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Channel 19
Remembering Carl Rhodes ā with his son, Rick ā after well more than a half century trucking
Rhodes was a fixture of Morgantown, W.Va.-area trucking business since his own father hauled pulpwood in a 1932 Ford. Carl passed August 14, 2020.
November 6, 2017
Channel 19
Rates up: A result of last weekās ELD protests?
Rates havenāt been as good as they were last week since the Snowpocalypse of 2014, notes DATās Ken Harper. But before you attribute that to the number of owner-operators who shut down last week in solidarity with ELD protests around the country, consider truck posts on DAT boards werenāt off by much. Reefer, van demand updates here.
October 11, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Voices on the call for a shutdown starting October 3
This weekās edition of the Overdrive Radio podcastĀ takes a run through the mailbag following last weekās conversations with organizers of two ELD mandate protest actions set to take place in Washington, D.C., beginning Oct. 3.
September 23, 2017
Business
Spot update shows high demand across the country ā vans, flats in detail, disaster-relief opportunities, more
Freight lanes re-orient North-South as demand picture shifts for dry vans. Some platform opportunity exists, notes FEMA contractor Foxhole Logistics, and in general terms the typical late-September-beginning fall freight season may be getting an early start.
September 14, 2017
Overdrive Extra
ATBS forecasts higher owner-operator income
Amen revisited his forecasts from last year and made some new ones during an Overdrive Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last month.
September 6, 2017
Business
August shaping up well on the spot market, all things considered ā van, reefer updates
For vans, reefers, signs still point for strong rates for this time of year, which bodes well for the rest of the third quarter and through to the end of the year on the spot market.
August 25, 2017
Business
Engage.Bid tool can be effective for small carriers working large-shipper RFPs
Devliering the ability to āprice with convictionā is the goal of the tool, released by TMW last year ā it enables carriers to pull shipper RFPsā lane-by-lane requests for rate bids into a proprietary module and apply analysis tools. Then output bids quickly back to RFP lane files, speeding up the process.
August 22, 2017
Channel 19
āThe Driveā owner-operator-focused three-day conference; NPR radio and truckers
āThe Driveā conference, the brainchild of Patriot Star small fleet owners and Trucking With Authority podcast hosts Kenny and Elizabeth Long, happens October 17-19 in North Kansas City.
August 22, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Step deck ownerās journey into mobile information tech, more
How to build an effective organizational system for your smartphone apps ā and just what apps are showing plenty utility for step-deck hauler Joey Slaughter. In this Overdrive Radio edition, also, the operatorās thoughts on ELDs (heās still on paper), broker relationships and more.
August 4, 2017
Business
After hot end of July on the spot market, lucky lanes in van, reefer
The central question remains whether weāll see the typical August slump in freight and rates for vans and reefers, or if the economy has enough oomph to make August as relatively exceptional as July was.
August 3, 2017
Business
Uber Freight update: Regional emphasis shift, personalized app update
With an update beginning roll-out today, the Uber Freight app will learn progressively about user preferences, delivering a āFor Youā pack that will show owner-operators all of their personalized load recommendations.Ā Also: The brokerās new regional emphases around freight hubs on both coasts and in the Midwest.
August 3, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Making the e-log switch: The evolution of small fleet Old Time Express
āI know a lot of people, and especially a lot of drivers, would like to cut my head off when I say this ā¦ā ā thatās Old Timeās Mark White in preamble to some perhaps underappreciated e-log lessons he delivers toward the end of this weekās Overdrive Radio podcast. File under: things people might not want to hear.
July 7, 2017
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