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CONTENTS 

May 2014 • Vol. 17 • Iss. 5 

18 Wheel Angels 

Help Us Find the Missing– 

All missing persons are loved by someone, and 

their families deserve to find the answers they 

seek in regard to their 

disappearance. This 

month: Shelva Rafte & 

Dawn Allen 

Page 22 

Big Wheel Justice 

Damages Caused 

by Accident 

s t a f f 

General Manager Megan Cullingford 

Sales Manager Jerry Critser 

Creative Director Chad Singleton 

Administrator Tammy Borrelli 

Administrative Assistant Paula Shaddix 

Keri Driggers 

Account Executives 

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Founders Jeff Borrelli 

Scott McGuirk 

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Business Solutions ...........28 

IC News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 

Horsepower & Torque . . . . . . . .58 

Ad Index ..................64 

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Shelva Rafte 

More Missing Persons at 

www.thetrucker.com 

Date of Birth: 05/24/62 

Missing Since: 05/29/2006 

Missing City: Pittston 

Missing State: PA 

Age at time of disappearance: 44 

Gender: Female 

Race: White 

Height: 5 ft 2 in 

Weight: 110 

Hair Color: Blond 

Eye Color: Green 

Characteristics: Scar on left side of stomach from an appendix 

removal 

Clothing: Powder blue capris and a powder blue t-shirt 

Jewelry: 2 Gold necklaces 

Circumstances: Shelva was last seen leaving her daughters graduation 

party at approximately 10:30PM in Nicholson, Pa. She left with 

her boyfriend in a blue Chevy truck and headed towards his home in 

Pittston, Pa. He stated that they got into a fight and started walking 

home at around 1AM from his home on Market Street in Pittston, Pa 

towards her home on Cleveland Street in Pittston, Pa. All of her belongings 

were left in her home and the doors were still locked. There 

have been unconfirmed sightings of Shelva at truck stops. 

Agency Name: Pittston Police Department 

Agency Phone: 570-654-2424 

Case Number: 1092 

Updates on the case: http://projectjason.org/forums/topic/280-missing-woman-shelva-rafte-pa-52806/ 

Shelva is Project Jason’s 18 Wheel Angel Poster Campaign for May 

2014, Campaign 1. Please visit our website, and download and 

distribute her poster, located at http://www.projectjason.org/aan/ 

AAN_ShelvaRafte.pdf 

If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed. All missing persons are loved 

by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regard to their disappearance. 

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Dawn Allen 

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More Missing Persons at 

www.thetrucker.com 

Alias: Dawn Taylor 

Date of Birth: 02/08/1961 Date Missing: 05/04/2011 

Age at time of disappearance: 50 

City Missing From: Carroll State Missing From: Iowa 

Gender: Female 

Race: White 

Height: 5ft 2in 

Weight: 140 lbs 

Hair Color: Brown, but was dyed blonde 

Eye Color: Blue 

Identifying Characteristics: Tattoos on ankle, back right shoulder, 

and front waistline. She has a belly piercing, and her ears are double 

pierced. 

Clothing: Dawn was last seen wearing blue sweatpants, and a multicolored 

shirt. 

Jewelry: Silver ring with 3 carat solitare diamond, Fossil brand silver 

watch with black clock face and a diamond for the “12”. 

Circumstances of Disappearance: Dawn was last seen at her home 

around 8pm. She never showed for work the next morning. There 

was nothing out of place at her home, but her large orange purse and 

US Cellular Samsung Acclaim cell phone was gone. Her vehicle was 

located in a parking lot, locked but with no keys. The family states that 

it is believed that she may have met with James Snovelle before her 

disappearance. He was found in Coffey County, KS 5 days later, but 

committed suicide before he could be questioned. 

Medical Conditions: She was taking blood pressure medication. 

Investigative Agency: Carroll Police Department 

Agency Phone: (712) 792-3536 

The Division of Criminal Investigation for Iowa is assisting. 

For Case Updates: http://projectjason.org/forums/topic/2776-missingwoman-dawn-allen-ia-05042011/ 

Dawn is Project Jason’s 18 Wheel Angel Poster Campaign for May 2014, 

Campaign 2. Please visit our website, and download and distribute her 

poster, located at http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_DawnAllen.pdf 

If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed. All missing persons are loved 

by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regard to their disappearance. 


Business 

Solutions By Shasta D. May 

DID YOU 

KNOW? 

