Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].Custom RigsOwner-operator’s West Coast hot rod-style 379The '01 Pete isn't a typical show truck, with flat white paint and other customizations that aren't soon found on award-winning rigs. Jake Bast's vision to blend hot rod flair with 1980s West Coast truck style brought a unique rig to life.August 24, 2023RegulationsFMCSA should pick up the pace on broker transparency: OOIDAWhile the agency signaled its intent in March to move forward on possible changes to broker transparency regulations, OOIDA is urging FMCSA to pick up the pace.August 22, 2023RegulationsAEBs ready for prime time? False-positive reports cast doubtNumerous reports from operators suggest that automatic emergency braking technology, proposed by regulators to be mandated on new heavy trucks, is not up to the standard of safety necessary for an industry-wide rollout.August 18, 2023Custom Rigs‘Not Too Blue 2’: Wisconsin hauler's color-changing KenworthExtreme Transportation Specialized owner Rob Harris' 2022 Kenworth W900L in some ways resurrects the styling on a 1994 W900L he owned and showed on the circuit through the late 1990s, both rigs featuring color-shifting "harlequin" paint from PPG.August 17, 2023BusinessDirect freight: Delivering a modicum of consistency in a turbulent marketWhile the spot market of late has been difficult for many an owner-operator or small fleet, to say the least, carriers with direct customers have been able to hang on and/or prosper as long as demand for their customers' product has remained.August 14, 2023BusinessHow truckers can leverage existing relationships toward direct freightWith shippers executing more frequent contracting periods, lines between spot/contract freight blur, and those dynamics could play out to an advantage for a nimble small fleet/independent hoping to secure direct business more readily.August 14, 2023Custom Rigs‘Last of the 389s’: Jade Transport’s 2023 Peterbilt 389XJade driver Barry Kasdorf showed the fleet's newest truck at Shell Rotella SuperRigs in June. It got the second-place nod in the Working Truck -- Limited Mileage class. The truck features a number of custom touches from Shift Products.July 27, 2023Custom RigsLivestock feed hauler’s high-powered 2008 Peterbilt 389Wyoming-based Nikki Cheek pulls a brand-new 2024 Timpte Super Hopper with the truck, powered by a Cummins putting 750 horsepower to the ground.July 20, 2023Custom Rigs1984 Kenworth W900B restomod still a workhorseOwner J.R. Schleuger showed the rig at the 2023 Shell Rotella SuperRigs show, where it won second place in the Classic Division. It was in "very bad shape" when he bought it, but he restored it with custom parts from his Lifetime Nut Covers business.July 13, 2023EquipmentIn-cab and out, camera options expand amid push-pull of privacy concern, regulatory attentionThe distaste for driver-facing cameras doesn’t only come from what they are, but what they might become. NTSB's past calls for mandates for video-event recorders set the stage years ago. Meanwhile, new options with multicamera systems expand views.July 10, 2023Previous PagePage 32 of 184Next PageTop StoriesBusinessBrokers, parking, emissions regs: Owner-ops' top trucking concernsThe trucking industry as a whole -- drivers and motor carriers -- ranked the economy as the overall top concern in ATRI's annual issues survey. Carriers and truck operators had different views of what's most concerning, though, with differences among different operator classes on offer, as well.Small Fleet ChampTFX, Oberman come out on top: Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet ChampsCustom RigsRebuilt 2002 Pete 379 dump truck a father's tribute to late sonBusinessLike a 'bronco buster at a rodeo': Truckers' experience on American roadways todayFeatured SponsorJBL Live Beam 3 - Slim, sleek, and impossibly modern earbuds and Smart Charging Case - Audio Evolution You Can See and Hear
