Videos: Page 9

W900 gets sharp makeover for its third decade

In this video, Van Haitsma of V-Max Transportation shows off the Kenworth W900’s crisp red, white and black interior touches and the complementary exterior graphics.

May 16, 2015

Dave Van Haitsma showed this W900, part of V-Max Transportation, at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

Riding in Freightliner’s autonomous truck, how drivers interact with autonomous features

Freightliner unveiled North America’s first state-licensed autonomous truck earlier this month at a press event in Las Vegas. Overdrive had the chance to ride in the truck, the Inspiration, last week following the truck’s debut.

May 13, 2015

World Premiere Freightliner Inspiration Truck

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Earthquake! How to survive when driving on shaky ground

When your peaceful drive gets interrupted by severe vibrations or worse, you could be driving through an earthquake. Here’s how to handle it.

May 13, 2015

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Washington state DOT’s newest road-crew employees

Goats are being employed by the DOT in places around the state to control weeds around facilities. Got a goat herd of your own in the area? File under: Side opportunities…

May 9, 2015

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In-cab with Freightliner’s self-driving truck

Video of Freightliner’s 2015-unveiled autonomous truck coming into and out of self-driving mode.

May 8, 2015

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Rush, Mobil Delvac saluting truckers at this weekend’s NASCAR race

Rush Truck Centers and ExxonMobil will be saluting truckers leading up to this weekend’s race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Chevrolet SS will feature a special truck-focused paint scheme. And his hauler is featured in two separate recognition videos.

April 7, 2015

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Obscene Gesture cabover rescued from junkyard

Among the many cabovers at the recent Mid-America Trucking Show, one of the best-looking was Jeff Shawhan’s 1990 Kenworth K100E, which he calls Obscene Gesture.

April 7, 2015

Jeff Shawhan still uses his Kenworth K100E on his Ohio farm.

Trucker’s failed left turn leads to truck-train collision, crash still under investigation

North Carolina troopers say a 164-foot tractor-trailer and a passenger train collided recently after the trucker failed to negotiate a left turn at an intersection preceded by a railroad crossing.

March 13, 2015

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Keith Sampson’s Trucker Talent Search ditty

The 2014 Trucker Talent Search winner, songwriter and Landstar owner-operator encourages truckers to take part in this year’s TTS with a new song and video.

March 12, 2015

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How does a weigh station work?

Working in part with truckers following Overdrive’s 2014 Florida Pride & Polish, Chris Fiffie of Big Rig Videos turned his camera on the technology, procedures behind the Wildwood, Fla., weigh station

March 10, 2015

Florida DOT Senior Inspector Dennis Hegman was Fiffie’s ultimate source for the film that resulted.

Tom Logano’s antique Mack toting his son Joey’s first Legends car

Following Joey Logano’s big Daytona 500 win, take a run through Logano’s father’s 1964 Mack B61 in this Overdrive video, toting another antique and Joey Logano’s first Legends car.

February 23, 2015

Joey Logano's Legends Car on Tom Logano's B61 Mack

‘Shipping Wars’ star Jessica Samko talks up Overdrive’s Most Beautiful

A 2013 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful finalist, Samko says she had a blast getting to know the other women selected for the top 10.

February 20, 2015

Views on Melvin Davis Jr.’s Hillbilly Hilton

All the comforts of home in the custom-fabbed 163-inch sleeper on this unit, a 2000 Freightliner Classic taken to the next level.

January 19, 2015

Davis Trucking owner-operator Melvin Davis Jr.

Driver evades brake-checking pickup

Check out this trucker’s quick reflexes, which helped her narrowly avoid hitting a brake-checking pickup. The pickup, oddly enough, already had two busted brake lights.

January 5, 2015

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A quick run in Mike Morgan’s ChampTruck-in-progress

Take a run through some photos of the custom Mack racer and a brief bit of drifting around Morgan’s circle drive to get a feel for the unit in this video.

December 23, 2014

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‘Freedom Flyer’ custom Volvo HD wrecker

The latest in the “Welcome to my cab” vid series features Eugene, Oreg-based Tim Baumgartner’s patriotically decorated custom Volvo VNL, a winner at a variety of beauty shows on the tow/wrecker circuit.

December 22, 2014

If you’re an owner-operator of a Volvo rig, follow this link to enter it for a chance to be featured in the series.

‘Top rookie’ Julie Matulle hits the road with H.O. Wolding, Wreaths Across America

In just her second year as a driver, this week Matulle gets the rare opportunity to deliver wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery as part of preparations for the Wreaths Across America main event.

December 7, 2014

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Driver’s ‘turn to give’ in Wreaths Across America

Vince Strupp is joining dozens of other drivers to deliver wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery through the Wreaths Across America program.

December 3, 2014

Vince Strupp is a member of his local American Legion post, which helped support him financially last year on the Arlington delivery. The post also funded a box of wreaths that enabled one wreath to be placed at eight cemeteries in Wisconsin. This year the post is funding additional wreaths for those cemeteries.

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Ron Kelsey, pictured here with his 'Sunrise Express' 1981 Peterbilt 359, is Overdrive's Trucker of the Month for July, putting him in the running for the 2025 Trucker of the Year award.

Owner-op holy grail: Decades of direct freight in a custom '81 359

Owner-operator Ron Kelsey has been hauling for the same two shipper customers since he got his authority as an independent in 1994. Managing those relationships, and his award-winning 1981 Peterbilt 359, keep his business running strong.

Cameron Bagely's 1999 Peterbilt 379 parked at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show in Epping, New Hampshire.

23-year-old Cameron Bagley's 1999 Pete 379 carries on father's legacy

California Highway Patrol said it won't enforce President Donald Trump's English language proficiency mandate as it's 'not part of California law.'

Enforcing Trump's English language mandate 'not part of California law': CHP

If finalized, this proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with EPA’s first greenhouse gas regulations set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and those set in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.

EPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulations

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Truck-ownership traditions staying alive: Owner-operators Lucas Zach, Harlan Martin

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