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Voices
POLL: Freight rates: up or down since the end of June?
With seasonal and regulatory changes (hours of service) in play, this poll interrogates rate conditions for owner-operators around the nation.
July 23, 2013
Business
Short and sweet: Pros, cons of length-of-haul trends
Part 1 in a two-part length-of-haul analysis presents owner-operator advantages/disadvantages of the trucking trend to shorter haul length in reefer and dry van segment.
July 8, 2013
Owner-operator Bruce Johnston
Overdrive Extra
Why be an owner-operator?
The industry has made it way too easy to move from being an employee driver to owning a truck. Far too many drivers give no real thought as to what it means.
April 23, 2013
Company drivers looking to make the switch to truck ownership, take heed: Because you’re used to focusing on driving, it’s easy as a new owner-operator to throw paperwork in a drawer and plan on getting to it later. But not keeping up with business details can cost you thousands.
Voices
POLL: Has your income improved over the last year?
Vote in this poll probing economic improvement for owner-operators over the last year. Is your business doing better?
April 17, 2013
Regulations
Plaintiffsā€™ written arguments filed in CSA suit
A group of carriers, brokers and other trucking stakeholders filed written arguments in its case against FMCSA alleging agency overreach with its May CSA guidance.
January 3, 2013
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Business
Dollars and dental care
Dental care is essential to staying healthy, which in turn, plays a role in keeping your business healthy.
November 12, 2012
Look for dental products that you that easily can be used on the road.
Voices
Reader: ā€˜We built our business one day at a timeā€™
Overdrive reader Steve Bixler, in a team operation hauling frack sand with his wife, Doris, offers kudos on Max Heineā€™s ā€œWho built your business?ā€ column.
September 14, 2012
Steve and Doris Bixler and their 1989 Freightliner COE
Channel 19
NASTCā€™s ā€˜Daily Fuel Hedgeā€™ and discount program
Two fuel-price fighting tools from the National Association of Small Trucking Companies ā€” their Quality Plus Network of fuel stops offering members cost-plus discounts and their Daily Fuel Hedge.
August 2, 2012
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Overdrive Extra
PHOTOS: Cover shoot outtakes with crude hauler
Find a photo gallery of Overdriveā€™s July 2012 cover shoot with crude-hauling owner-operator Jimmy Lessley in Texas ā€” and more about how the owner-operator got into the oil business.
July 26, 2012
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Channel 19
Oil/gas boom in N.D. generates owner-operator opportunities
A report from an NPR listener bemoaned truck traffic in his native Watford City, N.D., associated with the oil boom ā€” but that boom is proving golden for many owner-operators.
July 26, 2012
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Channel 19
Ferro introduced to CSA ā€˜8th BASICā€™: Driver turnover
Some watchers contend carriersā€™ driver turnover rates should be considered in computing ultimate safety scores in CSA.
June 28, 2012
Channel 19
New freight-finding Android app from ATS
A new freight matching app for owner-operators and other carriers comes by way of Anderson Trucking Serviceā€™s brokerage wing, ATS Logistics. It didnā€™t arrive in time for my cover story in the November edition of Truckers News, a survey of on-highway apps making life easier for drivers on the road today, so Iā€™m sharing here. [ā€¦]
October 27, 2011
Ats Freight Match
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