Starting January 2016, employers with 

50 or more full-time workers must report 

2015 health insurance information for each 

full-time worker. Originally the IRS considered 

reporting the 2015 information on 

W-2’s but decided instead on a new separate 

form. Reports will be made on Form 1095-C, 

which is not yet available. New rules lay out 

what must be reported, such as employee’s 

monthly health coverage, employee’s share 

of the lowest cost monthly premium for “self 

only” coverage. In addition, employers will 

be required to certify whether they offered 

minimum coverage. 

TECHNOLOGY – SUPERHARD GLASS 

As uses expand for the superhard glass 

used in smart 

phones and 

tablets, prices 

will fall. 

Expanded 

use will 

include car 

windshields, 

with mass 

implementation, 

especially by automakers; it is expected 

to drive down the cost. This will allow for 

other uses in manufacturing, such as sliding 

doors, commercial windows, home appliances 

and more. 

TECHNOLOGY – VIRTUAL REALITY 

SYSTEMS – VR GLASSES 

VR systems have found a growing market 

in job training. With less expensive models of 

VR glasses, which give the wearer a sense of 

being present physically 

in any sort of computer 

simulated environment, 

we can expect technology’s 

expanded adoption. 

Anticipated use in 

schools will breathe new 

excitement into learning. 

ROADWORK – EXPECT LESS ROAD 

CONSTRUCTION SUMMER OF 2014 

With the government Highway Trust Fund 

expected to run out in August, and not much 

hope of a refill, states can 

no longer rely on federal 

funds for long-term projects. 

Raising the needed funds, 

through an increased gas 

tax or other measurers, is a 

tough issue, so Congress is 

most likely to opt for short-term extensions 

instead of a big highway bill. 

There are several key road projects still getting 

the go ahead, here they are: 

- Continued expansion of the I-75 corridor in 

northern Florida 

- Construction of the King Coal Highway in 

West Virginia 

- Expansion of I-39 in Wisconsin 

- Addition of express lanes to I-5 in San 

Diego, California 

States will focus on completing existing 

work and approving smaller repair jobs on 

roads and bridges with the help of Congress, 


Business 

Solutions 

through stopgap funding extensions. 

TRAVEL – TSA AIRPORT SECURITY 

The Transportation Security Administration 

is speeding up the security process for 

PreCheck members. 

The PreCheck program 

charges $85 for a fiveyear 

membership that 

gets you through security 

faster. Since members are 

pre-screened they will 

be routed to a separate, 

faster security line and 

can bypass certain procedures, 

such as having 

to remove their shoes. 

Membership requires 

fingerprinting and a background check. More 

information at: www.TSA.gov/tsa-precheck 

WEBSITES – WORTH A LOOK 

Want to determine the actual cost of a truck 

or auto lease, want to know how much money 

you will need for 

retirement, can you 

afford a house and 

much more. For 

personal finance 

calculations, 

check out: www. 

Bankrate.com/ 

calculators.aspx 

Are you a 

bargain hunter? 

This website takes 

you to a Directory 

of Web Sites to 

save on everything 

from computers 

and appliances 

to entertainment. 

Check out: www.ConsumerWorld.org/ pages/ 

bargains.htm 

This article has been presented by MBA Tax 

& Bookkeeping Service, a company proud 

to provide Corporate/LLC filings, income tax, 

bookkeeping and IRS problem resolution services 

to truckers in all states. If you would like 

additional information or have questions, calls 

are always welcome. Contact us at 888-407- 

1669 or visit our website at 

www.mbataxhelp.com. 

This article is provided for informational 

purposes only and is not intended as legal or 

tax advice. Each individual business situation 

is different and the information contained 

herein is meant for general information purposes 

only. Specific tax and legal recommendations 

can only be made after an individual 

has consulted his or her qualified tax or legal 

professional. 



Damages Caused 

by Accident 

Jim C. Klepper - Attorney at Law 

I 

live in Southeast Oklahoma and need 

to know what to expect when my son is 

sued for an accident. He was involved 

in an accident the cops say was his fault 

and sent the other driver to the hospital and 

totaled both cars. Thank goodness he is 

only slightly shook up. There is no evidence 

he was drinking or texting when the accident 

occurred. We are not rich, but are buying a 

house and I have two trucks I lease to a major 

truckload carrier and I drive one locally. 

My son has insurance, but just the state 

minimum. Am I exposed in any way and can 

they get my house and trucks? 

