Matt ColeMatt Cole is the News Editor for CCJ and Overdrive. Reach him at mattcole@randallreilly.com.Pride & PolishCustom champs: Concert-hauling 2011 Pete 389 glider channels old-school lookThe truck, which after 500,000 miles was intended to be driven occasionally by Shomotion owner Michael Scherkenbach, was instead given to a retiring owner-operator to keep him on tour with the fleet part-time. He didn't bat an eye at the coffin sleeper.December 22, 2022RegulationsTrucking groups, owner-ops generally opposed to Biden DOL's contractor rule changesThe Department of Labor is looking to rescind changes made by the Trump DOL to how workers are classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Owner-operators made clear in comments, however, that the proposal would do more harm than good.December 15, 2022Custom RigsOwner-operator Joe White's 1960 Kenworth cabover, still rollingWhite's owned the truck since 1970 when he purchased it at just 19 years old. He hauled with the cabover for 30 years until around 2000. Since taking it off the road full-time, he mostly drives it to truck shows as a fine display of trucking history.December 15, 2022Pride & PolishCustom Champs: Rare White Freightliner Powerliner cabover still a part-time workerThe 1975-model COE was the first truck owned by G.L. Wasko when he started his business 45 years ago. He was the second owner of the rig then, and after some searching, the family also became the fifth owners of it in 2006.December 8, 2022RegulationsFMCSA proposing to limit scope of emergency declarationsAfter the 2.5-year-plus COVID-related emergency declaration, FMCSA is looking to change the automatic applicability of emergency exemptions when emergency declarations are issued.December 7, 2022Custom RigsTroy Massey's 'Lot Rot' Peterbilt 389Massey and team rescued the rig from the lot of his Nacogdoches, Texas-based Massey Motor Freight. The heavily-customized 2014 Pete has seen four phases of custom work to date, with a fifth on the way for 2023, Massey said.December 1, 2022RegulationsTwo Houston-based carriers shut down by FMCSAPAC Express began operating after FMCSA initiated a compliance investigation on Texas Interstate Express. The compliance audit stemmed from numerous driver and vehicle violations.November 18, 2022Pride & PolishCustom champs: Classic Mack B61 helping revive longtime trucker ministryMarvin Graves has been involved in the trucking industry in one way or another for most of the last 60 years. He started out as a company driver, then became an owner-operator before he started a truck stop ministry in the 1980s.November 17, 2022RegulationsFMCSA guidance reaches for clarity: Do dispatch services need brokerage authority?As required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, FMCSA has issued interim guidance clarifying when a dispatch service is a broker or bona fide agent under current regulations, offering multiple factors for such services to consider.November 15, 2022BusinessOne-stop-shop: How a fledgling small fleet found organization, efficiency with TMSAfter using QuickBooks to manage many different aspects of the young business for about a year, Shipping Teleporters Trucking Company has already seen considerable financial growth in just a few months since switching to the Trucker Path Command TMS.November 10, 2022Previous PagePage 2 of 147Next PageTop StoriesTrucker of the YearHow to be 'as bad as an accountant' to ensure long-term successJanuary's owner-operator Trucker of the Month tells his story, from his start as a flatbed-pulling hotshotter in a one-ton dually to stumbles through other trucks and growing "as bad as an accountant" with a focus on costs, revenue and profit per-trip.MaintenanceNontraditional truck parts-sourcing strategies on the riseRegulationsAre under-21 interstate drivers worth the hassle?MaintenanceOwner-ops navigate rocky truck parts-procurement landscapeSponsor ContentEngineered for superior calls in high-noise environments.