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Overdrive Extra
This bill is hard to predict, easy to ignore, but always comes due
If you let taxes be a psychological manipulator, they'll interfere with logical decision-making. Learn how to improve your business outcomes here on Overdrive.
October 26, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Dedicated freight — an antidote to chasing rates
After years chasing rates and high miles, over the last decade and more Keith Sampson shifted his thinking. His example is clear evidence that keeping your eye out for dedicated-freight opportunities can deliver the best of both worlds — income stability and high profitability, without sacrificing your home life in the process.
June 22, 2017
Voices
Readers debate viability of pre-2000 model year approach to avoiding ELD mandate
At the center of the commentary, pushback on the notion that near-20-year-old equipment could be considered reliable enough to deliver suitable profitability. As one commenter noted, telling his story, an owner-operator might do well “to have two [or three] — one to run, and one for a spare. And one for parts if you can store it.””
January 18, 2017
Overdrive Radio
One owner-operator’s evolution through continual education: A run with Gary Buchs
From the road with Landstar-leased owner-operator Gary Buchs: This podcast, recorded just prior to the July 4 holiday, ranged across Buchs’ business evolution as an owner-operator throughout much of the last decade and a half.
August 4, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Kevin Rutherford emphasizes clarity of mission, strategy at GATS Partners in Business
In this podcast audio from the GATS Partners in Business seminar, Rutherford explores the difference between detail-heavy business tactics and what many owner-operators clearly need: defined goals and mission that amount to clear strategy.
August 25, 2014
Channel 19
Has CSA hit you? And: DeFazio’s cross-border backlash
Today, a novel suggestion from the folks at J.J. Keller, who conducted a webinar yesterday aimed at providing carriers large and small with tools to combat the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program, nearly a year into its history as the safety ranking system of record. This one has to do […]
September 21, 2011
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