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Trucker of the Year
Owner-op holy grail: Decades of direct freight in a custom '81 359
Owner-operator Ron Kelsey has been hauling for the same two shipper customers since he got his authority as an independent in 1994. Managing those relationships, and his award-winning 1981 Peterbilt 359, keep his business running strong.
July 31, 2025
Custom Rigs
23-year-old Cameron Bagley's 1999 Pete 379 carries on father's legacy
Sometimes a family's legacy takes the form of a chromed-out, reefer-hauling 1999 Peterbilt 379 with a brother, sister, and mother owner-operator team.
July 31, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Custom Rigs
Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show: Winners, drag racing tips and tricks, history
Gear Jammer's 8th-annual truck show has come and gone, but the glory and burnt rubber on the drag strip remain. Also remaining $120,000 for charity.
July 25, 2025
Custom Rigs
'Black Widow' '86 GMC General: 'Poor man's Peterbilt' for owner
Indiana-based Stuart Geltmaker bought the truck mostly for its two-stroke V8 Detroit engine and has since built it into a chromed-out showpiece.
July 24, 2025
Custom Rigs
Heavy machinery-hauling 2023 Peterbilt 589 shows strong at Gear Jammer
With a few custom touches, this Pete 589 really shines hauling big machines on low boys up and down the East Coast.
July 22, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Truck-ownership traditions staying alive: Owner-operators Lucas Zach, Harlan Martin
These two Wisconsin truck owners in their early-mid 20s talk custom adds and operations for their 2017 and 2023 modified Peterbilt 389s, in this week's Overdrive Radio edition. Said owner-operator Zach: "Hard to keep something nice if you're in the hopper world." Yet, he does.
July 21, 2025
Custom Rigs
Gear Jammer truck show kicks off: Truck drag races, chrome, concerts
The 8th Annual Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show kicked off on Friday at the New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire. Catch scenes from some of the action here.
July 18, 2025
Custom Rigs
Built for the hammer lane: Retired boat hauler's one-of-a-kind Frankenstein 'One Piece at a Time'
From a 1953 Ford C-500 base, Wayne Trent built his boat-haul truck out of parts from other trucks, cars, vans -- even boats. See the video here for a detailed look at the various parts and pieces that brought the whole rig together.
July 17, 2025
Custom Rigs
Custom-rigs winners crowned at annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree: Full results
More than 45,600 people attended the three-day event at the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa. The Super Truck Beauty Contest featured 87 trucks from 23 states, many of which you can see up close here.
July 16, 2025
Custom Rigs
Rare 1981 'Midnight Eagle Brougham' International cabover fully restored
According to Dusty Veldkamp, who helped rebuild the rig from the frame up, the truck as spec'd from the factory was one of only five just like it.
July 10, 2025
Custom Rigs
Oversize-haul owner-op's 'clean and simple' 2020 Peterbilt 389
Texas-based Thomas Milstead, leased to SPB Trucking, hauls mostly high and wide platform freight with his custom 2020 Peterbilt 389. He bought the truck new in 2019.
July 3, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Sharp new glider additions to Rissler small fleet underscore driver, family value
Walk through two new glider additions to Small Fleet Champ Paul Rissler Transportation, a 2016 flattop Pete and a 2019 studio-sleeper outfitted KW picked up for Wes Martin's wife, Bev, to accompany the longtime Rissler driver OTR.
June 26, 2025
Reader Rigs
Dywana Miller's 2013 Kenworth T660 hauls doors, machinery
The trucking veteran says the truck is "one of the best-running trucks" she's driven in her 43 years on the road.
June 24, 2025
Custom Rigs
Kenworth celebrates history with 4th annual parade
Trucks spanning more than 100 years of Kenworth history participated in the Kenworth Truck Parade in Chillicothe, Ohio. Also: Semi-truck uphill drag races coming to Ohio; Relay Payments expands into truck service, repair and maintenance payments; Truck Parking Club rolling mobile access controls for gated lots.
June 20, 2025
Reader Rigs
2001 Peterbilt 379 is 'pride' of Top Notch Transport small fleet
Owner Patrick White noted that while the truck wasn't the matriarch of his small, West Virginia-based fleet, it has become the pride of the fleet.
June 20, 2025
Custom Rigs
Rare 190-inch Double Eagle sleeper rides on custom '96 International
Pennsylvania-based Jesse Shirey found the truck three years ago sitting by a barn surrounded by weeds. With his wife and father, Shirey rebuilt the rig from the ground up, inside and out.
June 19, 2025
Reader Rigs
Missouri logger's 1991 Peterbilt 378
Niangua, Missouri-based Charlie McClain has owned and operated this 1991 Peterbilt 378 as part of his McClain Farms and Logging business for 25 years. Submit your truck to
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June 17, 2025
Overdrive Extra
Visual tour, impressions of the ATHS 2025 National Convention
Overdrive 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber offers this window on the ATHS National Convention, held last week, June 4-6, in Madison, Wisconsin, and featuring 850-plus trucks from all along the past century and more.
June 13, 2025
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Down to the wire: Cast your Pride & Polish votes
November 30 is the deadline to help Overdrive honor the best of the best in our Pride & Polish virtual truck show. Cast your vote through Nov. 30 for the best among readers' entered trucks in each of five categories: Antique, Interior, Limited Mileage, Working Bobtail, and Working Combo.
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1977 Peterbilt 352 was owner's 22nd birthday gift, with custom resto by Peasterbilt
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