POLL: Independents, how would you describe your principal freight sources — shippers, brokers, a mix?

Nov 2, 2020

Updated Nov 9, 2020

Reduced demand for construction materials, among many other types of freight, took a toll on trucking as the pandemic set it.

'55 needlenose Pete rebuilt with classic aviation style

Owner and builder Jamie Johnson usually builds half-ton pickups and one-ton dually pickups, and when he came across this ’55 Pete, he decided to build it into a one-ton, “kind of a mini-truck,” he said.

Mosermackey Transport independent Adam Mackey runs his Oklahoma-headquartered one-truck business with disciplined authority and the 2007 Cat-powered Freightliner Columbia pictured. The owner-operator earns a semi-finalist slot for Overdrive's 2026 Trucker of the Year award.

When the mentored becomes the master: Trucker of the Month Adam Mackey

Test-drive with a New Jersey turn in Mack's all-new Pioneer

2.8M-mile 1989 Kenworth W900B still hauling strong

OTR trucker-songwriter Long Haul Paul's new 'After Party Sessions,' MATS show upcoming

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