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Safety and Compliance
6 pre- and post-trip inspection myths, and reality
Owner-operators know how important inspections are, but much of the conventional wisdom around inspections is more fiction than fact, which in some cases can lead to OOS violations.
January 1, 2025
Officer inspecting a semi-truck next to the trucking law logo
Equipment and Maintenance
Move equipment financing terms to your favor
When purchasing a truck and looking to take out a loan, you have several options for negotiating with lenders to help get the terms to more favorable footing.
January 1, 2025
Trucks on dealership lot
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Custom Rigs
Top trucks of 2024, Part 2: The 5 biggest custom-rigs hits of the year
Here, find the top five Custom Rigs stories featured in Overdrive last year, featuring trucks as old as a 1955 Kenworth needlenose and as new as a 2025 W900L. Also: A chance name your favorite among the total top 10.
December 30, 2024
Conrad Shada's 2020 Peterbilt 389
Custom Rigs
Top trucks of 2024: Custom Peterbilts steal the show -- Part 1
Here, find part one of two highlighting Overdrive's top 10 Custom Rigs stories of 2024, with Nos. 6-10 featured here. Stay tuned Monday for part 2 with Nos. 1-5.
December 27, 2024
Satha Kilgore's 1971 Peterbilt 359 EXHD
Pride & Polish
Kansas-headquartered Scott Huber 'all in' on 2006 Pete 379 rebuild
The owner-operator bought the truck in 2021 with plans to fix it up and work it, but after having to put a new motor in it, he decided he "might as well go all in" on a rebuild. His efforts yielded a Pride & Polish Working Bobtail win.
December 26, 2024
Scott Huber withi is 2006 Peterbilt 379
Equipment
Missing kingpin weld prompts trailer recall | Spot rates' pre-Christmas bump
Great Dane is recalling some of its Champion dry van trailers over missing kingpin welds. Also: Spot rates were up in the last week, particularly strong for dry vans; driver named Highway Angel for helping trucker injured while working on his trailer.
December 24, 2024
Great Dane Champion
Reader Rigs
Livestock-hauling 2025 Peterbilt 589 'rides excellent'
This sharp-looking 589 of Ontario-based Luckhart Transport Limited has just 70,000 miles on it from hauling livestock across the U.S. and Canada. The driver says he's loving Pete's newest model.
December 23, 2024
589 Peterbilt
Regulations
Predatory tows left out of FTC's 'junk fees' ban
FTC's final rule focuses on the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries rather than having a broader application. Also: Shippers' market conditions fell in October.
December 23, 2024
truck being towed
Pride & Polish
'Paradise Express' at 3 million miles and counting: Stunning big-bunk '03 Pete 379
Michael Castaldi's big-bunk 379 and 2010 Utility reefer put the "working" in Working Combo, racking up an average of 150,000 miles a year in his 22 years of ownership, running team with his son for the last decade.
December 19, 2024
Castaldi crop
Regulations
Trucking groups decry EPA decision to grant low-NOx reg waiver for CARB
In what the groups view as an "ill-advised" and "misguided" decision, the EPA has granted a waiver for CARB's "Omnibus" Low-NOx Regulation.
December 18, 2024
truck with exhaust on highway
Equipment
Used-truck pricing, value: A role for aftertreatment maintenance
The final part of this series, examining ramifications of increasingly stringent diesel-emissions regulations and equipment complication, turns to used-truck markets. As aftertreatment systems improve, systematic PM could help backstop resale value.
December 18, 2024
Mechanics using a computer to diagnose a truck problem
Regulations
Regulatory update: AEBs, speed limiters, more expected in 2025
A final rule to mandate automatic emergency braking systems is expected in January, a notice of proposed rulemaking to mandate speed limiters is planned for May, and a number of other regulatory moves are expected in the coming months.
December 17, 2024
heavy truck traffic on highway
Custom Rigs
'Blood, sweat and tears': Ingrid Brown's 2025 Peterbilt 589
Ingrid Brown's 45-year driving career couldn't prepare her for the shock of seeing the 589 all decked out and presented to her by her company, Blackjack Express LLC.
December 17, 2024
peterbilt 589
Equipment
Peterbilt launches new LED pod headlights for 589
The headlights use 30% less power than the halogen equivalent and provide maximum light output with wide coverage and 45-degree left and right low beams.
December 17, 2024
Peterbilt 589 LED pod headlights
Equipment
Nikola's troubles deepen with more layoffs, potential bankruptcy
The Arizona-based manufacturer of the Tre battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell semis is quickly running out of cash as survival efforts remain ongoing, according to a recent SEC filing.
December 12, 2024
Nikola FCEV and BEV semis
Equipment
As Bendix ECU recall expands, 220K Peterbilt, Kenworth trucks caught up
The already-widespread ECU recall from Bendix now includes 220,000 Paccar trucks of various makes and models. Also: Full truckload of sweetened condensed milk seized at border; more than $10M in drugs seized; more.
December 12, 2024
Peterbilt 589
Maintenance
Motive's new roadside assistance option
Motive has a new roadside assistance offering it says can save carriers 15%-20%. It will be available through the Motive Driver App December 16.
December 11, 2024
Triangles In Breakdown Lane
Custom Rigs
'Somebody upstairs' delivered a miracle: How a son rescued his father's lost 2000 W9
After owner-op Chad Roberson's father, Everett, passed 2007, Chad lost track of his last truck, a 2000 Kenworth W900. Two years ago, the unthinkable happened, and he was able to buy it back. Now, he's fixing it up to achieve his dad's dream.
December 10, 2024
Chad Roberson's 2000 Kenworth W900
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Custom Rigs
The ‘Maximum Overdrive’-themed 1999 Western Star that made a marriage
Owner-operator Jackie Baggett sees his "Green Goblin" 1999 Western Star 4964EX as more than a work truck. The rig served a solemn duty as starting point of a relationship that led to his marriage. The truck today hauls oversize freight for Ace Doran.
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Pride & Polish
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Regulations
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