Owner-operator challenges, No. 5: High equipment costs
Owner-operator Jeff Clark got into his 2006 Volvo when it was new, paying $105,000. He’s “priced a similar 2012 for about $135,000,” he says, representing nearly a 30-percent price rise in just six years. Rates ...
Rates and pay: Owner-operator challenge No. 4
The solution to freight rates involves smart business decisions, not running more miles. If you’re leased and paid by the mile, underlying freight rates may not always be a big concern for you. But for ...
Uncompensated detention: Owner-operator challenge No. 3
At the February meeting of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, discussion veered away from EOBRs and driver harassment as Jane Mathis of Parents Against Tired Truckers identified what she said was the “elephant ...
Hours and EOBRs: Operator challenge No. 2
The trucking industry faces more restrictive hours of service restart rules starting in 2013, as well as the prospect of litigation further delaying that date or even changing the revised hours rule. That uncertainty is ...
Fuel prices top owner-operator challenges
Using a survey and our social media channels earlier in the year, we quizzed readers about what they saw as the No. 1 problem for owner-operators. Stay tuned to Overdrive this month for examinations of the ...
Fuel’s Gold
Owner-operators find big money and good schedules working the oil and gas services boom. In early 2011, Jimmy Lessley took three trucks and tank trailers and formed Lessley Services to run crude and natural gas condensate ...
Beefing Up the Bond
Small brokers oppose proposed regs to increase the minimum bond to $100,000 and add other owner-operator protection. The high-profile case of fraudulent freight middleman Kulwant Singh Gill stunned many for its sheer brazenness. In March, Gill was ...
Half-century triumph
With 50 years of trucking in the side-view mirror, Larry Severson gets his due as Overdrive/TCA 2011 Owner-Operator of the Year. "I had the most fun in the 1990s,” says owner-operator Larry Severson, looking back ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
What this year’s MCSAP awards say about national enforcement priorities
MCSAP award winners' violation priorities profiles suggest the federal government views a high level of on-highway traffic enforcement (versus vehicle inspections) as preferable enforcement behavior.
Inconsistent enforcement: Know your vulnerabilities
Staying ahead of the inspectors
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