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Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs July 2018 | Overdrive | 51 Truck Frames 866-851-6478 Toll free: www.pgadams.com Guaranteed accuracy Extreme lengths Easy-bolt frames with holes Easy-bolt www.pgadams.com Crossmembers 24 hour turnaround Carving out her territory Kelly McCulley, the only female flatbed company driver for Roane Transportation Services of Rockwood, Tennessee, drives this 2016 Freightliner Coronado Fitzgerald Glider Kit throughout the lower 48 states, except for California, and primarily hauls steel, rebar, coils and beams. She occasionally hauls hay, lumber and pipe. The truck is powered by a Detroit and a 10-speed Eaton. Georgia power Victor Harris hauls flatbed freight with this 2016 Peterbilt 389 owned by Taylor Transport of Cartersville, Georgia. The truck is powered by a 500-hp Paccar with 1,850 ft.-lb. of torque, an 18-speed and 3:25 rears. It sits on a 280-inch wheelbase and has a 5-inch- drop air-ride front axle, a low air-leaf rear suspension and WTI fiberglass fenders. Cool Canadian hauling Jeff Dick of Carstairs, Alberta, hauls for Paul Brandt Trucking of Morris, Manitoba, and uses his 2006 Kenworth W900 to pull reefer freight across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The truck is powered by a 600-hp Cat with a 13-speed and 4:11 rears. Dick added a Jones Performance hood, a custom dash that he upgrad- ed himself and more. He plans to add stainless- steel steps and a stainless deck plate.

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• Good prep defuses Roadcheck worries.
• Pulse: Technology opens door for truck mayhem.
• Personal conveyance and “truck stop lawyers.”
• Bullying customer may be shipper of last resort.
• Traversing Georgia’s 190-mile parking desert.
• Freightliner debuts two electric trucks.
• Congress debates livestock/ag hours regulations.
• Bill would repeal excise tax on truck purchases.
• Payments may loom from fradulent services case.
• Brake inspection blitz set for September.
• Coverage from the 36th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs.
• Hot pink 379 stays in the family.
• Reader Rigs: Heavy-hauling ’06 W900L; chromed-out 2000 379; ’16 Coronado glider carves its own path;’16 389 has Georgia power; Canadian reefer-hauling ’06 W900.
• EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Dashcams.
• GEAR GUIDE Window deflector, tires, tape, more.
• FLEET NEWS Carriers still hiking driver pay.
• BETTER HEALTH Knowing risk factors for diabetes.
• TURNING POINT Overdrive’s Dashcam Central shows a trucker’s questionable right turn on red.
• Business: Company driver pay swelling in 2018 Company driver pay per mile surged in the first quarter of 2018 from a year ago, with the refrigerated sector leading the way, according to a survey of mid-size to large carriers.
• COVER STORY: Guaranteed pay Fleets are increasingly introducing plans that promise company drivers a minimum weekly pay. Find out what’s driving the trend and what it could mean for owner-operators.
• Guarding personal data Because of their constant traveling, truckers can be particularly vulnerable to financial loss and a trashed credit rating from identity theft. The resulting legal complications also can threaten their livelihood.
• Talent finalists headed for Dallas James Nelson, Mandi Jo Pinheiro and B.J. Williams will compete next month at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, where the drivers have been invited to participate in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent S
• Mix business, pleasure at GATS A new tailored driver recruitment matchup at the Great American Trucking Show joins established highlights such as Pride & Polish show trucks, live music, business seminars and health screenings.