Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].RegulationsFMCSA proposing new broker, freight forwarder financial responsibility regsThe proposals would ultimately benefit motor carriers, FMCSA said, by making sure brokers and freight forwarders maintain $75,000 in financial security and allowing FMCSA to suspend brokers' authority if not maintained.January 4, 2023Pride & PolishCustom champs: 'Joke's on You' 389 no stranger to the spotlightHallahan Transport's 2022 Pete followed up its Limited Mileage championship in 2021 with a Working Combo win in the 2022 Pride & Polish competition to close out a stellar year on the truck show circuit for the rig.December 29, 2022Pride & PolishCustom champs: Concert-hauling 2011 Pete 389 glider channels old-school lookThe truck, which after 500,000 miles was intended to be driven occasionally by Shomotion owner Michael Scherkenbach, was instead given to a retiring owner-operator to keep him on tour with the fleet part-time. He didn't bat an eye at the coffin sleeper.December 22, 2022RegulationsTrucking groups, owner-ops generally opposed to Biden DOL's contractor rule changesThe Department of Labor is looking to rescind changes made by the Trump DOL to how workers are classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Owner-operators made clear in comments, however, that the proposal would do more harm than good.December 15, 2022Custom RigsOwner-operator Joe White's 1960 Kenworth cabover, still rollingWhite's owned the truck since 1970 when he purchased it at just 19 years old. He hauled with the cabover for 30 years until around 2000. Since taking it off the road full-time, he mostly drives it to truck shows as a fine display of trucking history.December 15, 2022Pride & PolishCustom Champs: Rare White Freightliner Powerliner cabover still a part-time workerThe 1975-model COE was the first truck owned by G.L. Wasko when he started his business 45 years ago. He was the second owner of the rig then, and after some searching, the family also became the fifth owners of it in 2006.December 8, 2022RegulationsFMCSA proposing to limit scope of emergency declarationsAfter the 2.5-year-plus COVID-related emergency declaration, FMCSA is looking to change the automatic applicability of emergency exemptions when emergency declarations are issued.December 7, 2022Custom RigsTroy Massey's 'Lot Rot' Peterbilt 389Massey and team rescued the rig from the lot of his Nacogdoches, Texas-based Massey Motor Freight. The heavily-customized 2014 Pete has seen four phases of custom work to date, with a fifth on the way for 2023, Massey said.December 1, 2022RegulationsTwo Houston-based carriers shut down by FMCSAPAC Express began operating after FMCSA initiated a compliance investigation on Texas Interstate Express. The compliance audit stemmed from numerous driver and vehicle violations.November 18, 2022Pride & PolishCustom champs: Classic Mack B61 helping revive longtime trucker ministryMarvin Graves has been involved in the trucking industry in one way or another for most of the last 60 years. He started out as a company driver, then became an owner-operator before he started a truck stop ministry in the 1980s.November 17, 2022Previous PagePage 39 of 184Next PageTop StoriesBusinessGet your 2025 Highway Report Card: Worst roads, state DOTs, parking desertsOverdrive readers graded the 48 continental United States for highway maintenance and expansion, congestion pressure and parking infrastructure, reporting broken suspensions, blown-out tires, high fees and aggressive ticketing from the worst of the worst.BusinessELD-data engagement: Your insurance premiums could depend on itRegulations‘No evidence’ non-domiciled CDLs bad for safety: Lawsuit to block DOT's new ruleBusinessBrokers, parking, emissions regs: Owner-ops' top trucking concernsFeatured SponsorHowes
