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Small Fleet Champ: Page 4

Overdrive Extra
Fun, fellowship, safety: Making the most of a day out at a truck parade
Which one of these three things doesn't belong with the other? For Small Fleet Champ contender D. Weaver Trucking recently, it was all in a day's work culminating with participation in TFC Global's annual truck parade/show in Holmes County, Ohio.
September 27, 2023
D. Weaver Trucking team at TFC parade
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Safety-minded owner drives Grayson Transport Service's success
Scott Donaldson, owner of the three-truck fleet, preaches safety to his drivers, who haul around the Greater Atlanta area under the short-haul exemption. With active authority since 2013, he fully struck out on his own in 2018 with two direct customers.
September 25, 2023
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LNL Trucking minds the pennies, stacks up dollars in profits
Bedford, Indiana-based LNL Trucking, a 12-truck fleet specializing in liquid-bulk tanker work, thrives with a focus on financials. Owner Larry Limp found his niche in 2004 and has grown with his customers since.
September 21, 2023
LNL Trucking logo on building
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From one truck to many: D. Weaver Trucking grows through difficult times with end dumps
Year 2019 yielded spectacular income for then-one-truck owner-operator Dannel Weaver. A high tax bill, too, which in part led to a decision to grow the fleet, now at six trucks, including one Weaver still pilots.
September 18, 2023
D. Weaver Trucking shop, home base
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K&D Transport: Third-gen flatbed business running show-quality KWs
Increasing diversification -- led by a stroke of inspiration post-Great Recession and a never-ending focus on maintenance, driver-friendly freight and solid benefits -- transformed K&D to what it is today, a growing 14-truck flatbed biz.
September 14, 2023
K&D Transport trucks
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Wallace & Sons Transport: Specialized bulk loads, confidence and competence
Larry Wallace is a third generation trucker with a versatile skill set, a knack for working on old Detroit and Caterpillar engines, and a sweet little niche carved out hauling bakery residuals.
September 11, 2023
Larry Wallace and his three trucks
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LB Trucking: A right-sized family affair
The family aspect of LB Trucking is evident in every conceivable way, as the company was founded at the house where owner Larry Bredewater grew up. Thirty years later, Bredewater's found a sweet spot at 13 trucks.
September 7, 2023
International LT tractor
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Til Friday Trucking holds strong in the face of declining rates
Til Friday's secret to success sits right there in the name. With fairly regular hours and home every weekend and most nights, drivers and owner-operators believe in owner Michelle Hefner efforts to deliver a work-life balance rarely seen in OTR ops.
September 4, 2023
Til Friday Trucking's 1997 Mack Clifford the Big Red Dog
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Meet Overdrive's 2023 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists
From the 10 fleets named semi-finalists, Overdrive will recognize two finalists each in two separate competitive divisions -- companies with 3-10 trucks and those with 11-30 trucks at the end of 2022 -- before naming a winner in each category.
September 1, 2023
Small Fleet Champs 2023 Semifinalists
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Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship: Deadline for entries extended to July 15
Get your fleet of up to 30 trucks in the running by end of day July 1 for a chance to claim the vaunted title belt. For 2022 champ John McGee Trucking, business continues to evolve for growth and stability with the qualities of success.
June 17, 2023
John McGee Trucking LLC Overdrive Small Fleet 2022 Champ sign
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Small Fleet Champ John McGee Trucking: Almost 100% uptime for 24/7 oilfield biz
Owner McGee sets a high bar for trucking success in the Louisiana oilfield, working hard to deliver solid incomes to drivers by using the fleet's recent-history growth to avoid downtime, save on insurance costs and more.
June 21, 2023
Tank at Simsboro well-site with John McGee Trucking tanker
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A new era for CAP Trucking, Overdrive 2022 Small Fleet Champ
From a 750-square-foot warehouse at the Sanford Farmer's Market to 45,000 feet of space at 32-truck JT Carriers' headquarters, CAP owner and 2022 Small Fleet Champ Chris Porricelli embarks on a new journey with new merger, partnership to build biz.
May 4, 2023
CAP Trucking and JT Carriers logos, side by side
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Enter the ring: Overdrive's 2023 Small Fleet Championship kicks off
If you've built a solid foundation for long-term success through ups and downs of trucking business cycles, you're a worthy contender. Put your fleet (3-30 trucks) in the running for a chance to claim the title belt in one of two divisions.
April 24, 2023
John McGee Small Fleet Champ sign outside of company headquarters
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'It came with work': CAP Trucking's flagship 2003 Peterbilt 379
A visit with 2022 Small Fleet Champ and CAP owner Chris Porricelli yields the story of this '03 classic, bought with the "truck, trailer, bulkhead and pallet jack and with the southbound load" out of Pennsylvania as part of the deal in 2017.
March 1, 2023
Chris Porricellie's 2003 Peterbilt 379
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Running the lease roads to well sites with tank operator Edward Jackson of John McGee Trucking
This bumpy, slippery run with an operator at one of Overdrive's 2022 Small Fleet Champs pulled the small fleet's bread and butter: Production water from oil and gas fields in Northern Louisiana. Ride along to unload in this Overdrive Radio edition
February 24, 2023
Edward Jackson
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Roundtable: Small Fleet Champs on biggest difficulties overcome
Small Fleet Champ finalists answered this question: What's been your biggest business challenge of the past year or two, and what have you done to combat it/mitigate effects? Sit in on the wide-ranging discussion in this Overdrive Radio podcast.
October 28, 2022
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John McGee Trucking, CAP Trucking emerge victorious: 2022 Small Fleet Champs
The final four contenders -- two in each 3-10-truck and 11-30-truck category -- squared off at the NASTC annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee, where owners John McGee and CAP Trucking's Chris Porricelli walked away with the title belts.
October 21, 2022
2022 Small Fleet Champ finalists and winners
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Small Fleet Champs head to Nashville for the final round
Florida-based CAP Trucking will face off with Texas fleet Creech Trucking for the title belt in the 3-10-truck category. In the 11-30-truck category, Iowa-headquartered Holtkamp Transportation is up against John McGee Trucking, out of Louisiana.
October 3, 2022
2022 Overdrive's small fleet champ belts
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