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August 2017 | Overdrive | 67 CUSTOM RIGS READER RIGS Untitled-5 1 7/6/17 9:19 AM PDQ_OVD1215_PG.indd 1 11/18/15 10:17 AM 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 Haulin' gas Bryan Kellogg uses this 2015 Peterbilt 389 to haul gasoline and diesel, as well as flatbed freight. The truck is powered by a 500-hp Paccar MX-13 with a 13-speed and 3:70 rears. Kellogg added stripes to the paint job, the vinyl on the tanks, 8-inch stacks and a powdercoated headboard and deck plate.

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• ELDs’ capacity squeeze Predictions vary widely, but there’s reason to believe rates will rise enough to be a notable reward from an unwelcome imposition.
• COVER STORY: Time to buy The oversupplied used truck market soon will be more awash with 3-to-5-year-old tractors, creating great bargains for owner-operators. Learn more about spec’ing and inspecting a preowned vehicle, financing options and warranties.
• Musicians Dallas-bound Three singing truckers will compete this month at the Great American Trucking Show, where the drivers have been invited to participate in the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search finals.
• A long-haul leader reborn Volvo introduced the first major overhaul of its flagship long-haul tractor since the VN model was introduced in 1996.
• Drive Test: Great gains Savings on weight and aerodynamics give International’s Super Truck high yields on freight efficiency.
• A ‘disruption’ truckers might welcome.
• Pulse: An objective call for fixing CSA.
• A ‘third way’ toward a fair safety rating.
• Wendy Parker: Don’t hog the middle lane.
• House bill would delay ELD mandate.
• Speed limiters, apnea rule put on back burner.
• Bill would ban human trafficking convicts from trucking.
• Decision allows Mexican carriers to continue U.S. operations.
• Morgan grabs second Bandit win, Boileau earns first.
• Rare White Western Star cabover restored.
• Cabovers, classics turn heads at ATHS show.
• Reader Rigs: ’15 389 down in the mines; ’15 389 shining bright; old 2000 W900L is new again; ’05 379 a two-tone dream; ’15 389 hauls gas.
• BUSINESS Walmart: No Amazon carriers.
• Gear Guide Tires, tarps, tiedown tool, more.
• 73 FLEET NEWS U.S Xpress leasing Cascadias.
• 5 APPS FOR THAT Help with saving and investing.