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Overdrive Extra
Lessons from the pothole that swallowed my truck
After a massive pothole snaps a steer-axle leaf spring, owner-operator Gary Buchs details âthe kind of day that can remind an owner-operator that safe and skillful driving is just one of many tasks successful owners must develop. ⌠â
March 11, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Nearly six months without a paycheck: One lease operatorâs story
Year 2018 was shaping up to be the best on record for a Midwest-based lease operator. He had just paid off his 2015 Pete. A breakdown, a cargo claim, an illness and little support from his carrier later, and âall I had left was my word.â
March 5, 2019
Business
The expansion challenge: Mastering preparation for the unpredictable
Small leased fleet owner-operator Dave Marti and Midnight Xpress owner-operator Andre Jackson both employed a common practice as they expanded: limited personal income, separated from business income, from which profits were reinvested. Or, as the case may be, used to cover the unforeseen.
March 5, 2019
Channel 19
The parking shortage and North Carolinaâs âdata-drivenâ enforcement
How counting disabled vehicles as âparkedâ vehicles contributed to the expansion of N.C.âs truck parking enforcement effort last year. High time more states attracted tax revenue by encouraging parking facility development rather than going after $25 fines and court costs.
March 8, 2016
Business
âTrucking it forwardâ with your fellow driver
Driver Stephen Persilver, following an on-highway incident with a driver whoâd suffered a heart attack, urges drivers to âTruck it Forwardâ with more motorist assistance.
January 16, 2015
Channel 19
Michelin Iphone, Android roadside service apps join Blackberry functionality
The further CSA gets in ongoing rollout, the more critical repairing noncritical vehicle defects is going to get for both owner-operators and company drivers, potentially counting as they do against the formerâs safety ranking in the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC and the latterâs employment history. More and more, service shops and OEM parts manufacturers are making [âŚ]
January 14, 2011
Channel 19
Truckingâs newest competitor: Rail? Forget it. . . .
A new competitor in the freight market is emerging. Weâve written about them from time to time, of course, from all the attention the railroads are getting on Capitol Hill and on the airwaves to those nifty cargo bikes eating into local delivery driversâ payloads. Enter the pedestrian. The Super Power Pusher (pictured), say makers [âŚ]
October 26, 2010
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