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Overdrive Radio

The ‘Amazon effect’ and opportunities for small fleets, owner-ops who can cash in

Part 1 of this edition of Overdrive Radio podcast delves into the opportunities and dilemmas small carriers, owner-operators, and brokers currently face.

May 25, 2018

Business

Another carrier moves toward salaried driver pay structure

In addition to an annual salary, drivers will still have the opportunity to earn more compensation and bonuses. More on the new salary structure on Overdrive.

May 21, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Trucking needs the ‘brotherhood virus’ to come alive, spread

Listen to Overdrive Radio's podcast to hear what owner-operator Jim Bardsley has to say about his 30+ year trucking career, the trucking industry, and more.

May 11, 2018

Business

The double-billion burger they refuse to eat

“Pro-ELD propaganda does not address the true safety issue in the industry, and that is the sense that every driver is disposable. There’s always another. (Thin mint, sir? No thank you. Bring me a bucket.)”

October 6, 2017

Business

Eleventy-million and counting

Herein, a story about driv… I mean, apples. “And people wondered why other people, who weren’t buying near as many apples, were making pies and cider and delicious things from their apples, and didn’t have piles of stinking, rotting apples laying around their terminals … I mean, their kitchens.”…

September 20, 2017

Business

USA Truck named finalist for military employer honor

USA Truck has been named a finalist for the 2017 Most Valuable Employers for Military (MVE), awarded by RecruitMilitary.

March 16, 2017

Channel 19

High driver turnover correlated with higher OOS, crash volumes and CSA scores

Data firm Vigillo found a close correlation between high turnover and generally more negative carrier numbers in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s compliance rating program. Also: FAST Act CSA requirements update — suggested CSA changes expected late Spring/early Summer.

February 28, 2017

Overdrive Radio

America’s Road Team captains to carrier recruiters: ‘Respect your drivers’

“Be honest with the driver. You won’t lost a driver any quicker than to tell him something and then he finds out 30 days later that it’s just not true.” –Walmart driver Allen Boyd, to recruiting specialists at a recent panel discussion in Nashville.

February 27, 2017

Voices

POLL: Your first contact with your current leasing/employing carrier?

Leased/company drivers, where did your first awareness/contact of the company you’re leased to or work for today come? Were you referred by a friend or a fellow driver with the company, catch an online advertisement that spurred further action, or something else?

February 14, 2017

Business

So you want to be treated like a professional …

Defining “attitude,” and Wendy’s talk with a driver/company recruiter with a simple message for truckers: “All these drivers who want to be considered professionals should stop shooting themselves in the foot by doing things that aren’t professional.”

January 3, 2017

Business

Where the drivers are — Job application density by state, 2008-2015

These interactive driver population heat maps show the total CDL-holding driver applicants per capita, by resident state of the applicant, incoming to BestDriverJobs.com and network sites. Change in the maps between 2008-15 illustrate economic ups and downs affecting trucking over those years.

October 5, 2016

Business

Keeping the small fleet ‘family’ happy: Pay, equipment, home time

Small-fleet owners use good pay, equipment and home time to attract loyal drivers. They say those are the bedrocks of retention, the top employment issue named in a recent Overdrive survey.

October 3, 2016