Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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2 | Overdrive | November 2015 November 2015 | Vol. 55 | No. 11 CONTENTS 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 Craft 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 Senior Vice President, Data: Prescott Shibles Vice President of Events: Stacy McCants 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 4 Strong calls on pay for detention waits. 5 Pulse: Driver vs. con- tractor earnings. 10 Readers say no to big- ger big rigs. 12 Truckers to Fed: Keep interest rates low. LOGBOOK 14 Highway bill proposes big changes. 17 FMCSA working on potential sleep apnea rule. 19 Amazon carrier hit with classification suit. 20 Driver shortage swells further, ATA says. CUSTOM RIGS 58 Four rigs qualify for 2015-'16 Pride & Polish championship at PDI. 60 Voting continues in P&P all-time-best contest. 62 Reader Rigs: '07 Pete 379; '12 Pete 388; '07 9400i. 64 Jupiter Enterprises wins again at ChampTruck. TAKING IT TO THE STREETS | Road conditions inspire Wendy Parker's fan mail to cities and states. Page 8. 30 No breaks for brakes A no-frills approach to inspections puts Virginia near the top for mainte- nance violations. 34 COVER STORY: Basking in the 'Moonlight' Original song clinches Trucker Talent Search win for driver Nate Moran. 44 Team effort New integrated drivetrains speak a language all their own. It translates into fuel savings and better performance. 50 Drive test: Compact strength Paccar's MX-11, Predictive Cruise provide a glimpse of Kenworth's future. 54 Equipment Spotlight: APUs Ever-increasing in-cab power loads push evolution in auxiliary power unit technology. COVER: Photo by Kathleen Craft DEPARTMENTS 28 BUSINESS FedEx settles classification suit; California driver earnings. 38 DIVERSIONS TV movie, sce- nic highways, health, Tony Justice. 69 GEAR GUIDE Hose line, tires, trailer, security line, more. 76 FLEET NEWS Schneider hikes pay for driver trainers. 88 WORST CASE SCENARIO Sick pet!