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Pride & Polish
Meet the 2021 Overdrive's Pride & Polish champs
Six trucks and their owners were named winners across seven categories, with four for working trucks (two each for bobtail and combo, delineated by year), one for limited mileage, one for antique and one for interior.
August 5, 2021
Custom Rigs
1982 Peterbilt 359, W. Tim Miller's grain-to-market hauler, an emblem of owner-op history
Tim Miller's previous 1969 359 was featured in a 1990s edition of Overdrive prompted by the appreciation of his then-teenage daughter for her father's dedication to the family business. Miller's an emblem of owner-operator history from the farms.
August 3, 2021
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Robert Dean Catoe's 2016 Freightliner Coronado
Catoe bought the truck a little over a month ago. It's equipped with a 500-hp Detroit 60 Series with a 13-speed.
August 3, 2021
Custom Rigs
Rollin' Transport takes home Best of Show from SuperRigs
The 2020 Peterbilt 389, driven by Kiegan Nelson, picked up Best of Show and Best Interior at Shell Rotella SuperRigs. First runner up went to Brian Dreher's 2016 Peterbilt 389, and second runner up went to Truett Novosad's 2007 Peterbilt 379.
July 31, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Lessons in 30-fold growth over a decade with DSD owner Don Wood
Here's how he did it, utilizing a combination of owner-ops leased on and purchased equipment, after years with just a single truck. Much of it was predicated on meeting customer demand for transport. Also: SuperRigs report on-site in Illinois.
July 30, 2021
Reader Rigs
Jay Johnson's 2020 Kenworth W900
Johnson usually hauls chips to a paper mill in Covington, Virginia, and when he doesn't have chips, he pulls a flatbed. During fruit season, the company hauls apples and peaches.
July 30, 2021
Pride & Polish
Overdrive's Pride & Polish winners unveiled
Custom truck owners submitted 64 entries, and these entries received hundreds of online votes. Winners in each category will be announced in a streaming event Thursday at this page.
July 20, 2021
Custom Rigs
Super trucks show out at SuperRigs
Around 60 trucks are registered with more continuing to file in at the three-day Shell Rotella SuperRigs event at the Love's Travel Stops location in Hampshire, Illinois, just west of Chicago off I-90. Here's a small sampling of the rigs on display.
July 29, 2021
Custom Rigs
Don Wood's 2003 Peterbilt 379: DSD Transport's new custom flagship
Looking for some sort of diversion in the depths of the upper-Midwest COVID wave back in October of 2020, DSD Transport small-fleet owner Don Wood took this 2003 Peterbilt 379 and began to rebuild it from the bare frame to what it is today.
July 28, 2021
Reader Rigs
Anthony Baltuskonis' 2018 Kenworth W900L
The glider, which was built by D&B Trucks in Glasgow, Kentucky, also features a Studio Sleeper.
July 27, 2021
Reader Rigs
Jeffery Kuchel's 2006 Western Star 4900EX Lowmax
The rig sports a 60 Series Detroit with an 18-speed. Kuchel bought the truck from its second owner and completely went through it, rebuilt the engine and changed the entire look of the trailer.
July 23, 2021
Reader Rigs
Buster Drinkard's 2019 Kenworth T680
Drinkard hauls frozen turkey out and anything back along the East Coast, in the Midwest and as far west as Texas. He pulls mostly reefer but also some flatbed.
July 20, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Staying ahead of the complacency danger of advanced assist tech
On Overdrive Radio, real-world perspective from two operators on the space where increasingly sophisticated driver-assist technologies meet the realities of the road. And: W. Tim Miller's old-school 1982 359 and farming/hauling operation.
July 16, 2021
Reader Rigs
Mark DiGregorio Sr.'s 1990 Freightliner COE
The retired owner-operator drove this classic during the last two years of his 33-year career.
July 16, 2021
Custom Rigs
The classic 359 of Virgil Nolt Trucking
Steve Brubaker, a company driver for Virgil Nolt Trucking, showed off this classic 1986 Peterbilt 359 at the Kenly 95 East Coast Jamboree in Kenly, North Carolina, May 6-8, 2021.
July 15, 2021
Custom Rigs
Super Trucks winners and more from Walcott
The Super Trucks Beauty Contest at Walcott last week saw one truck walk away with both "Trucker's Choice" and "Best Overall Theme" trophies, and scads of others hauling in the hardware for interiors, lights, paint and so much more.
July 13, 2021
Reader Rigs
Mark Coffey's 2001 Peterbilt 379 EXHD
The truck features a 550-hp 6NZ Cat with an 18-speed. It's usually paired with a 2006 Reinke 48-foot drop deck.
July 13, 2021
Custom Rigs
Thursday night lights at the 2021 Walcott Truckers Jamboree
Scenes from the "Lights at Night" part of the Super Trucks custom-rigs competition at the 2021 Walcott Truckers Jamboree, above the hum of owner-op Aaron Walters' 2019 389 glider's 1990s Cat motor.
July 9, 2021
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