Overdrive StaffPartners in BusinessOwner-op biz planning is everything when trucking hits the famine of a down cycleBy budgeting for downturns with routine emergency savings, tracking costs per day and per mile, and making disciplined decisions about fuel efficiency and load choice, effective planners not only stayed in business during the long downturn. Many increased take-home income, even in the 2024 freight-rates famine.June 25, 2025RegulationsTrucking org challenges California's authority to enforce OEM partnershipThe 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, 2025Reader RigsDywana Miller's 2013 Kenworth T660 hauls doors, machineryThe trucking veteran says the truck is "one of the best-running trucks" she's driven in her 43 years on the road.June 24, 2025Custom RigsKenworth celebrates history with 4th annual paradeTrucks spanning more than 100 years of Kenworth history participated in the Kenworth Truck Parade in Chillicothe, Ohio. Also: Semi-truck uphill drag races coming to Ohio; Relay Payments expands into truck service, repair and maintenance payments; Truck Parking Club rolling mobile access controls for gated lots.June 20, 2025RegulationsTrucker's turn-lane collision with errant school bus: Preventable or not?A city school bus driver started to turn left next to trucker John Doe's rig but didn’t turn sharply enough and moved partially into Doe’s lane. Doe stopped dead, sounding his horn, to no avail ... Blammo! Was the accident preventable on Doe's part? Find out here.June 20, 2025Reader Rigs2001 Peterbilt 379 is 'pride' of Top Notch Transport small fleetOwner 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, 2025LifeRockslides shut down I-40 | Texas crash data leak tops 300K reportsA rockslide in Tennessee near where Hurricane Helene damaged the interstate could close I-40 for two more weeks. Also: Texas crash records compromised, potentially exposing personal information; Iowa police call out speeding hotshotter.June 19, 2025RegulationsUnannounced brake inspection blitz sidelines 400 trucks | Renewed HOS waiver for heavy-specialized haulersInspectors 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, 2025Reader RigsMissouri logger's 1991 Peterbilt 378Niangua, 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, 2025BusinessDiesel prices back on the rise, spot rates flat to mixedSince hitting a nearly 4-year low earlier this month, diesel's up 12 cents nationwide, with spot rates flat to mixed. Also: Ohio couple who owned trucking companies pleaded guilty to pandemic loan fraud charges.June 17, 2025Previous PagePage 11 of 1654Next PageTop StoriesCustom RigsPride, Class, 50-plus remarkable rigs: Owners honored in Pete paradeThe 8th annual Peterbilt Pride & Class Parade was held Oct. 17 at the town square in downtown Denton, Texas, home to Peterbilt Motors Company and its truck manufacturing plant. The event helps raise money for the local United Way chapter.Overdrive RadioTaking control: Owner-op cost and revenue, income, wider trucking trendsRegulationsCalifornia says English tests at roadside for truck drivers not needed after $40M DOT penaltyCustom Rigs'Dressed to the Nines': 2023 Peterbilt 389 spec'd for excavation heavy haulFeatured SponsorJBL Live Beam 3 - Slim, sleek, and impossibly modern earbuds and Smart Charging Case - Audio Evolution You Can See and Hear
