Equipment

Volvo's new VNL now available for order
The revamped model features four exterior and interior packages and six cab configurations. Also: Recall hits 29,000 Freightliner, Western Star trucks; Arkansas launches new highway performance dashboard.
April 15, 2024
Volvo VNL 2024 revamp
Regional hauler's 2016 International LoneStar
Operator John Whirley hauls dry van freight in the Southeast with this 2016 LoneStar.
April 12, 2024
John Whirley's 2016 International LoneStar
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March 15, 2024
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Custom Rigs
Custom 2024 Peterbilt 389 boasts exquisite laced fenders, lift bumper
Oakley-leased end dump puller Jason "Otis" Harris, based in Clanton, Alabama, has always been a fan of Peterbilts. He's always been a fan of the color yellow, too. With his 2024 389, debuted at MATS, he got the best of both worlds.
April 11, 2024
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Regulations
Operation Safe Driver enforcement blitz: CVSA set dates | Autonomous vehicle bill stopped
CVSA announces when the Operation Safe Driver enforcement blitz will ramp up. Also: KY's guv vetoed a bill that would have required drivers in-cab for any autonomous vehicle over 62,000 lbs. through 2026; 'Best Fleets to Drive For' crowned.
April 10, 2024
Ovd truck Pulled Over Law Enforcement Inspection Ticket
Equipment
Where trucking stands on the REPAIR Act
A resolution introduced in the House of Representatives last year could become a federal right to repair law. But will it? And should it? Industry associations have mixed opinions.
April 4, 2024
Truck in a service shop waiting to be worked on
Regulations
Group backed by former AG Barr suing California over rule banning diesels
The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed suit looking to block enforcement of CARB's Advanced Clean Fleets rule. Also: Love's opens five new Speedco locations, renovates two; new resource for finding showers.
April 5, 2024
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Reader Rigs
Semi-retired wood chip hauler's '16 W9
Operator Tony Thompson drives the truck for F.E. Martin Trucking, earning with side work during retirement.
April 5, 2024
Tony Thompson's 2016 Kenworth W900
Overdrive Extra
Roadcheck-ready resources: 'Ask Me Anything'-style live rap with CVSA coming May 1
Our friends and colleagues at CCJ are hosting a live Q&A with Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance roadside inspections guru Jeremy Disbrow May 1. That's two weeks ahead of Roadcheck -- all inspection questions, and Overdrive readers, welcome.
April 4, 2024
CCJ Ask Me Anything session pre-Roadcheck
Custom Rigs
Massey Motor Freight's 2022 389 'Dustn' the Wind' a custom tribute to fallen biz partner
Troy Massey of Texas-based Massey Motor Freight designed this heavily modified 2022 Peterbilt 389 as a tribute to the friend and pro sales rep Massey had long worked with, Dustin DuPree, before he passed away.
April 4, 2024
Troy Massey's 2022 Peterbilt 389
Regulations
EPA Phase 3 truck emissions rule destined to fail? Industry reactions pour in
Many in trucking are skeptical of EPA's emissions-reduction targets, especially with the Phase 3 rule's slant toward a push for zero-emission technologies like battery-electric trucks.
April 2, 2024
Volvo VNR 862T battery electric and Forum Mobility charger
Regulations
Final EPA Phase 3 rule sets truck CO2-emissions limits
Sleeper truck manufacturers already have their work cut out for them meeting 2022-introduced NOx and particulates emissions limits. With EPA's Phase 3 greenhouse-gas regs issued today, CO2 reductions up the ante starting in 2030, sooner for other trucks.
March 29, 2024
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Equipment
Used-truck prices climbed in February | Bennett companies turning 50
Used Class 8 average retail sales prices were up 4.4% month over month to $62,100 in February, according to ACT Research. Also: Bennett celebrates 50 years in business; TA opens restaurants in New Braunfels, Texas, and Savannah, Georgia.
March 29, 2024
Bennett's 50th-anniversary Trailer
Custom Rigs
Independent's stunning 'Little Blue' 1995 Freightliner FLD
Owner-operator Raiko Graveran has owned the truck for about 15 years, but really turned it into a working showpiece in 2020. The FLD debuted at its first truck show in the Spring of 2021. Here, run through the many upgrades he's made to the rig.
March 28, 2024
Raiko Graveran's 1995 Freightliner FLD120
Equipment
Baltimore bridge collapse could squeeze DEF supply
The Port of Baltimore handles huge volumes of DEF. Now, with the Key Bridge collapsed, how will the port's closure impact the availability of a key input?
March 27, 2024
Port Of Baltimore
Custom Rigs
Top performers from MATS' 2024 PKY Truck Beauty Championship
Catch the full awards ceremony from the Mid-America Trucking Show, as well as the full list of winners and plenty views of standouts from the contest, spanning 39 categories.
March 27, 2024
Fred Rethwisch, 1986 International 9670
Custom Rigs
Peterbilt's new Model 589/389 'genuine accessories' packages, in pictures
At the Mid-America Trucking Show, Peterbilt introduced a line of accessories packages with a Model 589 on display on the show floor, showcasing exterior bright parts and various lighting and interior elements now available through the dealer network.
March 26, 2024
Peterbilt Model 589 at MATS
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champ Larry Limp's e-logs reckoning: 'I like that 10 hours off' ...
The older he gets, Larry Limp notes in this Overdrive Radio edition, "I like that 10 hours off." Dive into LNL Trucking world headquarters here for a trip back to Limp's first work OTR, first truck bought (a White COE) and keys to long-term success.
March 25, 2024
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'Too many scammers out there': Trucker of the Month stays choosy about brokers
In this week's edition of Overdrive Radio, March Trucker of the Month Candace Marley details the relationship-building strategy for freight in her Iowa-based one-truck business -- Calliope, LLC -- as she overcomes 2023 setbacks toward long-term success.
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'Last ride' for Waupun Truck-N-Show
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