CONTENTS
®
September 2013 | Vol. 53 | No. 9
overdriveonline.com
/OverdriveTrucking
®
/OverdriveUpdate
/OverdriveMag
®
EDITORIAL
truckingeditorial@gmail.com
Editorial Director: Max Heine
Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts
Senior Editors: Todd Dills, Kevin Jones
Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood
News Editor: James Jaillet
Social Media Editor: Kathleen Buccleugh
Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn,
Paul Hartley, Bruce Smith, Steve Sturgess
Editorial Assistants: Elizabeth Manning,
Sean Randall
DIVERSIONS |
MRA drivers take a
village on the road
for a good cause,
plus Kentucky's
Natural Bridge and
tips on steering
clear of heart
attacks. Page 48.
26
34
38
42
COVER STORY: Weighing
the demand for drivers
Is a truck capacity crisis, and higher compensation, just around the corner?
How To: Extend tire life
How to start and stick with a
retread program.
Drive Test:
Evolution evolves
Freightliner adds natural gas
power to Cascadia's aero package.
Severe service
Kling Towing and Recovery's
"Black Pearl," Kenworth T370's
all-wheel drive, WorkStar relaunched with
SCR, dialing up Parker Hose Products.
DEPARTMENTS
22 BUSINESS
Tips for buying a
used truck.
24 DOLLARS &
SENSE
Shooting for 10
mpg.
4 The undeclared war on owner-operators.
5 Pulse: Here's to drivers.
8 George and Wendy Show: To
lump or not to lump ...
12 Hot Buttons: Majority says no
to Detroit bailout.
LOGBOOK
14 Hours of service rule upheld.
14 FMCSA keen on EOBR
mandate.
15 Two violations coded into
CSA.
16 Driving among hardest-to-fill
jobs.
CUSTOM RIGS
67 GEAR GUIDE
Electric and air
coil organizers,
lightweight
brake drum,
LEDs and more.
2 | Overdrive | September 2013
TOC_0913.indd 2
VOICES
78 FLEET NEWS
C.R. England
awards HarleyDavidson
motorcycle to
fuel-conscious
driver.
56 Pride & Polish: Champs
crowned at Great American
Trucking Show.
58 Reader Rigs: Three readers
show off their Pete 379s.
62 Equipment: Sit in style in
these luxury truck seats.
64 Pro Tips: Look to mufflers for
fuel mileage gain.
®
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
Web Developer/Analyst: Marlin Caddell
3200 Rice Mine Rd NE
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 57 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.
8/27/13 11:15 PM
