Sean Randall

Tour of duty: Owner-operator of the year candidate Bryan Smith

Smith leveraged military experience toward a driving career, truck ownership and longtime success as an owner-operator leased to Art Pape Transfer.

October 2, 2013

Bryan Smith and his 2009 Peterbilt 386, powered by 600-hp Cummins engine. Smith, nominated this year for the Truckload Carriers Association’s Owner-Operator of the Year award, was also Overdrive‘s Trucker of the Month in March of 2011.

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CS Trucking's custom livestock-hauler 2024 Kenworth W900L

After 25 years in trucking, including 17 as an owner-operator, Iowa-based Joey Carola is now hauling livestock as a company driver for CS Trucking in this custom W900L.

The namesake of Dalilah's Law is pictured here with FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs during her visit to U.S. DOT headquarters recently. 'Her strength is the heartbeat of our mission,' FMCSA wrote on social media. 'Today’s committee vote for Dalilah’s Law is a promise kept to her and to every American on the road.'

Dalilah's Law passes committee as Congress debates non-citizen drivers, ELP, CDL mills

The first of ATBS's twice yearly updates for 2026 on owner-operator biz trends is set for March 24 late-afternoon on the East Coast, mid-afternoon out West. Register to catch it live via this link.

Did owner-ops bank more money in '25? Cost, income trends live update March 24

Hacking Double Brokerage Fraud

Majority of owner-ops victims of freight fraud, broker tricks: Survey

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Kenworth C580 -- full spec, views on the 1M-lb. heavy hauler