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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
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August 13, 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
Small Fleet Champ
Turnage & Sons' size balancing act with organic bulk milk: Small Fleet Champ update
After growing the fleet to as many as 40 trucks, Robbie Turnage found balance right around 30 trucks to ensure equipment's maintained, drivers and customers taken care of. With time running out before the July 31 Small Fleet Champ entry deadline, the 2025 finalist noted change on that front. He never expected he'd haul milk from the Southeast to California.
July 7, 2026
Overdrive Radio
Small Fleet Champ: Last month to enter! And: Meet Mike Singleton, chroncling life OTR
On Overdrive Radio, a personal call to beat the July 31 deadline to compete in Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship, and: Former trucker Mike Singleton's story of OTR inspiration for his "Blacktop Chronicles" ongoing effort to give voice to trials and tribulations of working owners, drivers.
July 6, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Trucking insurance: How to make underwriters fight for your business
An
Overdrive
2025 Small Fleet Champ's flatbed biz makes good on growth goals with a transparent promise to owner-operators: 15% of the gross for costs, no insurance chargebacks. "We had companies fighting over our business" this year, he said, with similarly transparent ELD data engagement.
May 18, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Championship for 2026: Enter now
Get in the ring to compete for the title belt! Overdrive's 2026 Small Fleet Championship is now open to competitors among trucking companies operating 3 to 30 trucks with authority. Test your trucking mettle: Enter today.
May 17, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Overdrive's 2026 Small Fleet Championship
Do you have what it takes? Enter the 2026 small-fleet competition to put your small trucking company in the running to claim the vaunted title belt. Fleets operating 3 to 30 trucks through 2025 year-end are eligible.
May 1, 2026
Small Fleet Champ
Roadside war stories, camaraderie, ownership advice: Small Fleet Champs deliver
This week's edition of Overdrive Radio drops into the Small Fleet Champ awards ceremony and a side roundtable talk with the four finalists: Clifford Hay Inc., Thomasville Furniture Xpress, Turnage & Sons, and Oberman Logistics. The owners traded war stories from hefty tow bills (how's $15K for four miles) and plenty tried-and-true advice for the move from one truck to many.
November 3, 2025
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