Truckers Jamboree

Nov 19, 2009

This annual event is held at what’s billed as the World’s Largest Truck Stop at Iowa 80 Truckstop. https://iowa80truckstop.com/.

Nomination period open for Owner-Operator of the Year Contest

September 20, 2021

Jay Vankampen's 1976 Kenworth W900 Bicentennial

Hundreds of trucks turn out for Guilty By Association Truck Show

Chrome Shop Mafia's biennial GBATS, which had to wait an extra year this time around due to COVID, boasted more than 750 registered trucks and a bevy of entertainment, including big rig burnouts, truck drag races, a Special Olympics Convoy and more.

“For the first time in history, a simple thing such as a magazine brought owner-operators together from every aspect of trucking with common interests and common goals which could be heard and shared with other truckers from coast to coast. In the days before computers and Internet services, this was a connection unheard of.” – David A. Margeson, with his 1985 Mack Superliner

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Bed and feature wall inside of Debbie Desiderato's Western Star truck

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J.R. Schleuger's 1985 K100E front end with lights

Inside the rebuild of this stunning K100E cabover

Howes Diesel Defender

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2021 edition of Partners in Business.

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