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Partners in Business
Overdrive's new Partners in Business playbook for a truck owner-op's career
The new PIB, coproduced with ATBS, builds on the decades-old trucking business-education program for owner-operators with a reorganization and reformatting with today's pro trucker in mind. It's now a browsable online content library accessible today.
March 24, 2025
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Business
How to navigate the trucking insurance market to save at renewal
Insurance accounts for one of an independent owner-op's highest fixed costs. It comes due regardless of how much you work or how hard you run. Know what insurance companies look for, and what you can do to make your business a better risk, to save.
March 21, 2025
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March 24, 2025
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Channel 19
What truckers want DOGE to tackle
Overdrive asked and trucking's owner-operators answered. Between ELD/HOS issues, truck parking, temp/permanent status for foreign drivers, CDL training, DataQs, New Entrant audits and roadside inspections, what do you think most truckers prioritized?
March 20, 2025
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Business
Truckstop speeds up COI processing, 'carrier vetting' with Certificial
Truckstop doesn't accept COIs from carriers anymore, instead partnering with insurance tech company Certificial to hopefully smooth out transactions as the freight fraud fight gears up.
March 18, 2025
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Equipment
Diesel prices trending down in March
Over the last three weeks, fuel prices across the U.S. are down 15 cents, hitting the lowest weekly average of 2025 so far. Also: Highway Angels of the Year crowned; $2.4M meth bust in limes load; Pilot begins rollout of biodiesel.
March 18, 2025
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Business
Market conditions slumped to start the year, yet used-truck sales surged in February
FTR reported a significant decline in its Trucking Conditions Index for January due to higher fuel prices and a weaker freight market. Also: Used-truck sales surged in February; real-time traffic info added to Trucker Path's navigation.
March 17, 2025
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Partners in Business
Have freight markets turned? ATBS update set for March 25
Expect answers from our Partners in Business coproducer ATBS, just ahead of MATS, with the firm's semi-annual update charting owner-operator 2024 revenue, cost, and income benchmarks derived from tens of thousands of clients' real-world performance.
March 14, 2025
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Business
Shell, WEX roll out improved fleet fuel card programs
The new card improves savings, security and gives fleets more flexibility as when adding electric vehicles.
March 5, 2025
Shell fuel card
Channel 19
Trucking attorneys: Broker transparency needed to fight fraud
When Convoy went bankrupt, dozens of carriers got stiffed on millions of dollars. A few prominent transportation lawyers argue that broker transparency could end that kind of abuse.
March 13, 2025
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Trucker of the Year
Trucker of the Month leans into owner-operator pride and joy, biz brass tacks
Kenny Wingate, 55 years young today, takes pride in and cousel from his lifetime in trucking, though many of the men he learned from, and some of those he came up with in trucking, have passed on. His story in his own words, here, in Overdrive Radio.
March 10, 2025
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Business
Fusable appoints Kate Cassino to lead next phase of growth
Fusable, a leader in data-driven solutions for the trucking, agriculture, and construction industries, has announced the appointment of Kate Cassino as its new CEO, effective March 3, 2025.
March 10, 2025
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Business
Highway denies selling, storing or otherwise snooping on ELD data
Owner-ops say late last year dozens of brokers suddenly started denying them freight and pointing them to Highway's electronic logging device integrations, which many refused. Hear from the company itself on what's really going on.
March 7, 2025
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Business
K&J Trucking repeats as top overall 'Best Fleet'
CarriersEdge named mostly owner-operator K&J Trucking a top overall Best Fleet to Drive For in the small fleet category for the second year in a row. Decker Truck Line was the top large fleet. Also: Alabama-based dry bulk carrier acquired by KAG.
March 7, 2025
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Regulations
Trucker overtime pay legislation revived | Missouri bills take on predatory towing
Missouri lawmakers are considering a crackdown on predatory towing through a bill that would allow truckers to file complaints over egregious bills. Also: Bill to eliminate carriers' overtime pay exemption reintroduced; CVSA IDEA noms sought.
March 6, 2025
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Overdrive Extra
What's 1 extra mpg worth in profit at today's freight rates? An extra 3 mpg?
Tariffs and more are delivering freight-market uncertainty, though some bright spots shine through in recent news. Increase your own profit certainty by cutting costs. Just one diesel mpg gained in efficiency yields thousands of dollars annually.
March 5, 2025
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Business
Treasury suspends small-business ownership reporting requirement
The U.S. Treasury said it wouldn't impose penalties associated with Beneficial Ownership Information reporting under the current requirements for U.S. entities. A new rule proposal could change the Corporate Transparency Act's regulatory scope.
March 4, 2025
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Regulations
Trump's tariffs on Canadian, Mexican imports mostly suspended after briefly being in effect
A 25% tariff on most imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% increase on Chinese goods took effect, many then paused again. Also: House passes bill requiring USPS to monitor trucking contractor crashes; Highway Angel helps extinguish truck fire.
March 4, 2025
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Regulations
TQL sued over transparency, contract waivers FMCSA told the broker to drop
Pink Cheetah Express' showdown with TQL reached a new level, with a legal battle brewing that could impact the future of broker transparency in trucking.
February 28, 2025
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DOT calls out 'despicable' state failures on ELP, CDL rules after deadly crash
After a driver killed three in a tragic crash in Florida, DOT calls out Washington and New Mexico for breaking federal rules in licensing and enforcement.
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