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Tag: Dan Heister

Overdrive Extra

Owner-operator Dan Heister on the right loads, tolerating ‘trucking’s BS’ and the importance of savings accounts

While others are sitting, Heister’s rolling. And his strategy pays him well: He’s brought home more than $100,000 in annual net income several times since the recession, and he topped $90,000 last year.

August 9, 2016

Owner-operator Dan Heister hauls flatbed for Boyd Bros.

When trucks are ‘an eyesore and a nuisance’

It’s happened again: A city councilman’s idea to ban truck parking within town borders shows evidence of what drivers and other advocates are up against in the battle to improve parking availability in less-served areas.

February 19, 2013

Lack of a local parking ban on trucks in Erin, Tenn., means owner-operator Dan Heister is able with the property owner’s permission to utilize this gravel lot in his area at the intersection two state routes occasionally for overnight parking.

Roadside Attractions

A coffee cup collection, the weird case of Jabin Bogan, when patriotism turns to trouble and other interesting trucking industry items, plus Truck Gauges and Truck Gallery are featured.

July 3, 2012

‘Uncle Pete’ Norman

Channel 19’s Friday trucking news quiz

A brief quiz on the week’s news — play yourself! Post answers in the comments here then go back through the past week’s blog entries to check your results. Get all five without cheating? You might be my best reader. 4: A Channel 19 regular, no doubt. 3: Thanks for reading! 2: Where have you […]

June 1, 2012

Memorial Day fun with Heister’s hot rod — and a new truck

Yesterday, owner-operator Dan Heister invited myself and the family out to his new place in Tennessee Ridge, Tenn., near his former home in Erin, for a cookout with various other friends and family. Something of an early Memorial Day celebration, as Heister was setting out today with a northeast-bound load of rock in his new […]

May 28, 2012

Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review

What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so let’s make it a tradition, how bout? The Chinese Year of the Rabbit saw all manner of issues hopping in and out of the national on-highway spotlight, bookended by a proposed […]

January 1, 2012

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Pay Choice

A percentage pay option can be a helpful tool in the right circumstances.

December 1, 2011

Steven South learned how to maximize his income under a percentage pay plan by wisely choosing freight. Ultimately, he doubled both revenue and take-home from what he was paid per-mile.

Roadside Attractions

Trying to outrunning a tornado, shipping alernatives, biking maps and sleep apnea are among the topics featured — plus Channel 19 and Truck Gallery.

June 3, 2011

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Braving the storm — two haulers’ Birmingham tornado stories

“I just spent all day yesterday cleaning up tornado damage,” Overdrive Trucker of the Year Dan Heister told me this morning. Heister (pictured) was loaded heading south on I-65 bound for Saginaw, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, when he could see the big tornado that made its way into Cullman, Ala., around 3 p.m. that afternoon. “I […]

April 29, 2011

Boyd Bros. recognizes driver achievements

Clayton, Ala.,-based flatbed carrier Boyd Bros. Transportation announced company awards for drivers, recognizing their work for 2010.

March 15, 2011

Interviewing Dan Heister, Overdrive’s Trucker of the Year

In this month’s issue of Overdrive, I wrote about the recession-surviving prowess of Boyd Bros.-leased owner-operator Dan Heister (pictured), whose mastery of his short-medium haul niche in Boyd’s self-dispatch/percentage-pay Independent Express program brought him through the really bad times in 2008 to ever-greater success this year. In addition to recently purchasing what amounts to a […]

February 16, 2011

2011 Trucker of the Year named

Dan Heister, a 45-year-old steel hauler, has been a driver for Clanton, Ala.-based Boyd Bros. Transportation for 15 years.

February 2, 2011

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