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50 | Overdrive | July 2017 CUSTOM RIGS READER RIGS Truck Frames 866-851-6478 Toll free: www.pgadams.com Guaranteed accuracy Extreme lengths Easy-bolt frames with holes Easy-bolt www.pgadams.com Crossmembers 24 hour turnaround Get Our FREE CATALOG Call 603-224-7370 Or Go To www.BERUBES.com The General Phillip and Carol Schneider drive "The General," a 2017 Kenworth W900L Icon Limited Edition owned by Kyle Cousins, and haul sensitive materials in the lower 48 states, Canada and Mexico. The truck is powered by a 550-hp Cummins ISX and an Eaton 18-speed with 3:36 rears. The Kenworth Apache paint scheme was done by Thunder Grafix of Joplin, Missouri, to honor past, present and future military members. Other custom work includes Hogebuilt extra-long half fenders, clear turn signals, stainless-steel window trim for the sleeper windows and interior chrome dash accessories. Stainless dream Tom Smith of Niles, Michigan, uses his 2013 Kenworth T800 to haul limestone, slag and sand. The truck is powered by a 500-hp Cummins ISX and an Eaton 13-speed. Smith added a drop visor, stainless-steel fenders, a stainless light bar on the rear and various other stain- less accessories. Farming COE Dairy and crop farmer Eldon Horst of Harrisonburg, Virginia, owns and oper- ates this 1990 Kenworth K100 to haul grain. The cabover is powered by a rebuilt Caterpillar 6NZ, a rebuilt Eaton-Fuller 13-speed and new 3:55 rears. The frame has been stretched six feet.

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• COVER STORY: Jump start The electrified truck concept has taken on a real life, with players large and small vying for future shares of the Class 8 market. It’s not only large fleets that are placing orders.
• Presenting logs at roadside Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, states’ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.
• Broker ratings Not only have the internet and mobile technology made finding loads quicker and easier than ever, those same resources also can provide more in-depth, current information on broker performance.
• Drive Test: Best of both worlds Volvo’s regional workhorse tractor, the VNM, having been on the market for more than two decades, was overdue for a refresh. But Volvo designers did much more than modernize its body lines in producing th
• Options few after ELD challenge stalls.
• Pulse: “The real problem” with ELDs.
• Another reason shippers should deal direct.
• Reader majority opposes hair-sample testing.
• Obama-era contractor status memo rescinded.
• Trucker Talent Search finalists headed for Dallas.
• FMCSA study to assess split sleeper options.
• GATS to showcase free music and famous trucks.
• “Service and sacrifice” ’88 Freightliner COE.
• Owner-operator’s self-built “RisslerBilt” 379.
• “88 Mike” Morgan earns first Bandit Series win.
• Reader Rigs: ’13 T800 a stainless dream; ’90 K100 a farming COE; salute “The General” ’17 W900L Icon; ’96 W900L pretty in pink; respect “Big Tex” ’15 122SD; ’02 W900L goes by “Black Betty.”
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• FLEET NEWS Decker’s Driver of the Year gets Harley.
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• TWO-BUCK TRUCKERS Wendy Parker backs a driver’s plan to highlight trucking issues and show the general public how much the industry contributes to the economy.