Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].Custom 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, 2022RegulationsFMCSA guidance reaches for clarity: Do dispatch services need brokerage authority?As required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, FMCSA has issued interim guidance clarifying when a dispatch service is a broker or bona fide agent under current regulations, offering multiple factors for such services to consider.November 15, 2022BusinessOne-stop-shop: How a fledgling small fleet found organization, efficiency with TMSAfter using QuickBooks to manage many different aspects of the young business for about a year, Shipping Teleporters Trucking Company has already seen considerable financial growth in just a few months since switching to the Trucker Path Command TMS.November 10, 2022BusinessTransportation Management System platforms: Not just for large fleetsTMS options for the smallest fleets have been growing in number -- and can help small fleets, down to the one-truck independent, streamline back-office workload and manage comms with drivers, trucks, customers and more.November 10, 2022Custom RigsN.C. small fleet's custom 2018 Kenworth W900 bags 'top notch' recognitionOperator Chase Hedgepeth showed the rig at the 2022 Mayberry Truck Show in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, where it was recognized as a "Top Notch 10" truck -- one of the 10 best from the states of North Carolina and Virginia.November 10, 2022Hours of ServiceOwner-operator regroups after FMCSA denies hours exemption requestLee and Lisa Schmitt told Overdrive Tuesday they would be addressing FMCSA’s reasons for denying the request and resubmitting their request by the end of the day Tuesday. “We’re not going away,” Lisa said.November 8, 2022Electronic Logging DevicesCalifornia moves to implement intrastate ELD mandate for in-state-only truckersCalifornia is one of only two states that have yet to adopt the federal mandate for intrastate carriers. Intrastate California operators can comment on the proposal through Dec. 19.November 7, 2022CSA's Data TrailView from the road: ELD mandate increases pressure on operators, in more ways than oneOverdrive readers largely believe recent-history degradation of highway safety is due, at least in part, to ELDs. But some operators point to other issues in trucking as the real underlying problems negatively impacting safety.October 20, 2022Previous PagePage 43 of 187Next PageTop StoriesCustom RigsOTR to CDL school owner: A.J. Frankie and the 'School Daze' '92 T600Frankie has been driving trucks for 40 years, but after long complaints about the quality of truck driver he was seeing on the roads, his wife told him he ought earn his right to complain. He opened a Driving Academy franchise and runs the 1992 Kenworth featured here to school almost daily.Pride & Polish'Heavy Hook' 2024 389's tall order: Promoting tow-company positivity to truckingBusinessOwner-ops, experts cautiously optimistic for 2026 rates bumpRegulationsNon-domiciled CDLs are back: New Jersey resumes issuance after FMCSA crackdownFeatured SponsorGarmin Dash Cams - Powerful & Discreet - Capture every detail with Garmin Clarity HDR optics, premium HD, and wide 140 degree view.
