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Custom Rigs
Owner-operator John Treadway's 'Teal Appeal' 1998 Peterbilt 379
Treadway's rig is painted in Harley Davidson's Frosted Teal color to match his 2017 Harley Ultra Classic. He showed the truck at MATS this past March in Louisville, Kentucky.
June 5, 2025
Partners in Business
Fickle freight on spot load boards can't build the customer base for you
Too many truckers rely solely on big broker boards as a primary source for freight, leaving owners at the mercy of fast spot market fluctuations. It can to lead to short-term thinking and inconsistent revenue.
June 4, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Knowing what 'might' work isn't enough: How four owner-ops learn from biz failures
The owner-operator brain trust that is the Trucking Solutions Group lent us a window into their decades of combined experience at MATS in a panel discussion called "Failing! ... to Succeed," acknowledging there's a whole heck of a lot all of us learn from our own, and others', failures.
June 2, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Honoring a father's legacy with Tim Eacret of EZ Pete Interiors
There are some dads who, in not giving their children everything they’d like materially, wind up giving them something of far greater value. That describes the father of Tim Eacret, proprietor of truck-upholstery specialist EZ Pete Interiors, who honors his dad's legacy in this week's Overdrive Radio.
May 26, 2025
Custom Rigs
'Showoff' 1979 Peterbilt 359 pull truck tuned up to 1,250 hp
Owner Greg Graham competes in truck pulls with the high-powered unit, which has been customized as a rolling tribute to his daughter's late mother, who passed away after battling cancer in 2012.
May 22, 2025
Custom Rigs
'Pretty good life' for Gary Jones' short-hood '79 Peterbilt 359
Truck show mainstay Gary Jones, owner of SPB Trucking, showed off his latest build at MATS 2025 -- a 1979 Peterbilt 359 day cab with just 630K original miles, and a rare sight among Jones' trucks, which often sport custom big bunks.
May 15, 2025
Custom Rigs
Every smart mod to Trucker of the Year's 4M-mile 1995 KW T600
With 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber's long career coming to a close and his long-running T600 up for sale, this video look at the rig's modifications show his prioritization of efficiency, increased comfort and durability. Also: His custom dashcam solution, dating back to 2013.
May 8, 2025
Custom Rigs
Up close with Tony Justice's newly-custom Bennett 2006 'Purgatory' Peterbilt 379
Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber caught up with trucker and country singer-songwriter Tony Justice at MATS to talk about this recently-customized 2006 Peterbilt 379, a big part of Justice's trucking career.
May 1, 2025
Custom Rigs
Owner-op's '24 Pete 389 radiates hot-rod vibes
North Carolina-based Brandon Smith picked up a second-place trophy at the Mid-America Trucking Show with his custom 389, built with 12 Ga. Customs and MBH Trucking.
April 24, 2025
Partners in Business
Truck-spec, goal-setting lessons from two decades as an owner
In the annual PIB conversation with Red Eye Radio at MATS, longtime owner-operator and
Overdrive
contributor Gary Buchs detailed an "a-ha moment" with this career retrospective: what his peers had to say about his purchase of the Freightliner Century he drove for two decades --
"It's a fleet truck!"
April 23, 2025
Custom Rigs
MATS when the sun goes down: Show trucks built to shine
Catch views of the annual PKY Light Show from the 2025 Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 22, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Truck drivers' English-language proficiency and the inspection problem, other issues
The importance of English-language proficiency regs when it comes to inspections, flagged in this Overdrive Radio edition by OOIDA's Lewie Pugh and others. Said Pugh of inspectors: "They’re not getting under a truck with somebody that doesn’t speak English. I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t, either."
April 21, 2025
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