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Tag: hotshot trucking
Channel 19
'WTF' stresses service for long-term success
Watch This Freight's owner Jesse McGinness has purchased the first Class 8 in his 11-unit otherwise hotshot fleet. A black-rimmed flattop 2021 389 spec'd for heavy haul wasn't part of his five-year plan when he launched the company four years ago.
January 14, 2021
Channel 19
Building the foundation: Knocking on doors with a Texas-based hotshot trucker
Read about hotshot trucker Joey Terra's foundational relationships with his customers (brokers, too), which distinguish his hauling business's efforts.
August 19, 2020
Business
Hotshot trucking: How to start, resources
Going into hotshot as an owner-operator is in a lot of respects no different from moving into business with a Class 8. The biggest difference? Equipment choice.
August 3, 2020
Business
S2 Transport: A hotshot small-fleet stepping stone to bigger things
S2 owners have high hopes for the future based on their complementary skills, as they plan for their drivers' above-average income present and future.
July 31, 2020
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
Hotshot truckers’ insurance costs — only a little less expensive
Liability insurance rates vary among hotshot truck owners. Learn more about the insurance market for hotshot trucking on Overdrive today.
July 28, 2020
Business
Kendall Enterprises: Hotshot car haul for the long haul
Auto hauler Jason Kendall has been almost overwhelmed with work from his regular customers. How he built that customer base, here.
July 27, 2020
Business
Hotshot trucking retains its fundamental allure
These four hotshot trucking businesses succeed with an old-school approach to building direct customers, maintaining equipment, reining in insurance costs, and more. If you're considering any hotshot niche, find a lot to learn here.
July 23, 2020
Business
Hotshot trucking: Freight dynamics shifting, payroll loan assistance and more through the pandemic
With Oklahoma and Texas oil field jobs few and far between, dispatchers are now calling with loads for coronavirus outbreak relief efforts. More on Overdrive.
April 7, 2020
Overdrive Radio
A Truckstop in the halls of Congress, a hotshot carrier’s tech-informed business
Failure to fund road repairs, notes Truckstop.com’s Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto in this week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, can hasten the incidence and increase the likelihood of the perhaps No. 1 reason owner-ops go out business — that’s a major mechanical failure, of course.
July 11, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
New ELD option for hotshots, mid-duty haulers
Blue Ink Technology has worked hard to develop the technology to meet the ELD mandate standards. Check out their latest option for hotshots, mid-duty haulers.
May 9, 2018
Business
New uShip CEO Mike Williams hoping to increase business freight in principal marketplace
In an interview with Overdrive, Williams also stressed uShip’s Pro platform as one that could be adopted by more brokers and 3PLs as the tech backbone of their freight-management operations, as has been done in Europe by D.B. Schenker.
April 6, 2017
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