Matt ColeMatt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].Trucker Talent SearchTrucker Talent competitor covers Chesney's 'Anything but Mine'Airgas USA company driver Guy Archer says he has been trying to “sing properly” for about the past eight years. His dream is to be a songwriter.May 24, 2021Trucker Talent SearchSemi-retired trucker Clark Wilkinson covers 'Pancho and Lefty' for Trucker Talent SearchWilkinson, 70, started singing in high school, but after semi-retiring from trucking in 2018, he began “playing guitar and singing more at open mics and small bars and clubs."May 21, 2021Custom Rigs'Midnight Shadow': Austin Kiser's 2018 Peterbilt 389Despite being in show truck condition, the truck and trailer run daily out of a rock quarry in southwest Virginia.May 20, 2021Trucker Talent SearchRocky Quetel sings original song 'Small Town Living' for Trucker Talent SearchQuetel, 56, has been singing and writing songs since his pre-teen years, he says. He would tag along with his parents to the local saloon and watch local bands perform.May 20, 2021Trucker Talent SearchTrucker Talent Search competitor Rich Scripps covers Hawaiian Christmas songThe 61-year-old company driver, of Spring Lake, Michigan, has been singing since the mid-1980s. As a contest semi-finalist, he has a shot at winning a day's recording session on Nashville's Music Row.May 19, 2021Trucker Talent SearchOwner-op David Michaels performs original tune 'The Storm' for Trucker Talent SearchMichaels has been singing since he was 7 and has been writing his own songs since 2004. He's been trucking for 31 years.May 18, 2021Trucker Talent SearchTrucker Talent Search competitor Mike Sheffield performs 'Hammer Down Again' originalSheffield's song, he says, is about what it can sometimes feel like to to be over the road. The 52-year-old OTR reefer hauler began singing as a child in church and wrote his first song at around 15-16 years old.May 17, 2021Custom RigsThe big custom-rigs winners in 17 categories at Kenly 95 East Coast JamboreeSee which trucks wowed the judges at the Kenly 95 East Coast Jamboree here.May 12, 2021Custom RigsTruck shows are back, come on!As of Thursday afternoon, a little more than half of the pre-registered trucks were on the lot at the Kenly 95 Petro in North Carolina. See views of some of the trucks in the competition, which runs through Saturday.May 6, 2021RegulationsFMCSA medical board to talk vision, diabetes in upcoming meetingThe agency's Medical Review Board meeting in May to discuss proposed rulemaking to amend the vision standard. Also: Fuel prices see slight increase; COVID vaccine at Iowa 80; Spring weight restrictions lifted in Mich.; deal on this former trucker's book.May 4, 2021Previous PagePage 58 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.
