Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS September 2015 | Vol. 55 | No. 9 September 2015 | Overdrive | 1 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. 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 VOICES 3 Pulse: Suicides leave truckers on defense. 6 Rhode Island governor wants truckers to pay. 10 Among drivers, Trump tops poll for president. 10 'Operation Truck Stop' targets off-toll-road rigs. LOGBOOK 12 Agencies vow to address truck parking shortage. 13 OOIDA petitions against speed limiter rule. 15 Coalition opposes hair sample drug testing. 17 Bills would set fines for misclassifying workers. CUSTOM RIGS 54 Overdrive's 2015 Pride & Polish national champs named at GATS. 58 Small fleet owner wins another ChampTruck World Series race. 60 Overdrive readers can pick favorite show truck. 62 Reader Rigs: 2000 W900L a Renegade; '15 T800 a new rig; '03 Pete a homewrecker; '09 W900 stylin'. SMOOTH FLATBED MOVE Wendy Parker recounts her husband's shift from vans and how he handled the details that came with it. Page 4. 22 Detention détente After years of losing battles with brokers and shippers over payment for wasted dock time, fleets and owner- operators now have more leverage. 32 The new top hours enforcer No state issued a higher percentage of hours violations in 2014 than Arkansas, due mostly to officials there staying on top of the ever-shifting regs. 36 Reading your oil Advanced diagnostics still can't replace old-fashioned oil analysis for evaluating engine performance. 40 How's the weather? Thanks to apps, truckers with smart devices can receive forecasts with more detail and confidence. 44 COVER STORY: Joanne's journey Overdrive 's Most Beautiful winner overcomes personal and professional hurdles to set a standard for trucking's image. COVER: Photo by Phil Spreadbur y DEPARTMENTS 48 SEVERE SERVICE News from Trail King, Freightliner, East, Kenworth, Mack, more. 66 GEAR GUIDE Tires, LEDs, fenders, more. 74 FLEET NEWS J&R Schugel providing in-cab satellite TV. 92 WORST CASE SCENARIO Stalled on railroad!