Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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2 | Overdrive | March 2018 March 2018 | Vol. 58 | No. 3 CONTENTS EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jason Cannon Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Video Editor: Andrew Guinn 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 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 Emeritus: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Kim Fieldbinder 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. 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Neal Awards, including 2014 Grand Neal Award VOICES 4 Trump's toll plan lacks support in trucking. 5 Pulse: Infrastructure pro- posal lacking. 8 Wendy Parker: Cool it on the coop update requests. 10 Retired trucker says ELDs could lead to hourly pay. 12 Trump's progress report: Favorable to mixed. LOGBOOK 14 OOIDA requests pause button for hours. 14 Examiners see potential fraud after FMCSA hack. 15 States consider measures to block ELD mandate. 16 FMCSA clarifies crash review process. 16 Talent search looks for singing truckers. CUSTOM RIGS 46 Discovery Channel features Fitzgerald's seven. 49 Georgia hauler's 'Joy Ride 3' Freightliner COE. 51 '90 KW W900 is owner- operator's dream. 53 Reader Rigs: '95 FLB a high-powered COE; a cow- hauling '13 379. TALKING WITH TED | A group of truckers met with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to press concerns over the ELD mandate and hours of service. Page 6. DEPARTMENTS Cover photo by Alex Green, Covenant Transport Services. 55 GEAR GUIDE Brake tool, seat, batteries, more. 59 FLEET NEWS Several more fleets raise driver pay. 68 BETTER HEALTH Identify sleep bandits, reclaim your rest. 24 Business: Detention drains wages, hurts safety A U.S. Department of Transportation report finds that time spent detained at shipper and receiver facilities cuts truck driver pay by more than $1 billion, in addition to crimping industry safety. 26 Highway robbery Even with more broker-checking services available, some dishonest freight middlemen continue to deceive and steal from owner-operators. 34 Not so calm before the ELD storm Results of the ELD "soft enforce- ment" period have proved less than gentle for some owner-operators. There's also evidence of other unresolved issues as the gate opens April 1 for issuing out-of-service orders. 38 Cover story: In the sweet spot E-commerce and a growing driver shortage are pushing team pay and bonuses to new heights. A lack of detention could be icing on the cake. 42 Equipment Spotlight: Aerodynamic add-ons Learn about specifications for a wide variety of aerodynamic add-on devices from 10 manufacturers.