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Tennessee independent pulls a flatbed in custom '24 W900
Brandon Scates "did everything about as wrong as you can do it" when he started his career as an owner-operator. Finally learning to listen to more experienced hands led to success -- and this stunning 2024 W900.
January 22, 2026
Custom Rigs
Custom Rigs Showdown finals: 1968 Peterbilt 358A takes on 1982 359
Cast your votes for your favorite Custom Rigs video between Todd Scruggs' 1982 Peterbilt 359 and Shawn Wright's 1968 Peterbilt 358A to determine the winner of
Overdrive
's 2025 Custom Rigs Showdown.
January 21, 2026
Pride & Polish
Idaho farm owner-op's custom '98 379 brings home Pride & Polish hardware, recognition
Gary Mackay started his One Circle Farm operation in 1980 but added trucking to the business only a decade ago. Now, his custom 1998 Peterbilt 379 is a Pride & Polish Antique champ.
January 20, 2026
Custom Rigs
Up to 175 trucks set to compete in MATS PKY Truck Beauty Championship
The 34th PKY Truck Beauty Championship will take place at the 2026 Mid-America Trucking Show in March.
January 19, 2026
Custom Rigs
OTR to CDL school owner: A.J. Frankie and the 'School Daze' '92 T600
Frankie 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.
January 15, 2026
Custom Rigs
Custom Rigs Showdown: One week left to weigh in as vintage iron dominates semifinal round
Cast your votes in the Custom Rigs Showdown semifinal round by morning Jan. 21 in the final two matchups between top-performing videos featuring standout rigs and their owners/operators in Overdrive's 2025 Custom Rigs weekly series. Next up, the finals.
January 15, 2026
Pride & Polish
'Heavy Hook' 2024 389's tall order: Promoting tow-company positivity to trucking
Kentucky-based CTS Towing owner-operator Clifton Parsley uses his custom 2024 Peterbilt 389, "Heavy Hook," to promote a positive image of the towing industry to truckers. Truckers recognized Parsley's efforts and the impressive work on the rig with a win in
Overdrive
's Pride & Polish.
January 13, 2026
Custom Rigs
'Better than a horse and buggy': 1935 International a family heirloom
The 90-year-old farm truck is owned by the original owner's grandson, who pulled it out of a barn 31 years after it was parked to restore it to its original glory, as caught here at the 2025 MATS at the ATHS booth. This year's show is slated for March 26-28 in Louisville, and registration is open.
January 8, 2026
Custom Rigs
Custom Rigs Showdown: Old iron rules the quarterfinal round
The 2025 Custom Rigs Showdown is down to the top four videos of the year, and the newest rig in the bunch is just 37 years young. Cast your vote here through Jan. 21 to determine which two trucks will face off in the championship round later this month.
January 7, 2026
Custom Rigs
White Pine Paving's 'Change Order' 2000 W900L, revisited
From impressive airbrush work and laser cutouts of equipment often hauled behind the rig to a unique lighting package and extra-tall shifter, Maryland-based White Pine Paving's 2000 Kenworth W900L day cab brings style to local work.
January 1, 2026
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish: Meet the 2025 champs
Four truck owners have been crowned champions in five categories in the 2025 Pride & Polish competition. View a replay of the awards ceremony and photos of the winners here.
December 30, 2025
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish awards: Finalists square off
Three finalists in each of five categories -- Antique, Interior, Limited Mileage, Working Bobtail and Working Combo -- selected by Overdrive readers squared off for the win Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. Eastern.
December 30, 2025
Custom Rigs
North Carolina lumber hauler's 1,000-hp 2000 Pete 379
Owner Tim Diehl II's rig is retired from the highway, now used for show and occasionally for racing. The owner calls the 1,000-plus-horsepower unit his "big old play toy."
December 25, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Red Arrow Christmas convoy rolls strong over first three years
This week's Overdrive Radio podcast tells the story of Noah Melton, long working with small fleet Big P Express, and how a fellow trucker's Christmas-season truck convoy idea grew by leaps and bounds over its first few years into a community-supported tradition in Melton's corner of Southwest Michigan.
December 24, 2025
Custom Rigs
Like-new 2000 Freightliner cabover another horse in Everhart's stable
Self-described "old cabover guy" Cline Everhart showed a second among his personal COEs, a 2000 Freightliner Argosy that still looks new. Aside from paint, fenders and lights, the truck is still mostly like he bought it more than a decade ago.
December 18, 2025
Custom Rigs
Custom Rigs Showdown: Round 2 rolls
Round 2 of
Overdrive
's Custom Rigs Showdown is open for voting with four new matchups through January 7. Make your playoff selections here.
December 17, 2025
Reader Rigs
Owner-op's chemicals-hauling 2007 Peterbilt 379
Owner Glenn Englert's Pete is powered by a Cat C-15 with an 18-speed and 3.36 rears.
December 16, 2025
Custom Rigs
Kevin Hunter's high-powered 2024 Kenworth W900L hauls heavy with Cat 'C-17'
The 24-truck fleet owner ordered the 2024 Kenworth W900L when he found out Kenworth was discontinuing the model. He's since swapped in a tuned-up Cat C15 and fully customized the unit inside and out.
December 11, 2025
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