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OOIDA’s Todd Spencer talks driver pay, ‘driver shortage’ in live Fox Business segment

In a live segment aired last week on Fox News’ spinoff Fox Business, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Acting President Todd Spencer fielded questions from host Stuart Varney about — what else? — the country’s “serious shortage of truck drivers,” as Varney put it.

April 4, 2018

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What is your time worth?

“How many of us, if asked, could accurately quote what our time is worth, per hour, based on actual and complete data? No emotion, no pie in the sky guessing, just the cold hard facts.” Gary Buchs on numbers analysis toward establishing per-hour rates for healthy profit.

April 3, 2018

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Brian Hardman, broker of Fulmer Logistics: ‘Load boards are a gamble, for me and for carriers’

And more from Hardman, whose two decades as a broker follow time driving OTR, among other things. His business, built on close relationships with a core team of owner-operators, is the focus of the second installment in “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer’s “Faces of the Road” series.

March 28, 2018

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Technology and maximizing your most precious resource

How technology is “changing some of what I want to believe about my business,” in the words of owner-operator Gary Buchs, in this his debut on the Overdrive Extra blog. Among tech’s benefits: freeing up the resource of time “to study the markets and pursue new customers, making my business more efficient.”

March 20, 2018

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Analyst notes potential offset to ELDs’ productivity hit

Todd Amen of ATBS predicts that the strong freight market, and with it owner-operator net income, will continue to grow into 2019.

March 15, 2018

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Videos show Tesla Semis towing trailers on California roadways

See the videos here, including footage of a Tesla Semi being followed down the highway, one of a Semi making a turn across a highway into a supercharging station and another showing the truck’s quick acceleration.

March 15, 2018

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Faces of the Road: Open-deck specialized hauler Randy ‘Kemosabbi’ Cunha

Do shippers and in-house brokers have an interest in seeing to it that their freight bill isn’t financing someone’s Maserati? “Shippers need to become more educated about what happens to these loads once they’re given to the brokers,” Cunha says, in this “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer’s Overdrive Extra debut.

March 13, 2018

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Pilot Flying J fuel rebate saga all but over, company poised to press forward

Pilot Flying J appears on the cusp of being free from the ongoing legal woes that mounted in the wake of the scandal’s 2013 uncovering, poised to move out from the shadows of the saga that has plagued it for a half decade.

February 27, 2018

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Infrastructure fixes running out of gas

We can’t expect tomorrow’s dwindling fossil-fuel-powered vehicles to adequately fund already under-funded highways while the e-powered elite rides free.

February 17, 2018

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Hot economy pushes flatbedders’ income way above their peers

ATBS averages for independents and dry van haulers in 2017 were close to $60,000, but reefer haulers averaged only $49,267.

February 8, 2018

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Truckers, tell us your Valentine’s story of happiness or heartbreak

As Valentine’s Day approaches, Overdrive would like to share your stories about finding or losing love, or the creative ways you’ve kept it alive.

February 6, 2018

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Customize your on-the-road music experience

This brief video highlights the features and costs of five leading music apps.

January 23, 2018

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Podcast: What do state laws on marijuana mean for truckers?

States laws on marijuana use increasingly at odds with federal law. Some states, like Maine, have forbid employers from firing workers for testing positive for marijuana. Do these laws have any bearing on trucking and, specifically, drivers? Listen here to see what trucking industry reps say on the issue.

January 22, 2018

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‘Highway Justice’ pair tangles with dark side in trafficking tale

A serialized graphic short story, “Highway Justice,” tells the tale of the fictional Jake Brakefield, a trucker with a checkered background who gets caught up in a dangerous FBI operation to bust a human trafficking ring. The 10-part story will appear on Overdrive on Mondays and Thursdays for five weeks.

January 16, 2018

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Skip that DVD rack and stream what you want

Though the many movie and TV-streaming apps now available offer a solution, only three in 10 Overdrive readers say they subscribe to a streaming movie/TV service. This video covers five apps for streaming commercial productions on phone, tablet or laptop.

January 3, 2018

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The Year of the ELD: Top trucking trends from 2017 as ELD mandate descended

Coverage of the mandate and its myriad of twists and turns throughout dominated the news cycle in 2017. It also dominated Overdrive’s usual in-depth coverage of the industry. However, a few other key trends emerged too, including regulatory repeals by the Trump Administration, booming rates and the rise of the electric truck. More here…

December 31, 2017

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How to graze in greener pastures

There’s a lot more to running an owner-operator business than chasing the next sweet bonus or an extra penny per mile. With downtime and other matters, the total cost to change carriers can run into thousands of dollars. Don’t let a rash decision force you to repeat the process too soon.

December 22, 2017

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The scrum over truckers’ meal per diem: A moot point under tax reform? (examples included)

Whether there’s a change to the per diem or not may mostly be a moot point, since the bill doubles the standard deduction allotted to all income tax filers, including truckers. The new deduction protocol for income tax filings may ultimately hinge on a numbers game, and owner-operators and company drivers will need to determine the best way to maximize their deductions.

December 21, 2017

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Rewind: Owner-op's vets-tribute FLD and Kentucky trailer, and its story of sacrifice, achievement and hope

Household-goods-hauling owner-operator Steven Meyer's custom-wrapped Kentucky trailer delivered the "Remember, Honor, Teach" message of Wreaths Across America with five distinctive, interlocking histories. Walk through Meyer's story in this Overdrive Radio episode rewind.

Pride And Polish 2025

Pride & Polish: Finalists square off Dec. 30 here

Clockwise from top, Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year finalists, represented by the Western Star of Pennsylvania-headquartered Jason Shelly; Kelsey's Trucking independent Ron Kelsey, out of Arizona; and Orleans, Indiana-based John Penn.

Kelsey, Penn, Shelly: Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year finalists

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