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Business
Walkabout Transport: Hotshot as downsized pandemic refuge
One owner-op fled low rates by selling her equipment and buying a well-priced used one-ton and gooseneck flatbed. Here's what she's been able to do with it.
July 29, 2020
Business
Certain car haulers get reprieve from warning flag regs for overhanging loads
Certain car haulers are no longer required to place warning flags on overhanging loads of new cars. Learn more about the granted exemption from the FMCSA here.
February 14, 2019
Voices
Trucking âin troubleâ if it doesnât solve the payroll problem for drivers
Peter Harrigan says that if all trucking companies started paying that rate, the millennial would be flocking to this industry. Details on Overdrive.
September 5, 2018
Channel 19
Car haul for the long haul: Moving the Tesla with Earl Jackson
A run-in at a Nashville-area TA with veteran car hauler Earl Jackson, company driver today for small fleet The Finest Carrier, piloting a 2015 KW T680 w/ 144-inch ARI super sleeper hooked to an enclosed Kentucky trailer loaded with Tesla Model S and Model X cars bound for buyers.
July 12, 2016
Business
A coupleâs experience with health-insurance premiums
âOnce tax season hits, people are going to freak out.â âinsurance agent Holly McCombs on Obamacare reaction. She and her husband, car hauler David McCombs, remain insured off the ACA exchanges.
March 6, 2015
Business
Car/mobile equipment hauling: Owner-operator Greg Cutlerâs Show-n-Sell Towing & Recovery
Today hauling classic cars, farm equipment and other rolling stock, Greg Cutler of Fon Du Lac, Wis., got into hotshot hauling after years as a tow operator.
December 3, 2014
Business
Hotshot trucking: Pros, cons of the small-truck niche
Hotshot hauling offers lower start-up costs and other advantages over running Class 8 over-the-road, but other trade-offs make it challenging in its own right.
December 1, 2014
Voices
Get your load on! (Edition 6)
From space capsules to new cars, cattle and more garden variety loads dressed up behind spectacular tractors, this occasional series delivers more great photos of readersâ loads. Find out how to send in your own here, too.
January 15, 2014
Channel 19
Owner-operator takes active role in educating tomorrowâs four-wheeler
Meet Todd Modderman, independent owner-operator who today collaborates in his spare time with the B.R.A.K.E.S. program of young driver education, utilizing his Peterbilt 379.
November 19, 2013
Channel 19
Suspecting foul play in trailer deck collapse, car hauler vows vigilance
File this under âlessons learned,â folks. On May 9, 2011, after an afternoon loading cars in Shreveport, La., car hauler Marc Pogrebneak wheeled over to the Petro off I-20 for a quick shower, dinner and a call to his wife. He was set to roll into West Texas to stage near his loadâs destination, and [âŚ]
July 20, 2011
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