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Overdrive Radio

One owner-operator’s evolution through continual education: A run with Gary Buchs

From the road with Landstar-leased owner-operator Gary Buchs: This podcast, recorded just prior to the July 4 holiday, ranged across Buchs’ business evolution as an owner-operator throughout much of the last decade and a half.

August 4, 2016

Trucker of the Year

Owner-operator Gary Buchs’ ‘plan for success’

“People complain about the rates,” says owner-operator Gary Buchs, but “not everybody’s losing money.” Buchs suggests too much emphasis is placed on an aspect of the business that owner-operators have only partial degrees of control over. “It’s better,” he says, “to have your costs in line — I have total control over that.”

July 26, 2016

Channel 19

At — and out of — risk in Illinois

Could an abundance of risk be a good thing? If IL state lawmakers and the guv don’t reach a budget deal today, $2 billion worth of construction projects could halt. But if the state can’t pay for the construction, who’s to say whether it’ll pay to remove all the barrels …

June 30, 2016

Channel 19

Owner-operator using ELDs finds operational benefit

After some time on ELDs, Gary Buchs doesn’t exactly sing the praises of the devices, but he does maintain that utilizing ELDs for hours of service recording has freed him in some ways to better dispatch himself and focus on profitable loads and operation generally.

June 7, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD market: The ‘wait-and-see’ approach to implementation

A third of owner-operators surveyed indicate they would wait a considerable time — most pending outcome of OOIDA’s lawsuit — before making a decision on just what to do relative to ELD acquisition.

June 7, 2016

Overdrive Radio

ELD mandate represents a ‘piece of freedom’ under threat, say readers

Audio: Three views of the ELD mandate show the strong opposition felt among many — meantime, more debate on the pre-2000 model year exception and just who benefits most, by the numbers.

December 15, 2015

Business

Truckers gather for fitness and fellowship in Dallas at the Fit for the Road 5K run/walk

The 5K offered “a goal to push me to a level I wouldn’t achieve otherwise…. It’s fantastic they are doing this.” –owner-operator Gary Buchs on the GATS Fit for the Road 5K.

August 31, 2015

Channel 19

How to: Influence enforcement actions at roadside

Some things are obvious — “take pride in your stuff,” says one officer — others not so, when it comes to managing encounters with officers, whether at roadside or in a weigh station inspection barn.

May 29, 2015

Channel 19

‘Don’t run into stuff’: FMCSA chief’s should-be No. 1 message

Who’s leading the dance between the driver and technology in advocates’ safety focus in today’s world? One owner-operator emphasizes a simple safety message for the next administrator.

May 26, 2015

Channel 19

‘Tired truckers’ back in the headlines — and the limits, benefits of safety technology

Whatever comes of active driver-assist safety technologies in the near future, it will remain an aware driver that is the bedrock of all trucking safety.

May 14, 2015

Channel 19

‘Discretion’ is a big word ……

What you do throughout your encounters with motor carrier enforcement officers may end up having a lot to do with the ending picture in the inspection report.

May 12, 2015