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contents DEPARTMENTS 4 ONLINE Webinar update on driver pay 6 PULSE CSA's biggest fault 30 DOLLARS & SENSE Financial freedom by 65 55 MARKETPLACE GPS, wide-single drive tire, reefer unit, DEF pump 69 FLEET FOCUS Old Dominion among Forbes' most trustworthy 84 SPEAKOUT Regulate brokers to fix the system COVER Photo by Grant Meeks RADSIDE O A CTTRATIONS 8 Quite a Pete-built collection 8 A bout of 'troubling' patriotism 10 Save face: Tint your windows 10 No fun without 'sexiest trucker' 12 Heartbroken over old Macks L OGBOOK 16 Court rejects Navistar exemption 18 New EOBR rule on the horizon? 24 Shell names calendar trucks FEATURES 32 26 2 OVERDRIVE JULY 2012 COVER STORY Fuel's gold Owner-operators find big money working the oil and gas services boom. could step in if FMCSA doesn't make CSA changes sought by fleets and lobbying groups. Irregular ratings Congress 38 42 rating and save lots of money on interest pay- ments. native's focus on main- tenance pushes him to success. 'Attention to detail' A Texas Master the credit game Improve your 44 50 industry are accepting natural gas in spite of power and range tradeoffs. Ready for prime time? Some in the new T680 joins the maker's long-haul family with its spacious interior. A growing family Kenworth's Jimmy Lessley started a three truck fleet to run crude and natural gas condensate. Now he's up to 36 trucks, all owner-operators. july 2012 | vol. 52 | no. 7 Grant Meeks