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January 2015

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January 2015 | Overdrive | 25 Logbook To ensure peak performance of your diesel, Power Service recommends this Year-Round Maintenance Schedule. www.powerservice.com Evey time you fill up If tempeatures are above 30°F., add Diesel Kleen +Cetane Boost (silver bottle) for maximum peformance. It's loaded with cetane, detergent and lubricity improver. If tempeatures are below 30°F., add Diesel Fuel Supplement +Cetane Boost (white bottle) for winter opeability to prevent fuel gelling and protect against fuel-filter icing. In a winter emergency Use Diesel 911 to reliquefy gelled fuel and de-ice frozen fuel-filters if your vehicle will not stat or gain power in cold weather. At least quaterly or as needed Treat with Clear-Diesel Fuel & Tank Cleaner to remove water, disperse contaminants and ensure fuel is stabilized for long-term stoage. If microbial contamina- tion is present Treat with Bio Kleen Diesel Fuel Biocide to kill the microbes and Clear-Diesel Fuel & Tank Cleaner to remove the residual water and contaminants. ABOVE 30°F. 30°F. Silver for Summer BELOW 30°F. White for Winter COLORS JOB # FILE NAME 4C PSP1-24989 Maintenance Schedule - 1/3PG OVERDRIVE PUB. ISSUE SIZE Trim: 2.25" x 9.5" INITIAL SETUP DESKTOP ARTIST PHONE 12.15.2014 JAMES 817.335.1373 witherspoon.com PSP1-24989 MaintenanceSchedule-ThirdPg_OVERDRIVE V1.indd 1 12/15/14 3:56 PM Power Service Products_OVD0115_PG025.indd 1 12/19/14 9:30 AM An Oregon Democrat, a Wiscon- sin Republican and the spirit of Ronald Reagan last month came together in the U.S. House to re- new the call for an increase in fuel taxes to save the failing Highway Trust Fund. But President Obama questioned whether any such ef- fort could garner enough votes in the current lame-duck Congress or the next. The House event coincided with the one-year anniversary of U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer's introduction of the Update, Promote and Develop America's Transportation Essentials (UP- DATE) Act and with retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) joining Blumenauer (D-Ore.) as a cospon- sor of the legislation. The UPDATE Act would phase in a 15-cent increase to the gas tax over three years and index it to inflation. The congress- men were joined by a cutout of President Reagan, who in 1982 called on Congress to raise the gas tax during a Thanksgiving Day address. "Ronald Reagan supported raising the gas tax back in 1982 because he believed in funding American infrastructure in a responsible way," Petri said. "He also knew that the gas tax is actu- ally a user fee, which means that those who use the roads the most are the ones paying for them." Blumenauer laid out the numbers: • The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates the U.S. surface transportation infrastruc- ture requires more than $2 trillion of investment in order to remain economically competitive. • In 2011, the Federal Highway Administration estimated that $71 billion worth of repairs were needed merely to maintain safe bridges. • Even just to maintain current infrastructure funding levels, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Highway Trust Fund will need $100 billion in addition to current tax receipts over the next five years. "Short term, we've got to re- plenish the Highway Trust Fund," said Obama, speaking to business executives last month. "I will engage with Speakers Boehner and McConnell to see what they think they can get done to make sure that we're not running out of money. It's probably a good time for us to redesign and think through what is a sustainable way for us to make the investments we need on a regular basis. And this may be something that we can introduce into the tax reform agenda." – Overdrive Staff Reps, Obama struggle for highway funding plan U.S. Rep. Tom Petri looks on as U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer touts the UPDATE Act.

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