Everything depends on the facts of the 

case. Who owns the car he was driving. 

How old is your son? Are your trucks 

incorporated? How is your house titled and 

how much equity do you have in it? Will 

the other driver live and if so what are his 

injuries? 

In order to be sued, there has to be damages 

and it appears there are property damages 

here with the totaled cars and personal 

damages with the other driver hurt and in the 

hospital. Let me give you a simple explanation 

of the laws of Oklahoma as they relate 

to damages, but everyone needs to keep in 

mind that each state has different law and 

rules for damages. 


Damages Caused by Accident 

Damages Recoverable in a Personal Injury 

Action in Oklahoma are governed primarily by 

23 O.S. §§ 3, 4, 5, and 9. In particular, a jury is 

allowed to consider a plaintiff’s physical pain 

and suffering, past and future; mental pain and 

suffering, past and future; age, physical condition 

and nature and extent of injuries; whether the 

injuries are permanent; any physical impairment; 

disfigurement; impairment of earning capacity, 

loss of earnings and time; and the reasonable expenses 

of the necessary medical care, treatment 

and services, past and future in fixing the amount 

of a plaintiff’s damages. 

While each side bears its own attorney fees in 

a personal injury action, that is not the case for 

claims of property damage. The prevailing party 

in claims for negligent injury to property is entitled 

to a reasonable attorney fee. The practical 

effect of this law is that defendants often attempt 

to resolve the property damage aspect of a case 

early. 

As set forth previously, in Oklahoma the 

damages recoverable in wrongful death actions 

are specifically listed in 12 O.S. §§ 1053 and 

1055. 

Oklahoma has adopted a multi-tiered system 

for assessing punitive damages. Actions for 

breach of duty or obligation (other than contract) 

may include claims of punitive damages for sake 

of example and for punishment based upon the 

following criteria: the seriousness of the hazard 



to the public arising from defendant’s misconduct; 

the profitability of the misconduct to the 

defendant; the duration of the misconduct and 

any concealment of it; the degree of the defendant’s 

awareness of the hazard and its excessiveness; 

the attitude and conduct of the defendant 

upon discovery of misconduct or hazard; in cases 

involving corporations or other entities, the number 

and level of employees involved in causing 

or concealing the misconduct; and the financial 

condition of the defendant. 

Tier I requires the jury to find by clear and 

convincing evidence of conduct amounting to 

reckless disregard for the rights of others, or that 

an insurer has recklessly disregarded its duty to 

deal fairly and act in good faith with its insured. 

Exemplary damages in Category 1 may not exceed 

either $100,000.00 or the amount of actual 

damages awarded, whichever is greater. 

Tier II involves the jury finding by clear 

and convincing evidence that a defendant acted 

intentionally and with malice towards others, 

or that an insurer intentionally and with malice 

breached its duty to deal fairly and act in good 

faith with its insured. Damages in Category II 

may not exceed the greater of $500,000.00, twice 

the amount of actual damages awarded, or the increased 

financial benefit derived by the defendant 

or insurer as a direct result of the conduct causing 

the injury to the plaintiff and other persons. 

This category permits the trial court to reduce 

any award for punitive damages by the amount 



which the court finds the defendant or insurer 

has previously paid as a result of other punitive 

damage verdicts in the State of Oklahoma for the 

same conduct. 

Tier III is used when the jury finds by clear 

and convincing evidence that a defendant acted 

intentionally and with malice towards others or 

an insurer intentionally and with malice breached 

its duty to deal fairly and act in good faith with 

its insured, coupled with a finding by the Court 

on the record, out of the presence of the jury, 

that there is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt 

that the defendant or insurer acted intentionally 

and with malice and engaged in life-threatening 

conduct to humans. If such a finding is made, 

the jury can assess exemplary damages in any 

amount it deems appropriate. 

Oklahoma public policy looks with disfavor 

upon coverage by insurance companies of punitive 

damages. However, an exception exists 

where an insured’s liability for punitive damages 

is vicariously imposed due to the misdeeds of its 

representative. The Oklahoma Supreme Court 

has allowed an exception permitting punitive 

damages to be insurable when the basis of liability 

is not negligent hiring, training or retention, 

but is rather truly respondeat superior. However, 

it must be determined on a case-by-case basis. 

