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Peterbilt recalling 2,500 trucks over mirror issue

The recall affects model year 2022-2023 Peterbilt 579 tractors. Also: East Manufacturing recalling small number of frame dump trailers; CVSA hosting driver wellness webinar.

January 2, 2023

Custom champs: 'Joke's on You' 389 no stranger to the spotlight

Hallahan Transport's 2022 Pete followed up its Limited Mileage championship in 2021 with a Working Combo win in the 2022 Pride & Polish competition to close out a stellar year on the truck show circuit for the rig.

December 29, 2022

Jokes On You Lead

POLL: What tire size is on your tractor?

Weigh in via this poll assessing current distribution of low-pro and tall 22.5 and 24.5 tires. If you made a proactive choice of any size, drop a comment with your notes on just why.

December 27, 2022

Hyundai Translead recalling trailers over brake issue

Approximately 39 van and reefer trailers are affected. Also: Paccar recalls more than 15,000 Peterbilt refuse trucks; female trucking groups seeking nominations for top driver awards.

December 27, 2022

Hyundai Translead van trailer

Rumors of the death of the 24.5 tire have been greatly exaggerated

That doesn't necessarily mean sourcing difficulties, particularly for 24.5s in low-profile sizes, will get better fast. Production of the 24.5 took something of a backseat to the more widespread 22.5 over the course of the pandemic's supply chain snarls.

December 21, 2022

Trucking groups slam 'challenging' new EPA rule that slashes truck emissions limits

EPA's updated emission standards for heavy-duty commercial vehicles for the 2027 model year holds trucks to an emissions standard that is more than 80% lower than current regs.

December 20, 2022

diesel truck exhaust

Own the strangest-looking Pete ever | Rolling into inspection on rims

It looks like a movie prop, but it's got a Peterbilt "pink slip" and a new 700 hp Detroit engine under the hood or... under the whatever. Also: Trailer skates across the border on rims only.

December 16, 2022

highwayman truck

Tesla's 'badass' Semi torn apart by operators

Overdrive readers took billionaire Elon Musk's bold claims about the Tesla Semi with a grain of salt, but a slim majority of drivers remained open minded despite delivering some withering critiques.

December 15, 2022

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Owner-operator Joe White's 1960 Kenworth cabover, still rolling

White's owned the truck since 1970 when he purchased it at just 19 years old. He hauled with the cabover for 30 years until around 2000. Since taking it off the road full-time, he mostly drives it to truck shows as a fine display of trucking history.

December 15, 2022

Joe White's 1960 Kenworth cabover

AB 5 latest: OOIDA files for another injunction

After OOIDA in September became an intervenor in the case, the group now asks the court for a preliminary injunction to halt the enforcement of the law. Also: Explore modular heavy-haul trailer from Faymonville; Cuban citizen sentenced for CDL fraud.

December 13, 2022

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Autonomous vehicle developers provide a look at law enforcement interaction

Autonomous vehicle interactions with law enforcement continue to grow, and if a viral video between an officer and an autonomous car earlier this year is any indication, there's plenty of work to be done.

December 6, 2022

Torc Freightliner on the road

Custom Champs: Rare White Freightliner Powerliner cabover still a part-time worker

The 1975-model COE was the first truck owned by G.L. Wasko when he started his business 45 years ago. He was the second owner of the rig then, and after some searching, the family also became the fifth owners of it in 2006.

December 8, 2022

Gary Wasko's 1975 White Freightliner Powerliner

Republican Senators urge EPA to pursue consumer-friendly emissions standards

By the end of the month, EPA is expected to publish new standards to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. Also: The autonomous truck development partnership between Navistar and TuSimple was terminated; International trucks recalled; New loyalty program.

December 6, 2022

Tesla's Semi really that 'badass'?

Tesla claims the Semi has "three times the power" of any diesel truck on the road and can accelerate "from 0-60 mph in 20 seconds, fully loaded." But is it truly 'badass,' as Musk put it? You decide.

December 5, 2022

Tesla Pepsi and Frito Lay Semis

Tesla delivers 'the most badass rig on the road' to Pepsi

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Thursday night handed over his company's first production electric Semi trucks to PepsiCo.

December 1, 2022

Tesla Semi delivery

New Yorkers paid to report idling trucks, may expand to parking violations

New Yorkers who have been cashing in by submitting video evidence of commercial vehicles breaking the city's idling law may be getting greater policing power through a bill seeking to extend citizen reporting to parking violations.

December 1, 2022

Watch: Jacobs demonstrates cylinder deactivation and active decompression technology

Jacobs Vehicle Systems shows how cylinder deactivation cuts fuel consumption and emissions while active decompression technology eliminates cab shake during engine shut down and start-up.

November 28, 2022

Jacobs Tula cylinder deactivation demonstration International LT

Troy Massey's 'Lot Rot' Peterbilt 389

Massey and team rescued the rig from the lot of his Nacogdoches, Texas-based Massey Motor Freight. The heavily-customized 2014 Pete has seen four phases of custom work to date, with a fifth on the way for 2023, Massey said.

December 1, 2022

Troy Massey's 2014 Peterbilt 389

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Kelvin Schmidt's 2018 Volvo, parked at home

Always headed home: Owner-op pulls in profit with a single goal in mind

January Trucker of the Month Kelvin Schmidt's decade-plus career as an independent isn't, ultimately, about the trucking or simply making money. His operation's freight and rates consistency delivers profit and time back home where it belongs.

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