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Business Management
Controlling tire costs: Keep your No. 2 variable expense to a minimum
Many more factors than size go into picking the right tire for a specific truck in a specific application. Vehicle usage and tire characteristics such as price, fuel economy, durability, miles to removal, retreadability and others play a big role.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Good habits behind the wheel and in the shop key to long tire life
Tires represent one of a truck owner’s highest variable expenses behind fuel. Good habits can go a long way to prolonging your tire life to get the most out of your purchases.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Time management can make or break an owner-operator's business
Maximizing your time and increasing the efficiency of your business are keys to success as an owner-operator. Know your split-sleeper options in the hours of service, and don't be afraid to deadhead if it makes sense. Fixed costs never stop.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Mapping out a successful trucking week
A specific weekly plan can help in owner-operator success. One trip may not be enough time consider profitability, and a month may be too much time to manage. A single week is the right amount of time to deal with efficiently.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Know the value of your time: Notes on paying yourself and business profits
Cost and income performance per unit of time worked isn't always a priority in the miles-focused trucking industry, yet tracking time performance closely and making adjustments is key for owner-operators who want to double down on efficiency.
January 1, 2025
Business Management
Calculate any load's cost in relation to time, not just miles
Evaluating any given load’s value, it’s crucial to consider costs to haul the freight on a per-mile basis, but also in relation to time. This custom-spreadsheet table and Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer can help
January 1, 2025
Partners in Business
'Beneficial Ownership Information' reporting required of some small businesses
Foreign-owned LLC, corporation or certain other small business entities are required to report ownership information to the United States Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
January 1, 2025
Trucker of the Year
Meet the finalists for Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year honor
Nearing the conclusion of Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year award program, judges laud 10 Truckers of the Month and name three finalists for the ultimate win, to be announced in the new year.
December 20, 2024
Trucker of the Year
How Trucker of the Year contenders beat 2024's sluggish conditions
This second installment wrapping up 2024's competitive TOTY field shows owners poised for growth in the new year, in plenty more ways than one. Check in with Alec Costerus, Greg Labosky, Mike Nichols and the brothers of Zimmerman Ag.
December 16, 2024
Trucker of the Year
Success through self-help, lane change: 2024 TOTY 'exit interviews'
Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year contenders have battled soft freight and sluggish rates with moves large and small. Here, four contenders map out their experience through the year, delivering insight on business decision-making.
December 9, 2024
Regulations
Late-for-work waitress slams into trucker's fuel tank -- preventable?
Trucker John Doe's backing maneuvers toward a dock are violently interrupted when a late-for-work waitress speeds into the dock area. Doe appealed his company's "preventable" determination. Where did the accident review committee come down? Find out here.
December 6, 2024
Overdrive Extra
Post-election optimism yields opportunity: A new start for your trucking business
A big shift in mood post-election -- with so many owners having hung on for months, even years for the chance to move forward with optimism -- delivers opportunity for a reset. Yet don't let knee-jerk reaction overtake the necessity of careful planning.
December 3, 2024
Overdrive Extra
We're thankful! And: Kick the tires of Overdrive's new 'Load Profit Analyzer'
A message of thanks to all the owner-operators in the audience. And: First look at a load profit comparison calculator we'd love for you to kick the tires on. Take a run through Overdrive's Load Profit Analyzer.
November 28, 2024
Regulations
Trucker rips off a loading bay door -- preventable?
Trucker John Doe was backing into a loading bay when, suddenly, the motorized bay door closed on his trailer. Could the accident, ultimately damaging the door extensively, be anything other than nonpreventable?
November 22, 2024
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champs pay it forward: Hard-earned trucking knowledge
Today on Overdrive Radio, the annual roundtable with Overdrive's Small Fleet Champ finalists, featuring mistakes made and overcome, trucking business lessons learned, and a strong pay-it-forward focus for the next generation of ownership.
November 18, 2024
Overdrive Extra
You don’t get any do-overs: A word of caution about expanding by leasing on owner-operators
"Once it goes wrong, just like it did for me, it’s too late." The words of W. Joel Baker here offer a warning for one-truck owners against too-quick expansion without careful preparation and due diligence around operators you're contracting with.
November 13, 2024
Business
How to fight a FreightGuard or other negative review of your trucking company
An experienced lawyer and a carrier reputation management expert dish "Dos and Don'ts" of responding to bad reviews, also detailing horror stories of carrier blackmail and extortion via brokers' threats of FreightGuards.
October 31, 2024
Business
How to beat brokers at their own game and win direct freight
Brokers land big dedicated freight contracts all the time without knowing the ins and outs of hauling, so why can't you? Here's how to beat the brokers at their own game: Sales.
October 28, 2024
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