Applying your facts to the law results in the 

following. Damages will be recoverable in this 

accident from your son. The plaintiff’s estate 



can even sue for wrongful death if the plaintiff 

dies. You son’s basic insurance may not be 

enough to cover both personal and property damage 

so the court could find he owes money to the 

plaintiff. 

If you son is still a minor, under 18 years old, 

then you can be held liable for his actions and 

can expect to be named in the suit. If he is an 

adult, 18 and over, then you will not be sued unless 

the car was in your name or if incorporated 

in your trucking corporation listed as an asset. 

If it is in the corporation’s name then they can 

go after your trucks. If it is in your name, then 

they can go after your house and corporations 

since you own them. They may not go after 

your house if you have so little equity in it that it 

would not be cost effective to try to get it. 

As far as punitive damages, you have not 

given sufficient information to make that call. 

I hope this information helps and good luck. 

Jim C. Klepper is President of Interstate Trucker Ltd., a law firm entirely dedicated to legal defense of the nation’s 

commercial drivers. Interstate Trucker represents truck drivers throughout the forty-eight (48) states on both moving 

and non-moving violations. Jim is also president of Drivers Legal Plan, which allows member drivers access to his 

firm’s services at greatly discounted rates. Jim, a former prosecutor, is also a registered pharmacist, with considerable 

experience in alcohol and drug related cases. He is a lawyer that has focused on transportation law and the 

trucking industry in particular. He works to answer your legal questions about trucking and life over-the-road and has 

his Commercial Drivers License. 800-333-DRIVE (3748) or www.interstatetrucker.com and www.driverslegalplan.com 


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MAY 2014 

News 

OOIDA Asks FMCSA 

to Extend Deadline 

for National Registry 

of Certified Medical 

Examiners 

The Owner-Operator Independent 

Drivers Association has requested that the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

extend the registration deadline for Certified 

Medical Examiners. As of this time, there is a 

shortage of medical examiners that have been 

accepted in to the new national registry. 

“It’s a source of concern for us that there 

are so few examiners registered so far,” said 

OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer. 

“And it also should be a source 

of serious concern for the agency.” 

Approximately 25 percent of the 

goal of 40,000 medical examiners 

has been reached with only six 

weeks to go before the enforcement 

deadline. OOIDA is concerned 

that some truck drivers will not be 

able to become recertified before 

their current certification expires. Those who 

are able to find an examiner on the national 

registry and schedule an appointment to be 

certified may face much greater costs and 

burdens. The artificial shortage of examiners 

could mean that many drivers will have to 

drive a few hundred miles out of their way to 

complete their certification. Fewer examiners 

could also lead to longer wait times for drivers 

and no opportunities for walk-ins. 

In May 2012, FMCSA established a National 

Registry of Certified Medical Examiners 

and set the number at 40,000 medical 

examiners to be registered by the compliance 

date of May 21, 2014. As of today, the total 

number of registered medical examiners is a 

little more than 10,000. 

Truckers to Post 

Comments on 

Proposed ELD Rule 

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers 

Association is reaching out to all truckers 

to encourage them to post comments on a 

proposed rule to mandate electronic logging 

devices. 

OOIDA will be drafting comments on behalf 

of anyone that would be forced to operate 

under ELDs if the proposal turns 

into a final rule, as well as smallbusiness 

truckers, which make up 

the majority of trucking businesses. 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration announced an open 

comment period, which began once 

the proposal was published in the 

Federal Register on Friday, March 

28. It will last for 60 days. 

OOIDA says the proposed rule as written 

will not improve highway safety, does not 

fully address the issue of driver harassment 

and does not fulfill the requirements by Congress 

outlined in the highway bill. 

“The agency must address the serious 

safety issue of how EOBRs are used to harass 

and coerce truck drivers into continuing to 

drive regardless of driving conditions, such 

as bad weather, congested traffic or simply 

if the driver is too tired to drive,” said Todd 

Spencer, OOIDA executive vice president. 

“FMCSA has yet to show any direct correla- 


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tion between ELD use and reduced crashes 

or any other kind of safety benefit,” said 

Spencer. 

The Association further notes that 

FMCSA is moving forward with a rulemaking 

before collecting data from truckers on an 

important survey of how ELDs enable driver 

harassment by motor carriers, and while a 

study, “Evaluating the Potential Safety Benefits 

of Electronic Onboard Recorders,” has 

yet to be completed. 

“Instead of waiting until this vital research 

is done, the agency is basing much of 

the estimated benefits of this proposal on data 

from only five motor carriers, despite the fact 

that there are 500,000 trucking companies 

across the country,” points out Spencer. 

