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Custom Rigs
SuperRigs offered sneak preview of August’s Pride & Polish National Championship finale
In addition to the show’s role of choosing the weekend’s winners and the 12 trucks that will appear in next year’s SuperRigs calendar, it also offered a sneak peak at the upcoming Overdrive’s Pride & Polish National Championship.
June 23, 2015
Custom Rigs
Meet ChampTruck’s newest competitor: Off-road racer Corry Weller
Corry Weller brings her skills in off-road truck racing to big rig racing this season in ChampTruck’s inaugural truck racing circuit.
June 18, 2015
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Two owner-operator segments with the best earnings start for 2015
A look at which owner-operator segments are earning the most so far in 2015.
June 16, 2015
Custom Rigs
Ray Rodriquez brings his ‘wicked’ Petes to SuperRigs
Small fleet owner and California equipment hauler Ray Rodriquez brought to San Antonio this week to show at Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs both his oldest rigand his newest, one of the most striking trucks gracing the show truck circuit presently.
June 12, 2015
Overdrive Extra
THUD update: House retains provision barring FMCSA from increasing insurance minimums, still no Senate bill
With Congress returning from its roughly two-week Memorial Day recess, work likely will resume in the coming week on 2016 appropriations bills for the DOT. And those bills could earn the trucking industry a few regulatory victories.
June 5, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Are driving skills about to be devalued?
Our industry has spent years on the hard sell that safe driving is truly a skilled profession. It’s sad to imagine the long-haul more akin to Homer Simpson, watching gauges at the power plant.
June 4, 2015
Custom Rigs
Tanker, old Mack among customizer’s showcase in ‘Mad Max’
Georgia Tech’s rambling wrecks don’t hold a candle to the trucks and other vehicles customized by production designer Colin Gibson in “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
May 14, 2015
Overdrive Extra
In-cab with Freightliner’s self-driving truck
Video of Freightliner’s 2015-unveiled autonomous truck coming into and out of self-driving mode.
May 8, 2015
Overdrive Extra
All snakes want is to cuddle with a warm body — parked or not
Snakes continue to surprise truckers and four-wheelers with their surprise appearances.
May 7, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Dashcam adoption following same path as ELDs
Swift’s plan to install dashcams in more than 6,000 trucks reflects a trend that shows, once again, the contentious interplay between technology, privacy and return on investment.
May 4, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Infographic: Electronic logging device maker PeopleNet pushes driver pay, convenience as e-log benfits
Major electronic logging device provider PeopleNet this week unveiled an infographic detailing stats that the company says show use of ELDs can boost a driver’s annual pay by about $1,500 and save about 30 minutes a day.
April 30, 2015
Custom Rigs
KW vent-a-hood bound for weekend Pride & Polish
Jaikes is showing his Kenworth at this year’s first Pride & Polish event, at 75 Chrome Shop, which runs Friday through Sunday in Wildwood, Fla.
April 22, 2015
Custom Rigs
Checking in with ChampTruck competitor Allen Boles on his small fleet’s prep for upcoming truck races
Jupiter Enterprises’ owner, manager and driver Allen Boles has been hard at work prepping his 15-truck fleet’s two Peterbilt entrants for the upcoming Meritor ChampTruck World Series truck races, which kick off later this month at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. I had the chance this week to talk to Susan Boles, Allen’s sister, about […]
April 17, 2015
Pride & Polish
25th anniversary pride: Our 25 best show truck videos
One way we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Overdrive’s Pride & Polish this year is highlighting our best custom truck videos.
April 16, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Worst case scenario: A truck fire! What to do if your rig’s ablaze
Smelling smoke while you’re on the road? Take action before it’s too late. Read these seven key points, or you can view our 30-Second Trucker Tip video series to get the quickie version.
April 15, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Big data changing the owner-operator insurance game, Progressive says
Simple formulas used in owner-operator insurance acquisition, such as driver health and age and number of out-of-service violations, soon could take a back seat to big data and more sophisticated algorithm-driven coverage and rates.
April 10, 2015
Pride & Polish
Start the Pride & Polish season with six seconds of stars
Any of you show truck aficionados who’ll be in central Florida April 24-26 can get a good fix at the 75 Chrome shop show. It’s the first Overdrive’s Pride & Polish event of 2015, taking place that weekend at the shop on I-75, just northwest of Orlando (map). Can’t make that? Check the locations and dates […]
April 10, 2015
Custom Rigs
Obscene Gesture cabover rescued from junkyard
Among the many cabovers at the recent Mid-America Trucking Show, one of the best-looking was Jeff Shawhan’s 1990 Kenworth K100E, which he calls Obscene Gesture.
April 7, 2015
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