Custom Rigs: Page 2

Scenes from the recent 2022 Great Salt Lake Truck Show

All proceeds of the show go to the Utah and Idaho Kidney Foundation.

August 30, 2022

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Jason Matthews' 1998 Peterbilt 379EXHD

The Cat-powered rig is used to move cattle in the Midwest with a 2004 Wilson livestock trailer.

August 26, 2022

Jason Matthews' 1998 Peterbilt 379EXHD

'Wild Child' 379 lives up to its name

The 379 features old-school flames on the hood, down the side of the truck and on the rear fenders, along with a custom grille and numerous other custom touches that play into the truck's "Wild Child" persona.

August 25, 2022

Randy Victory's 1999 Peterbilt 379 at night

Roger B. Simmoneau's 1998 Freightliner Classic

The truck, powered by a 525-hp Cummins N14 with a 13-speed, has 2.6 million miles on it. Simmoneau does most of his own work on the truck.

August 23, 2022

Roger Simmoneau's 1998 Freightliner Classic

Joe Bahnsen's 1997 Freightliner Classic XL

The rig sports a Detroit Series 60 with a 13-speed and is used to haul mostly oversized freight.

August 19, 2022

Joe Bahnsen's 1997 Freightliner Classic XL

Father-son small-fleet flagship: A&D Equipment's 2020 Peterbilt 389/Landoll 930

Andy Chavez Sr. continues to school his son on the ins and outs of combination hauling in this pristine 2020 Peterbilt 389, the A&D Equipment flagship, hauling construction equipment in and around Santa Clara, California.

August 18, 2022

A&D Equipment's 2020 Peterbilt 389

Chris Barber's 1985 Peterbilt 362

The truck was "saved from the salvage man in 2016," Barber said, and was then restored and now runs cross-country.

August 16, 2022

Chris Barber's 1985 Peterbilt 362

Jeffrey Tucker's 2015 Mack Pinnacle

The rig is powered by a 505-hp Mack MP8 with a Mack mDrive 12-speed. Tucker pulls 39-foot aluminum frameless dump trailers.

August 12, 2022

Jeffrey Tucker's 2015 Mack Pinnacle

800-horse '93 Peterbilt 379 'Ten Dimes'

For all there is to love on this 800-horse, overweight-hauling classic Peterbilt, owner-operator Arien Ruell says the best part was the relationships forged building it. On what happened to be his wedding day, go behind the scenes with "Ten Dimes."

August 12, 2022

TEN DIMES 1993 PETERBILT

Inside the spectacular '86 vintage 359 of an Arkansas-based grain hauler

Randy Victory's "Nut Buster" 359 was rebuilt from the ground up after he bought the rig four years ago. The truck's name came to be when Victory was rebuilding the truck, and his wife, Missy, saw his busted knuckles and called him "a nut."

August 11, 2022

Interior of Randy Victory's 1986 Peterbilt 359

William Ankney's 2019 Freightliner Coronado glider

The rig is powered by a Detroit 60 Series with an 18-speed. Ankney makes East Coast to West Coast runs weekly, pulling a step deck.

August 9, 2022

William Ankney's 2019 Freightliner Coronado glider

'Never Satisfied' 1999 Freightliner Classic XL

The husband and wife team behind J&W Trucking geared this pre-emissions rig specifically for car hauling, and it runs cars down from Maine to Florida every winter for the "snowbirds."

August 8, 2022

Never satisfied 1999 freightliner

Overdrive's 2022 Pride & Polish competition

Just a few days left to enter the Pride & Polish virtual truck show, a chance for competitors to show off their rigs and be chosen by peers as the best of the best. Submissions accepted through Sept. 5. Enter your rig for 2022 show-season bragging rights.

July 19, 2022

Elam Martin's 1985 Kenworth K100

Martin pulls flatbed and step deck trailers with the Cat-powered cabover.

August 5, 2022

Elam Martin's 1985 Kenworth K100

Owner-operator C.G. Soza's 2016 Kenworth W900L 'Always Headed Home'

Soza's goal of stylistic mods that don't sacrifice increased function and performance, safety or otherwise, is well evident in this radically transformed 2016 Kenworth W900L, also a monument to the owner-operator's chief destination on any run: home.

August 4, 2022

Soza's Kenworth, lit up at night

Richard Smith's 1987 Peterbilt 359

Powered by a Big Cam Cummins with a 13-speed, Smith says he built the truck himself "with a lot of patience and money."

August 2, 2022

Overdrive's virtual Pride & Polish competition now open

The Pride & Polish virtual truck beauty show gives contestants a chance to show off their rigs and be chosen by their peers as the best of the best. Submissions are being accepted through Sept. 5.

August 1, 2022

Pride & Polish 2021 working combo finalists

Michael A. Manuel's show-worthy fleet of Petes

Michael A. Manuel Trucking's approach to recruiting is dead simple but potent: Offer up show-ready Peterbilt gliders, access to a bustling flatbed market, and let the drivers put those trucks to work the way that's intended.

July 29, 2022

Michael A. Manuel Trucking's Peterbilt 389 at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show

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The spot-market slide, and an owner-op return to leasing refuge

As rates on the spot markets for freight have fallen, ATBS is starting to see a shift for many owners who went out and got authority during the last couple of spot market boom years, a move back to leasing. Dig into revenue, cost, income performance here.

Omar Aispuro's 2016 Kenworth W900L

3 Angels, 3 trucks: Aispuro family fleet shows out in force

livestock truck

Owner-ops, groups: COVID hours waiver should open door for more HOS flexibility

Dry bulk tank truck on Texas highway

'Leave us alone': ELD-exempt owner-ops say no to any pre-2000 exemption change

GARMIN's new navigator series is trucking simplified

GARMIN's new navigator series is trucking simplified

The spot-market slide, and an owner-op return to leasing refuge

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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 2022 edition of Partners in Business.

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