Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS ® May 2013 | Vol. 53 | No. 5 overdriveonline.com /OverdriveTrucking ® /OverdriveUpdate /OverdriveMag ® EDITORIAL truckingeditorial@gmail.com Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley, Bruce Smith, Steve Sturgess Editorial Assistants: Elizabeth Manning, Sean Randall ® DESIGN & PRODUCTION production@overdriveonline.com Art Director: Kenneth Stubbs Production Designer: David Watson Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Anne Marie Horton TRUCKING MEDIA sales@truckingmedia.com Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus Director of Content Marketing Services: Carolyn Mason 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE 16 Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 randallreilly.com CORPORATE Chairman/CEO: Mike Reilly President: Brent Reilly Chief Process Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Administration Officer: David Wright Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development: Robert Lake Vice President of Events: Alan Sims Vice President, Audience Development: Stacy McCants Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Director of Marketing: Julie Arsenault For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com EDITORIAL HONORS Only trucking magazine to win five Editorial Excellence Awards Four-time Magazine of the Year finalist plus 56 other awards. Jesse H. Neal winner and 5 Certificates of Merit Subscription inquiries: For subscripton info call 800-517-4979 in the U.S., or 847-763-9610 outside the U.S. Rates for non-qualified subscriptions: US & possessions $34.97; Canada/Mexico & foreign $65.00, payable in U.S. dollars. Single copies are available for $6 US, $9 Canada/Mexico, and $12 foreign. Overdrive (ISSN 0030-7394) is published monthly and is a registered trademark of its publisher, Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC., 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Periodicals postage-paid at Tuscaloosa, AL, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send all UAA to CFS. (See DMM 707.4.12.5); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to Overdrive, 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Copyright (c) 2013 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. TOC_RHP_0513.indd 1 The third and final part of CSA's Data Trail takes an in-depth look at accident statistics to see how well enforcement works in identifying unsafe carriers and drivers. Page 22. COVER STORY: 'Give back' 2012 Owner-Operator of the Year Brad Chapdelaine helps improve the industry's image with his extensive charity work. 22 CSA's data trail: Crashes and interventions 40 Together again FMCSA's massive safety program shows gaps in correlation between enforcement and accident rates by carrier size. The availability of the Cummins ISX15 in the International ProStar+ is a smart move and comes at just the right time for Navistar. 47 Ex-driver's music career rolling along Truck-driver-turned-countrysinger Bobby Dean has released his third album, Doublewide. DEPARTMENTS 12 BUSINESS Prepare now for April 15, 2014 14 DOLLARS & SENSE Know when you're ready to buy 61 GEAR GUIDE Antifreeze/coolant line, bunk thermostats, trailer skirt and more 80 FLEET NEWS Bison Transport driver named Highway Angel for crash response Cover photo by Paul Hartley, ADD Media VOICES 2 Owner-operator's death greatly exaggerated 3 Pulse: What hath the bureaucrats wrought with CSA? 4 Wendy Parker puts a tough question to FMCSA's chief 8 Readers want immigration enforcement, not reform LOGBOOK 10 Pilot Flying J accused of rebate fraud 10 Navistar sued after stock price collapse 11 OOIDA loses appeal in crossborder program lawsuit 70 Agency's focus on inspections a point of contention CUSTOM RIGS 48 Diller's '81 Kenworth W900A a killer at truck shows 52 Pro Tips: Improving your exhaust flow 54 Performance tuners help rigs hit their peak 58 Reader Rigs: '01 Peterbilt crazy for chrome; '02 Pete 379 a family affair May 2013 | Overdrive | 1 4/30/13 10:32 PM