Tag: GATS

Hours of Service

FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo to answer drivers’ hours of service questions in live GATS Week session

Joe DeLorenzo, director of enforcement and compliance for the FMCSA, will answer new hours of service rule questions in a live GATS Week seminar. Details here.

August 13, 2020

Pride & Polish Weekly Video Encore, No. 30: Eric Turner’s 2015 Peterbilt 389 car hauler

We’re kicking off the 30-week video series, which will publish every Monday, with Eric Turner Sr.’s 2015 Peterbilt 389 glider and Wally Mo car hauler.

February 3, 2020

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Looking back on three decades of custom rigs as Overdrive’s Pride & Polish turns 30

To celebrate the past three decades of custom semi-trucks, Overdrive will revisit some of the best rigs from past Pride & Polish events. Details here.

January 30, 2020

A look back: Top combos from 2019 Pride & Polish

Top three combos from GATS

January 1, 2020

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Missouri hauler’s special edition Pete 379X

The rig is the only 379X with this exact color, Farley says, because the color came out with the Pride & Class special edition 389s in 2015. He says Peterbilt wasn’t going to let them use the color, but after sending the VIN and title to Peterbilt to prove it was a special edition 379X, they sent CEI the paint codes.

December 12, 2019

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J&L Contracting returns to show truck competition with custom 2019 Pete 389

The company gave the truck its name, “Here We Go Again,” as a nod to J&L’s return to truck show competition. A previous Peterbilt 389, “Contender,” competed for the Pride & Polish National Championship in 2015.

November 21, 2019

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Tennessee-based ministry’s 1985 Peterbilt 359 with airbrushed Bible-themed trailer

The driver’s side of the trailer depicts a number of Bible stories, ranging from creation to Revelation. The rear and passenger’s side of the trailer feature American flag graphics and the seals of the U.S. Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force. It also features a tribute to truck drivers.

November 7, 2019

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Oklahoma hauler’s 1987 Peterbilt 359

Dennis White, the owner of Dennis White Trucking out of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, bought the 1987 Peterbilt 359 in this video in May 2018. The truck was on display in the Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish competition in August, where it picked up third place in the Limited Mileage Bobtail class.

October 24, 2019

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Photos: Check out more than 250 shots of Pride & Polish show trucks, rat rods from GATS

Fill out a short form to gain access to more than 250 photos of the nation’s premier show trucks from the Great American Trucking Show Pride & Polish contest.

October 14, 2019

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2019 GATS Best of Show, Builders Class: A ‘Foolish Habit’ pays off

The complete teardown and rebuild of the 2000 Peterbilt 379 included installing late-model doors and mirrors and replacing all wearable parts. The sleeper now features a couch and large sound system instead of a bunk, since the truck is used only for show.

October 11, 2019

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2019 GATS Best of Show, Working Combo: ‘Showtime’ steals the stage

Eric Turner and his wife, Stacy, kept judges’ sheets from previous shows and later tried to address everything that deducted points. That intense focus led to their rig, “Showtime,” winning not only a Best of Show award but also being selected as Truckers’ Choice by their peers and show attendees.

October 10, 2019

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2019 GATS Best of Show, Limited Mileage Combo: ‘The Joker’ gets last laugh

TJ Kounkel’s 2018 Peterbilt 389 and 2020 Wilson Silverstar livestock hauler turned heads at GATS Pride & Polish with the unique purple and green color scheme.

October 9, 2019

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