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Channel 19
Approaches to pay-to-reserve parking: Readers diverge on âlast resortâ and âoperational benefitâ upshot
While the largest share of respondents to our recent polling on pay-to-reserve parking reported never using such systems, the remainder showed a split on the operational benefits of such systems, with a third of those who use them doing so only as a last resort upon arrival at a stop.
September 17, 2019
Overdrive Radio
A closer look at the freight-demand and planning app for owner-ops with Load One
In the sort of emergency-freight service that is the expedited trucking business, having information about where best to be for the next load is, to say the least, a difficult proposition. Load Oneâs âUltimate Advantageâ smartphone app, though, delivers relevant demand information to leased owner-ops, as Load One head John Elliott explains in this weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast,
February 15, 2019
Business
NavigatorTMS and FreightTracer aim to ease burdens of operations/customer management for independents
Mark Eichinger pitches his companyâs FreightTracer track-and-trace product and NavigatorTMS as small-fleet/independent-owner-op solutions to help compete on a level playing field âwith the larger organizationsâ when it comes to technology and what they can offer prospective customers.
January 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDsâ capacity squeeze assumption no. 1: Fewer miles
Examining the assumptions behind the varying predictions of the post-ELD mandate demand situation. If some predictions come to pass, thereâs reason to believe rates may rise enough to be a notable reward from an unwelcome imposition.
August 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDsâ early adopters face productivity, operational challenges
Examining the operational impacts of fully engine-connected electronic logging devices both positive and negative â adopted by these independents and leased small fleets/operators, well ahead of the ELD mandate.
February 7, 2017
Channel 19
What ELDs might mean for owner-operator gross revenue in flatbed
With recent speculation that the âmother of all capacity shortagesâ may not materialize with ELDs, necessarily, one owner-operatorâs experience making the transition a couple years back.
December 9, 2016
Channel 19
Career advancement for the long haul: One small fleetâs growth story
While a family business is certainly not the only way to start and/or run a small fleet, it is one of the more common; run through Old Time Express here with Mark, Mitch and founder owner-operator Bo White.
January 26, 2015
Channel 19
Analysis of whatâs happening with ELDs / bankruptcies
Analyst Donald Broughton on whatâs happening behind a trend that is running against the usual for trucking bankruptcies: FMCSAâs pressure on company over hours of service noncompliance.
August 21, 2014
Business
Accidental truckers: Jon and Miriam Brown
The Browns reap the rewards of professionalism in their Landstar-leased team operation.
August 13, 2013
Business
Equal partners: Chris Litzinger and Henry Kuperus
Brenny Transportation-leased owner-operators build on a solid friendship in coownership of a Volvo that helps support two growing households.
August 12, 2013
Business
Driving with a partner offers income, lifestyle opportunities
Itâs no secret why team driving is attractive to the young and ambitious in trucking: income opportunity is high in the right operation. On the flip side, itâs also a refuge for second-career empty-nesters looking to enjoy life.
August 8, 2013
Voices
Remembering a husband and hero
According to this account by Dalene Davies-Smoot, Bob Smootâs widow, Smoot, gunned down at work as a small fleet operator, was a true driverâs friend and advocate. âNext to his family, Bob loved his drivers and the industry.â
August 7, 2013
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