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Custom Rigs: Page 2

Reader Rigs
2002 Kenworth W900L a heavy-haul workhorse
Owner Donley Houchin runs the truck leased to Landstar hauling heavy freight.
May 6, 2025
Houchin
Overdrive Extra
Faith, family, friends: Crossroads Truck Meet show building community
A Cat 3408 V8-powered 1979 359, 120-inch ARI big bunk on a 2003 W900L, a show organizer on a mission to create -- more importantly, to thank -- a close-knit community in and around California, Missouri and beyond... This year's Truck Meet featured plenty to write home about.
May 6, 2025
Overhead at the end of Saturday, after the lights came on for the truck owners still parked. Find more shots from the show at the shop's Facebook page.
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Overdrive Radio
Kenworth W900: History, legacy, availability through 2026, and what's in store for the W990
On Overdrive Radio this week, a deep dive with Kenworth into the history and truck owners who helped create the W900 model's legacy. It's closingout a 60-plus year production run next year. How long will you be able to order one? Details here.
May 5, 2025
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Custom Rigs
Up close with Tony Justice's newly-custom Bennett 2006 'Purgatory' Peterbilt 379
Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber caught up with trucker and country singer-songwriter Tony Justice at MATS to talk about this recently-customized 2006 Peterbilt 379, a big part of Justice's trucking career.
May 1, 2025
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Reader Rigs
Part-time reefer puller '98 379 painted to match owner's Harley
This '98 Pete is painted in Harley-Davidson's Frosted Teal and Crushed Ice White with pearl paint colors to match owner John Treadway's 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
April 29, 2025
Treadway
Reader Rigs
Small fleet owner's flatbed-hauling '96 Peterbilt 379
Dallas, Texas-based RiteWay owner David Kosar operates this truck as part of the business, often running from Dallas out to the West Coast.
April 25, 2025
Kosar
Custom Rigs
Owner-op's '24 Pete 389 radiates hot-rod vibes
North Carolina-based Brandon Smith picked up a second-place trophy at the Mid-America Trucking Show with his custom 389, built with 12 Ga. Customs and MBH Trucking.
April 24, 2025
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Custom Rigs
MATS when the sun goes down: Show trucks built to shine
Catch views of the annual PKY Light Show from the 2025 Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 22, 2025
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Reader Rigs
Heavy-haul 1999 Peterbilt 379 stretched to 330-inch wheelbase
Richard Berst operates the 3406E-powered unit hauling oversize/overweight freight.
April 22, 2025
Berst
Reader Rigs
Michigan fleet's 2003 Peterbilt 379 daycab shuttle rig
The Cummins ISX-powered unit is primarily used to shuttle trailers between the fleet's home base and a shipper.
April 18, 2025
Dykgraaf
Custom Rigs
Bill Warner & Son's 'Hillbilly Hampton' 1988 Peterbilt 362
Bill Warner Jr. and Cody Warner's "Hillbilly Hampton" 1988 Peterbilt 362 was custom-built for the 2025 MATS Big Rig Build-Off. Catch plenty views of the rig, and all the custom work put into it, in this video walkaround.
April 17, 2025
Warner 362
Custom Rigs
Start your engines: Registration open for SuperRigs at Atlanta Motor Speedway
The annual working truck show will be held May 29-31 with more than $25,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs -- along with 12 spots in the coveted Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar.
April 15, 2025
One of the 2025 Shell Rotella SuperRigs calendar trucks -- Hoewing Trucking's 'Purple Grain' 2023 Peterbilt 389 driven by Kevin Benson -- was on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show to promote the 2025 SuperRigs competition.
Reader Rigs
Owner-op Steve Hostetler's 2-million-mile '98 Freightliner Classic
Hostetler hauls mostly ag-related commodities with the truck, which he's owned for 10 years.
April 15, 2025
Hostetler
Custom Rigs
No. 1000 walkaround: First of the last of the W900s, Kenworth's 2025 Legacy Edition
This walkaround video of the first, No. 1000 special-edition Kenworth W900 at MATS gives a look at some new edition-specific accessories from Paccar Parts.
April 11, 2025
Kenworth Legacy Truck W900 Limited Edition
Reader Rigs
'25 Kenworth W990 hauls cabins, sheds
Owner-operator Japheth Gingerich mostly pulls a cabin trailer hauling oversized cabins and sheds with the Cummins X15-powered W990.
April 11, 2025
Gingerich
Custom Rigs
Old-school perfection: 'Bossman' Bryan Martin's ’87 Pete 359
The 359 entered the MATS Big Rig Build-Off with defending champion Davis Brothers Designs out of Owensville, Indiana. 4 State Trucks owner Bryan Martin bought the truck in the early '90s, yet never got around to building it out himself.
April 10, 2025
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Reader Rigs
'99 Kenworth W900 built for heavy haul
The day cab W900 operates in Alberta, Canada, hauling heavy equipment on a lowboy trailer.
April 8, 2025
Sean Turpin's 1999 Kenworth W900
Reader Rigs
California-based owner-op's '22 Kenworth W900L
The Cummins X15-equipped unit features a PDI tuner, twin turbos, intake and exhaust manifold.
April 4, 2025
Steven Lenard's 2022 Kenworth W900L
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Small Fleet Champ
Just five weeks left to enter Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Championship
Calling small fleets! Test your trucking mettle for a chance to take home the 2025 title belt in Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship, with entries open through July. Four finalist fleets will ultimately square off in Nashville in late October at event sponsor NASTC's annual conference. Fleets up to 30 trucks are eligible to compete.
Mack Trucks reintroduced its Anthem model Tuesday as 'the new standard of regional haul.'
Equipment
'Brand new' Anthem reintroduced as Mack's regional haul truck
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Overdrive Radio
When will owner-operators have to compete with truly 'driverless' trucks?
FMCSA has officially implemented a 2015-published rule that makes the Medical Examiner's Certificate transmission to states electronic.
Regulations
FMCSA’s electronic medical certification system takes effect -- in most states
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