“The annual cost of this rulemaking is, 

by FMCSA’s own numbers, greater than 

$1.5 billion, yet the actual safety benefit of 

the proposal represents less than 25 percent 

of its cost. The bulk of the savings used by 

FMCSA to justify their rule comes not from 

safety benefits, but from the contention that 

truckers will save 4.5 minutes each per day 

recording their duty status. Given the fact 

that trucking is largely a “pay-by-mile” 

industry and that FMCSA rules already cap 

the amount of time that a driver can operate 

a vehicle in a 24-hour period, it is hard to see 

how such a “savings” should even play a role 

in the agency’s analysis, much less form the 

majority of its benefit justification.” 

Congress required electronic logging 

devices to record not only a driver’s driving 

time, but also record-of-duty status, known as 

RODS. In the proposed rule, the agency admits 

there is no known device that is capable 


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of automatically recording a driver’s duty 

status throughout a work day. 

“The agency would like everyone to believe 

this rule is simply a switch from paper 

to electronic with no unintended consequences,” 

said Spencer. “But in reality, they can’t 

answer the simple question about whether 

the use of an electronic log on its own would 

actually make the highways safer and what 

problems they will cause in terms of reduced 

safety and problems with efficient freight 

movement,” Spencer said. “While Congress 

may have voted for a mandate, there is a lot 

of difference between the few dozen lines of 

legislative text and the hundreds of pages of 

regulatory changes and technical specifications, 

and it is the job of OOIDA and all 

truckers to point those out.” 

Those who wish to submit comments on 

Docket Number FMCSA-2010-0167 may do 

so using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www. 

regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 

20590-0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through- 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202-493-2251. 



SAYING GOODBYE TO A DEAR 

TRUCKING FRIEND 

By Bruce Mallinson 

The Louisville Truck Show (MATS) is 

over for another year. It was a great show! It’s 

always a pleasure to speak to so many fine 

owner-operators. It’s like a reunion each year: 

We get to see so many people that we talk to 

over the phone, but never get to meet until we 

all come together in Louisville. 

If you’re in the trucking industry and 

have never been to this show, you are doing 

yourself an injustice! As you depart from this 

show, you should feel great about yourself 

and being involved in such a wonderful industry. 

It’s been my life for 46 years, with the 

past 37 of them spent 

building engines for 

owner-operators. 

Did you know that 

from the time a raw 

material comes out of 

the ground, is manufactured 

into a finished 

product, and is available 

for sale, that it has been 

hauled on a truck at 

LEAST 7 times? When 

it’s all said and done, 

75% of the cost paid for 

goods sold is a result of 

transportation costs. We 

will always need trucks 

and diesel fuel! 

Well it’s now 9 p.m., 

on April 7, and I just got the dreaded phone 

call that one of my best Colorado friends has 

passed away. Tom Waldow was a psychiatric 

social worker form Wisconsin who moved to 

Farser, Colorado in 1973. With tears in my 

eyes, I have to tell you he was a great man: 

He home-schooled his children and purchased 

his first dump truck in 1998 while he was 

building a new home because he did not like 

where the dump truck drivers were dumping 

the dirt. That same year, he and his daughter, 

Aila, started Waldow and Daughter Trucking. 

One of his trucks has a 330 hp DD3 

Detroit, and he was told that nothing could 

be done to this engine to make it perform. It 

had a lot of miles on the engine, so we took 

a gamble and gave her some fuel: That little 

330 hp Detroit came to life with some ECM 

tuning and then the addition of a Pittsburgh 

Power Box. Tom’s son, 

Nick, is in the excavation 

business. Tom 

would haul his excavator 

up Rabbit Ears Pass 

with the box on power 

level 6, which means 

this little 330hp Detroit 

is putting out about 700 

hp. Tom would get so 

excited that he would 

call me while he was on 

that mountain to thank 

me for giving him the 

horsepower and tell me 

how wonderful it was to 

drive that old Freightliner! 

I’m sure God will 

have a high performance set of wings waiting 

for you, Tom! 

I, along with your family, the people of 

Farser, Winter Park, and Tabernash Colorado 

will miss you dearly Tom Waldow, and may 

you rest in peace. 


