Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/911782
2 | Overdrive | December 2017 December 2017 | Vol. 57 | No. 12 CONTENTS EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jason Cannon Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Video Editor: Andrew Guinn 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 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 Emeritus: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Kim Fieldbinder 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) 2017 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. ® ® ® ® overdriveonline.com For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com 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. Six-time winner of Jesse H. Neal Awards, including 2014 Grand Neal Award VOICES 4 Another 'golden age of trucking' at hand? 5 Pulse: Counting the costs for new Tesla Semi. 6 ATA piles on with pro-ELD advocacy. 6 Truck parking's grassroots problem. 8 Wendy Parker: Start listen- ing to truckers. LOGBOOK 12 Cross-border trucking part of NAFTA talks. 13 Semi-autonomous trucks tested on-highway. 14 Court halts trailer emissions regulations. 16 Tech company ranks 10 most dangerous highways. 22 ELD exemption sought for safe small businesses. CUSTOM RIGS 53 Accident sparks car hauler's makeover. 54 Proffitt holds on to claim Bandit Series title. 56 Mississippi milk hauler rebuilds antique Mack. 57 Reader Rigs: '89 379EXHD gets new look; '92 379 pulls Wilson trailer. 24 Business: Driver pay expected to surge as rates keep climbing With freight demand climbing and rates on the move, driver pay also should rise in the coming months, said Gordon Klemp, a driver pay ana- lyst and president of the National Transportation Institute. 26 Redefined Tesla debuts its sleek, electric replacement for the traditional Class 8 tractor, promising jackrabbit acceleration, a 500-mile range and strong fuel savings. 30 The mandate descends As E LD use becomes the law of the land and thousands of truck- ers still lack the devices, expect a somewhat soft start for enforcement, unavoidable viola- tions, some poorly trained inspectors and spotty use of federal data transfer software. 38 COVER STORY: CSA's Data Trail Increasing inspections are back, but reduced violations, more clean inspections and a focus on crash-related behavior add measure of fairness to CSA. 46 War on wear Tires are expensive. Know the six top causes of irregular wear to ensure they don't meet a premature end. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD | A son pays tribute to his father, a West Virginia trucking fixture for decades. Page 10. DEPARTMENTS Cover: Alabama Trooper Chris McNatt inspects a chassis at a weigh station during the 2017 International Roadcheck. Photo by Max Heine. 50 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Auxiliary power units. 58 GEAR GUIDE Flaps, wiper blades, load bars, more. 63 FLEET NEWS Schneider opens new Phoenix terminal. 72 5 APPS FOR THAT Productivity tools.