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February 2016

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24 | Overdrive | February 2016 Logbook CAT Scale is the largest truck scale network in the world and growing all the time. With more than 1,600 locations in the United States and Canada, there's always a CAT Scale open when you need one. Professional drivers know that CAT Scale delivers fast, accurate, and unconditionally guaranteed weights every time. Download the Weigh My Truck App. It's the fastest way to weigh! 1-877-CAT-SCALE (228-7225) catscale.com | weighmytruck.com HAS YOUR BACK CAT OD 111115.qxp_Layout 1 11/12/15 9:47 PM Page 1 Untitled-5 1 11/16/15 9:29 AM March 31-April 2: Mid-America Trucking Show; Kentucky Fair and Exposition Cen- ter, Louisville, Ky.; truckingshow.com April 22-24: Overdrive's Pride & Polish, 75 Chrome Shop Show; 419 E. State Road 44, Wildwood, Fla.; Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m.-dusk, Sun., 10 a.m.-afternoon; prideandpolish.com April 22-24: Gulf Coast Big Rig Show; Biloxi, Miss.; gulfcoastbigrigtruckshow.com May 8: Mother's Day Truck Convoy for Wishes, a fund-raiser for Make a Wish Foundation of Philadelphia, Northern Delaware and Susquehanna Valley; Burle Business Park, Lancaster, Pa.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; http://philasv.wish.org/ways- to-help/convoy June 1: Western PA Pride & Shine; New Castle, Pa.; wpaprideandshine.com June 3-5: Wheel Jam Truck Show; Huron, S.D.; wheeljamtruckshow.com June 9-11: 34th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs; Joplin Convention and Trade Center, Joplin, Mo.; shell.com/rotella/ superrigs July 14-16: 37th annual Iowa 80 Walcott Truckers Jamboree; I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa; Thurs., 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri., 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; iowa80truckstop.com Aug. 25-27: Great American Trucking Show; Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas; Thurs., noon-5 p.m., Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; gatsonline.com Sept. 23-24: 4 State Trucks Guilty By Association Truck Show and Customer Expo; 4581 State Road 43, Joplin, Mo.; chromeshopmafia.com CALENDAR More than 900 truckers ticketed in blitz Trucks driving on interstates in three Midwestern states in Decem- ber were targets of an enforcement blitz by state police, who issued more than 900 tickets. "Eyes on 94," an I-94 crackdown by state police in Michigan and Indiana, also included the Ohio Highway Patrol stepping up truck inspections and enforcement on I-80 and other freeways in that state. Michigan State Police said the most common citation was for speeding, followed by improper lane use, improper passing, following too closely, using a handheld device and texting. – Matt Cole

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