Indicators

Biden blames major jobs report miss on COVID as trucking pulls ahead

Though trucking emerged with positive growth, the overall jobs report for August shows a roughly 68% plunge from analysts' forecast which President Joe Biden blamed on the COVID resurgence.

September 3, 2021

Business

Expect pandemic-boosted retail freight to stay strong, analyst says

Businesses that have benefited from the pandemic will likely stay strong even as services compete for consumers' discretionary spending.

February 26, 2021

Will Amazon and other businesses that have enjoyed a pandemic boost see it fade much as the economy reopens?

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owner-operator talking on cell phone in truck's driver seat

Understanding costs/profit in relation to time for better load evaluations

Trying to select the loads based on the information showing on the load boards, or received from a broker on the phone, can play out with huge differences when it comes to bedrock costs/profit. Use these cost strategies for better self-dispatch results.

Owner-operator in driver's seat look at load board on tablet

How to change your decision-making for successful self-dispatch

California doubles hay hauler's rolling into a parking lot

Love the smell of hay in the morning? Scenes from the A.J. Soza Memorial Truck Show

Small Fleet Champ, Round 1: Enter by June 30

Koolatron 12-Volt Stainless Steel Super Kool Portable Fridge

OTR to home: Making local trucking work with Mike 'The Boston Trucker' Gaffin, Terry Shelton

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