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CONTENTS ® overdriveonline.com August 2013 | Vol. 53 | No. 8 /OverdriveTrucking ® /OverdriveUpdate /OverdriveMag ® EDITORIAL truckingeditorial@gmail.com Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts Senior Editors: Todd Dills, Kevin Jones Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Social Media Editor: Kathleen Buccleugh Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley, Bruce Smith, Steve Sturgess Editorial Assistants: Elizabeth Manning, Sean Randall ® TRUCKING MEDIA sales@truckingmedia.com Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus Director of Content Marketing Services: Carolyn Mason Web Developer/Analyst: Marlin Caddell DIVERSIONS | A former truck stop waitress turned wrestler tackles singing, plus a legendary trucking anthem goes viral, long-haul biking and an otherworldly dining experience (pictured). Page 50. 24 COVER STORY: Teamwork 34 40 Test Drive: Old school rules 42 Most Beautiful: Meet the finalists Driving with a partner puts a new spin on the money, scheduling and lifestyle of trucking. 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 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 Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Director of Marketing: Julie Arsenault For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com EDITORIAL HONORS Only trucking magazine to win five Editorial Excellence Awards Four-time Magazine of the Year finalist plus 57 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. 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) 2013 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. TOC_RHP_0813.indd 1 Wendy Parker DESIGN & PRODUCTION production@overdriveonline.com Art Director: Kenneth Stubbs Production Designer: David Watson Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Anne Marie Horton Even without modern touches, International's 9900i still makes a powerful statement. Equipment Spotlight: Tire pressure monitoring As tire monitoring systems have grown in popularity, the technology now can be spec'd on vehicles directly from the factory. Overdrive and our readers pick three women drivers who reflect beauty inside and out, and who represent the trucking profession well. DEPARTMENTS 20 BUSINESS Dealers, fleets can mark down excess parts and labor 22 DOLLARS & SENSE Bypass filters can help save money, downtime Cover photo by Brad Veenstra 79 GEAR GUIDE TRU series, trailer camshafts, stainless-steel quarter fenders and more 92 FLEET NEWS Schneider National receives Freightliner's 11th edition Ride of Pride truck VOICES 2 Drivers list priorities for new DOT head Foxx 4 Pulse: Another approach to hours of service 8 George and Wendy Show: Hours changes prove costly 12 Hot Buttons: Clamp down on homeland spying LOGBOOK 14 30-minute break requirement confuses some drivers 14 Pilot settles lawsuits, agrees to pay with interest 94 Employer health care mandate delayed 96 Bill would increase insurance minimum CUSTOM RIGS 60 Pride & Polish: Trend Settin', Family Biziness tops in Tennessee 64 Reader Rigs: '07 Pete flattop a showstopper; '02 Freightliner Classic a hardworkin' dump; '74 Autocar rules the retros 66 Waxes and polishes help your truck beat the summer heat 74 Pro Tips: Battling inefficiency and emissions at once August 2013 | Overdrive | 1 7/30/13 5:36 PM