Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].Small Fleet ChampDPM Logistics: Growth through service, safety for Virginia small fleetVirginia-based DPM Logistics launche in 2016 moving spot market freight while owner Dave Monsell networked with brokers and local shippers. Now, the majority of the fleet's freight is direct-contracted with a big trailer pool for drop-hook opportunity.October 3, 2024Trucker of the YearExperience, knowledge, vision to thrive: Trucker of the Month Rene HolguinHolguin has had his own authority for 21 years, mostly operating as a one-truck independent. He's keen on helping others, though, and has leased on family members to help them start their own owner-op careers with a vision for the future.September 27, 2024Custom RigsIllinois fleet's brand-new 2025 Kenworth W900L, fresh from the custom shopDabney Trucking company driver Brian Emshoff walks through the impressive build, which features several custom parts fabricated in-house, as well as custom pinstripe work and more.September 26, 2024RegulationsHOS, other regs waived for relief in 5 states ahead of Hurricane HeleneHurricane Helene is expected to make landfall along Florida's Big Bend coast Thursday evening or early Friday morning, potentially as strong as a Category 4 hurricane. Emergency declarations have been issued in five states.September 26, 2024RegulationsTrucking groups, fleets urge EPA to deny waiver for CARB's diesel banThe EPA's comment period closed on CARB's waiver request to allow its Advanced Clean Fleets rule to take effect. While most of the 400-plus comments supported a waiver, many in trucking raised concerns over the rule and its impacts.September 24, 2024Small Fleet ChampCustomer service, keen business sense drive Paul Rissler TransportationA 27-year customer relationship with dedicated weekly runs is a big part of what sustains the six-truck fleet, today a debt-free business due to the keen business sense of owners Paul and Michelle Rissler.September 24, 2024Custom RigsDouble trouble: Small fleet's custom 2006 379 and 2024 W990Wisconsin-based Brett Buske, with Buske Trucking LLC, showed the two rigs at the Waupun Truck-N-Show in August. Get a detailed look at his personal 379, along with the fleet's newest rig.September 19, 2024Small Fleet ChampFamily legacy maintains Southwind Transportation through lossSamantha Causey took over the family business in 2021 when her father, David Hryc, was diagnosed with cancer. Today, she runs the 12-truck fleet with a keen focus on safety, maintenance and doing right by drivers and owner-ops.September 19, 2024LifeFollowing the trucking money in Trump v. Harris and other racesWith fewer than 50 days remaining in the 2024 presidential race and other campaigns, financial support coming from trucking interests remains tilted heavily to former President Donald Trump and other Republicans.September 18, 2024RegulationsSenator questions FMCSA’s oversight of trucking safetyFollowing a deadly crash in Colorado in June, a U.S. Senator from the state is questioning FMCSA's ability to regulate motor carrier safety due to funding and staffing issues, and more.September 13, 2024Previous PagePage 17 of 183Next PageTop StoriesCustom Rigs'Dressed to the Nines': 2023 Peterbilt 389 spec'd for excavation heavy haulHammett Excavation's custom 2023 Peterbilt 389 day cab is built for heavy-haul to pull an 85-ton trailer used to haul the company's excavators from job site to job site with a nine-axle setup.RegulationsNon-domiciled CDL drivers say DOT’s new rule violates their civil rightsPartners in BusinessCargo theft proliferation ups the ante on truckers' preventionOverdrive RadioIce Road Truckers' Lisa Kelly, back in action -- new show season, new bizFeatured SponsorBlueParrott S650-XT Bluetooth Headset
