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Hours of Service
Rocky restart for hours rules
The new hours of service rules began being enforced this week, despite resistance and pleas of concern over cost and productivity from drivers and the industry at large.
July 1, 2013
Channel 19
Driver shortage: An economist and a recruiter āround the bar
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, blogging as part of Freightlinerās new Team Run Smart initiative, breaks down the driver shortage issue in a crafty way: āAn economist and a driver recruiter walk into a barā andā¦
March 2, 2013
Channel 19
Challenge No. 1: Adapting to change
Among the many challenges owner-operators face, perhaps the biggest is choosing exactly how to adapt to industry change to remain competitive and profitabile.
August 22, 2012
Business
Owner-operator challenges, No. 5: High equipment costs
Rates arenāt exactly keeping up with the level of cost increase for equipment, a trend owner-operators have felt hard in the last several years.
August 10, 2012
Channel 19
The forces at work on detention pay
Operators and industry reps weigh in on the problem of uncompensated detention time at shippers and receivers, and what is being and could be done about it. The problem was No. 3 in Overdriveās 2012 poll of top challenges for owner-operators.
August 6, 2012
Hours of Service
Hours and EOBRs: Operator challenge No. 2
Using a survey and our social media channels, we quizzed readers about what they saw as the No. 1 problem for owner-operators. Hereās a closer look at challenge No. 2 of the top five, Hours and EOBRs, with partial solutions from owner-operators, fleet representatives and others.
August 3, 2012
Business
Join radio discussion of top trucking challenges
On the Truth About Trucking Live radio show Aug. 16, 7 p.m. EDT, join Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills for a talk with hosts Allen and Donna Smith about Dillsā āOwner-operatorsā top challengesā feature in Overdrive.
August 2, 2012
Channel 19
O/O challenges: More solutions to high fuel
Outtakes from interviews conducted as part of research into Todd Dillsā āOwner-operatorsā top challengesā feature in the August 2012 edition of Overdrive magazine.
August 1, 2012
Channel 19
Should HHG miles-based pay be illegal?
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, in the conference the Trucking Solutions Group organized Wed., June 20, with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro (Clark is a TSG member owner-operator), presented Ferro with the discrepancy between household-goods miles and actual door-to-door miles. āTheĀ household goods miles system that weāre paid on is often fewer miles than we could legally make a [ā¦]
July 3, 2012
Channel 19
Open call with Anne Ferro
The folks at the Trucking Solutions Group ā including members weāve written about on the blog, from owner-operators Rick Ash and Bob and Linda Caffee to Henry Albert ā are hosting an open conference call with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro today at 3 p.m. EDT today. Call-in details you can find here, and Iāll include [ā¦]
June 20, 2012
Channel 19
What does your fuel surcharge look like?
A poll that asks for owner-operatorsā thoughts on the use of fuel surcharges as a cushioning agent against spikes in fuel prices sparked some discussion on Facebook last week. Owner-operatorsĀ Linda Caffee,Ā Jeff Clark and others were involved, Clark taking the point of view that fuel surcharges were merely a utility for negotiating long-term rates in contracts [ā¦]
June 3, 2012
Channel 19
Channel 19ās Friday trucking news quiz
A brief quiz on the weekās news ā play yourself! Post answers in the comments here then go back through the past weekās blog entries to check your results. Get all five without cheating? You might be my best reader. 4: A Channel 19 regular, no doubt. 3: Thanks for reading! 2: Where have you [ā¦]
June 1, 2012
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