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Seeing double: Kentucky small fleet owner's unique Western Star pairing
Owner Eric Gibson has customized a pair of Western Star trucks that are sure to grab attention. One truck, a road tractor, is a 2017 4900FA model. The other is a souped-up 1988 4964 model that's built to compete in truck and tractor pulls.
June 1, 2023
Eric Gibson's 'Big Joe' 1988 Western Star 4964
Classic Peterbilt 359A runs daily hauling grain, produce
The rig, owned by Gib Gray, sports a 3406B Cat with a 13-speed and sits on a 270-inch wheelbase.
May 30, 2023
Gib Gray's 1977 Peterbilt 359A
Summer of chrome, lights: Don't miss these truck shows set for across the country
Beginning as soon as this weekend, a bevy of truck shows are being held across the country this summer and into the fall. Some of the details here, and if you have information about a show not shared here, send it Overdrive News Editor Matt Cole.
May 29, 2023
Walcott Truckers Jamboree
Custom-built 1979 International Transtar II of Iowa-based Andy Goettsch
Galva, Iowa-based Andy Goettsch owns this 1979 International Transtar II, which he showed at the 2023 Mid-America Trucking Show. The rig won first place in the Antique Custom -- Bobtail class.
May 25, 2023
Custom-built 1979 International Transtar II
A Pete with no chrome? Off-road racer’s blacked-out 389
Off-road racer Timmie Cameron uses the rig to haul his three race vehicles to tracks and off-road parks around the Southeast.
May 18, 2023
Timmie Cameron's 2023 Peterbilt 389
Scenes from Peterbilt's 'Pride & Class' truck show at Texas Motor Speedway
Peterbilt last week officially launched its new Model 589 at a customer, dealer and media event that, fittingly, included a Pride & Class truck show with 200-plus entrants in Texas, showcasing scads of custom 389, 379 and 359 trucks in the 589's ancestry.
May 16, 2023
Trucks on-hand for Peterbilt's 2023 'Pride & Class' truck show
The brand-new Peterbilt 589 and its 'Legendary' trim package
Detail on a new premium trim option with the new Peterbilt Model 589 -- there’s the vintage Pete script accented by spears on the side of the hood, and exclusive brightwork on the polished fenders and bright rockers, and much more.
May 15, 2023
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Operator's glider-powered 2016 T660 boasts 'plenty of pull'
Pat Pozanc's 2016 Kenworth T660 hauls reefer freight across much of the U.S. and is equipped with a 1995-model Cat 3406E.
May 12, 2023
Pat Pozanc's 2016 Kenworth T660
Vermont-based owner rides in style with 2000 W900L
Owner Philip Rindelhardt has customized the rig from top to bottom, inside and out. Showing the rig at MATS, he brought home a third-place trophy in the Working Bobtail -- Lights category.
May 11, 2023
Philip Rindelhardt's 2000 Kenworth W900L at night
Large Cars & Guitars wraps a $40K haul for breast cancer
Truckers came together this past weekend with friends from all walks of life to raise more than $40,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness and research at the Large Cars & Guitars truck show in Kodak, Tennessee.
May 9, 2023
Large Cars and Guitars stage overhead view
Pink power: Ohio hauler's 2004 Peterbilt 379
The truck features a Cat C15 ACERT, and owner Denise Mootz said it's "the only pink truck anywhere in the vicinity" of their home base.
May 9, 2023
Denise Mootz's 2004 Peterbilt 379
Registration open for SuperRigs working truck show
The annual event will be held in Gillette, Wyoming, June 6-8. A virtual People's Choice competition is also available for those who cannot attend in person. Also: Suicide-awareness convoy tomorrow in Wisconsin; latest Highway Angel
May 5, 2023
SuperRigs 2022 drone shot
'Just my daily work mule': Operator's 2001 Freightliner Classic XL
The truck is powered by a 1999-model 12.7-liter Detroit "with a few extra goodies," said owner Leonard Harden, paired with a 13-speed and 3.55 rears.
May 5, 2023
Leonard Harden's 2001 Freightliner Classic XL
Small fleet’s hopper-pulling 2019 Peterbilt 389
Brian Cobb, a driver for 22-truck Envision Logistics out of Owensboro, Kentucky, showed this impressive 2019 Peterbilt 389 at the 2023 Mid-America Trucking Show, where it earned a third-place nod in the First Show -- Combo class.
May 4, 2023
Brian Cobb's 2019 Peterbilt 389 at night
Two major eastern trucking events scheduled for next week
The Kenly 95 East Coast Truckers Jamboree is May 11-13, and the Mother's Day Truckers Convoy is May 14.
May 2, 2023
Mother's Day truck convoy
605-hp 2019 Pete runs the Lower 48
The rig sports a 605-hp Cummins X15 with an 18-speed. Acuna said he chases "the good paying loads wherever it takes me."
May 2, 2023
Danny Acuna's 2019 Peterbilt 389
Virginia hauler's 1998 Peterbilt 379 hauls wood chips
The truck typically hauls loads from chip mills in Dillwyn and Cascade, Virginia, to a paper mill in Covington, Virginia
April 28, 2023
Mike Stull's 1998 Peterbilt 379
Large Cars & Guitars truck show kicks off second annual edition May 4
It's year two for trucker-songwriter leading light Tony Justice's Large Cars & Guitars truck show, kicking off next week in Kodak, Tennessee, east of Knoxville along I-40, exit 407. Set-up day is Thursday, May 4, with events going through Saturday.
April 28, 2023
Darrell Estes' pair of 359 Peterbilts at Large Cars in 2022
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