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Small Fleet Champ assesses growing pains, on location at new company headquarters
How C.W. Express owner Steve Wilson shifted from wear-all-the-hats manager to, after near-disaster in 2022, a near-20-truck fleet owner with strong support structures for C.W.’s trucks and drivers, and deft delegation, particularly on the maintenance side of the business.
May 19, 2025
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Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Championship
Do you have what it takes? Enter the 2025 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 2024 year-end are eligible.
May 1, 2025
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Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Championship: Rules and entry form
January 1, 2025
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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
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Small Fleet Champs Paul Rissler Transportation, C.W. Express emerge victorious
Indiana-headquartered C.W. and Rissler, out of Missouri, took home the 2024 Small Fleet Champ title belts after the final round in Nashville, Tennessee, during a special event at NASTC's "best three days in trucking" annual conference.
November 8, 2024
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Four finalist fleets to square off at NASTC show
Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship advances to the ring, with a panel of judges selecting four finalists, two in each size division, to meet in Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 7 for the final rounds. Meet the finalists here.
October 11, 2024
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High Road owner Sharon Lee masters art of prioritization
Tour haul small fleet High Road owner Sharon Lee's in it for the people, not the trucks. "The truck part of the business is a means to an end. I love the company, I love the clients, I love the drivers," and her support of all shines with biz growth.
October 8, 2024
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DPM Logistics: Growth through service, safety for Virginia small fleet
Virginia-based DPM Logistics launche in 2016 moving spot market freight while owner Dave Monsell networked with brokers and local shippers. Now, the majority of the fleet's freight is direct-contracted with a big trailer pool for drop-hook opportunity.
October 3, 2024
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Dedicated lanes, dedicated to operators: Virk Express masters California produce
Despite a tough regulatory environment and high fuel prices, Sunny Virk and Sam Singh's five-truck, two-owner-op Virk Express make the California reefer game work for them with dedicated lanes and dedication to their drivers.
October 1, 2024
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Twice the trucks in just a year: Growth follows demand for Brian Brewer Trucking
The DeGraff, Ohio-headquartered 15-truck fleet sat at just 7 trucks to start 2023. Now, with longtime customers in need of better -- and more -- service around Dayton and Columbus, Brewer's making it happen -- with some new contracts, too.
September 26, 2024
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Customer service, keen business sense drive Paul Rissler Transportation
A 27-year customer relationship with dedicated weekly runs is a big part of what sustains the six-truck fleet, today a debt-free business due to the keen business sense of owners Paul and Michelle Rissler.
September 24, 2024
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Family legacy maintains Southwind Transportation through loss
Samantha Causey took over the family business in 2021 when her father, David Hryc, was diagnosed with cancer. Today, she runs the 12-truck fleet with a keen focus on safety, maintenance and doing right by drivers and owner-ops.
September 19, 2024
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From $13/mile loads in a 'Zombie' truck to stability, growth
Dana Gardner, a contender in the Small Fleet Championship, has owned some pretty spectacularly bad trucks, but found a fellow rising star at TQL of all places to help drive a pandemic cash bonanza toward long-term success.
September 17, 2024
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C.W. Express invests for new growth with team-building prowess, operational expertise
It was "touch and go" in 2022 for C.W. Express owner Steve Wilson, losing part of his right leg after COVID complications. Two years later, though, the small fleet owner's exercising new muscles to springboard the 17-truck company forward.
September 12, 2024
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Jamie Hagen is 'hellbent' on fuel economy, growth with his small fleet
South Dakota-based Hell Bent Xpress is competing in the 3-10-truck division for Overdrive's Small Fleet Champ award as it continues a post-COVID fleet expansion that's seen it go from 1 truck in 2020, to eight trucks to end 2023, and more since.
September 10, 2024
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Meet Overdrive's 2024 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists
At NASTC's annual conference November 7-9, we'll recognize two finalists each in two separate competitive divisions. Today, we're announcing semi-finalists in each category. Congrats to all of them, and good luck!
September 4, 2024
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Two weeks left for Small Fleet Champ entries: 2023 winner well-positioned for economy's turnaround
It's been a bit of a rough year for Butterfly Xpress owner-operators Bill and Karen Barhite, yet the fleet's well-positioned for a turnaround. Their big win last year has helped them weather the storm in one respect.
July 16, 2024
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Small Fleet Champ's team takes do-it-yourself maintenance to new levels
LNL Trucking owner Larry Limp and his brother collaborated to build this gantry crane to remove an ISX for overhaul, the first such engine his shop had done. "We'll see what we can learn," he said, in the process, sure to repeat itself in coming years.
May 16, 2024
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