Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS February 2016 | Vol. 56 | No. 2 February 2016 | Overdrive | 3 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: Jason Cannon 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 President, 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 Getting in bed with the railroad. 5 Pulse: Driver shortage or pay shortage? 6 Business outlook not bright, readers say. 12 Answering questions about ELD rule. LOGBOOK 16 Bill would allow longer doubles. 16 Finalists compete for two $25,000 prizes. 18 FMCSA wants safety rating tied to CSA data. 24 More than 900 truckers ticketed in blitz. CUSTOM RIGS 41 'After Midnight' Pete 389 inspired by a truck- building power pair. 44 Reader Rigs: '14 Pete 389 glider hauls petro; '16 Pete 389 gets heavy; '03 Pete 379 a million- miler; '03 Pete 379 a cattle carriage; '96 Pete 379 a high performer. GIRLS CAN DRIVE, TOO | CNBC story on female truckers way behind the times, readers tell Wendy Parker. Page 8. 28 COVER STORY: Pay and the driver shortage While trucking has trumpeted a driver shortage over most of the last 10 years and beyond, compensation hasn't risen during that time in a way that would reflect a strong labor demand. 35 Mobile scanning Smartphone apps for mobile scan- ning have made it easy and afford- able for drivers to create and transmit high- quality copies of critical documents. 37 The next oil PC-11, a new engine oil category to be introduced at yearend, promises better fuel economy and longer change inter- vals. 48 Equipment Spotlight: Cargo securement Cargo securement demands repeti- tive attention to detail, patience and consistency to keep customers satisfied, comply with law enforcement and avoid property damage or injury. DEPARTMENTS 39 DIVERSIONS | Videos from yesterday's truckers and today's trucking musicians. 50 GEAR GUIDE | Trailer tail, lubes, lights, more. 56 FLEET NEWS | Fleetmaster boosts pay for regional drivers. 68 REARVIEW | Cartoons reveal how little trucking has changed.