James JailletJames Jaillet was Randall-Reilly's executive editor of trucking, focusing on coverage of business and regulatory updates and trucking industry trends for the Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdrive, until the Spring of 2021.Trucker Talent SearchCalifornia trucker Nate Moran wins Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search contestTruck operator Nate Moran was named the winner of the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s 2015 Trucker Talent Search Aug. 28, following a sing-off style competition and voting by a panel of four judges at The Great American Trucking Show.August 28, 2015Pride & PolishPhotos: Pride & Polish show rigs in the thick of 2015 GATS competitionA look below at some of the working show rigs competing in the 2015 Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish contest.August 28, 2015Pride & PolishLil’ Ray raises bar on interior truck design with Pride & Polish competitor ‘Wicked’The new interior design now melds the the truck’s cab and sleeper with that of the outside, a continuation of the same stone castle theme of from the truck’s exterior.August 28, 2015BusinessMinimizer shows off tire-mounted work benches, fifth wheel Slick Plate at GATSMinimizer’s showing off the Tandem Bench at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas in this week, which is now back in stock and available through its network of more than 1,000 distributors, along with its Single Wheel Work Bench.August 28, 2015Custom RigsPhotos: GATS truck views, non-Pride & Polish editionShow rigs aren’t the only ones gracing the show floor, however. Here’s a look at the equipment on display in booths around the show floorAugust 28, 2015BusinessFitzgerald adds Kenworth Icon 900, Western Star 4900 to glider kit offeringsFitzgerald Glider Kits announced Aug. 27 it has added the the Kenworth Icon 900 and the Western Star 4900 to its glider kit offerings. The announcement came at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas.August 27, 2015Pride & PolishPhotos: Pride & Polish National Championship competitors shining bright in DallasPhotos of more than a dozen of the Pride & Polish National Championship finalists staged for judging at the Great American Trucking Show.August 27, 2015BusinessATA rebutts Teamsters, other labor groups on drug testing changes, urges Congress to allow hair testsThe trucking industry lobbyist’s letter comes a week after the Teamsters, the transportation branch of the AFL-CIO, the ACLU and a coalition of 14 other labor advocacy groups called on Congress to remove the drug testing reform measure from the DRIVE Act highway bill, which passed the Senate last month.August 26, 2015VoicesVoices on NYT’s ‘Trucks are killing us’ column: Readers respond, ATA says column riddled with ‘falsehoods’“Why waste print to tell so many lies, when you can actually help the issues that truly affect the entire line of all phases of transportation?” –Matt Whitelaw on the “Trucks Are Killing Us” op-edAugust 25, 2015Custom RigsRenegade trucker’s ’00 W900L, with full YouTube episode detailing haulThis blue 2000 Kenworth W900L is owned and operated by Livingston, Montana, resident Nick Richards, who uses the rig to haul heavy equipment and ag machinery for his Renegade Trucking Inc. More on the haul here, including a full YouTube webisode.August 25, 2015Previous PagePage 89 of 190Next PageTop StoriesTrucker of the YearMinding Ps and Qs of costs, rates: Trucker of the Month Greg LaboskyOwner-operator Labosky continues to roll up profits as a power-only carrier in the Amazon Relay system, riding high on a new horse with a lot of road ahead -- a lot behind him, too. He recently crossed the 1-million-safe-mile threshold for his career.Overdrive RadioFMCSA fully engaged with owner-ops: OOIDA | DACA-recipient CDL holders have hope?Custom RigsPKY results: Never Satisfied Builds' 1985 Peterbilt 359 captures big Build-Off winTrucker of the YearTrucker of the Year John Penn honored at MATS among owner-op peersRegulationsDOT's Duffy: 'Spot rates are going to go up' as FMCSA cracks down on fraudsters
