Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS March 2016 | Vol. 56 | No. 3 March 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 Regulating trucking 'out of business.' 5 Pulse: Taming diesel prices. 6 Surcharges and cheap diesel. 10 Bigger carriers likely to trump ELD exemption. LOGBOOK 16 Confusion over 34-hour restart. 18 Bill would restrict state say-so over hours, pay. 20 Coalition, agency tangle over CSA. 21 Sleep apnea measure set for publication. CUSTOM RIGS 53 75 Chrome Shop preps for Pride & Polish event. 54 Reader Rigs: '11 Pete 389 an 'Ole Blue' friend; '99 Kenworth W900L turbocharged; '04 Pete 379 feeds cattle; '01 Pete 379 walks the dog. 60 ChampTruck racing series ready to roll for second season. EXECUTIVE DECISION | Wendy Parker's husband decides to switch back from flatbeds to vans. Page 8. 31 COVER STORY: Tomorrow's Trucker, Part 1: Reinventing the owner-operator Trucking's technology advances are changing not just the vehicle, but also what's expected of its operator. Evolutions in the owner-operator business model and the availability of real-time market information call for savvy business skills. 32 The new face of independence: Autonomy, partnerships and technology. 36 Meet the pilot-monitor, master of the autonomous truck. 39 Advances in technology point toward hours relief. 41 Wireless inspections: 24/7 exposure of truck, driver violations. 44 Severe Service International unveils PayStar succes- sor; Doonan floats new boat trailer design; J LE expanding footprint in construction, oil and gas; Fuller automated series expands to vocational trucks. 48 Moving up Household niche offers big bucks for big work, but be ready to hire help- ers, handle an odd mix of freight and maintain high-touch customer relationships. DEPARTMENTS 63 GEAR GUIDE | Air filter, clutch, check valve, more. 69 FLEET NEWS | C.R. England revamps training program, adjusts pay. 80 REARVIEW | From risqué to recognition.