Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].RegulationsDOL’s final independent contractor rule under fire from Congress, lawsuitA Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution has been filed that, if enacted, would overturn DOL's rule. A lawsuit brought by a coalition of groups, including the American Trucking Associations, also seeks to stop the rule from taking effect.March 6, 2024RegulationsFinance-crimes network's reporting requirements 'unconstitutional': CourtFriday the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama ruled the Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional with its new reporting requirements for small businesses, including owner-operator LLCs and other business types.March 4, 2024Custom RigsLast of the 359s: '87 Pete a 'Classic 359'The truck, while not part of the numbered "Classic 359" series, "still made the Classic cut" as an "extension truck," according to Gerald Mock, who helped rebuild this one.February 29, 2024BusinessSuccessful owners tackle detention's time, cost and rates impacts: Two new surveysThe OOIDA Foundation surveyed OOIDA members on various aspects of detention time and rates. The results offer insights about how successful owner-operators are adjusting to challenging times and underscore best practices around costs, revenues, and more.February 29, 2024RegulationsFMCSA's safety rating revamp: Could new reports mean in-cab tech will play a role?The agency last month added six studies/reports to the regs docket for its efforts to develop a new methodology for motor carrier safety rating. Critics see limitations, and worry over the use of safety technologies in a new methodology.February 22, 2024Custom Rigs'Mad Skills': A Peterbilt 379 that floatsOhio-based Scott Carder built this tritoon boat from the ground up, with a Peterbilt 379 cab as the centerpiece. Everything else on the build is custom, Carder said.February 15, 2024RegulationsInspectors keying in on tractor protection systems, drug and alcohol possession during RoadcheckCVSA's International Roadcheck will be held May 14-16. For trucks, inspectors will focus specifically on the tractor protection valve, trailer supply valve and anti-bleed back valve, which may be overlooked during trip and roadside inspections.February 12, 2024RegulationsNew DOL rule on contractor/employee status under fair-labor law: The legal perspectiveLegal minds echo the overarching theme of owner-operators' own perspectives on the contractor status featured in Part 1 of this report -- that the control factor does/should weigh heavily. How the courts will interpret the rest is up in the air.February 9, 2024Custom Rigs'I just had to have it': Missouri cattle hauler's '71 Pete 359Satha Kilgore, owner of small fleet S&J Kilgore Trucking, bought this custom classic in the Fall of 2022 after plenty personal history working on it with the prior owner. Kilgore's since put it to work hauling cattle as part of his business.February 8, 2024RegulationsAre leased owner-operators really 'independent contractors'?Short answer: It's complicated. Following DOL's final rule on employee/contractor classification, this series examines the opinions of legal experts and the perspectives of owner-operators on just what makes a true independent contractor in trucking.February 7, 2024Previous PagePage 25 of 184Next 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 SponsorHowes
