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FTC's 'junk fees' rule could protect trucking from predatory towing
The FTC's "junk fees" regulation is in effect, and it could help truckers make a strong case against some instances of predatory towing and inflated invoices otherwise, two legal experts advise.
July 4, 2025
Custom Rigs
Oversize-haul owner-op's 'clean and simple' 2020 Peterbilt 389
Texas-based Thomas Milstead, leased to SPB Trucking, hauls mostly high and wide platform freight with his custom 2020 Peterbilt 389. He bought the truck new in 2019.
July 3, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Gear
New Yokohama drive tire offers improved fuel efficiency
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The new tire offers a seven-year unlimited retread casing warranty and is available in four sizes: 295/75R22.5, 11R22.5, 285/75R24.5 and 11R24.5.
July 3, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Owner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deck
Owner-op Kevin Bruns raced his 2019 LoneStar in this past weekend's Semi Stampede at Kuhnle Motorsports Park in Ohio. With his authority today, Bruns pulls a step deck after several years of local dump truck ownership and work around quarries and construction sites in the Nashville, Tennessee, region.
July 1, 2025
Equipment
Used-truck market rife with uncertainty
Unknowns around tariffs, emissions regulations and other factors have created uncertainty in the used-truck market, according to analysts. The good news? Retail used-truck sales prices have returned to near pre-COVID levels.
June 30, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Sharp new glider additions to Rissler small fleet underscore driver, family value
Walk through two new glider additions to Small Fleet Champ Paul Rissler Transportation, a 2016 flattop Pete and a 2019 studio-sleeper outfitted KW picked up for Wes Martin's wife, Bev, to accompany the longtime Rissler driver OTR.
June 26, 2025
Equipment
'Brand new' Anthem reintroduced as Mack's regional haul truck
Next-generation Mack Anthem has better maneuverability and is 10% more fuel efficient for regional fleets.
June 25, 2025
Regulations
Trucking org challenges California's authority to enforce OEM partnership
The Western States Trucking Association believes CARB didn't follow proper state procedures with its Clean Truck Partnership with trucking OEMs and cannot continue to require manufacturers to meet now-revoked regulations. Also: Senate intros axle-weight variance bill for dry-bulk haulers; new electric truck charging depot coming to Port of Oakland.
June 24, 2025
Reader Rigs
Dywana Miller's 2013 Kenworth T660 hauls doors, machinery
The trucking veteran says the truck is "one of the best-running trucks" she's driven in her 43 years on the road.
June 24, 2025
Regulations
Fleet owner charged for allegedly operating illegal chameleon carriers | Former Yellow-owned pup trailers recalled
The Houston-based owner allegedly conspired with friends and family to manage and control multiple trucking companies after being ordered not to do so by a federal court and the FMCSA. Also: Vanguard pup trailers recalled; hazmat enforcement blitz in Arizona nets 660 violations.
June 23, 2025
Reader Rigs
2001 Peterbilt 379 is 'pride' of Top Notch Transport small fleet
Owner Patrick White noted that while the truck wasn't the matriarch of his small, West Virginia-based fleet, it has become the pride of the fleet.
June 20, 2025
Custom Rigs
Rare 190-inch Double Eagle sleeper rides on custom '96 International
Pennsylvania-based Jesse Shirey found the truck three years ago sitting by a barn surrounded by weeds. With his wife and father, Shirey rebuilt the rig from the ground up, inside and out.
June 19, 2025
Regulations
Unannounced brake inspection blitz sidelines 400 trucks | Renewed HOS waiver for heavy-specialized haulers
Inspectors across North America conducted more than 4,500 inspections on April 22 and put 398 trucks out-of-service for brakes-related violations. Also: FMCSA renews HOS waiver for oversize/overweight haulers; $1.4 million in video game consoles stolen from truck; Texas police find 25 being smuggled in box truck.
June 18, 2025
Partners in Business
A tool to help assess truck market value for purchase, sale, insurance purposes
Every truck buyer, likewise every seller, should embrace some sense of reality to avoid costly missteps. Use this tool from Overdrive sister company Price Digests to get a good assessment of current market value for any truck model.
June 18, 2025
Reader Rigs
Missouri logger's 1991 Peterbilt 378
Niangua, Missouri-based Charlie McClain has owned and operated this 1991 Peterbilt 378 as part of his McClain Farms and Logging business for 25 years. Submit your truck to
Overdrive
's Reader Rigs gallery here.
June 17, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Visual tour, impressions of the ATHS 2025 National Convention
Overdrive 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber offers this window on the ATHS National Convention, held last week, June 4-6, in Madison, Wisconsin, and featuring 850-plus trucks from all along the past century and more.
June 13, 2025
Regulations
California fires back at Trump, doubles down on emissions regs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order calling for further advancements of the state's clean vehicle transition and development of the next generation of emissions-related policy. Also: Overhaul warns of driving through protest-affected areas; CAT Scale app now supports spread-axle weighs.
June 13, 2025
Regulations
Trump signs resolutions to ‘kill’ California’s emissions waivers
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two trucking-related congressional resolutions that end the California Air Resources Board’s electric truck sales mandates and strict emissions standards.
June 12, 2025
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