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Partners in Business tip: Opt for deadhead over layovers

Updated Mar 23, 2022
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3 trucks, detention, parking lot

Be prepared to deadhead instead of laying over. The time and money lost to a layover can almost never be made up. Your daily fixed expenses are spent whether your truck moves or not.

The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator business services firm.

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