Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 2

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How to get caught up for the election

The Haul the Vote website provides a great resource for getting registered to vote, seeing who will be on your ballot, and learning about issues inside and outside of trucking.

October 18, 2012

Business

Fleet loyalty

Though some owner-operators change leases more than 10 times in their career, many are not so quick to jump from carrier to carrier.

September 12, 2012

Business

Age of U.S. fleets spikes during recession

The average age of Class 8 trucks peaked in 2010 at almost seven years.

August 10, 2012

Business

Fit for duty: Vets find new life in trucking

Carriers are looking for a few good men – and women – to drive their trucks. Military veterans fill the bill.

August 9, 2012

Channel 19

Playing the cards right in driver appreciation

Personal relationships drive good businesses — nowhere is that more true than in trucking.

August 7, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Are you ready to go independent?

Two upsides to getting your authority are the potential to make more money than a leased-operator and the almost complete freedom with how you run the business.

August 7, 2012

Channel 19

O/O challenges: More solutions to high fuel

Outtakes from interviews conducted as part of research into Todd Dills’ “Owner-operators’ top challenges” feature in the August 2012 edition of Overdrive magazine.

August 1, 2012

Business

Big meetings. Big anxiety. Big ear hair.

I’m not very good at being presentable to important people, they make me nervous and I do ridiculous things when I’m nervous.

July 29, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Major owner-operator carrier reports record income

That’s good news for independent contractors, considering Landstar is the nation’s largest owner-operator carrier.

July 27, 2012

Business

Notes on vacationers and summer attire

Once a year, families insist on renting insanely large vehicles in order to terrorize professional drivers on the road.

July 27, 2012

Overdrive Extra

PHOTOS: Cover shoot outtakes with crude hauler

Find a photo gallery of Overdrive’s July 2012 cover shoot with crude-hauling owner-operator Jimmy Lessley in Texas — and more about how the owner-operator got into the oil business.

July 26, 2012

Channel 19

Awesome trucks and the fruits of debate: Two events upcoming

Round-up of two events upcoming: the big 2nd Annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention meeting Oct. 27-28 and the ATHS Cookeville, Tenn., truck show Sept. 27-28.

July 25, 2012