October 2002

COVER STORY
All That Glitters
Newcomers and veterans share in awards as Overdrive honors gleaming trucks at Pride & Polish during the 2002 Great American Trucking Show.

FEATURE ARTICLES
Guide to Buying Used Trucks
Learn all you need to know about finding the perfect not-so-new truck – such as evaluating a truck’s worth, shopping at auctions and getting financing.

VN Again
Volvo redesign enhances VN styling and performance.

Proud Parents
Some engine and truck makers use warranties to jump-start sales of emissions-compliant engines.

Crank of Dawn
Make sure you can greet each cold winter’s morn with enough power. A lot depends on your choice of battery and use of appliances.

Trucker of the Month
Kansas owner-operator follows the Golden Rule.

DEPARTMENTS
Viewpoint
A true gentleman remembered

Write On
Truck-only interstates / CDL restriction / Taxing problem

Log Book
GATS a success / Diesel fumes and cancer / CF bankruptcy

Dollars & Sense
Saving vs. paying down debt

Channel 19
Engine music / The Nasty Nimitz / Truck trading cards

@ Your Computer
What to look for in a laptop

Marketplace
Portable Sirius / Cab shock absorber / High-capacity reefer

Fleet Focus
Truck Driving Grand Champion / Star / CRST

New

Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer

Know your costs? Compute the potential profit in any truckload, analyze per-day and per-mile breakouts, and compare real offers on multiple loads or game out hypothetical rate/lane scenarios. Enter your trucking business's fixed and variable costs, and load information, to get started.

Try it out!

Reader Rigs
Trucks that catch your eye

Speak Out
on what you take with you to remind you of home