkins out of Scranton, Pennsylvania, had this custom Peterbilt built by Kevin Love of Stretch Customs out of Wingham, Ontario. While not a trucker now, Tompkins has always had a love of trucks and wanted to have one to take to truck shows.

April 25, 2019