Study indicates growing number of independents

May 7, 2012

A recent jump in carrier registrations might be due to drivers getting their own operating authority, according to a study by QualifiedCarriers and reported by truckinginfo.com.

The bulk of the new carriers might be former independents who played it safe and became company drivers during the recession. Read the full report.

Owner-op Kevin Bruns: A Millennial's journey through car haul and tanker to dump and now step deck

Owner-op Kevin Bruns raced his 2019 LoneStar in this past weekend's Semi Stampede at Kuhnle Motorsports Park in Ohio. With his authority today, Bruns pulls a step deck after several years of local dump truck ownership and work around quarries and construction sites in the Nashville, Tennessee, region.

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Owner-operator Scott Smith with one of his 2017 Peterbilt 579s at home in Searcy, Arkansas. His current hopper-bottom/flatbed trucking business builds on early oilfield experience and benefits from a close attention to detail when it comes to revenue and costs.

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