Equipment: Page 17

Custom Rigs
Illinois fleet's brand-new 2025 Kenworth W900L, fresh from the custom shop
Dabney Trucking company driver Brian Emshoff walks through the impressive build, which features several custom parts fabricated in-house, as well as custom pinstripe work and more.
September 26, 2024
Dabney Trucking's 2025 Kenworth W900L
Regulations
Trucking groups, fleets urge EPA to deny waiver for CARB's diesel ban
The EPA's comment period closed on CARB's waiver request to allow its Advanced Clean Fleets rule to take effect. While most of the 400-plus comments supported a waiver, many in trucking raised concerns over the rule and its impacts.
September 24, 2024
Electric truck charging
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Regulations
Roadcheck finds U.S. vehicle violations slightly higher than North American average
Commercial motor vehicle enforcement parked more than 13,000 vehicles and nearly 3,000 drivers with violations in May's enforcement campaign.
September 24, 2024
Iowa State Patrol inspection
Business
IRS boosting truckers' per diem-deduction rate | Latest recalls hit Volvo, Great Dane, Trail King
The rate for travel within the U.S. is increasing by $11, effective Oct. 1. Also: Loose lugs prompt Volvo recall; Great Dane, Trail King recall trailers; Outpost opens 4 new parking locations across U.S. with more than 1,700 spaces.
September 23, 2024
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Reader Rigs
Tom and Marie Gay's big-bunk '07 W900L on way back to former glory
The rig boasts a 362-inch wheelbase with a 180-inch ARI custom sleeper and pulls "whatever can be strapped or chained down onto the trailer."
September 20, 2024
Tom and Marie Gay's 2007 Kenworth W900L
Gear
Lightweight Accuride brake drums now standard on all Utility trailers
Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company
The Accuride Trident drums have been standard on Utility's flatbeds since 2020, and will now be standard on reefer and van trailers beginning with the 2026 model year.
September 20, 2024
Accuride Trident brake drum
Custom Rigs
Double trouble: Small fleet's custom 2006 379 and 2024 W990
Wisconsin-based Brett Buske, with Buske Trucking LLC, showed the two rigs at the Waupun Truck-N-Show in August. Get a detailed look at his personal 379, along with the fleet's newest rig.
September 19, 2024
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Life
Truck crash, rockslide create traffic issues in CO | 17K trucks recalled over brake light
A Tuesday truck crash along I-70 in Glenwood Canyon has the eastbound side down to one lane, while the U.S. 40 detour closed Wednesday morning due to a rockslide. Also: Freightliner, Western Star trucks recalled; NTP gets new boss.
September 18, 2024
Colorado I-70 truck crash
Reader Rigs
Tim Porter's tanker-yanking 'Bad Decision' 2024 Peterbilt 389
Porter pulls a food-grade tanker with the truck, which is powered by a 565 Cummins and an 18-speed. Show off your own rig by submitting it to Overdrive's Reader Rigs gallery.
September 17, 2024
Tim Porter's 2024 Peterbilt 389
Regulations
Lease-purchase task force to draft best practices for assessing agreements
FMCSA's Truck Leasing Task Force set dates for two meetings, during which it will work to draft a report on identifying best practices to help drivers assess agreements. Also: RXO closes deal to acquire Coyote; I-70 lane closure Tuesday night; more.
September 16, 2024
trucks on highway
Equipment
Weak truck orders could get a boost ahead of '27 emissions regulations
OEMs have maintained truck production at a high level.
September 13, 2024
Dan Moyer senior analyst, commercial vehicles at FTR, at the FTR Transportation Conference
Custom Rigs
Third-generation trucker's step deck-toting 2016 Kenworth T880
Tyler Pyke, a company driver for JMW Transfer, showed the T880 at the Waupun Truck-N-Show earlier this summer. Pyke comes from a family of truckers and hopes to get the family business back up and running when opportunity knocks.
September 12, 2024
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Gear
Updated app helps truckers find best repair service
The 4RoadService.com mobile app allows truckers to find nearby repair services in the event of a breakdown, including ratings of those services from other users.
September 12, 2024
4RoadService app
Life
UPS truck looted after bridge strike
After the accident in Chicago, looters stole packages from the truck. As of Monday, no arrests had been made and no citations issued, police said. Also: FMCSA extends guidance-review comment period; weight limits raised for Iowa ag haulers; more.
September 10, 2024
Crashed UPS truck
Regulations
Wabash hit with nuclear verdict in 2019 underride deaths
Wabash was found liable for a nearly half-a-billion dollar underride fatality, despite the vehicle traveling faster than NHTSA's safety rating.
September 9, 2024
trailer underride wreck
Equipment
Fontaine intros car-haul conversion kits for Western Star, Kenworth models
The conversions lower the cab heights of the Western Star 49X and Kenworth T880 and W990 models to accommodate car-haul trailers of the customer's choice.
September 6, 2024
Fontaine Western Star car-haul convesion
Custom Rigs
'Less is more' with James Churchill & Sons' custom 2023 Kenworth W9
Derek Bates operates the truck for Wisconsin-based James Churchill & Sons Trucking. He hauls chrome steel out to Arizona and California twice a month with the truck, which he's added a handful of custom mods to.
September 5, 2024
Derek Bates' 2023 Kenworth W900
Pride & Polish
Pride & Polish: Cast your votes for your favorites
The voting period for Overdrive's Pride & Polish virtual truck show is now open. Readers can select their favorite truck in each of five categories -- Working Bobtail, Working Combo, Antique, Interior and Limited Mileage/Show -- to determine finalists.
September 5, 2024
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MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford today hauls direct freight outbound for customers in part built from his years of ownership of another fleet, since sold after years of growth. MRL in some ways is Ledford's effort to right-size a business for his life today.
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Right-sizing for management: MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford hits five trucks
Ledford got his start trucking after working a dock where his manager said Ledford would never drive truck. Not only would he drive, he'd grow a fleet well beyond 30 trucks before selling out. MRL Transport is his second turn in the barrel, and Ledford's hit a profitability sweet spot.
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