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<br /> ®<br /> December 2018 fleetowner.com<br /> TRUCKING<br /> 2019<br /> WHERE ARE<br /> WE HEADED?<br /> Driver Shortage<br /> 5 FAST SOLUTIONS<br /> Dispatchers Today<br /> ANALYTICS RULE<br /> Our Engineered for Effciency ™ philosophy yields some of the most innovative, durable,<br /> lightweight, less maintenance and lowest life-cycle cost suspension systems and components for<br /> the global transportation industry. The more components we can engineer, manufacture or infuence,<br /> the better we can optimize the entire system and engineer effcient ride solutions.<br /> www.hendrickson-intl.com<br /> <br /> Contents December 2018<br /> | Volume 113, Number 12<br /> COVER STORY<br /> TRUCKING<br /> 2019<br /> Photo: Jaclyn O'Laughlin/ATA<br /> WHER<a title="December 2018 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/69ef7866?page=1"> ® December 2018 </a> <a title="December 2018 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/69ef7866?page=2"> Our Engineered for Effciency ™ philosophy yields </a> <a title="December 2018 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/69ef7866?page=3"> </a> <a title="December 2018 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/69ef7866?page=4"> Contents December 2018 </a> <a title="December 2018 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/69ef7866?page=5"> Your biggest operating expense is fuel. 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