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Partners in Business

Have freight markets turned? ATBS update set for March 25

Expect answers from our Partners in Business coproducer ATBS, just ahead of MATS, with the firm's semi-annual update charting owner-operator 2024 revenue, cost, and income benchmarks derived from tens of thousands of clients' real-world performance.

March 14, 2025

Overdrive Radio

New battery-powered aux A/C promises better ROI for small fleet with portability

To maximize returns on investment in the Fresco 9000 MaXX, Hell Bent Xpress owner Jamie Hagen says he can easily move the minimally invasive system truck to truck with trades -- and the battery in the design comes with a whopping 10-year warranty.

March 3, 2025

Overdrive Radio

Get in where you fit in: Truck parking-friendly Hotels4Truckers

The website and now mobile app got its start cataloging hotels around the nation where parking a tractor-trailer was welcomed. Today, discounted rates and on-platform booking deliver savings directly to truckers at dozens of hotel brands.

February 25, 2025

Equipment

New diesel-electric hybrid retrofit 379 to debut at MATS

ReVolt said it will bring a Peterbilt 379 retrofit with a hybrid drivetrain to the truck show. The hybrid system boasts higher horsepower, torque and fuel efficiency than diesel engines.

February 7, 2025

Life

Open to all MATS attendees, reception with free food, drinks, live music kicks things off

MATS will kick off in March with its Opening Reception on Thursday night of the show, offering plenty for show attendees. Also: $1.6M in cocaine found in soft-drink load; Volvo's latest autonomous partnership; Highway Angel helped snow-stranded motorist.

February 5, 2025

Custom Rigs

Five custom truck builders to compete for $25K in MATS Build-Off

This year's MATS Big Rig Build-Off will bring to bat five of the most talented and innovative truck builders in a winner-takes-all competition with $25,000 on the line. Names on deck: Warner, Henderson, Rethwisch, Davis, Manning...

February 3, 2025

Overdrive Extra

First look: 100-inch custom ATG sleeper on Jay Hosty's '22 Western Star

Trucker of the Year Hosty's '22 Western Star 4900EX daycab is a daycab no more. That's right -- plans in this case come to full fruition, with the addition of the 100-inch custom Alliance Truck Group (ATG) rear-door sleeper. It's a beauty.

January 8, 2025

Partners in Business

Calculate any load's cost in relation to time, not just miles

Evaluating any given load’s value, it’s crucial to consider costs to haul the freight on a per-mile basis, but also in relation to time. This custom-spreadsheet table and Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer can help

January 1, 2025

Regulations

'AB5 sucks': Trump DOJ pick on California contractor law | MATS registration open

Harmeet K. Dhillon was nominated as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Justice Department. As an attorney in California, she was critical of AB 5. Also: Registration open for MATS; two Paccar recalls affect about 100 Kenworths, Peterbilts.

December 10, 2024

Custom Rigs

'His last ride': Illinois-based owner's '79 Freightliner COE goes to work after resto

Don Emmons started his trucking career in 1979 in a Freightliner cabover and had been looking for one for a long time. He found this one and bought it last fall, and fixed it up to put it to work as part of his Emmons and Sons LLC business.

July 11, 2024

Custom Rigs

MATS 'Build-Off' winner: Immaculate '24 Peterbilt 389 built with old-school style

A detailed look at the custom build from the team at Davis Brothers Designs team that MATS judges deemed the best of the three competing in the Big Rig Build-Off back in March.

July 4, 2024

Custom Rigs

MATS 'Build-Off': Dickerson Custom Trucks' '96 379 boasts Cat dozer power

From an engine that was originally in a bulldozer to a cab-width 4K screen as a dash and much more, the custom truck shop's build is certainly among most standout seen at MATS this year.

June 20, 2024