Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/85437
contents DEPARTMENTS 4 ONLINE: New ways to view Pride & Polish rigs at Las Vegas this month 6 PULSE: Following the money 21 DOLLARS & SENSE: Understanding fuel surcharges 50 MARKETPLACE: APU, backup camera, document scanner 62 FLEET FOCUS: Celadon wins Alcoa award 80 SPEAKOUT: Why did you become a trucker? Cover design: Kenneth Stubbs RADSIDE O A CTTRATIONS 11 Drivers rate best of the road 11 Outta the Blue in at the show 12 The DOT drones are coming 8 Birthing on the road 8 Vanishing apnea regs FEATURES L OGBOOK 16 EOBR mandate overturned 16 Trucking alternatives 17 Trucker jailed in Mexico 18 Free concert: John Anderson SEVERE SERVICE 42 Fleet uses natural gas power 44 Two super-heavy hauls 46 Equipment for tough jobs 22 26 30 36 2 OVERDRIVE JUNE 2012 COVER STORY: Beefing up the bond Small brokers oppose increasing the minimum bond from $10,000 to $100,000. 'Salt of the earth' Universal Am-Can owner-operator is as dedicated to his business as he is to his extended family. Smooth and smart A test drive of the Mack Pinnacle proves its lofty name is well-deserved. I-75 Show stoppers Pride & Polish rigs gleam at year's first competition in Florida. RATES TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? Proposed regulations would help weed out crooked brokers who take advantage of owner-operators. See Page 22. june 2012 | vol. 52 | no. 6