Equipment

Semi-autonomous trucks deployed along I-70
A pair of trucks will operate along I-70 between Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis using platooning technology. Also: Used-truck sales volumes rising; fleet petitions FMCSA to allow installation of flashing, brake-activated amber lights on trucks.
April 17, 2025
Two trucks equipped with Kratos Defense platooning technology are operating along I-70 for Ease Logistics.
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
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POLL: Do you yank a tanker? What's been your biggest biz struggle the last few years?
The liquid bulk-hauling owner-operator niche, known for better than average revenues and income, at once comes with its own unique struggles and tradeoffs. Weigh in on how you've approached them in this two-question survey.
April 17, 2025
Clockwise from top, owner-operator Matthew Karr, 2023 Small Fleet Champ LNL Trucking, and California-headquartered fuel hauler Lamb Fuels are just a few liquid-bulk businesses Overdrive's profiled in recent years.
Equipment
Peterbilt rides strength of 589 to record market share
Peterbilt built more than 6,000 Model 589s last year.
April 13, 2025
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Regulations
Massachusetts backs off 'zero-emission' truck reg, for now
Massachusetts is giving manufacturers a temporary reprieve in enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks reg's electric truck sales requirements. Also: Volvos recalled over hazard light issue; two fleets' flashing brake light waivers approved; more.
April 15, 2025
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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
Equipment
Lucid wins Nikola bankruptcy auction, buys factory and assets
Lucid Motors has won the auction for bankrupt Nikola Motors' assets and Arizona factory and headquarters. What does this mean for the future of Nikola and Lucid?
April 11, 2025
Nikola FCEV and BEV parked
Equipment
SelectTrucks adds location in Nashville
SelecTrucks has opened its newest location, SelecTrucks of Nashville. SelecTrucks of Nashville is a member of the Velocity Truck Center family of dealerships.
April 11, 2025
Select Trucks Of Nashville Opened By Velocity Truck Centers
Regulations
FMCSA's speed-limiter mandate: Ban reintroduced in Congress | Diesel thieves arrested
A bill reintroduced in Congress would block FMCSA from issuing a rule requiring speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks. Also: Three arrested in Kentucky for allegedly stealing $18K in diesel to support a trucking business.
April 11, 2025
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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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Gear
New severe-duty wheel-end products from RevHD
The wheel-end product manufacturer this year introduced new half-stand bearing sets, spacers and hub caps for severe-duty applications.
April 9, 2025
RevHD Severe Duty Hub Caps
Equipment
Mack unleashes a monster with 'badass' new on-highway tractor
Mack Trucks unveiled Tuesday its new Pioneer model, a truck dubbed "the new standard in long haul."
April 8, 2025
Mack Pioneer Class 8 truck
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
Overdrive Extra
Most iconic Mack truck through history? We asked, you answered
A majority of readers chose one of three Mack models as their favorite amid the truck maker's 125th-anniversary celebration this year, with a new-model reveal set for April 8. A look, too, at a 100-year-old AB model to display in New York.
April 7, 2025
Top three Mack models throughout history, as named by Overdrive readers
Regulations
Congress moves to overturn EPA's CARB emissions waivers
The Congressional Review Act resolutions would overturn CARB's Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus Low-NOx rules. Also: Mack accepting entries for 2026 calendar contest; new Love's opens in southeast Ohio.
April 4, 2025
trucks and cars on California highway
Gear
New cable-less tracker for equipment/freight security, monitoring
The long-life battery-powered Emma device is a hockey-puck-sized unit that can be fit discreetly in a trailer and/or tractor to communicate location, temp and other data, accessible by system subscribers through an online portal 24/7.
April 4, 2025
Surfact's Emma tracking device
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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.
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Niche hauls: How to find yours, and tradeoffs and triumphs of specialization
A new American Transportation Research Institute report details how much public rest area truck parking is available in each state and how states rank based on parking spaces per highway miles and more.
Parking
NIMBY concerns, land costs limiting public truck parking
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