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Randy Grider

Randy Grider | June 11, 2013

U.S. Xpress lease-purchase operator Andera Jackson advises others considering a lease-purchase to have some mechanical knowledge: “You want to stay out of the shop as much as possible. You don’t want to pay $150 ...

equipment

Pulling profits: The pros and cons of trailer ownership

Randy Grider | April 15, 2013

Jackie Wormley of Hutchins, Texas, bought her first trailer in 2006, even though she was leased to a company that required owner-operators to use its trailers. She waited until joining Landstar in 2011 to put ...

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Putting agency heads in trucks makes good sense

Randy Grider | February 01, 2013

It happens occasionally. A government bigwig gets in tractor-trailer and does a loop around a city. The media shows up, snaps a few pictures of said official behind the wheel of the big rig, along ...

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Renowned tenor proves there’s no such thing as a typical trucker

Randy Grider | January 26, 2013

One of the hardest things we do as people is try not to stereotype someone because of their economic status, race, religion, where they were raised or their chosen career. This is especially true in the ...

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Rocky Mountain High? Not when it comes to diesel prices

Randy Grider | January 11, 2013

Nationally, diesel prices have slowly inched downward in recent months – dropping a cent here and a cent there on most weeks. But in the Rocky Mountain region, the drop in diesel prices has been ...

Business

Income Insurance: Disability policies for accidents or illness

Randy Grider | January 10, 2013

Disability insurance is offered with short-term and long-term plans that normally cover accident and illness whether they are job-related or not. Part 1 of this series covered basic occupational accident insurance. Click here to read it. Short-term disability ...

Business

Income insurance: Staying afloat when the settlements stop, Part 1

Randy Grider | January 08, 2013

You know how hard it is to stretch settlement checks to cover all business and personal expenses each month. Now imagine you were down for months due to an injury or illness. How long could ...

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Signs of the times: Study says digital billboards distracting

Randy Grider | January 04, 2013

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? – The song “Signs” by The Five Man Electrical Band According to a recent study published in ...

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CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: Crackdown!

FMCSA is putting extra muscle into shutting down truck and bus fleets. Often lacking robust back-office resources to deal with interventions, small carriers can be considered most vulnerable.

Staying ahead of the inspectors

Randy Grider

Randy Grider is editor of Overdrive. Before joining Overdrive, he spent 12 years as editor of Truckers News and 10 years in the newspaper industry. A CDL-holder, he also worked in the transportation industry as an escort driver for oversized loads and part-time relief driver for a mobile home transporter.