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What's your biggest business challenge as an owner-operator?
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, varying answers to the question from four owner-operators in livestock, van, reefer and heavy haul. Better yet, distinct pictures emerge of different strategies to address insurance, maintenance cost, and so much more.
July 23, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Staying ahead of the complacency danger of advanced assist tech
On Overdrive Radio, real-world perspective from two operators on the space where increasingly sophisticated driver-assist technologies meet the realities of the road. And: W. Tim Miller's old-school 1982 359 and farming/hauling operation.
July 16, 2021
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No. 8 state for speeding enforcement 'not tough enough'
A longtime independent offers further litigious insight from an attorney around brokers/shippers' 'additional insured' demands, and as Operation Safe Driver's speeding focus continues, a reader takes his home state to task for lax enforcement.
July 14, 2021
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Owner-op's real success with 'virtual' carrier
Wisconsin-based Jason Hurley was attracted initially to CloudTrucks by a percentage contract for compensation with lower fees than traditional asset-based companies. What he found: More control for entrepreneurial achievement, another goal of his.
July 12, 2021
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Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time
Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!
August 4, 2011
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Sun-up on the Super Trucks
Scenes familiar and quite surprising from the Super Truck show lot at Iowa 80 at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree, which kicked off Thursday. As of this morning, in the neighborhood of 100 trucks were competing, in addition to so much more.
July 8, 2021
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Say no to broker/customer 'additional insured' demands
Perspective from longtime independent and current insurance agent W. Joel Baker on what's become common risk-transfer contract practice: "My own solution is [saying] 'I won’t do business with you.'" If more did that, the practice would end, he says.
July 6, 2021
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Peer inside this owner-operator's in-cab kitchen, equipped for versatility
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, a window on how to outfit a 2020 Volvo VNL740, or your truck, for versatility in cooking on the road -- the strategy here of owner-op Thomas Remington. Also: Join me in sending Overdrive editor Max Heine off right. ...
June 30, 2021
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Tale of two searches: Manhunt for hit-and-run suspect, journey to kidney transplant
Two men -- an owner-op sidelined by medical issues, and a diesel shop owner struck in a hit-and-run -- fight for their lives with help from devoted daughters and other family.
June 29, 2021
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Resurrecting the Rubber Duck's classic 1970 Mack RS700
This video showcases small fleet owner Anthony Fox of Rome, Ga., proud owner and caretaker of a piece of history that is one of the original 1970 Macks/60s trailer from the classic “Convoy” trucking film of the 1970s, released today 43 years ago.
November 16, 2017
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One-pot chili-mac, from the 'deckplate diner' of owner-operator Thomas Remington
"I've broken bread with many a driver, but like this, out in the parking lot at the Love's at Trinity Lane and I-65 north of Nashville's downtown? Never." Here's the results, whipped up in under 20 minutes on the deck of Remington's Volvo VNL 740.
June 17, 2021
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Tales of three runaway trucks: Crises endured and averted, lessons learned
The advice was good then and it's good now -- see a massive pileup, a multi-fatality runaway, ask yourself, "Could it have been you?" Owner-operator Gordon Alkire's '70s runaway tale, among others, shows it could. When you least expect it.
May 3, 2019
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What's the congressional endgame on parking, under-21 drivers, more?...
With the House's detailed approach to trucking-related legislative items in its draft highway bill, the viewpoint in this Overdrive Radio podcast from TCA's Dave Heller well grounds the bill in what's possible, given political realities.
June 11, 2021
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Inside the divide between docs and Congress, truckers over sleep apnea
Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: Intro'ing a new dispatch provider in S2 Logistics, with hotshot hauler S2 Transport co-owner Scott Sabatini at its helm and stressing integrity in operations, a response to his own early difficulties.
June 4, 2021
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Recruiting or retention? Which motivates truckers adopting guaranteed pay
For the smallest owner-operated fleets, retention outweighed or nearly matched recruiting as a motivating factor in offering guaranteed pay, while larger fleets more often focus on recruiting. A retention example: this 20-truck reefer fleet.
June 3, 2021
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'If they want us to stop, we need spaces': As pandemic eases, owner-ops take stock
Owner-operator Greg Eudy on the parking shortage, particularly along his North Carolina lanes. He's one among six voices on the biggest issues today in this podcast. Also: truckers take stock looking back over the last pandemic year in Overdrive Radio.
May 28, 2021
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There's a 'truck-a-thon' in the offing, driver
Starting tomorrow, the Trucks With Room to Spare group is hosting its Miles That Matter Truck-a-Thon, aimed at giving a way for working haulers to help raise funds for the groups' mission to marshal unused cargo capacity to deliver disaster relief.
May 27, 2021
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Where are the empty shelves? Keep those rate increases coming, shippers
Renewed mainstream dialogue over the specter of a "driver shortage" shows some move toward realism, yet more often continues to ignore basic fundamentals. At the same time, in the push to recruit post-COVID, willingness to hold a grudge counts ...
May 26, 2021
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