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Custom Rigs
'Pretty good life' for Gary Jones' short-hood '79 Peterbilt 359
Truck show mainstay Gary Jones, owner of SPB Trucking, showed off his latest build at MATS 2025 -- a 1979 Peterbilt 359 day cab with just 630K original miles, and a rare sight among Jones' trucks, which often sport custom big bunks.
May 15, 2025
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For sale by owner-operator: Notes on the big unload at retirement
Unloading our trucks at the point of retirement isn’t an absolute necessity, especially for the custom-restorers in the audience, yet there’s something to learn from these two tales of recent sales-in-progress as owners wind down business.
May 13, 2025
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March 24, 2025
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'Promise to a friend': The Wheel Jam Truck Show, staying alive
The Wheel Jam Truck Show in Huron, South Dakota, began in 2002 over beers among friends. It grew from nine trucks the first year to hundreds today. Before its founder passed in 2024, he charged two women with keeping it going.
May 7, 2025
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Faith, family, friends: Crossroads Truck Meet show building community
A Cat 3408 V8-powered 1979 359, 120-inch ARI big bunk on a 2003 W900L, a show organizer on a mission to create -- more importantly, to thank -- a close-knit community in and around California, Missouri and beyond... This year's Truck Meet featured plenty to write home about.
May 6, 2025
Overhead at the end of Saturday, after the lights came on for the truck owners still parked. Find more shots from the show at the shop's Facebook page.
Trucker of the Year
'Ain't never not made it yet': Owner-op George Kincaid and the power of positivity
Building business in trucking, carving out a niche wholly on his own with authority, hasn't always been easy for George Kincaid, yet a measure of guarded positivity guides him in diligent efforts to get where he wants to be as a business owner.
April 30, 2025
April Trucker of the Month George Kincaid's Western Star 4900EX, a Millennial Edition model built around the turn of the century.
Business
Tariffs' impacts on freight markets already being felt
Despite signs of improvement earlier in the year, freight analysts are now starting to predict a prolonged freight recession due to tariffs and other factors. Also: Truck tonnage fell in March; Volvo Group announces layoffs.
April 22, 2025
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Custom Rigs
MATS when the sun goes down: Show trucks built to shine
Catch views of the annual PKY Light Show from the 2025 Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 22, 2025
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Truckers, what road gets your vote for worst in the nation?
How about the best? With legislators set to take up a highway-funding reauthorization next year, the Overdrive Highway Report Card is back. Weigh in with your choices for road conditions (parking, too) to call out where improvement is needed most.
April 10, 2025
Pot-holed road and alert triangles.
Custom Rigs
Old-school perfection: 'Bossman' Bryan Martin's ’87 Pete 359
The 359 entered the MATS Big Rig Build-Off with defending champion Davis Brothers Designs out of Owensville, Indiana. 4 State Trucks owner Bryan Martin bought the truck in the early '90s, yet never got around to building it out himself.
April 10, 2025
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Life
Miss the action at MATS? FMCSA sessions, Trucker of the Year, custom rigs winners, and much more
Access coverage from and coming out of MATS in Louisville, Kentucky, March 27-29, 2025, on this page collecting all that's appeared in Overdrive.
April 7, 2025
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Wisconsin Make-a-Wish truck convoy will ride again, this time in the Dells
After the last ride for the Waupun Truck-n-Show in 2024, trucker Wade Riffey got to thinking about what would happen to the long-associated Make-a-Wish benefit convoy. With a little help, the Badger State Truck'n Show is born.
April 3, 2025
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Regulations
Supreme Court sides with fired trucker against CBD vendor Medical Marijuana Inc.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a trucker can sue a CBD supplement company in a RICO case after a wrongly labeled product led to the driver failing a drug test and getting fired.
April 2, 2025
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Gear
Snap-on launches new diagnostic tool with code-based troubleshooting
Snap-on Tools
Snap-on’s new Pro-Link+ is a complete code-based diagnostic and repair platform for all makes of trucks, providing a direct path from pulling a fault code via the vehicle communication interface to diagnosing and fixing the problem.
April 2, 2025
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Regulations
Bill to repeal 12% tax on trucks revived in Congress
Members of Congress are once again attempting to repeal the 12% Federal Excise Tax on new truck and trailer purchases. Also: Wyndham Hotels offering rewards program, partnership with Hotels4Truckers; Engine travel platform accepting Wex OTR cards.
March 28, 2025
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Partners in Business
Good news, bad news: Owner-operator revenue down, but income finally rising
Savings on fuel and operational shifts (better efficiency, more miles, length of haul shifts or other adjustments) led income to rise in 2024 for owner-operators -- a first in the last three years. That's despite continuing rates and revenue decline.
March 27, 2025
Net income lump and per mile -- ATBS
Regulations
OOIDA urges Congress to act on non-domiciled CDLs, English proficiency
OOIDA told Congress that large carriers' "insatiable appetite for cheap labor" has led to an apparent rise in non-domiciled CDLs, and plenty operators who can't communicate in English. The panel agreed English proficiency was safety-critical.
March 26, 2025
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Regulations
Trump nominates former Florida Highway Patrol Chief Derek Barrs to lead FMCSA
Just days after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Acting Administrator suddenly left the role, the White House has nominated Derek Barrs to lead the agency.
March 25, 2025
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Equipment and Maintenance
Beating predatory truck tows -- the Partners in Business guide
For owner-operators, an egregious tow or recovery bill can spell out a death sentence for a trucking career, maybe ruin life at home, too. Until the wider world acknowledges the grave realities, truckers need a resource.
January 1, 2025
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Regulations
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