POLL: Owner-ops, what your biz outlook headed into 2026?

Overdrive Staff

Dec 25, 2025

The grille featured here is that of owner-operator Lucas Zach's project 2017 Peterbilt 389, featured back in September at this link with its paired Timpte hopper.

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North Carolina lumber hauler's 1,000-hp 2000 Pete 379

Owner Tim Diehl II's rig is retired from the highway, now used for show and occasionally for racing. The owner calls the 1,000-plus-horsepower unit his "big old play toy."

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Red Arrow Christmas convoy rolls strong over first three years

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FMCSA pins 'CDL mills' problem on self-certification: Are owner-ops to blame?

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10,000 CDL drivers out-of-service for ELP: Where's the rates bump?

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Red Arrow Christmas convoy rolls strong over first three years

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