TABLE OF CONTENTS Tennessee Trucking News OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE TENNESSEE TRUCKING ASSOCIATION Q4 WINTER 2017 COVER


16 Humble and Kind Thompson helps FirstFleet


build by building relationships BY STEVE BRAWNER FEATURES


11 ATRI’s Top Ten


Survey Results BY REBECCA M. BREWSTER


14 TTA’s Road Team BY CATHERINE STUART


23 Overtime Regulations BY EDDIE WAYLAND


26 The VMT: Good for


Highway Finance? BY ROBERT PITCHER


29 Will the Trump Administration Drain the Regulatory Swamp


Affecting Trucking? BY DAVE OSIECKI


34 Member Spotlight: Terry Minor, Cumberland International Trucks, Inc., and


TTA TruckPAC Co-Chairman BY TODD TRAUB DEPARTMENTS


7 From the Chairman: by Wayland Thompson


9 From the President: by Dave Huneryager


33 Calendar 33 TTA New Members 33 Advertiser Resource Index


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