Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS March 2014 | Vol. 54 | No. 3 March 2014 | Overdrive | 1 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 Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley, Bruce Smith, Steve Sturgess Editorial Assistants: Tara Bullock, 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 Special Projects Manager: Kathleen Buccleugh 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 EDITORIAL HONORS 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. Four-time Magazine of the Year finalist plus 57 other awards. Only trucking magazine to win five Editorial Excellence Awards Jesse H. Neal winner and 5 Certificates of Merit 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) 2014 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. ® ® ® ® /OverdriveTrucking overdriveonline.com /OverdriveUpdate For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com /OverdriveMag VOICES 102 Readers debate New Entrant testing 103 Pulse: Obama's fuel efficiency sideshow 108 Sometimes you gotta lose to win 110 Readers skeptical of hours study LOGBOOK 112 Drug and alcohol database rule proposed 114 GAO report faults CSA scoring 194 Cross-border program update 100 Deadlines for Obamacare signups CUSTOM RIGS 160 SRS National's fleet a testament to owner's chrome 'disease' 162 Reader Rigs: 2009 International ProStar named 'Old Red'; 2000 379 Peterbilt loves country music; 2004 Peterbilt is driver's 'Mistress' 168 Pro Tips: Change the oil or engine parts – it's up to you 172 Polishing your rig properly brings back the beauty 20 COVER STORY: The OTR digital toolkit Overdrive's editors have scoured the Internet to find the 103 best websites, online software, smartphone apps, podcasts, email newsletters, social media and blogs to help you run your business and relax. 38 Big prizes for top truckers Three finalists are competing for the Owner-Operator of the Year award in the annual contest sponsored by the Truckload Carriers Association and Overdrive. The winner gets a Ram 2500. 44 Other Most Loved Pets When Overdrive asked readers to tell us about their pets, a fair number of entries were not dogs or cats, but companions that fly, swim, sing, talk and even swing from trees. 52 Severe service roundup News on the latest off-road, heavy- haul and refuse offerings from Freightliner, Kenworth, Mack, Peterbilt and more. PROPER PRESSURE Tread life is reduced by 30 percent when you run a tire that is constantly underinflated by 20 percent. Page 46. DEPARTMENTS 50 DIVERSIONS A special diner; hand-crafted truck models; a fund-raiser 79 GEAR GUIDE Electrical and air assembly, battery tester, rearview camera, pressure washer 92 FLEET NEWS Schneider, Barr-Nunn raise pay; England driver wins Harley; Con-way driver passes 4 million miles Cover design by Kenneth Stubbs TOC_RHP_0314.indd 1 2/26/14 12:49 PM