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Weigh-in: Time for truckers to torpedo the two-week notice?
So asks Long Haul Paul with this tale of bad blood after an old friend's two-week notice resulted in 14 days of bad loads, and a couple of crashes, to boot. Three experienced owners weigh in with their own considered answers.
October 12, 2023
Another trucker's tires punctured on I-75 in Georgia
After an Overdrive report on a bizarre act of vandalism against a sleeping trucker's rig, another report emerged with eerie similarities and no clear cause.
October 10, 2023
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Trucker gets all 18 tires punctured parked on Georgia exit ramp
After trucker David Lucas had all 18 tires on his truck -- plus the six on the equipment he was hauling on his step deck -- punctured overnight in Adel, Georgia, police said this isn't the first time they've seen it in the area.
October 6, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Atlanta wants your truck parking expertise | Ohio plans U.S. 23 improvements
Another day, another parking survey. (Sigh.) If that's your first reaction, take the long view. Atlanta's metro planning org is requesting truckers' input on freight issues in the 20-county area, and Ohio needs Columbus-Toledo expertise, too.
October 4, 2023
Overdrive Extra
RigDig Truck History Report now part of Overdrive
For more than a decade running, Overdrive sister company RigDig BI has been the go-to source for used-truck buyers in need of a gut check on any vehicle's title, total loss and inspection history. Now, it's part of OverdriveOnline.com.
October 2, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Fun, fellowship, safety: Making the most of a day out at a truck parade
Which one of these three things doesn't belong with the other? For Small Fleet Champ contender D. Weaver Trucking recently, it was all in a day's work culminating with participation in TFC Global's annual truck parade/show in Holmes County, Ohio.
September 27, 2023
Overdrive Extra
TCA 'Highway Angel' honor revoked: Driver did not rescue 'kids in cages' from human traffickers
After reporting a tip to state police that he claimed saved children from human traffickers, it turns out what the truck driver thought he saw was simply incorrect. Rather, it was a mother carrying her children home to Phoenix, Arizona.
September 12, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Why every truck owner should read their insurance policies
Insurance agent W. Joel Baker emphasizes that you might be very surprised to find what is not in fact covered, and what is required of you to avoid a claim being denied or your insurance being canceled.
September 5, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Meet Overdrive's 2023 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists
From the 10 fleets named semi-finalists, Overdrive will recognize two finalists each in two separate competitive divisions -- companies with 3-10 trucks and those with 11-30 trucks at the end of 2022 -- before naming a winner in each category.
September 1, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Truck with purpose to leave the business better than you found it
Clifford Petersen works best with a deadline. "Maybe that’s why I thrive as a trucker," he writes here, reflecting on a milestone achieved and a deadline removed, with a message about how to bring purpose to the never-ending cycle of load, drive, unload.
August 30, 2023
Overdrive Extra
6 strategies for carriers to help weather a tough freight market
One constant to all of these strategies is that in a down market, you must find ways to compete on factors other than the rate. When freight markets and rates are down 10%-20% across the board, price wars get extra-punitive.
August 23, 2023
Overdrive Extra
How to turn up the heat on detention
And charge customers for it. Truckers report little improvement in detention times since the ELD mandate. Yet time, of course, is money. The more owner-operators use their own numbers to engage customers on costs and lost opportunity the better.
August 16, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Trucking loses another: Remembering retired owner-operator and Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Joye
"We nicknamed him 'Thunder Child'," said close friend and owner-operator Mike Crawford. Joye had little patience for customers with detention issues or loads that required a lot of deadhead, yielding max efficiency. He was 69 when he passed last month.
August 11, 2023
Overdrive Extra
How carriers and brokers can work to combat double brokering: Potential red flags, more
Tackling double-broker frauds at government levels will take time and likely resources from industry lobbyists and large players. There’s a lot we can do together in the meantime to shut the schemes down and fight against the fraud in our industry.
August 8, 2023
Overdrive Extra
The double brokering slow burn -- how it happens, and how to fight back against it
Contributor Matthew Patrick, with a small fleet/broker in the Northeast, outlines a particularly efficient flavor of double brokering he's found that often goes undetected, sinking rates for real carriers involved in these schemes, reducing profits.
August 8, 2023
Overdrive Extra
What makes a top-rated truck stop
Plentiful parking, clean showers, pet-friendly policies, parking, great food, respectful service ... did we say parking? All the qualities OTR truckers want in a truck stop take center stage in commentary on Trucker Path's Top 100 list. Who's your No 1?
August 3, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Recognize the skill that goes into truck driving, and pay accordingly
Truck driving, no matter what many drivers and others believe, is not "unskilled" labor. Greater respect and recognition of that fact, as well as better compensation, will go a long way in bringing new blood into the industry.
July 19, 2023
Overdrive Radio
Truckers 'canaries' in the tech coal mine: Inside the 'Data Driven' book on ELD mandate, rise of 'new workplace surveillance'
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, an in-depth conversation between Long Haul Paul Marhoefer and Karen Levy, author of "Data Driven," on the ways technology has helped transform the "Knights of the Highway" of yore to something entirely different.
July 10, 2023
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