Tag: carrier authority

Overdrive Radio
Don’t have to be a ‘one-and-done’: Know your customer to survive/thrive in the first year with carrier authority
For most new independent owner-ops, emphasizes Kevin Rutherford in this edition of Overdrive Radio, the customer (fundamentally the entity that pays your business for its service) is one, a few or several brokers. Too many owner-ops fail to see or treat their brokers like a customer, without which failure is any business’ destiny. And: A view from the other side with small broker Al Zellmer.
April 20, 2018
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Channel 19
Chad Boblett trucks up from nothing
The story of how Marine Corps veteran and onetime company driver Chad Boblett drove his independent business to success shows that, sometimes, the big leap pans out, even in this business.
October 22, 2014
Chad Boblett portrait edit
Overdrive Extra
Taking control of load-matching
What has emerged through the years is the ability for owner-operators to quickly and accurately pinpoint the markets where they’re in high demand, even before arriving.
October 2, 2014
Real-time data is providing “a window into the trucking industry that we’ve never really had before,” says transportation analyst John Larkin.
Business
MATS New Entrant listening session yields new ideas
Among voluminous thoughts on New Entrant testing, responding to commentary from owner-operator Michael Potwin Anne Ferro revealed that the agency’s plan to downgrade adjudicated citations’ violation weight in the CSA system could be in place as early as this summer.
March 28, 2014
Responding to commentary from owner-operator Michael Totwin relative to the DataQs challenge process and citations for violations thrown out in court, Administrator Anne Ferro revealed that the agency’s plan to downgrade such violations’ weight in the CSA system could be in place as early as this summer.
Business
New Entrant test debated in initial regulatory session
Call 530-408-6423, 530-40-VOICE, to contribute thoughts on the New Entrant test rulemaking under way to an upcoming Overdrive podcast. Two more federal sessions, in March at MATS and April at CVSA, are planned.
January 14, 2014
Overdrive‘s January cover story charted the particulars of gaining operating authority. The New Entrant test FMCSA is crafting would put yet another step in that process. Find Part 1 of the story via this link.
Business
Be your own boss: How to get your own authority
A step-by-step guide to the necessary federal and other filings. Be prepared for paying fees and handling lots of forms.
January 8, 2014
“Mustang” Mike Crawford used services of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association when he got his operating authority in the year following being selected as Overdrive’s 2010 Trucker of the Year. “I paid them $805, and they did everything for me,” Crawford says. That included enrolling him in their CMCI drug and alcohol testing consortium — such enrollment is a requirement for independents.
Business
Be your own boss: The wonders and woes of getting your own authority
It can be a hard road, but with careful planning and a little luck, getting your own authority can be a plus for operational freedom and income.
January 6, 2014
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Voices
LETTER: Go niche to avoid being the last independent standing
Recently retired owner-operator Mike McRae responds to Overdrive’s May issue with further evidence of where the profits are for independent single-truck businesses.
May 22, 2013
The May issue showed numerous examples of profitable niche short-haul operations. Read the piece online here.
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