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Regulations
Port truckers bank chassis-choice win | Nurse tank's 'rocket' blast prompts safety advisory
The Federal Maritime Commission upheld a ruling that ocean carriers cannot legally require motor carriers to use specific intermodal chassis providers to move containers. Also: Nurse tank safety advisory issued; car haulers get warning flag exemption.
February 21, 2024
truck at port with containers
Equipment
New highway signs warn drivers of upcoming slow-downs | Recalls from three truck makers
Cameras at these high-congestion sites will detect traffic backups and automatically trigger a message on a sign a few miles back. Also: Recalls hit International, Freightliner, Western Star trucks; Total Distribution Inc. announces acquisition.
February 20, 2024
Ohio traffic slow-down sign
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Overdrive Radio
A living history with three custom Peterbilts - 359, 379, 389 - and their owners
For this Overdrive Radio edition, settle in for the run through 40 years of living history with three iconic Pete models, all also well-entrenched in the present through the work of these owners: Greg Crispell, Jarrett Landry, Troy Massey.
February 19, 2024
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Equipment
Quick spin: 'Beginning of a new era' with the revamped VNL
Volvo changed everything with its all-new VNL.
February 14, 2024
Revamped VNL
Reader Rigs
Operator's Cascadia daycab works around SoCal
Gregg Seltzer operates the truck for Blue Star Freight out of Chino, California.
February 16, 2024
Gregg Seltzer's 2019 Freightliner Cascadia day cab
Regulations
California reignites driverless-truck ban | FMCSA lease-purchase task force wants your input
After being vetoed by Gov. Newsom at the finish line last year, California lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to require a human operator in autonomous trucks. Also: FMCSA wants to hear driver lease-purchase experiences; KAG expands with acquisition.
February 15, 2024
Aurora autonomous truck
Custom Rigs
'Mad Skills': A Peterbilt 379 that floats
Ohio-based Scott Carder built this tritoon boat from the ground up, with a Peterbilt 379 cab as the centerpiece. Everything else on the build is custom, Carder said.
February 15, 2024
Scott Carder's Peterbilt 379 tritoon boat
Regulations
Inspectors keying in on tractor protection systems, drug and alcohol possession during Roadcheck
CVSA's International Roadcheck will be held May 14-16. For trucks, inspectors will focus specifically on the tractor protection valve, trailer supply valve and anti-bleed back valve, which may be overlooked during trip and roadside inspections.
February 12, 2024
Roadcheck brakes inspection
Trucking Law
How truckers can beat predatory towing: Egregious bills, practices, more
With predatory heavy-duty truck towing in the headlines, this installment of Overdrive's Trucking Law video series offers expert input as a resource. The devil lurks in the details in invoice scrutiny, and tactics to combat predatory practices.
February 9, 2024
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Reader Rigs
'Love this truck': John Murphy's 2009 Freightliner Cascadia
The owner has high praise for his rig, which has more than 1.3 million miles on the odometer.
February 9, 2024
John Murphy's 2009 Freightliner Cascadia
Custom Rigs
'I just had to have it': Missouri cattle hauler's '71 Pete 359
Satha Kilgore, owner of small fleet S&J Kilgore Trucking, bought this custom classic in the Fall of 2022 after plenty personal history working on it with the prior owner. Kilgore's since put it to work hauling cattle as part of his business.
February 8, 2024
Satha Kilgore's 1971 Peterbilt 359 EXHD
Regulations
DOT's Buttigieg, FMCSA call out predatory towing, propose penalties
President Biden's DOT chief on Wednesday called out "predatory junk fees from towing companies" and supported the FTC's push to ban predatory practices.
February 7, 2024
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Channel 19
Tesla Semi limps up Donner Pass during I-80 snowstorm
The Tesla Semi might be best known for blowing past diesel trucks on Donner's steep grades, but a storm Tuesday night slowed it down a hair.
February 7, 2024
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Reader Rigs
Owner-operator's 2009 Kenworth T660 a million-miler
The truck, powered by a Cat C15, has put more than 1.2 million miles behind it.
February 6, 2024
Shawn Mitchell's 2009 Kenworth T660
Equipment
Steering issue prompts big Kenworth, Peterbilt recall: More than 47K trucks
Numerous Kenworth and Peterbilt models are included in a recall stemming from incorrectly assembled steering gear assemblies. Also: Small number of Freightliner, Western Star trucks recalled; Georgia port plans new truck overpass; new Love's in Colorado.
February 5, 2024
Kenworth T680 NextGen
Custom Rigs
2019 Pete 389 glider a patriotic tribute to owner's trucking mentors
The truck, a 550-hp Cat-powered beauty of a glider, was built in memory of owner Robert Burleson's father, Alex, and trucking mentor, Jack Hicks. It features a patriotic theme inside and out, as well as a touching tribute.
February 1, 2024
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Equipment
Revoy EV: Turning diesels to hybrids in five minutes or less
A new EV tagalong/trailer hopes to revolutionize trucking, but does its weight and operational configuration make sense for owner-operators and fleets today?
January 31, 2024
Revoy ev
Regulations
Do fleets need to comply with California's now-halted diesel ban?
With no ability to enforce diesel bans CARB might look like a paper tiger, but enforcement, in one form or another, should be expected.
January 30, 2024
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Owner-op Lucas Zach's project 2017 Peterbilt 389, 2025 Timpte hopper
Mods through the years Zach's owned the 2017 389 result in what's a well-balanced look for this custom Pete, with sharp paint lines, a Cat under the hood, and a hopper-hauling setup built to handle the rough-and-dirty side of farm-haul work and still turn heads.
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Hours of Service
Are inspectors missing an easy way to catch HOS cheats and non-compliant ELDs?
Clifford C. Hay Inc. owns six trucks, with four operating on a day-to-day basis. Some of the small fleet's trucks are shown here parked up in front of the fleet's current shop in Cobleskill, New York.
Small Fleet Champ
Up from ashes: Small fleet Clifford C. Hay Inc. thrives 15 years after devastating fire
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