Ownership risks and rewards

May 26, 2012

In his May Dollars & Sense column, small-fleet owner, accountant and radio personality Kevin Rutherford breaks down the various forms of truck ownership and how to succeed in each.

“Growing a business is a lifetime venture.,” he writes. “It’s challenging and potentially rewarding. The beauty is that the choices are all yours.”

See Kevin’s full column here.

Bill Warner & Son's 'Hillbilly Hampton' 1988 Peterbilt 362

Bill Warner Jr. and Cody Warner's "Hillbilly Hampton" 1988 Peterbilt 362 was custom-built for the 2025 MATS Big Rig Build-Off. Catch plenty views of the rig, and all the custom work put into it, in this video walkaround.

FMCSA's new ID verificaton test-drive, live from the Mid-America Trucking Show

Niche hauls: How to find yours, and tradeoffs and triumphs of specialization

A new American Transportation Research Institute report details how much public rest area truck parking is available in each state and how states rank based on parking spaces per highway miles and more.

NIMBY concerns, land costs limiting public truck parking

Hear better, Talk longer, Truck smarter with Dezl Trucking Headsets. Now with new built-in LED flashlight.

'Keep digging' with Dice Mayhem's Trucking, growing dump roots to long-term small fleet success

More episodes »

Compute the potential profit in any truckload, access per-day and per-mile breakouts with Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer

Know your costs, owner-operators? Compute the potential profit in any truckload, access per-day and per-mile breakouts, and compare brokers' offers on multiple loads. Enter your trucking business's fixed and variable costs, and load information, to get started.