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® / OverdriveTrucking overdriveonline.com /OverdriveUpdate EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Max Heine Editor: Randy Grider Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood Online Managing Editor: Kathleen Buccleugh News Editor: James Jaillet Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley, Carolyn Magner, Bruce Smith, Steve Sturgess Editorial Assistants: Elizabeth Manning, Sean Randall editorial@overdrive.com DESIGN & PRODUCTION Art Director: Kenneth Stubbs Production Designer: David Watson Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Anne Marie Horton production@overdrive.com TRUCKING MEDIA Senior VP, Trucking Media: Jeff Mason Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus sales@truckingmedia.com CONTENTS December 2012 | Vol. 52 | No. 12 Hugh Boles, left, pits his 2000 Peterbilt 379 and 550-hp Cat against James Thompson's 600-hp Detroit-powered '98 Freightliner Classic in the big-rig drags at the 2012 Charlotte Diesel Super Show in October. See Page 50. 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 randallreilly.com CORPORATE Chairman/CEO: Mike Reilly President: Brent Reilly Chief Process Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Administration Officer: David Wright 22 28 Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development: Robert Lake Vice President of Events: Alan Sims Vice President, Audience Development: Stacy McCants EDITORIAL HONORS Only trucking magazine to win five Editorial Excellence Awards Four-time Magazine of the Year finalist plus 56 other awards. Jesse H. Neal winner and 5 Certificates of Merit 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. DEPARTMENTS 18 BUSINESS Income replacement insurance can keep you afloat amid crisis. 43 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Security products help protect your payload. 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 707.4.12.5); 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) 2012 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. Cover photo: David Ayres 44 SEVERE SERVICE Choosing a dump trailer. 57 GEAR GUIDE Air filter line, LED lights. 72 FLEET NEWS U.S. Xpress offering free trial as owner-operator. 32 Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Director of Marketing: Julie Arsenault money, plentiful leisure, fewer headaches. Fit for business COVER STORY: Expedited advantage Time-sensitive niche offers good Bakersfield, Calif.-based team tackles maintenance, health the same way. Path of least resistance Aero trailers complement tractors for major reduction in fuel use. 34 Test drive: Western Star 4700SF VOICES 2 Regulating GPS units to combat bridge strikes. 8 Channel 19: Pollution from charbroiling smokes heavy- duty diesel fumes. 10 Hot Button: How should law- makers deal with fiscal cliff? LOGBOOK 12 Trucking impacted by Superstorm Sandy. 14 Apnea proposal could come within months. 15 Navistar, Cummins reach parts agreement. A tough rig proves itself on serious ascent from desert floor. DIVERSIONS 38 Driver-songwriter's CD back on store shelves for a good cause. 40 Don't let cold weather keep you from a good workout. 42 Go behind the scenes with blogger Wendy Parker. CUSTOM RIGS 48 Working '05 379 feeds owner-operator's show truck ambitions. 55 Pro Tips: Find the right paint for a hot engine; straight mufflers perform. 56 Reader Rigs: Tricked-out Pete 389, Freightliner cabover, Western Star tractor. December 2012 | Overdrive | 1