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Channel 19
The feast or famine of owner-operator income, in good times and bad
With greater risk comes greater reward — and potential for loss. Some results from Overdrive’s recent compensation survey bear out the truism, with the largest shares of owner-ops at top and bottom rungs of the income ladder. Respondents’ thoughts on market performance and income through 2018, too, show a similar dynamic.
June 26, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Analyst notes potential offset to ELDs’ productivity hit
Todd Amen of ATBS predicts that the strong freight market, and with it owner-operator net income, will continue to grow into 2019.
March 15, 2018
Business
Many readers feel little change in clean inspections
While more clean inspections overall may well be the reality for inspections recorded in the federal Motor Carrier Management and Information System database, Overdrive’s audience of mostly owner-operators is more skeptical.
December 28, 2017
Business
Hot, cold states for reefer freight
Freight, rates trend of the week: A closer look at the spot market reefer segment, including; How to get back from Philadelphia to Green Bay to maximize loaded revenue.
July 29, 2015
Overdrive Extra
Is going independent a fading dream?
An Overdrive poll in late 2013 showed half of our readers believe industry changes have made it more difficult to get your operating authority and be profitable.
May 20, 2014
Channel 19
Pay by performance, rate trends
Was 2013 the year that changed driver pay forever? Gordon Klemp seems to think so. Catch a vid with him here from the TCA meeting in Nashville and find out why. Some potentially good news in it for independents.
February 1, 2014
Business
Demand rising for spot market flat freight
Rates reversed a downward trend in late July due primraily to growing volume in flatbed freight, DAT reported.
July 31, 2013
Business
Carriers who pursue volume-only goal in competition are dampening good rate environment
To many carriers “seem to want to compete this way. And who gets hurt? Drivers, small businesses, people all throughout the industry.”
July 26, 2013
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
Business
Pay trends, part 2: Various segments rewarding performance
Carriers like Nussbaum Transportation (dry van), Melton Truck Lines (flatbed) and TWT Refrigerated are boosting pay in new ways to attract owner-operators and company drivers.
October 17, 2012
Business
Tonight: Keeping up with driver pay
Gordon Klemp will present the latest trends in compensation for owner-operators and company drivers in this free webinar.
July 25, 2012
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