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Photos: GATS truck views, non-Pride & Polish edition

Show rigs aren’t the only ones gracing the show floor, however. Here’s a look at the equipment on display in booths around the show floor

August 28, 2015

Overdrive’s Most Beautiful and Trucker Talent Search finalists honored at Red Eye Radio event

Views of Trucker Talent Search finalists and Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner Joanne Fatta, among others, at the Red Eye Radio post-show event at GATS, day one.

August 28, 2015

Joanne Fatta thumbs up

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Photos: Day 1 at the Great American Trucking Show

Views from the show floor on the first day of the 2015 Great American Trucking Show.

August 27, 2015

PeopleNet renews Trucker Buddy’s school grant program

Trucker Buddy International has announced PeopleNet has agreed to renew its sponsorship for the School Supply Program, which offers grants totaling $6,000 for Trucker Buddy classrooms.

August 27, 2015

Trucker Buddy announced PeopleNet has renewed the School Supply Program, which offers grants for teachers paired with drivers in the Trucker Buddy program.

Mobile mammogram unit available free to GATS attendees

The Landstar Fit for the Road Health and Wellness Pavilion at the Great American Trucking Show is offering numerous services to help truckers and GATS attendees learn healthy habits.

August 27, 2015

Big John Drury — aka the ‘dancing trucker’ — heads up health effort at GATS

At the Great American Trucking Show, as he explains this video, trucker Big John Drury has partnered with Progressive Commercial to spread the message of health through dance.

August 27, 2015

6’7″ Cincinnati-based trucker and dancer Big John Drury

PHOTOS: Sneak peek at the restored Evel Knievel Mack haul rig on the GATS show floor

Catch a few sneak-peek images of the classic 1974 Mack haul rig from the show floor before GATS opened in the gallery here. The rig is on display in the Mack Trucks booth.

August 27, 2015

Evel Knievel full-display rig

Great American Trucking Show starts Thursday: Here’s how to follow it on Overdrive

Overdrive will be covering the show every step of the way, both online on OverdriveOnline.com and live on social media channels. Here’s how you can keep up.

August 26, 2015

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Data isn’t real, even on Star Trek

“A plumber can’t tell a lawyer how to do his job any better than that same lawyer can tell a trucker how to do theirs.”

August 26, 2015

The only Data I trust

Love’s kicks off campaign to raise money for children’s hospitals

Love’s Travel Stops kicked off its annual campaign Tuesday to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

August 25, 2015

Renegade trucker’s ’00 W900L, with full YouTube episode detailing haul

This blue 2000 Kenworth W900L is owned and operated by Livingston, Montana, resident Nick Richards, who uses the rig to haul heavy equipment and ag machinery for his Renegade Trucking Inc. More on the haul here, including a full YouTube webisode.

August 25, 2015

Mariners-themed Kenworth to help raise money for children’s literacy program

A Kenworth T880 52-inch sleeper truck with a special Seattle Mariners theme will be part of a Paccar fundraising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program in Seattle.

August 24, 2015

A Kenworth T880 52-inch sleeper truck with a special Seattle Mariners theme will be part of a Paccar fund-raising effort outside Safeco Field in support of the Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program in Seattle. The event will take place Tuesday, Aug. 25, before the 7:10 p.m. Mariners home game against the Oakland Athletics.

Food Cowboy grows ways to reduce waste

The Food Cowboy group, founded by a produce hauler, continues to grow unique ways to alleviate waste and hunger in the United States, with new developments and liaisons strengthening the mission.

August 24, 2015

Joanne’s Journey: Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner overcomes hurdles to set a standard for trucking’s image

“You are the most beautiful trucker I’ve ever seen,” said a bashful driver to Joanne Fatta while they were fueling at a truck stop. Fatta laughed and asked him when he had last seen a woman trucker. He couldn’t recall. Fatta says being able to play a small part in redefining the stereotype truck driver […]

August 24, 2015

Get it right, Howard

Wendy on former Transport Topics editor Howard Abramson’s recent “Trucks are killing us” editorial: “Highway safety can’t be delegated to one group only, and lack of it can’t be faulted to just one.”

August 23, 2015

“Outta my way, I got places to go, people to kill. “

AxleOutPro ups the ante for Trucker Talent Search participants — and a new Keith Sampson vid

The winner of the talent search will receive a professional recording and video production care of AxleOutPro, much like 2014 winner Keith Sampson’s own work on his new video/song, released here.

August 21, 2015

Launched around a year ago in 2014, the AxleOutPro service, available via AxleOutPro.com, helps users determine the most fuel-efficient trailer-axle and fifth-wheel positions, among other things, “with one trip to the scale.” Find them on Facebook via this link.

Countdown to GATS initiated

“Dallas is the pinnacle when it comes to truck shows, Texas-sized and with that old-money glitz and charm The Big D exudes. … An awesome thing to see.”

August 21, 2015

Learn healthy habits while attending GATS

To help truck drivers develop ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle, the 2015 Great American Trucking Show features the Landstar Fit For the Road Health and Wellness Pavilion.

August 21, 2015

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7-step in-cab workout plan for long-term trucking

Follow along with 2024 Trucker of the Year Alan Kitzhaber as he walks you through his in-cab workout routine, designed to combat common OTR aches and pains. His seven-exercise routine takes just 20 minutes and requires minimal equipment.

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Trucking groups petition EPA to delay 2027 heavy-duty NOx rule

Luke Rethwisch followed in his father's footsteps, winning big at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show inJuly.

18-year old Luke Rethwisch's show-winning '87 Pete 359

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How truck and engine OEs might approach EPA's new DEF-derate guidance

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What freight recession? Trucker of the Month insulates biz with direct customers

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