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• WHAT IS YOUR TIME WORTH? Landstar-leased Gary Buchs says you need to know the answer to that question to thrive in this business.
• Business: Tips for better rates Small-fleet-owner-turned-owner-operator-coach Kevin Rutherford presented three seminars at the Mid-America Trucking Show on running a more profitable small trucking business.
• COVER STORY: ‘World traveler’ Globetrotting and working diverse trucking jobs have shaped the 2017 Owner-Operator of the Year into a man of many experiences. But once a month, there’s no place like home for Phil Keith.
• Diversions: More music to truck by Past Overdrive Trucker Talent Search-winning singer-songwriter Jason Lee Wilson brings down the house at MATS; Mary Gauthier’s “Rifles & Rosary Beads” features songs written with military vets.
• How to extend drain intervals With engine oil and filter changes running upward of $300 at some shops, extending drain intervals can save hundreds of dollars a year and thousands over the life of your truck.
• Trailer aero savings can be substantial The responsibility of improving trailer drag has fallen largely on accessories such as skirts, tails and fairings. Such add-ons promise potential fuel savings.
• Truckers reprise ELD protest in D.C.
• Pulse: Self-driving’s “mushy middle.”
• Blowing the whistle on shippers and receivers.
• Load boards “a gamble” for old-school broker.
• Readers more open to gun restrictions.
• ELD violations added to CSA.
• Bill would allow drivers to pause 14-hour clock.
• FMCSA certain driver info secure after outage.
• SuperFan wins Peterbilt’s one millionth truck.
• After error, Cat Acert payments to be reissued.
• Owner-operator couple gets second chance with 379.
• George Parker’s retooled Coronado has a rat on back.
• $25K in prizes up for grabs at SuperRigs.
• Small fleet owner picks up first Bandit Series win.
• Reader Rigs: ’04 379 in the “Limelight”; ’15 389 flatbedder; ’Bama blue ’11 KW; ’15 389 a “voodoo queen.”
• EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Mid-America Trucking Show products.
• GEAR GUIDE Floor mats, tires, LEDs, more.
• FLEET NEWS Carriers still raising driver pay.
• BETTER HEALTH On-the-road lifestyle can put truckers at risk for arthritis.