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Electronic Logging Devices

The no-subscription-fee ELD going out of service Jan. 31

The Zed ELD’s shuttering comes just several months after the company touted its Zed Connect platform and refinements to its ELD app at the Great American Trucking Show in August.

December 27, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Choose professionalism to define, and create, your value

Choose to be a professional and you will create value, and you will know what your personal value is worth when it is time to ask for a raise, search for a company to call home, or negotiate that contract with the broker or shipper business partner.

December 11, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Beware what you sign with brokers: Freight-payment offsetting of cargo claims a ‘sucker’s game’

Ever had a broker give you load after load following a cargo claim, then never pay you for any of them? Such can be the case when “right to offset” clauses are included in a brokerage contract. Issues discussed in this Overdrive Radio edition with transportation attorney Hank Seaton, with an outline also of ways to revamp the safety-rating system for small-fleet/owner-op benefit.

December 3, 2018

Business

Independent dispatch providers offer tech, relationship hands in spot negotiations

Learn how owner-operators can utilize independent dispatch providers in spot market negotiations here on Overdrive.

October 10, 2018

Business

Rates on the national level stable over the last few weeks

While load-to-truck ratios and spot rates spiked prior to Hurricane Florence, demand and pricing on a national level has been stable for the last few weeks.

October 5, 2018

Business

Illustrating how Hurricane Florence affected spot market demand

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, DAT Solutions illustrates inbound load-to-truck ratios for vans for the weeks of September 9 and 16, 2018.

October 1, 2018

Overdrive Radio

A two-truck independent’s long climb up from a widow maker to business success

Andre Jackson, an owner-operator, discusses his success in trucking and how he got where is today. Learn all about him and his story on Overdrive Online.

September 27, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Owner-operator income benchmarking, freight relationships and best practices

Listen as Todd Amen, Keven Rutherford, and Richard DeForest take on current events in trucking, how to deal with customers, and best business practices.

September 21, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Investing in relationships — Tips and an amazing story

Trucking radio host Kevin Rutherford speaks on proving yourself to be of extra value to your customer. Check out the video here on Overdrive.

September 19, 2018

Business

Prepping your business for the coming downturn

Richard DeForest of ATBS listed ways owner-operators can refine their businesses and prepare for those inevitable tough times. More information here.

September 13, 2018

Channel 19

Owner-operator Alex Prifti’s new authority and, better yet, 1987 359

See how an owner-operator, Alex Prifti, handles the trucking industry at this day in age. Learn all about Prifti and get other owner-operator news on Overdrive.

September 13, 2018

Channel 19

Real-time cash flow clarifies operations for small fleet

Part-owner, Kyle Cousins, discusses Fleenor Bros. Transportation's factoring relationship with MHC Financial. Learn more on Overdrive.

September 12, 2018