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Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champ
'Truckers are survivors': Otto Transfer, TruckWise grab Small Fleet Champ honors
During the evening dinner program of the NASTC conference in Nashville, the Utah-based TruckWise oversize equipment hauling fleet and 80-year Otto Transfer of Delano, Minnesota, emerged victorious as 2026
Overdrive
Small Fleet Champs.
October 30, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Champ-finalist fleet and the brokerage-AI shift: Otto Transfer
Increasing "Uberization" or "Amazonization" of freight outside direct contracts puts real pressure on brokerage relationships Otto's relied on. The fleet’s doing a lot to counter the trend, to adjust to it with its own focus on safety and, truly, breaking through with hands-on customer service.
October 26, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Four small fleets square off for the championship Oct. 29
Trucking companies from California to Minnesota, Utah to Alabama head to Nashville later in October to battle it out for the Small Fleet Champ title belts. Here meet Overdrive's four finalists for 2026.
October 9, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Leading by example: McKinney & Sons' top-notch service, equipment
David McKinney overcame early-career missteps and a bankruptcy just after the turn of the century to build a 15-plus-truck fleet that customers truly can rely on.
October 5, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Leighton Transport offers big-fleet clout with boutique care
Jerome, Idaho-based Leighton Transport has expanded to 28 trucks by blending a driver-first culture and factoring-free financial discipline with the purchasing power of common affiliate Arlo G. Lott Trucking.
October 1, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Beating the '24-hour logbook' competition, with a circle of trust
"Rules give you freedom." It's a mantra for 16-truck small fleet owner Stevey Nikolov.
His owner-operated fleet strives for simplicity for those leased, and continues to make strides despite "24-hour logbook" challenges from unscrupulous competitors.
September 28, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Rocking, rolling: KST Logistics stacks honors after founder's tragic passing
Founding owner-operator Ken Sanders' passing in 2024 was a shocker for the nine-truck flatbed fleet, throwing sole owner Shannon Sanders' life into turmoil. Since, though, she's regrouped, building her "dream team" with an eye on future growth.
September 24, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Decades of careful growth: Car Couriers' auto-haul hustle
Car Couriers' mostly stinger-steer car-haul units run new and used vehicles within Canada and cross-border, building owner Gerry Neilon's reputation for smooth, dependable service.
September 22, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
80 years of specialized excellence: Otto Transfer
Otto Transfer celebrates its 80th anniversary this year after founding with one truck by current co-owner Kevin Otto's father, Charlie, in 1946. It's not many a small fleet that can claim such longevity, testament to the owners' endurance, team-building prowess, service and instincts for advocacy.
September 17, 2026
Overdrive Extra
How much will diesel go up tomorrow?
Expect another 30 cents' worth, according to one fuel network's daily hedge. Reefer rates have been keeping up in the recent period of cost increases, on average, yet the same can't be said for other segments.
September 16, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Customer service, relationships drive TruckWise growth hauling high, wide, ugly
Utah-headquartered TruckWise owner Kevin Haderlie's come a long way from the self-described 'trucking gypsy' of his early years. Since starting the company in 2016, he's built a strong 10-truck foundation for growth with an overdimensional equipment specialty.
September 14, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Drumroll, please ... Meet your Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists
Competing carriers range from a specialized car hauler to several varieties of open-deck small fleet and van pullers who've weathered the prolonged rates slump of prior years intact, thriving. Keep tuned for features detailing all of these fleets in the coming weeks, with plenty insight on setting up for success.
September 9, 2026
Overdrive Radio
Latest $9K parking-lot-trap truck tow: Turn state-local rules to your favor
Just last year, the state of North Carolina explicitly banned the booting of commercial vehicles, yet private-tow tactics for parking enforcement clearly remain available to towing companies with latest headlines reporting a $9K tow bearing hallmarks of a parking-lot trap.
August 24, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champ: Deadline for entry extended to Aug. 15
Here's a huge thanks to every small fleet owner who's put their trucking company in the running for the 2026 awards, and good news for those who haven't: we're extending the deadline a couple weeks through to Aug. 15 for initial entry.
July 31, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Just a few days left to compete for Small Fleet Champ: Enter here
On the line for four 3-30-truck finalist owners are membership benefits through NASTC and a trip to Nashville for the championship event this fall. That's not to mention bragging rights, plenty industry recognition and that vaunted title belt. Enter by July 31 to compete via this short form.
July 24, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Never mind the rates: Small Fleet Champ TFX 'finding ways to be more efficient'
Thomasville Furniture Xpress owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis both got their start in the trucking business as owner-operators decades ago. Today, after long careers centered in the LTL furniture space out of North Carolina, the 2025 Small Fleet Champs ride on strong relationships, profits, and service excellence.
July 16, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champ Wes Oberman harnesses AI coding, builds custom TMS
Owner-operator Wes Oberman built a custom TMS built with Claude Code/ChatGPT assist, saving hundreds each month with a foundation of real transparency for his growing team of owner-operators.
July 14, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Clifford C. Hay Inc., up from ashes, with new hurdles after crashes: Small Fleet Champ update
After taking over the family biz in 1999 with one truck, Clifford Hay II built well beyond a single unit, showing plenty resiliency and commitment to customers. Hay was a 2025 Small Fleet Champ finalist, and with the 2026 July 31 entry deadline fast approaching, the owner's regrouping after another big hit.
July 9, 2026
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