POLL: Percentage, mileage, hourly — what’s the ideal pay package?

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Tennessee independent pulls a flatbed in custom '24 W900

Brandon Scates "did everything about as wrong as you can do it" when he started his career as an owner-operator. Finally learning to listen to more experienced hands led to success -- and this stunning 2024 W900.

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Gary Mackay's 1998 Peterbilt 379 was voted by Overdrive readers as the 2025 Pride & Polish Antique champ. Mackay bought the truck out of California about five years ago and has totally rebuilt it over time since.

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