Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS January 2016 | Vol. 56 | No. 1 January 2016 | Overdrive | 1 Join all our friends at facebook.com/ OverdriveTrucking Follow breaking news and commentary at twitter.com/ OverdriveUpdate Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/ OverdriveMag Subscribe to daily newsletter or monthly magazine at overdriveonline.com/subscribe/ Exercise your trucking business mind at "Overdrive's Trucking Pro"group at Linkedin.com Share industry headlines via the "Overdrive magazine" page at plus.google.com Share and comment on photography from around the trucking world at Instagram.com/overdrivetrucking. EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Associate Editor: Matt Cole Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley Contact: truckingeditorial@gmail.com DESIGN & PRODUCTION Art Director: Kenneth Stubbs Production Designer: David Watson Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Leah Boyd Contact: production@overdriveonline.com TRUCKING MEDIA Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus Director of Content Marketing Services: Carolyn Mason Special Projects Manager: Kathleen Craft Web Developer/Analyst: Marlin Caddell Contact: sales@truckingmedia.com 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE | Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 | randallreilly.com CORPORATE Chairman: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Russell McEwen Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development: Robert Lake Senior Vice President, Data: Prescott Shibles Vice President of Events: Stacy McCants Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Vice President, Marketing: Julie Arsenault EDITORIAL HONORS 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. Four-time Magazine of the Year finalist plus 57 other awards. Only trucking magazine to win five Editorial Excellence Awards Jesse H. Neal 2014 Grand Neal Award winner 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 507.1.5.2); 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) 2015 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. ® ® ® ® overdriveonline.com For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com VOICES 2 ELDs: A gift amidst the grief. 3 Pulse: So much, but too little from highway bill. 4 Letting carriers explain CSA scores. 6 Wendy Parker's take on parking problem. LOGBOOK 10 Deal entrenches hold on hours restart. 10 NHTSA seeks to require trailer impact guards. 11 Next round of EPA fuel regs draws criticisms. 13 Sleep apnea rule advances. CUSTOM RIGS 36 Two beauties make great team at GATS. 38 Reader Rigs: 2000 Peterbilt 379 hits 2.5 million miles; '99 Kenworth 900L hauls anything; '85 Peterbilt 359 shows Southern Pride; '15 Peterbilt 389 glider mean in green. SPLIT-SECOND DECISION | Dashcam captures driver's professional instincts in a tough spot. Page 8. 20 Farewell, paper logs Drivers have two years to comply with the E LD mandate – unless it's derailed again by OOI DA's legal challenge. 22 Highway funding in, CSA scores out The FAST Act not only secures long- haul highway support, it also enacts trucking regulatory reforms. 24 COVER STORY: Building a customer base With expected long-term demand for capacity, it's a good time for independents and small fleets to work toward securing contract freight direct with shippers. 32 Equipment Spotlight: Dry vans Today's dry vans are lighter and stronger than those of the past with added interior capacity, which means more freight per trailer and better margins for owner-operators. COVER: Photo by Brandon Wells DEPARTMENTS 30 DIVERSIONS Stars of trucking music move more into lime- light. 43 GEAR GUIDE Tank trailer, tires, LEDs, more. 48 FLEET NEWS CVSA honors XPO driver. 56 REARVIEW Railroad fight recalled. SPLIT-SECOND DECISION | Dashcam captures driver's