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CUSTOM RIGS READER RIGS 48 | Overdrive | June 2017 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 Get Our FREE CATALOG Call 603-224-7370 Or Go To www.BERUBES.com Quad-axle Pete Armando Diaz uses this 2009 Peterbilt 389 quad axle and XL Specialized Trailers XL 110 HDG lowboy to haul Bell Articulated Trucks. The Pete is powered by a 600-hp Cat C16 and an 18-speed Eaton-Fuller. Diaz hasn't done any custom work to the truck except for adding a Thermo King APU. Northern exposure Brandon Jusczak of North Pole, Alaska, dispatched out of Fairbanks for Carlile Transportation Systems, uses this 2014 Peterbilt 389 to haul freight to the Prudhoe Bay oilfields. The truck is spec'd for heavy haul- ing and is powered by a 550-hp Cummins with 2,050 lb.-ft. of torque and an 18-speed Eaton. Custom touches include graphics, a moose bumper, a drop visor and chicken lights. Stepping across borders Denver Bartel of Chilliwack, British Columbia, uses this 2016 Peterbilt 389 and 48-foot step-deck to haul equipment, mining machinery and construction materials between Canada and the United States. The truck is powered by a 560-hp Cummins ISX15 and a Fuller 18-speed. Bartel has added a drop visor, cab and sleeper skirts, front air-cleaner lights and blinker bars.

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• CAT ON A GREASY FIFTH WHEEL Wendy Parker’s pet feline snaps and nearly ruins her new couches.
• BUSINESS: Uber enters freight-matching market “Uber for trucking,” a descriptor long touted by app-based load-matching services, has taken a literal form now that the ride-sharing giant last month unveiled its Uber Freight app. It’s aimed at the owner-op
• COVER STORY: Path to prosperity Overdrive’s Most Beautiful winner Stephanie Klang spreads the word of how trucking served as her ticket to the good life.
• Where the rubber meets the road A tire might look like a simple component – a round piece of rubber with a tread design – though it’s anything but.
• The crazy quilt of intrastate logging States failing to adopt an e-logging mandate. State hours of service differing from the federal rule. ELDs missing state-specific features. For the intrastate driver required to use e-logs, the change could get compl
• Diversions Re-creation of “Bandit” bridge jump set; Trucker Talent Search winner teams with fellow finalists; a new book from one of Overdrive’s own.
• The safety flaw of 14 straight hours.
• Pulse: Uber’s load plan.
• Bringing apnea experts into the truck.
• Indie truck stops remain popular.
• TSA warns of truck- ramming terrorism.
• Wireless roadside inspections hit brakes.
• Trailer emissions order in question.
• Florida, Texas rank highest for congestion costs.
• Car haulers’ touching tribute to police.
• Rethwisch wins Shell Rotella’s SuperRigs.
• Proffitt racks up Bandit Series wins.
• Custom KW’s interior gets a facelift.
• Reader Rigs: ’07 W900L a desert runner; ’05 9400i flying like an Eagle; ’15 389 has Pride and Class; ’09 389 a quad-axle Pete; ’14 389 has northern exposure; ’16 389 steps across borders.