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August 2018 | Overdrive | 55 Fleet News By Dean SmallwooD A.D. PYLE OPENS BRONX CENTER West Chester, Pennsylvania- based A. DUIE PYLE opened its first service center in Bronx, New York. The new location supports Pyle's less- than-truckload and truck- load Northeast networks and strengthens the company's morning pickup-and-delivery capabilities in the New York metropolitan area and Long Island. SERVICES Dayton, Ohio-based DAYTON FREIGHT LINES introduced Dayton Freight Truckload, a multimodal service that pairs outsourced truckload transpor- tation across North America with the company's less-than- truckload and expedited ser- vices. PAY Redmond, Oregon-based CENTRAL OREGON TRUCK CO. introduced its Weekly Driver Salary Pay compensation plan that gives new drivers a $65,000 annual base and experienced drivers more than $90,000. The Daseke company also guarantees 2,430 miles per week with a minimum salary of $1,250. Team drivers can earn an annual salary of $122,000 to $173,000. Morton, Illinois-based dry van carrier RISINGER announced its "Triple Play" pay program that gives its owner-operators and lease- purchase drivers three com- pensation incentives to maxi- mize their earning potential with more reliable pay while still having control over their own businesses. Drivers can earn a weekly minimum pay guarantee of $1,000. Hudson, Illinois-based NUSSBAUM TRANSPORTATION announced a 3-cents-per-mile pay increase, effective July 1. The company also increased its weekly guarantee to $1,150 and its paid time off to $230 per day. Murray, Kentucky-based PASCHALL TRUCK LINES increased its base driver pay to 45 cents per mile with the potential to earn more through safety and service bonuses.

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• Remember relationships when talking rates.
• Pulse: Driving skills for tomorrow’s trucks.
• Making a health case for hours change.
• Podcasts on broken ELDs, reefer washouts.
• Readers mixed on tariff freight impacts.
• Ruling keeps restrictions on glider kits.
• FMCSA denies e-log exemption request.
• FMCSA to test new CSA scoring system.
• Younger driver pilot proposal advances.
• Medical examiner registry functions improve.
• Putting old-school Pete in the new school.
• Bright orange W9 grabs attention.
• Morgan, Ball pick up first Bandit wins of ’18.
• Reader Rigs: ’13 389 all in the family; ’15 389 is Louisiana blue; ’06 379 beats the heat; ’16 Western Star 5700 lives on the road; ’16 VNL 780 a Peach State Volvo.
• EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT CBs and accessories.
• GEAR GUIDE Prefilter, tires, suspension, more.
• FLEET NEWS A. Duie Pyle opens Bronx service center.
• BETTER HEALTH Prostate health can decline with aging.
• UNFORGIVING CLOCK | For all the attention on hours reform, it’s ELDs that still stir the most ire.
• Business: Flatbed leads broader gains in owner-op income Net income for leased owner-operators and independents in the first three months of 2018 continued to march upward. Operators across all three segments took home more in 2018’s first quarter on a
• COVER STORY: Some pain amidst the gains Overdrive’s annual CSA’s Data Trail update of national enforcement trends shows that it’s the smallest carriers that are catching the brunt of issues arising from ELD malfunctions and user errors. They’re also get
• Today’s flatbeds lighter, stronger The newest flatbed trailers, if spec’d properly, are more productive, require less maintenance, are safer and are built to last longer. Aluminum alloys offer the durability of high tensile-strength steel at less than ha
• Combating heat’s toll on batteries Winter weather takes a lot of blame for battery failures, but the damage caused by hot-weather driving is often the primary culprit. Battery wear can go undetected for months, but routine checks can head off potential f