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Rene Holguin, September Trucker of the Month, cementing a legacy with authority
Overdrive's September Trucker of the Month achieves a significant pay-it-forward goal after getting into business with the tutelage of a family member. In this week's Overdrive Radio podcast, dive into Holguin's two-decade-plus history trucking.
October 14, 2024
Partners in Business
ATBS' owner-operator performance update: Inside the numbers, full presentation
A measure of cost/income stability showed in ATBS' update, but what about rates? ATBS VP Mike Hosted's full presentation offers plenty insights, likewise on maintenance spend, fuel costs and efficiency, and much more. Track through it all here.
October 7, 2024
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When will freight markets turn to the positive for truckers?
Among questions flagged for panelists by attendees of Overdrive's recent online roundtable was just whether, and when, the long freight-rates slide of the last two years might turn the corner. Part 2 of that roundtable offers some guesses here.
September 30, 2024
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Trucking in the freight trough: The 'sweetness of low price' v. the 'sour of bad service'
For shipper/broker customers, the sweet is quite tempting to take but the sour lasts a whole lot longer. In this Overdrive Radio edition, find several ideas for building defenses against both for the bottom of the freight-rates trough.
September 23, 2024
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No more detention half measures: Time is now to charge for it, and collect
Trucking's detention landscape abounds with missed opportunities to truly make shippers and receivers feel the burden of their inefficiencies with detention fees. The new ATRI report on detention costs makes that abundantly clear.
September 16, 2024
Trucker of the Year
Investment diligence: Owner-op's profitable path to retirement
Nearing the end of a nearly 35-year run of consistently putting aside 15%-20% of his income, owner-operator Alan Kitzhaber's gotten close to where he truly wants to go -- that’s retirement, following 4 million miles in his long-running 1995 T600.
September 9, 2024
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Trucker of the Month Alan Kitzhaber: 4 million miles, ever greater efficiency for his '95 T600
With all those safe miles in the rear view in just a single truck, the owner joins a pretty exclusive club. How'd he do it? This week's Overdrive Radio talk reveals a keen focus on preventive maintenance, and increasing efficiency.
July 15, 2024
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Brake blitz week re-air: Inspections should be 'preventive,' not 'punitive'
Owner-operator Warren McCurdy made clear his bone to pick with the federal CSA scoring program and all its ripple effects throughout trucking and roadside inspection systems. This Overdrive Radio originally aired in February. Listen back here.
August 26, 2024
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Owner-ops react to market challenges: Lightning round from Waupun
From what could be the final Waupun Truck-N-Show, held last weekend in Wisconsin, five owners detailed their pivots, or lack thereof, in response to the long-ongoing market slump, for this edition of Overdrive Radio.
August 19, 2024
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A fair shot at sharing the road, with or without the robots' help
Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols' careful approach to business extends to perhaps the biggest challenge for OTR owner-ops going: bedrock safety on highways where distraction has become something of a norm.
August 12, 2024
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Trucker of the Month Mike Nichols steers business with reliable partnerships high in mind
Putting out a shingle with authority in dry bulk, handling all the maintenance: Neither are practical options for owner-op Mike Nichols, who instead steered his one-truck business to key partnerships in those areas on the winding road to success.
August 5, 2024
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Part 2: Rollin' on with Alabama and tour hauler Josh Gentry -- family legacy, more
It's not every day you see a tribute to truck drivers broadcast to 20,000 people at once all in a very, very big room. Such was the case for the tour stop of Alabama in Nashville July 19. Here, a history of the KW/band partnership, more from the road.
July 29, 2024
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'Roll On, Alabama!' On the road with tour hauler Josh Gentry
Gentry, son of founding Alabama group member Teddy Gentry, now hauls with the family business in a truck rekindling a partnership between the group and Kenworth that extends back into the 1980s. Sit in on his recent Alabama-Tennessee run in this podcast.
July 22, 2024
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Man's mastery of the freight machine, with a firm hand in Amazon's system
With a career that extends back to the mid-1990s, it’s owner-op Greg Labosky’s old-school knowledge that gives him the ability to adeptly tinker around the edges to take full control of the center of his business, to master the new-school Amazon machine.
July 8, 2024
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FMCSA's safety rating revamp: Truckers caution against use of CSA SMS, roadside data
Since the CSA SMS came into play a decade and a half ago, it's been on the FMCSA's wish list to use roadside data to determine a safety rating. The effort to revamp the rating process generated pushback from carriers in this recent public session.
July 1, 2024
Overdrive Radio
New book examines FBI initiative investigating truck-driving serial killers
Former FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi recently published a new book diving into the FBI's Highway Serial Killings Initiative, where the bureau has seen 850 murders it believes were committed by truck drivers over decades.
June 24, 2024
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Marroquin brothers' journey from Guatemala to U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators
A 30-plus year odyssey into U.S. trucking, now as owner-operators, is the story in brief of three of these four brothers, united not just by their last name but also CA-domicile difficulties with AB 5 that have dulled the Golden State to decidedly silver.
June 17, 2024
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Odyssey past 10 mpg to max efficiency, in more ways than one: Trucker of the Month Alec Costerus
Alec Costerus, after dissatisfying prior careers in commodity trading and financial services, is unique among Overdrive's Trucker of the Year monthly semi-finalists for all kinds of reasons. Hear his story and advice on achieving max efficiency here.
June 10, 2024
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