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Weigh in: Who's your choice customer -- shippers, brokers, a mix of both?
The last time we asked this question of owner-ops with authority, the most common choice was "multiple brokers," noted by a third of owners, but a majority also reported at least some direct freight. What's your customer situation today? Weigh in here.
November 1, 2024
Business
How to fight a FreightGuard or other negative review of your trucking company
An experienced lawyer and a carrier reputation management expert dish "Dos and Don'ts" of responding to bad reviews, also detailing horror stories of carrier blackmail and extortion via brokers' threats of FreightGuards.
October 31, 2024
Trucker of the Year
Biz strength in family legacy, diversification: Zimmerman Ag, Truckers of the Month
The two-truck partnership's owner-operator pilots are Overdrive's Truckers of the Month for October. Operating with authority from the get-go, Daryl and Nelson Zimmerman have built a diverse customer base for hopper, end dump and reefer freight.
October 30, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA gets an earful about bad brokers, enforcement from its 'worst critic'
FMCSA's registration director, Ken Riddle, spoke at the Broker-Carrier Summit and explained plans for the "bad brokers" lurking in the agency's registration system.
October 30, 2024
Life
Two big drug busts in trucks at border | Hurricanes' spot rates impact losing force?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered $4 million in cocaine in a shipment in Texas, and $775K in meth in California. Also: Spot volumes, rates show sag, outside flatbed; Drivewyze's weigh station bypass integrated into EZ LYNK ELD app.
October 29, 2024
Overdrive Radio
The 'driver shortage' is dead? And: Inside the broker-carrier scrum at last week's summit
Today on the podcast, a conversation about National Academies' recent compensation study with OOIDA President Todd Spencer, casting doubt on persistent "driver shortage" narratives. Also: A firsthand report from last week's Broker-Carrier Sumit.
October 28, 2024
Business
How to beat brokers at their own game and win direct freight
Brokers land big dedicated freight contracts all the time without knowing the ins and outs of hauling, so why can't you? Here's how to beat the brokers at their own game: Sales.
October 28, 2024
Regulations
Trucking's driver shortage assertions 'spurious': New compensation report on safety, retention
Research conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine looked at how truck driver pay and methods of pay impact driver safety and retention. In doing so, questions were raised about the industry's "driver shortage" assertions.
October 25, 2024
Business
I-95 closures next weekend | Trucking conditions improved through late Summer
Despite recent improvement, FTR's Trucking Conditions Index remained negative and is forecast to remain negative to neutral into 2025. Also: I-95 lane closures planned in Rhode Island for the next two weekends; fleet seeks brake lighting waiver.
October 25, 2024
Business
Truckload breakeven price jumps, poised to increase in 2025
Cost factors have evolved in the past year. Though fuel costs have decreased, driver wages, lease/purchase prices, and maintenance costs have risen.
October 25, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA says fighting fraud will improve safety, with first look at new registration system
FMCSA top brass seemed to elevate the fight against fraud to a full blown safety issue and top priority at a "stakeholder day" first-look tour of a newly modernized registration system.
October 23, 2024
Overdrive Extra
$1/gal: A fuel holy grail?
Or just an example of the limits of technology? In this case, despite two different fuel-price-info apps showing $1/gal. at the same South Dakota truck stop, turns out ...
October 23, 2024
Business
Diesel down, rates up | More time to comment on split-sleeper exemption
Diesel's down and rates are up in the most recent week, with fuel wiping out recent gains and rates seeing a post-hurricane bump. Also: FMCSA reopens comment period on fleet's split-sleeper waiver; big fines for trucks in national park; more.
October 22, 2024
Overdrive Extra
After the accident: Understanding downtime claims for owner-operators and small fleets
Attorney Kelsea Eckert notes truck owners have a right to downtime compensation from at-fault parties in most states. Those parties' insurers, however, may not volunteer the information. It’s important to prove the loss, push for rightful compensation.
October 22, 2024
Business
Cargo theft up in third quarter compared to 2023
CargoNet reported a 14% year-over-year increase in cargo theft in Q3, but a 1.6% decline from Q2. Also: Vision Systems North America seeks extension for mirror-alternative camera waiver; Freightliner dealer celebrates 70 years.
October 21, 2024
Business
OOIDA calls out Carrier411 enabling brokers 'blackballing motor carriers on hearsay'
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association calls for giving carriers a voice on the Carrier411 legacy "carrier vetting" platform, after that company made changes to its consequential FreightGuard reporting system for brokers earlier this month.
October 21, 2024
Partners in Business
IRS tax relief for businesses in hurricane-impacted disaster areas
Owner-operators and other 2023 tax filers who've been granted extensions for this year's filing by the Internal Revenue Service could be eligible for further relief in the wake of devastating hurricanes in the Southeast.
October 18, 2024
Business
Carrier411's big changes to its 'FreightGuards' might open a legal can of worms
Earlier this month, Carrier411 CEO Darren Brewer quietly made big changes to its 'FreightGuard' reports about carriers that have brokers, carriers and legal minds scrambling. Chief among the shifts: Preservation of broker allegations otherwise deleted.
October 16, 2024
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Custom Rigs
'One thing led to another' for Lacoh Transport's custom 2024 Peterbilt 389 build
What started out as a modest build for a nice working truck turned into an all-out custom transformation by Geis Peterbilt's Cody McCandless. Along the way, "a lot of days that you don’t succeed," McCandless said, "but the challenge has been accepted, and we’re having fun with it.”
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