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roadside attractions G A UGES Truckers 3rd in fatigue survey Train operators In a National Sleep Foundation survey, 27 percent of truckers say their irregular schedules don't give them adequate time to sleep. Even larger numbers of train operators and pilots say their schedules cause sleep problems. Fourteen percent of truckers say they have had a "near miss" accident because they're sleepy. "Employers should put more Truckers Pilots Sleep-impaired 27% 37% 44% effort into designing work/rest schedules that facilitate sleep and minimize workers' exposure to irregular, variable schedule changes," says Patrick Sherry, a sleep researcher. Freight heads up $2.50 $2.25 $2.00 $1.75 $1.50 $1.25 Feb. 2010 Feb. 2011 Feb. 2012 March 6, 2012 diesel price averages $4.14 Atlanta-Buffalo Chicago-Dallas Dallas-Jacksonville Houston-Mobile Los Angeles-Denver Memphis-Cleveland Philadelphia–Indianapolis St. Louis–Boston Seattle-Phoenix $4.04 $4.07 $4.00 $4.10 $4.05 $4.11 $4.13 $4.32 CALENDAR APRIL 13-14: ATHS CHAPTERS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL TRUCK SHOW, I-40 Exits 392 or 294, Knoxville, Tenn., (865) 789-7771. APRIL 13-14: MARMON TRUCK GATHERING, 2104 N. Central Expressway, McKinney, Texas, (469) 667-7158. APRIL 14: ATHS YELLOW ROSE CHAPTER ANNUAL TRUCK SHOW, Riverbend Park, Smithville, Texas, Lloyd Holden, (830) 743-3179. APRIL 20-21: ATHS WHEAT STATE ANTIQUE TRUCK SHOW, Newell's Truck Stop, I-35 exit 31, Newton, Kan., (316) 283-0130. APRIL 27-29: 75 CHROME SHOP ANNUAL TRUCK SHOW, I-75 exit 329, Wildwood, Fla., www.75chromeshop.com, (866) 255-6206. Dry van and flatbed rates recovered, 3 cents and 2 cents respectively, from January to February after the historically low seasonal dip in January. Reefer was down 2 cents from January to February. DRY VAN FLATBED REEFER Sneak peek at Wildwood T-shirt Overdrive's Custom Rigs magazine shared this T-shirt design for the first Pride & Polish contest of the year on its Facebook page: facebook. com/Custom- RigsMagazine. Like the page to get other updates from the custom truck world. MAY 19: ATHS PIEDMONT CAROLINA CHAPTER LESTER BROWN MEMORIAL TRUCK SHOW, North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, N.C., (336) 431-6824. Q Are fuel additives for cleaning A FUEL SURCHARGE INDEX (www.Fuel- SurchargeIndex. org) prices are col- lected daily from more than 5,500 truck stops and averaged along specific routes. injectors worth using? Yes. Diesel experts say deposits can interfere with an even fuel spray pattern in the combustion air. Peter Jutras, senior accounts manager at Howes Lubricator, notes his company's Meaner Power Cleaner "keeps carbon deposits and varnish off the injector tip." Both can "rob the injection system of optimum performance," he adds, interfering with proper atomization. In trucks fitted with a diesel particulate filter, good injection performance is even more critical because soot must be constantly burned off inside the DPF. Although the product can be used to clean long-running injec- tors, Jutras suggests continuous use because "once carbon coking develops on an injection nozzle, it can be really hard to get rid of." Fuel/maintenance cost savings from using an injector cleaner can be around 5 per- cent, he notes. APRIL 27-29: TRUCK SHOW & BBQ ATHS Central California Chapter, Kirkland Ranch, Plymouth, Calif., Dennis Chan, (916) 381-6063. APRIL 28: ATHS NORTHWEST CHAPTER ANTIQUE TRUCK SHOW, Harold E. LeMay Marymount Museum, Spanaway, Wash., Roy Friis, (360) 866-7716. MAY 4-5: MIDWEST PRIDE IN YOUR RIDE TRUCK/TRACTOR SHOW, Tri-State Raceway, Earlville, Iowa, Eldon Jaeger, (560) 580-8200. MAY 6: ATHS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER ANTIQUE TRUCK SHOW, Orange Empire Rail Museum, Perris, Calif., Ken Lund, (909) 790-7707. May 17-19: SHELL ROTELLA SUPERRIGS 30TH ANNIVERSARY, Speedco, I-44 exit 4, Joplin, Mo., rotella.com. MAY 18-19: JOPLIN 44 TRUCKERS JAMBOREE, Joplin 44 Petro, I-44 exit 4, Joplin, Mo., (417) 624-3400. MAY 19: ATHS GREATER CINCINNATI CHAPTER TRUCK SHOW, Howard Trucking Co., Fairborn, Ohio, Jerry Howard (937) 878-6154. Post technical/ maintenance questions for John Baxter at facebook.com/ OverdriveTrucking or email to tdills@ randallreilly.com. 10 OVERDRIVE APRIL 2012 Internet Truckstop