Custom Rigs: Page 119

Up and running: 30-year-old Mack Superliner

Ben Ickert of Amboy, Wash., hauls logs throughout the state with his nearly 30-year-old Mack Superliner. Ickert, of Amboy bought the truck three years ago and says he’s had to put $50,000 into restoration work to “make [it] as safe and roadworthy as today’s trucks.”

August 1, 2014

Derek Smith’s ‘Project Triple Threat’ 333-inch 379 stretch

DMS Transport small fleet owner Derek Smith decides against a new glider or truck upgrade in favor of a customization of his 2005 Peterbilt 379 for regional/local grain hauls.

July 28, 2014

Trinity Kustomz shot of Derek Smith's 2005 Peterbilt

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Pride & Polish rewind: Video from the Fitzgerald Truck Show

Video shot produced from the Overdrive’s Pride & Polish event at the Fitzgerald Truck Show in Crossville, Tenn., earlier this month.

July 28, 2014

Overdrive presents show trucks, trucking talent, business ed at Dallas show

The Great American Trucking Show will host the Pride & Polish National Championship, educational opportunities, the finale of the Truckers Talent Search and the crowning of Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner.

July 25, 2014

Independent’s 1986 long-hooded Pete 359 refer hauler

Independent Kenny Morrow hauls fresh and frozen chicken for Tyson with this 1986 extended-hood Peterbilt 359. He bought the truck 17 years ago, he said, and it’s the third 359 he’s owned.

July 25, 2014

Fitzgerald Pride & Polish: Truck beauty shots and full winners list

Beaty shots of the Fitzgerald Truck Show Pride & Polish’s four Best of Show winners, along with a full winners list from the show.

July 21, 2014

Best of Show, Limited-Mileage Combo | Mike Manuel, 1984 Peterbilt 359 and ’03 Benson flatbed

Fitzgerald Pride & Polish winners: Ashley’s ‘Double Take’ Pete, father-son duo take top billing

A quick look at the four Best of Show winners, and two other notables, from this year’s Fitzgerald Truck Show Pride & Polish.

July 19, 2014

Dan Brubaker, son of the Working Combo victor Ron Brubaker, won Best of Show in the Working Combo category with his 2014 Pete 389 and matching livestock trailer.

PHOTOS: Pride & Polish in Tennessee, Day 1

Some views on the first, overcast day of the Overdrive’s Pride & Polish truck-beauty competition in Crossville, Tenn., at the Fitzgerald Glider Kits facility.

July 18, 2014

Perfect size is oversize: Reader’s 2014 Kenworth

Shawn Hoefer, who works in licensing and permits for oversize hauler Combined Carriers Co., says the company’s 2014 Kenworths carry “everything big and heavy.”

July 18, 2014

Walcott wrap-up: 44,000 attended show; list of winners from Super Truck competition

The Iowa 80 Truckstop hosted more than 44,000 attendees last week at its annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree, the truck stop announced. Here are some photos from the event and the list of winners from its Super Truck competition.

July 17, 2014

The truck light and fireworks show at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree, held last weekend.

Minty tough: Owner-op, custom Pete brave tough times together

Chris VanPelt and his 2007 Peterbilt 379 have been through some tough times together, including a divorce and two bankruptcies. But he and the rig have pulled out some good times of late riding the show truck circuit.

July 15, 2014

Chris VanPelt says the 2007 Peterbilt 379’s mint and teal two-tone paint scheme came to him in a vision, and he worked with Peterbilt to spec it.

Top rigs to show at Pride & Polish’s Tennessee stop this week

The 2014 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish circuit continues its nationwide truck beauty show tour July 18-19 in Crossville, Tenn., off Interstate 40 at Fitzgerald Glider Kits’ parts and sales facility.

July 15, 2014

Custom built: Independent’s drill hauling Pete

Independent owner-operator Randy Green of Lufkin, Texas, has his own company, A Team Heavy Haul, hauling mostly drilling rigs with his custom-built Peterbilt.

July 11, 2014

BigRigBuilder offers virtual 3D truck builder

BigRigBuilder.com recently announced the launch of its virtual entertainment website built for American truck operators that allows them to “build their dream semi and compete in a virtual truck show” for gear they can install on their actual trucks.

July 8, 2014

Mack steals show on the red carpet

At this year’s Much Music Video Awards, Canadian hip-hop rockers Down With Webster emerged on the awards-show red carpet from a Mack Pinnacle Rawhide Edition with a 70-inch mid-rise sleeper.

July 7, 2014

Mack Pinnacle at Much Music awards

Keeping it old school: ’02 Peterbilt 379

Rick Meijer, an Orono, Ontario, native, owns this 2002 Peterbilt 379, which is powered by a 550-hp Cat and 18-speed transmission.

July 3, 2014

Photos: Beauty shots of River States Pride & Polish Best of Show winners

The River States Customz Pride & Polish event took place last weekend, June 27-28, and produced four Best of Show winners and some new qualifiers for the Overdrive‘s Pride & Polish National Championship judging round to be held next month at the Great American Trucking Show. A full list of winners was posted Saturday (click […]

July 2, 2014

River States Customz winners: Diorio continues streak, 2 others added to championship

Two more competitors have punched their tickets for the 2014 Overdrive’s Pride & Polish National Championship series, earning Best of Show victories at the River States Customz Pride & Polish event held June 27-28. They are joined by two seasoned veterans as the show’s top rigs.

June 28, 2014

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FMCSA's new National Consumer Complaint Database page has nine categories of complaints to file, including one for freight brokers.

FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update

FMCSA gives its National Consumer Complaint Database whistleblower portal an "overdue tech upgrade" it's calling "a win" for truck drivers and carriers as it gets easier to report bad brokers.

Oberman Logistics owner Wes Oberman's personal truck is this Kenworth T680 -- purchased to replace a lower-fuel-mileage 2020 389 that powered his maiden voyage in trucking as an owner-operator. He's getting 10 mpg now, and providing a reliable home for leased owners has the fleet up to 11 trucks as of August.

Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion

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Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?

It's taken less than a decade for small fleet owner Derrick Wolfe to grow his New York-based food grade tanker-haul business from one truck to 21 company drivers, seven owner-operators and 10 non-driving employees.

Derrick Wolfe has built a 'sweet' business in New York's Finger Lakes region

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