Custom Rigs

Guilty by Association Truck Show starts strong in Joplin

The 2023 iteration of the Guilty By Association Truck Show at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, officially kicks off Friday and runs through Saturday night.

September 22, 2023

Bates Trucking's 1963 Kenworth W925

Reefer hauler's '85 Pete 359

Powered by a 425-hp Cat with a 15-speed double overdrive transmission and 3.70 rears, Sauls said the truck has "enough chrome inside and out for five trucks."

September 19, 2023

Josh Sauls' 1985 Peterbilt 359

History in his grasp with 1978 W900A on '96 Dodge chassis, '46 Brockway, more: Adam Johnson

The K&D Transport third-generation owner has established himself in the custom-truck world with Johnson Hill Customs and numerous projects, including these, that show a range of ingenuity but also a healthy respect for the business's history.

September 18, 2023

Exercise your right to vote in Overdrive's 2023 Pride & Polish

Voting for the virtual truck show competition is now open. Cast your vote for your favorite truck in each of six categories: Antique, Interior, Limited Mileage/Builders, Working Bobtail, and two Working Combo classes, split by year model.

September 15, 2023

Gary Wasko's 1975 White Freightliner Powerliner, “Dirty Dozen”

Truckers Final Mile Pete honors truck drivers

The American Heritage Memorial 2020 Peterbilt 579 benefits Truckers Final Mile's fundraising efforts.

September 12, 2023

Robert Palm's 2020 Peterbilt 579

Owner's custom 2001 Freightliner FLD

The truck features new fenders, bumper and stacks, a fresh paint job and new lights.

September 5, 2023

Michael Vega's 2001 Freightliner FLD

‘Slammed Distraction’: So Low Transport’s 2003 Peterbilt 379

Owner Mark Aragon hauls cattle locally around northern Colorado with this highly customized Pete. His 14-year-old son, Payton, designed most of the truck, including converting it from a day cab to a sleeper and much more.

August 31, 2023

Mark and Payton Aragon's 2003 Peterbilt 379

New York-based operator's '96 W9

Richard Seyfang, the truck's original owner, has put 3.1 million miles on the rig running the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

August 29, 2023

Richard Seyfang's 1996 Kenworth W900L

Australian hauler's pair of Kenworths

David Boulton runs the 1998 Kenworth T601 10th anniversary edition and the 2005 Kenworth T604 along Australia's east coast.

August 25, 2023

David Boulton's 1998 Kenworth T601 and 2005 Kenworth T604

Owner-operator’s West Coast hot rod-style 379

The '01 Pete isn't a typical show truck, with flat white paint and other customizations that aren't soon found on award-winning rigs. Jake Bast's vision to blend hot rod flair with 1980s West Coast truck style brought a unique rig to life.

August 24, 2023

Jake Bast's 2001 Peterbilt 379

10-4 on D.C. event returns to National Mall this year October 12

On the Mall for 2023, among the usual visits from and conversations with regulators, legislators and the public, a celebration of operators of all stripes and, new, Kenworth's 100th anniversary.

August 24, 2023

Washington Monument at sunset

Jerry Graham's ISO tank-hauling 389

The rig sports a 565-hp Cummins ISX tuned to 600 horsepower and 2,050 lb.-ft. of torque with a 13-speed and 3.55 rears.

August 22, 2023

Jerry Graham's Peterbilt 389

Owner's 2016 Western Star pulls conestoga nationwide

David Bowers' 4900EX is powered by a 505-hp Detroit DD15 with a 13-speed.

August 18, 2023

David Bowers' 2016 Western Star 4900EX

‘Not Too Blue 2’: Wisconsin hauler's color-changing Kenworth

Extreme Transportation Specialized owner Rob Harris' 2022 Kenworth W900L in some ways resurrects the styling on a 1994 W900L he owned and showed on the circuit through the late 1990s, both rigs featuring color-shifting "harlequin" paint from PPG.

August 17, 2023

Rob Harris' 2022 Kenworth W900L

Aggregate-hauling '04 Pete 378

The rig, boasting 1.1 million miles, hauls aggregate in a 1996 Trail King Ti-Brook aluminum dump.

August 15, 2023

Rodney Nyhof's 2004 Peterbilt 378

Food-grade tanker-pulling '02 W900L

Cliff and Tracy Grace have owned the truck for eight years and pull liquid sugar with it out of Chicago.

August 11, 2023

Cliff and Tracy Grace's 2002 Kenworth W900L

'Period correct' 1986 Pete 359 a part of the family after total restoration

Owner Joe Scetto has spent so much time and money restoring this truck to its full 1986 glory his wife jokes it's her "sister wife." After all, he did drive it to the wedding.

August 10, 2023

As Pride & Polish entry period continues, a look back at 2022's finalists

Truck owners and drivers interested in showing off their hard work in the form of their truck can enter Overdrive's Pride & Polish competition through Labor Day, Sept. 4.

August 9, 2023

Horace M. Goldman's 1987 Peterbilt 359 earned top honors in the Working Bobtail, 2014 & Older category in Overdrive's 2022 Pride & Polish competition.

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Bates Trucking's 1963 Kenworth W925

Guilty by Association Truck Show starts strong in Joplin

The 2023 iteration of the Guilty By Association Truck Show at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri, officially kicks off Friday and runs through Saturday night.

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