MADE IN THE USA 

Please help yourself and your truck by 

installing our “Made In the USA” crankshaft 

damper and mercury-filled engine balancer on 

the front of your engine every 500,000 miles 

or 10 years; whichever comes first. Crankshaft 

dampers DO wear out and will tear you 

truck apart, resulting in broken air compressor 

brackets, alternator brackets, flywheel bolts, 

flywheel housing bolts, springs out of the 

clutch disc, input shafts 

of transmissions, camshafts, 

accessory drive 

shafts, and, of course, 

crankshafts can all break 

from a worn-out, internally hardened damper. 

These dampers are filled with silicone and a 

large steel ring that moves every time an injector 

fires. I have written about this so many 

times, yet every day we get phone calls from 

owner-operators whose trucks are vibrating, 

especially under a pull. Even at the Louisville 

Truck Show I spoke with many of you who 

have over 1 million miles on your original 

damper. You are hurting yourself and your 

truck, because these vibrations travel right 

up through your seat and into Ours are made 

by the inventor of the liquid-filled crankshaft 

damper. “Made in the USA” still means 

something to us at Pittsburgh Power Inc. 

Emissions Testing: The EPA has requested 

that parts made for 2007 and older engines be 

tested on an engine dyno, so we are complying 

with their demands and are getting our 

engine dyno set up for the testing. We have 

tested many of our parts on the Taylor chassis 

dyno and they have LOWERED emissions 

per horsepower! By mid-May, we will be able 

to verify our test results on the engine dyno. 

Soon, every performance part that leaves our 

facility will be emissions compliant. 

Have you been following the building of 

the Kevin Rutherford Signature Series Glider 

Kit on Facebook under Track This Truck? We 

are building a T660 KW powered by a Pittsburgh 

Power Micro-Blued DD4 Detroit 12.7 

liter engine. The truck also features a Micro- 

Blued 13-speed transmission, a Micro-Blued 

differential, a 2:87 ratio, and Micro-Blued 

wheel bearings. Every item that Kevin and I 

talk about on the radio show will be on this 

truck: Lift axle, air tabs, FASS Fuel System, 

Maxwell Ultra Capacitor, 

Road King shocks, 

OPS-1 By-Pass oil filter, 

the Lipe Clutch, stainless 

water pipes, Bendix 

disc brakes, weed burner exhaust, Fleet-Air 

Filter, and the Oil Trap. The engine will have 

the ported and ceramic-coated exhaust manifold, 

a 15% larger performance Micro-Blue 

Turbocharger, our HEAVY 56-pound highperformance 

crankshaft Torsional Vibration 

Damper, our mercury-filled engine balancer 

by Balance Masters, a custom Pittsburgh 

Power-programmed ECM, balanced pistons 

and connecting rods, and all the rest are genuine 

Detroit parts. 

We expect the price of this truck, which 

is being purchased by Jeff and Kathy Wolter, 

to wind up in the range of $182,000 to 

$190,000. We also are expecting the Signature 

Glider to be capable of 9+ mpg and 

produce somewhere north of 600 flywheel 

horsepower, even despite its factory 500 hp 

Detroit programming, as a result of all of 

the performance upgrades and Micro-Blued 

components. 

Written by Bruce Mallinson 

Pittsburgh Power Inc. 724-360-4080 

bruce1@pittsburghower.com 


Advertiser 

Index 

COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE 

Anderson Trucking Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 

Artur Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

Bennett Motor Transport ................... 7 

C&C Truck Sales ......................11,66 

Celadon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5 

Christenson Transportation ................ 32 

Crosson Freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 

CRST - STI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

CRST Malone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Daily Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,62 

DART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

Dotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,57 

E&H Transport .......................... 47 

EM Way, Inc. ........................... 32 

FedX Custom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 

Forward Air ............................ 27 

Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Graebel Van Lines ....................... 50 

Hermann Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

High Country Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,63 

Hill Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 

Hirschbach ............................ 19 

Interstate Trucker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

Logistics Services ....................... 45 

MAG Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

Mercer Transportation ..................16,37 

Miller Truck Lines ....................... 56 

Nelson Westerberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 

New Waverly ........................... 41 

Pacesetter Trucking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 

Prime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover,8-9,46 

Roadrunner ............................ 15 

RTI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

RWI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Schneider ............................. 61 

SRT - Owner Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 

Super Service .......................... 39 

Swift Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 

Trans Am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

Trans-International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Transport Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

Transtewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,55 

USA Truck ............................. 59 

Werner Enterprises ...................... 67 

The Ad Index is provided as a convenience. The publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.

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