Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS July 2016 | Vol. 56 | No. 7 July 2016 | 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. 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Copyright (c) 2015 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. ® ® ® ® overdriveonline.com For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com COVER: Photo by Kyle Kear ns VOICES 4 How bad attitudes can distort CSA data. 5 Pulse: Problem hauls no problem. 6 Rates down more than 10% this year. 6 Brake tester troublesome for liquid haulers. LOGBOOK 16 CSA change misses crash connection. 16 Fleet told to pay fired driver $276,000. 17 Prime Inc. to settle suit for $3 million. 18 FMCSA defends ELD mandate. CUSTOM RIGS 57 SuperRigs crowns three working show trucks. 60 Pride & Polish will name season's top trucks. 64 Reader Rigs: '13 Cascadia a trade show hopper; high- octane '12 Pete 386; '11 Pete 369 hauls LTL; '11 Pete 389 keeps it old school. 66 ChampTruck season ends, Bandit series rolls on. 32 CSA's Data Trail: Stoking the log fires The smallest carriers are feel- ing the heat of hours enforcement in select states, even as violations declined nationally in 2015. 40 COVER STORY: Reinvented Economics major and former model and actress Brita Nowak moves from the big screen to her own big rig and wins Overdrive's Most Beautiful for 2016. 44 Showtime in Dallas Attendees at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas will enjoy John Michael Montgomery in concert, Overdrive's Pride & Polish show truck cham- pionship, Partners in Business seminars and the Trucker Talent Search sing-off finals. 48 Damage control Pay attention to factors that impact physical damage insur- ance costs, including a good MVR, solid experience and reliable equipment. 51 Tips for brake maintenance While preventing violations is enough reason to keep brakes in shape, other big motivators are costly repair bills and downtime. 52 A compact T880 Kenworth's 40-inch vocational model offers weight savings and a new suspension. 46 DIVERSIONS Diesel drag film, time travel tour, masked hitchhiker, Preventable or Not. 54 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT In-cab refrigerators. 67 GEAR GUIDE Western Star's 5700XE, Peterbilt's 567 Heritage, more. 78 FLEET NEWS KLLM installs lock system on trailers. 92 REARVIEW Overdrive letters provide sounding board. THE CALL CENTER BLACK HOLE | Wendy Parker's husband, George, spends a few hours getting an insurance quote. Page 6. DEPARTMENTS