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Custom Rigs ReadeR Rigs 50 | Overdrive | November 2018 Lone Star State heavy hauler Brock Childress drives this 2014 Kenworth W900L owned by Smitty's Heavy Hauling of Texas. He hauls heavy equipment in southern Texas. The truck is powered by a 650-hp Cummins with an Eaton 18-speed and 46,000-pound rears. Glass-hauling 379 David McDaniel uses his 2002 Peterbilt 379 to haul glass for Moore Freight Service of Mascot, Tennessee, mainly from Tennessee to Ontario or New Brunswick. The truck is powered by a 550-hp Cat 6NZ with an 18-speed and 3:55 rears. McDaniel added a 20-inch front bumper, 8-inch stacks, W.T.I. full fenders and more than 100 LEDs. Cross-country Pete Jeff Sturm of Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, owns this 2012 Peterbilt 386 and runs for CRST Malone, hauling finished and stainless steel from Pennsylvania to California, and anything from hot tubs to copper back to Pennsylvania. The truck is powered by a 450- hp Cummins with an Eaton- Fuller 18-speed and 3:55 rears. 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

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• Pulse: Autonomous tech redefining “driver.”
• Confusion over proposed ELD exemption.
• Small fleet again scores special Kenworth.
• Three in four readers favor new Supreme Court justice.
• “New NAFTA” would allow cap on Mexican carriers.
• Rule to protect gliders appears in jeopardy.
• ATA takes fight over break laws to FMCSA.
• Criteria to suspend insolvent brokers proposed.
• Owner-operator per diem allowance rises.
• Memorial Run honors fallen firefighters.
• ’55 KW gets back to its roots.
• Bandit Series sees repeat champ.
• Reader Rigs: High-flying ’14 W9; ’14 W9 a heavy hauler; cross-country ’12 386; ’07 379 lights up the night; ’02 379 hauls glass.
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• EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Headlamps.
• GEAR GUIDE Lights, tires, more.
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• BETTER HEALTH Neck and back pain.
• CHANGING TIMES Failure to help drivers on the shoulder is a symptom of drivers’ loss of courtesy and pride.
• Case could clarify arbitration with fleets The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have ramifications on contracts between fleets and owner-operators and lawsuits that arise from those contracts.
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• COVER STORY: Ode to the road Mandi Jo Pinheiro’s biggest passions, trucking and music, paid off when they converged and she won the annual Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search with her original tribute to highways and driver pride.
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