Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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2 | Overdrive | July 2015 July 2015 | Vol. 55 | No. 7 CONTENTS EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Associate Editor: Matt Cole Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley Contact: truckingeditorial@gmail.com DESIGN & PRODUCTION Art Director: Kenneth Stubbs Production Designer: David Watson Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Leah Boyd Contact: production@overdriveonline.com TRUCKING MEDIA 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 Contact: sales@truckingmedia.com 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE | Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 | randallreilly.com CORPORATE Chairman: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Russell McEwen 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: Stacy McCants Vice President, Audience Development: Prescott Shibles Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Vice Predident, 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 2014 Grand Neal Award winner 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 507.1.5.2); 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) 2015 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. ® ® ® ® overdriveonline.com For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com Join all our friends at facebook.com/ OverdriveTrucking Follow breaking news and commentary at twitter.com/ OverdriveUpdate Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/ OverdriveMag Subscribe to daily newsletter or monthly magazine at overdriveonline.com/subscribe/ Exercise your trucking business mind at "Overdrive's Trucking Pro"group at Linkedin.com Share industry headlines via the "Overdrive magazine" page at plus.google.com Share and comment on photography from around the trucking world at Instagram.com/overdrivetrucking. VOICES 4 When safety technology backfires. 5 Pulse: Saying no to toll effort. 6 Website woos ambu- lance chasers. 10 What makes up a sen- sible hours rule? LOGBOOK 14 Mixed response to new emissions standards. 16 Stability system rule to take effect in 2017. 17 Overdrive names Most Beautiful contest winner. 19 Lawmakers struggle with highway funding. CUSTOM RIGS 66 Shell Rotella's SuperRigs event draws top show trucks. 70 Meritor ChampTruck World Series hits Charlotte, St. Louis this month. 73 Reader Rigs: Special cabover edition. 74 Fitzgerald Glider Kits to host final Pride & Polish before National Championship. WHAT ROADCHECK? Road reports from readers showed a mixed bag of activity during the three-day inspection blitz in early June. Page 12. 32 BUSINESS Independents, flat- bedders start strong. 59 DIVERSIONS A trio of new trucking records. 62 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Bumpers and fenders. 76 GEAR GUIDE Dashcam nav device, tires, more. 89 FLEET NEWS More carriers revamp pay packages. 104 WORST CASE SCENARIO Deer on the road! DEPARTMENTS 34 COVER STORY: Buyers' market With the credit market loosened and late-model used truck prices looking better, it's a good time to trade, but watch out for emissions system problems. 42 A reborn classic Kenworth pays tribute to its veteran W900 tractor with its limited-edition Icon 900, a mix of throwback design and a few modern tweaks. 46 Super achievements Peterbilt's cutting-edge truck based on its Model 579 and built in partnership with Cummins surpassed the SuperTruck program's freight efficiency goals. 50 The Golden State Despite California's No. 2 spot in Overdrive's CSA Data Trail inspec- tion-intensity rankings, some truckers might see the state as their best friend. 54 Singing truckers head to GATS They will compete for a $1,000 prize in Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.