Overdrive

Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs 62 | Overdrive | April 2018 'Betty' Chris Godbey of Dublin, Virginia, named his 2013 Freightliner Coronado "Betty" and hauls open deck freight throughout the lower 48 states for ATS, based in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The truck is powered by a Detroit DD15 and an Eaton 13-speed with 3.55 rears. Truck Frames 866-851-6478 Toll free: www.pgadams.com Guaranteed accuracy Extreme lengths Easy-bolt frames with holes Crossmembers 24 hour turnaround Father-son duo Father-and-son duo Keith and Kevin Whightsil of Topeka, Kansas, own this 2004 Kenworth W900 with a studio sleeper. The truck is leased to WLX of Kansas City, Missouri, and is driven by Kevin, while Keith runs the business. It is powered by a Caterpillar C15 and a 13-speed Fuller and is shown hauling a military heavy-haul trailer that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq. Tank- yankin' 389 Jeremiah Lund of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, uses his 2015 Peterbilt 389 glider to haul liquid fertilizer, propane and anhydrous ammonia for TDS Trucking of Fertile, Minnesota. The truck is powered by a 500-hp Detroit and an Eaton 18-speed. Custom work includes a Texas-style front bumper, a drop visor and seven-inch stacks.

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• FLIPPING THROUGH HISTORY | A small fleet owner’s collection of Overdrives provides a fitting finale for Wendy Parker’s last blog post.
• Business: Arbitration case to go before high court The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit brought by an owner-operator that challenges his fleet’s requirement that disputes be handled via third-party arbitration.
• COVER STORY: Power plays Electric truck makers promise cleaner, more cost-effective tractors. Two years before the first vehicles hit the road, inadequate infrastructure and fueling capacity threaten to dampen the transition.
• Buyers welcome Economic conditions, tax changes, productivity pressures and equipment improvements have spurred a big increase in truck buying by owner-operators and fleets.
• ELD headaches Much has been made about the operational challenges of running under more rigid hours accounting with an electronic log. Meanwhile, truckers are experiencing a wide range of technical malfunctions.
• Severe service Heavy-haul and severe-service news from Volvo, International, Mack, Freightliner and Peterbilt, plus new products from Marmon-Herrington, Kyocera, Firestone and Toyo.
• Inspectors “putting people out of work.”
• Pulse: Make sure the grass really is greener.
• Conversations still evolving over 14-hour reg.
• Shut down by CARB, teacher keeps learning alive.
• Discovering a double- brokered load.
• ELD violations now merit out-of-service.
• Bill would allow younger truckers.
• ELD waiver extended for livestockers.
• Alleged fraud may impact 2,000 truckers.
• OOIDA wants rehearing of apnea case.
• Son earns back dad’s ’95 Pete 379.
• “Rubber Duck” Mack still quacking.
• Reader Rigs: ’16 389 on the “Edge”; a ’13 Coronado named “Betty”; ’15 389 yanks tanks; ’17 Coronado a heavy hauler; father-son duo’s ’04 W900.
• Gear Guide Hino to debut Class 7, 8 models in 2019.
• FLEET NEWS Fleets continue to hike driver pay.
• BETTER HEALTH Preventing and dealing with nausea.