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Business
Get owner-op business tips during Partners in Business seminars at GATS
Four PIB seminars will be held at GATS. Todd Amen and Richard DeForest with business services provider ATBS will present the first two seminars on Friday, Aug. 24, and Kevin Rutherford with Let’s Truck will host the two seminars on Saturday, Aug. 25.
July 17, 2018
Business
TBS Factoring helping drivers apply for authority at GATS
TBS will be in Booth No. 1644 at the show helping drivers apply for MC/DOT numbers and BOC-3 authorities, waiving its normal service fee. Drivers will still be required to pay the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s $300 permanent authority fee.
July 13, 2018
Business
Free truck parking available for August’s Great American Trucking Show
Some amenities that will be offered at the truck parking lot include a shower trailer and basic truck maintenance services provided by TA-Petro, a food truck, live music, pet grooming and more.
July 11, 2018
Trucker Talent Search
Overdrive announces Trucker Talent Search finalists who will compete live at GATS
James Nelson, Mandi Jo Pinheiro and B.J. Williams were selected by a panel of judges. The competition culminates with a live contest at GATS. Details here.
July 3, 2018
Business
Registration open for 2018 Great American Trucking Show
This year's annual event will be held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. Register today and mark your calendars for the end of August.
June 14, 2018
Trucker Talent Search
Trucker Talent Search’s Ken Freeman dedicates original song ‘Hold On’ to his wife
Ken Freeman has 28 years of experience in the trucking industry and happened to fall into a lead vocalist position in a cover band in the early 90s.
June 9, 2018
Trucker Talent Search
Trucker Talent Search’s Cody Brunner has been singing since he could talk
Hailing from Warsaw, IN, trucker Cody Brunner has been singing since he could talk and plays various instruments. Listen to him play today on Overdrive.
June 8, 2018
Pride & Polish
2017 GATS Best of Show, Working Combo: Two circles, five awards
The rehab project on the ’96 Kenworth W900, originally painted blue, included rebuilding the engine, adding a new transmission, cutting and stretching the frame, doing the paint job and more.
October 23, 2017
Pride & Polish
2017 GATS Best of Show, Builders Class: Puzzle comes together for autism theme
Of the nearly 2,000 puzzle pieces on the custom-built rig, some are welded into the cab floor and the deck plate, as well as on the wheels. He says more than 600 man-hours went into the welding of the floor and deck plate alone.
October 20, 2017
Pride & Polish
2017 GATS Best of Show, Limited Mileage Combo: Striking look for viper red KW
The custom interior features shag carpeting and a mini-disco ball hanging in the large studio sleeper. Also inside are more than 800 buttons in the upholstery, each of which had to be sanded, primed, painted and clear-coated viper red to match the rest of the rig.
October 18, 2017
Pride & Polish
2017 GATS Best of Show winner, Working Bobtail: ‘Poison Ivy’ gets stripes right
The rig’s striping was originally dark green, so he had it restriped by Thunder Grafix in Joplin to make the bright green pop even more. He also had the cab lights and sleeper lights shaved down, and flush bullet lights were installed.
October 17, 2017
Custom Rigs
Brandon Avant and his Pete 389 ‘Mistress’
Brandon Avant spent so much time with this 2010 Peterbilt 389 during the two years it took to turn the rig into a championship-contending show truck, his wife Melissa had to give the truck its nickname, “The Mistress.”
September 21, 2017
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