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Tough year behind, tough year ahead â but rumors of truckingâs death are greatly exaggerated
A slowdown is not a downturn, though it may feel like one. Notes on carrier bankruptcies, spot market rates and the âbloodbathâ that never wasâŚ
November 20, 2019
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Disruptions that will reverberate beyond 2020 â strategies for weathering, or taking full advantage
âThe small business owner-operator does have certain advantages navigating market disruptions. An example of this is when natural disasters hit communities itâs the independents who step up to fill the gap, aided and abetted by our ability to make decisions faster, react quickly, tighten our belts and trim unnecessary fixed cost.â
November 12, 2019
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As truckers protest around California, Uber coalition seeks shelter from stateâs contractor law
Owner-operators took to various cities across California this week to air their grievances against the stateâs new, restrictive law that could block owner-operators from working in the state. The protests come as moves Uber and Lyft could give trucking some leverage in landing an exemption from the California law.
November 7, 2019
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Help wanted? FMCSA could have a lingering absence at the top after Martinez departure
After 20 months on the job, Ray Martinez has officially left the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, effective as of Monday. And his exit could leave FMCSA without a true administrator for the foreseeable future â perhaps as long as several years, should recent history serve as a barometer.
November 1, 2019
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The heart of a trucker: Chance to make a stand against child abuse
Clifford Petersen on the All Truckers Together Against Child Abuse (or ATTACA) group, with an anti-child abuse mission, founded by Western Flyer Expressâ Rodney Timms: âWe connected for less than three minutes on the phone ⌠yet I knew right away I had to do something to help his cause. Like Rodney, I grew up in the home of an abusive father.â âŚ
October 28, 2019
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The underappreciated asset of off-duty hours
Gary Buchs on strategies toward effective task/goal definition and prioritization to be wise when it comes to hours: âFor too many years, weâve viewed time off as a liability. ⌠No matter how a person calculates their hours of service, logically there is no way to drive or work more hours than the time off-duty we need to recover to care for ourselves.â
October 22, 2019
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Faces of the Road: 45 years a team, with two independents
âMoss doesnât grow on a rolling stone.â Longtime specialized independent team owner-ops Kay and Ken Wagner donât exactly divulge the secrets to remaining married while running as a team for forty five years, yet their history speaks for itself in this latest âFaces of the Roadâ installment.
October 15, 2019
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Addressing a common mistake in a tough load choice
You might be surprised at what the numbers have to say about waiting an extra day, even when that higher-paying load surfaces.
October 10, 2019
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Can you hear me now? Anybody out there?
Gary Buchs on the âlostâ art of communication: âWhen I think about the way brokered freight seems to be going â tap a button on a screen, get a load â the phrase âtrust but verifyâ comes high to the mind. Donât give up on due diligence with the shippers and receivers in such transactions. ⌠In small business ownership, everything is personal.â
October 4, 2019
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A dissenting voice on hours reforms: Owner-operators could be undercut by sliding rates
Be careful what you wish for on hours reforms, says broker Jeff Tucker, CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide, who predicts that the DOTâs hours of service proposal could tilt truckingâs supply-demand market forces and cause rates to tumble.
October 2, 2019
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âI like aggravating truck driversâ: Maxie Satterfield of Terrell, Texas
âMaxie Satterfield of Terrell, Texas has been working a truck stop counter for most of the years since 1948,â Long Haul Paul notes to begin this, his latest in the Faces of the Road series. âI first met Maxie eight years ago, when I started driving for the outfit Iâm with nowâŚ.â
September 30, 2019
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Detention study thorough, but meaningful change proves elusive
One in five small carriers donât even charge detention, using brokers that donât try to collect it, and believe not billing it gives them a competitive edge.
September 26, 2019
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Never underestimate a South Carolina watermelon hauler: Carroll Fulmer and Leon Everette
The latest in âLong Haul Paulâ Marhoeferâs âFaces of the Roadâ series with country legend and current gospel singer Leon Everette: âI was surprised to learn that Everette attributed his past success in the music business in part to a trucker by the name of Carroll Fulmer. ⌠Yeah, that Carroll Fulmer âŚâ
September 25, 2019
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Study: Truckers rank high among sleep-deprived workers
Among professional drivers and others in transportation, sleep-deprived workers rose 28% from 2010 to 2018.
September 23, 2019
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Why do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but âŚ
Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but thatâs not all. In trucking companiesâ rush to grow, they devalue the freight market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade their pricing power in favor of a questionable status quo where driver time itself is devalued.
September 20, 2019
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Though fleets churn through drivers, thereâs no evidence of âdriver shortage,â says DOL economist
Driver turnover is persistently high, and carriers have trouble filling seats. But that doesnât mean thereâs a shortage of those willing to drive a truck, says DOL economist Kristen Monaco. She penned a report in March painting the âdriver shortageâ as a myth â and tiffed ATA in the processâŚ
September 12, 2019
Custom Rigs
A truck with its own Facebook page: Mark and Holly OâDonnellâs âFamily Treeâ
A big winner among several at the first-ever American Pride Truck Charity benefit show for St. Christopher, held in truck parking at GATS, was âThe Family Treeâ, a mural-wrapped 2018 Peterbilt 579 owned and operated by the OâDonnells, of Tennessee. Itâs intended âto celebrate the history and culture of trucking,â Holly says.
September 9, 2019
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Confusion over ârelaxedâ regs and rested drivers
It gets worse when those outside of trucking presume safety performance goes up or down in lockstep with changes in cherry-picked numbers. This led, for example, to widespread reports that the proposal would ârelaxâ existing regulations, thereby automatically increasing fatigue.
September 6, 2019
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