Overdrive

December 2017 | Overdrive | 61 (330) 299-8845 SR 170 Exit o Rt. 11 47866 Y & O Road East Liverpool, OH 43920 (304) 409-4713 Downtown Wheeling #1 - 27th Street Wheeling, WV 26003 (724) 571-5260 I-70 Exit #27 - Dunningsville 300 Alton Hill Drive Eighty Four, PA 15330 HILL INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS $189,000 $125,000 110 BBL VAC BODY ARRIVING MID OCTOBER! 10 AVAILABLE FET INCLUDED! 7 Lonestars Available! Starting at $149,495 *Not all lonestars in photo are available Weather monitoring app Baron Threat Net's critical weather monitoring app allows users to monitor warning data on the go. Features include high-resolution customizable mapping for weather monitor- ing down to street level, detailed data and visual monitor- ing on a variety of severe threats and Baron's proprietary real-time Critical Weather Indicators designed to highlight the most likely locations for tornado development. Threat Net Mobile also displays National Weather Service watch and warning advisories at the county level. A tap on a user's location of choice will display all relevant advisory information. Baron Threat Net, baronthreatnet.com, 256-881-8811 Digital tanker thermometer Anytrek's Thermo- Track online digital tanker thermometer includes a GPS track- er and a 4G/LTE modem and provides hourly updates on cargo temperatures and location. De- signed to be a screw-in replacement for existing analogue tanker thermome- ters, ThermoTrack is self-contained and can run on its internal batteries for up to 12 months, with reporting every 60 minutes to Anytrek's secure cloud-based serv- ers; twelve months' worth of rolling data is saved in the internal fl ash memory as a double-secured data backup. Real-time battery levels are displayed on the portal, and low battery warnings are sent as a mobile alert and also appear on the web portal. Anytrek Corp., anytrek.com, 844-872-6987

• COVER
• Another ‘golden age of trucking’ at hand?
• Pulse: Counting the costs for new Tesla Semi.
• ATA piles on with pro-ELD advocacy.
• Wendy Parker: Start listening to truckers.
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD | A son pays tribute to his father, a West Virginia trucking fixture for decades.
• Cross-border trucking part of NAFTA talks.
• Semi-autonomous trucks tested on-highway.
• Court halts trailer emissions regulations.
• Tech company ranks 10 most dangerous highways.
• ELD exemption sought for safe small businesses.
• 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 analyst and president of the National Transportation Instit
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