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Custom Rigs
Car haulers’ touching tribute to police
The car-hauling Pete 379 is dedicated to police officers who lost their lives while doing their jobs.
May 18, 2017
Equipment
Toyota’s hydrogen-powered tractor shows off acceleration in race vs. diesel truck
To tout the rig as a capable diesel replacement, Toyota shortly after debuting the tractor released the video below, showing a simulated drag race in which the Mirai-powered KW races a diesel-powered Kenworth. See how it competed in the video here…
May 10, 2017
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Trucker Bob Stanton on sleep apnea, fatigue research and bringing researchers, regulators into the truck
“Oh my God, I’m one of them, I’ve got it! I have the scarlet A on my forehead!” –Trucker Bob Stanton somewhat facetiously opening his presentation on apnea to the regulators, researchers and transport folks attending a conference last month.
April 21, 2017
Channel 19
Trucker-songwriter Bill Weaver live at MATS
Video from trucker/singer-songwriter Bill Weaver’s live performance at the Mid-America Trucking Show of tracks a three-song digital EP he’s offering as something of a preview to a new record due in June.
March 24, 2017
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Man dresses up as traffic cam, snaps photos of speeding motorists — until cops come
This video out of the UK shows a man dressed in a tawdry traffic camera costume taking pictures of cars speeding on the highway. That is, until a “bobby” rolls by…
March 2, 2017
Equipment
A look at Thor’s electric Class 8 truck
Thor has emerged as a challenger to Tesla in the race to bring an all-electric truck to market. See Bloomberg’s exploration of the rig here.
January 5, 2017
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Naked man leaps on top of a moving truck in road rage incident in D.C.
After his truck was involved in a crash, the man stripped down and climbed atop a straight rig and began pounding the cab from the outside — all while wielding a knife. See it here…
December 16, 2016
Equipment
360-degree view of the new Nikola One hydrogen-electric Class 8 truck
A 360-degree turntable view of the new Nikola One, a Class 8 tractor that the company touts as having 1,000 hp and no tailpipe emissions.
December 12, 2016
Custom Rigs
Country’s top custom rigs parade out of GATS Pride & Polish
Dozens of custom beauties.
December 8, 2016
Business
A roll into and through the fall freight season’s demand for dry vans
Van, reefer demand continued relatively strong in this week’s spot market update following the Thanksgiving 2016 holiday. Hot markets, rising and falling rates on specific lanes, and more in this update.
December 2, 2016
Custom Rigs
Jim and Carol Steffey and the Lanita Specialized 2016 W900L
From the 2016 Guilty by Association Truck Show: Husband-wife team Jim and Carol Steffey’s KW is a standout, particularly its sleek striped paint job.
November 30, 2016
Business
Tanker pushes four-wheeler down I-55 with no idea it was there
Police let it slide.
November 18, 2016
Custom Rigs
A great creation for the Great Race
A cocktail of a W900, an International 4900, a Ford pickup and a fabricated hood
November 2, 2016
Custom Rigs
More on the 2017 Peterbilt 389 flattop of Candice Cooley’s Patrone Livestock fleet
We caught up with the GATS Best of Show Limited Mileage Bobtail winner for this video a month later at the Guilty By Association show in Joplin late last month. Run through the old-school-styled, first full custom build from this six-truck livestock hauling fleet here.
October 6, 2016
Custom Rigs
Behind the ‘Stars, Stripes and White Lines’ music video shoot
Run through some of the scenes last week Sunday, September 25, out at the Joplin, Mo., Petro, where one special convoy was staged for what is a special song from trucker/singer-songwriter Tony Justice. And meet many of the 14 drivers, many military veterans, who participated.
October 5, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Overdrive’s Most Beautiful Brita Nowak talks tough times, more at GATS
Nowak charmed everyone with her frankness about her breast cancer journey and her passion for all things trucking.
September 30, 2016
Life
Ice Road Truckers’ Lisa Kelly talks new season, new cast
Overdrive sister site Truckers News snagged a few minutes with Ice Road Truckers’ star Lisa Kelly last month at the Great American Trucking Show, in which she talked life on and off the famed ice road. See a clip of the interview here and a link to the full version…
September 9, 2016
Life
Driver rescues puppy on I-40 in Arizona
The trucker spotted the puppy and exited his rig to rescue it. “I think I’m going to keep him,” he says in the video.
August 19, 2016
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