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Custom Rigs

No. 1000 walkaround: First of the last of the W900s, Kenworth's 2025 Legacy Edition

This walkaround video of the first, No. 1000 special-edition Kenworth W900 at MATS gives a look at some new edition-specific accessories from Paccar Parts.

April 11, 2025

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

Business

SOCRadar's free service to protect your business from dark web hackers

There's a war going on for your passwords, with hackers constantly innovating new ways to capture your credentials and sell them on the dark web. A free service hopes to watch owner-operators' backs through it all.

April 8, 2025

Gear

New cable-less tracker for equipment/freight security, monitoring

The long-life battery-powered Emma device is a hockey-puck-sized unit that can be fit discreetly in a trailer and/or tractor to communicate location, temp and other data, accessible by system subscribers through an online portal 24/7.

April 4, 2025

Custom Rigs

Built to win: Wheels-off '87 Peterbilt 359 triumphant in Big Rig Build-Off

Luke Rethwisch, son of longtime truck builder Bill Rethwisch, is starting to make a name for himself early after being crowned the MATS Big Rig Build-Off champion.

April 3, 2025

Trucker of the Year

Accumulated wisdom of 34 years, 4.1 million miles: Trucker of the Year honored at MATS

In this video, track through owner-op Alan Kitzhaber's career and catch the moment he was presented with the 1/42nd-scale model of his 1995 Kenworth T600, "trophy" for the big win. Here, the full interview with Overnight Drive radio host Steve Sommers.

April 2, 2025

Overdrive Radio

Freight markets, fraud, predatory towing, pay-to-park: Small-biz trucking challenges

Setting the issues stage for MATS, this wide-ranging discussion on small-biz and other industry-wide challenges ended with a clarion call for Congress to finish what it's started and dedicate millions in funding to free truck parking.

April 1, 2025

Business

AI for owner-ops? 'Hey Bubba' AI wants to deal with brokers for you

With big brokers outsourcing routine communications to AI tools, owner-operators and small fleets can now fight fire with fire with their own bot. Its name is "Bubba."

April 1, 2025

Life

TA names three new Citizen Drivers, Overdrive's 2023 Trucker of the Year among them

Jay Hosty (Overdrive's 2023 Trucker of the Year), Darryl Tolle and Craig Daniels will have TA locations dedicated in their name for being named 2025 TA Citizen Drivers.

March 31, 2025

Custom Rigs

Dozens of trucks among winners in 2025 PKY Truck Beauty Championship

From the Big Rig Build-Off to People's Choice to five Best of Show winners and much more, take a run through the top standout custom rigs of the 2025 Mid-America Trucking Show.

March 29, 2025

Trucker of the Year

Trucker of the Year honored at MATS with replica of his T600, Bostrom seat

Alan Kitzhaber's legendary run putting down more than 4,000,000 miles in a 1995 Kenworth T600 comes to an end with a bang as Overdrive honors the owner-operator as Trucker of the Year.

March 28, 2025

Custom Rigs

Show trucks shine in bright MATS spotlight

The show truck season kicked off this week at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, with dozens of trucks competing in the annual PKY Truck Beauty Championship.

March 28, 2025