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Owner-operators: Master the credit game

| February 28, 2013

Steve Diamond hoped his second attempt at being an owner-operator would work. But in 2009, the 54-year-old native resident of Mansfield, Ohio, had to scramble to keep a 2003 Freightliner Columbia. Tips for boosting your credit •Pay ...

Changing trucking for the better

| January 22, 2013

While kudos came in for Overdrive Dollars & Sense columnist and Extra blogger Kevin Rutherford (also host of the ATBS Trucking Business & Beyond radio show) and his story about methods to develop core groups among ...

The burden of new taxes after fiscal-cliff negotiations

| January 16, 2013

Owner-operator business services provider ATBS has produced the below infographic and accompanying description of the tax upshot for owner-operator businesses following recent fiscal-cliff negotiations. For most independents, the expiration of the so-called "payroll tax holiday," a ...

LED nose lights, sleigh skirts and more biz tips for operator ClausVideo

| December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas, all! I've been meaning to share the vid below, from the folks at owner-operator business services firm ATBS, for a while now, and given yesterday's news I imagine now's as good a time ...

Pay trends, part 1: Near-term forecast mixed

| October 15, 2012

Owner-operator pay has improved a good bit since the recession, though a sluggish economy is producing mixed results for 2012, say experts who track compensation. Income for owner-operators showed a 7.5 percent year-over-year boost in the ...

What a difference a decade makes

| September 13, 2012

Old-timers like to talk about how trucking has changed in their lifetimes. Those of you who’ve been in the business for even 10 years know that a lot has changed. Carrier executives last week got a ...

Big D blowout: John Anderson highlights Dallas show

| July 30, 2012

The 2012 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas promises to have attractions for people of many different tastes and interests. Highlights include a free concert from multi-award-winning singer John Anderson, Smart Sessions educational seminars, the ...

Roadside AttractionsImage Gallery

Overdrive Staff | June 01, 2012

Nurse – my birthing kit, please How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the description that can be applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne of Somerdale, N.J., who delivered the third roadside baby of ...

Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation

The way the DataQs challenge system is working suggests conventional wisdom about citations and CSA scores is flawed, with the issue of unfinished clean inspections looming larger for carriers looking to improve CSA scores.

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