Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS December 2016 | Vol. 56 | No. 12 December 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 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 Six-time winner of Jesse H. Neal Awards, including 2014 Grand Neal Award COVER: Joe Crow was photographed on U.S. 29 in Georgia by John Vachon (1914-1975) in 1943. The photo is in the U.S. Library of Congress archives. VOICES 4 Readers speak out against apnea targeting. 5 Pulse: Trump and trade. 6 The shipper-direct market- place holy grail. 10 Truckers ask Trump to keep his promises. 12 Readers urge OOIDA to continue ELD fight. LOGBOOK 14 OOIDA to ask for new ELD hearing. 14 Mexican carriers allowed to lease in U.S. 18 Owner-operator income withstands downturn. 20 OOIDA challenges FMCSA's apnea addition to rule. CUSTOM RIGS 52 Most Beautiful finalist vis- its GATS Pride & Polish. 54 Reader Rigs: Prideful '07 379; pink '96 W900L; rock-hauling '07 379; Big Apple '96 W900L. 56 Warning: Cabover can cause "Whiplash." 57 Custom Rigs e-newsletter back in business. 28 Trucking under Trump Republican control in Washington gives the industry hope for a loosened, more accountable regulatory envi- ronment and major infrastructure spending. 30 Cover: Eyes on the prize Pre-2000 trucks take on a new luster as a way out of the E LD mandate. Now might be the best time to beat the expected spike in prices. 36 Gliders losing altitude New emissions regs crack down on pre-2010 engines, crimping a market that's been flying high. 40 CSA's Data Trail: Midwest muscle Iowa shows increasing focus on violations per inspection, particularly for hours. 45 Severe Service Eaton's Procision automatic transmission; waste haul fleet gains business by losing weight. DEPARTMENTS 42 DIVERSIONS Trucking nonprofit; gutsy songwriting. 58 GEAR GUIDE Filter, tire, sunglasses, more. 62 FLEET NEWS Saia expanding; new Roadrunner name. 72 REARVIEW Overdrive and the big screen. CHAOTIC AUTONOMY: Wendy Parker's arguments against self-driving trucks on America's unpredictable highways. Page 8.