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Expediting: Singing the praises with Don Lanier
A chance meeting with expedited driver Don Lanier yields insights into the segment.
October 13, 2012
Business
Computing the owner-operator business â Part 2
Part 2 of this series features explores the landscape for web-based models for trucking management software for small fleets and independents â and the mobile integration on the way.
September 21, 2012
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Whence the great rates?
Supplementing reporting on the No. 4 top owner-operator challenge â freight rates â here find an update on the state of pay and further anecdotes, information and perspective from trusted sources.
August 9, 2012
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Playing the cards right in driver appreciation
Personal relationships drive good businesses â nowhere is that more true than in trucking.
August 7, 2012
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Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?
Owner-operatorsâ No. 2 named challenge, the unsettled nature of the hours of service regulations and a potential electronic logs mandate, has moved some to embrace change, others to fight for fairness.
August 3, 2012
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NASTCâs âDaily Fuel Hedgeâ and discount program
Two fuel-price fighting tools from the National Association of Small Trucking Companies â their Quality Plus Network of fuel stops offering members cost-plus discounts and their Daily Fuel Hedge.
August 2, 2012
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Whatâs the worst thing that can happen to a trucking company?
NASTC president David Owen answered the question in the associationâs new entrants seminar July 27, 2012.
July 27, 2012
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CSA two-punch: Second lawsuit brought
A suit against the FMCSAâs CSA program brought by the ASECTT group alleged unfairness to small carriers within FMCSAâs compliance and enforcement regime.
July 19, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Paccar MX tough-tested with Louisville aggregate hauler
Keith Reddenâs retirement dream was to start a trucking firm. âI said if I owned six trucks, I could make a living,â he says. After a start in 2003 with three used Kenworths from a home base in Floydâs Knob, Ind., across the Ohio River from Louisville, his K Redden Trucking business is up to [âŚ]
July 16, 2012
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UV protection and FMCSAâs window-tinting clarification
FMCSA said that âtruck drivers, fleet owners and managers can install a protective window film with over 70 percent net Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) on the side windows of trucks weighing over 26,001 pounds.â
May 8, 2012
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Could EOBRs solve the detention dilemma?
EOBRs can give owner-operators a powerful tool when dealing with customers and the shipping/receiving facilities relative to detention time. Given that stopped time and location is easily retrievable with the systems, operators now have ready-made documentation to prove detention time to the shipper, beyond just driversâ word.
May 4, 2012
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Colin Stuartâs âWorking Class,â shown in Knoxville this weekend
Just as I was wrapping up my time at the Southeastern Regional Truck Show this past Saturday, April 14, what would pull into the lot at Knoxville, Tenn.âs Chilhowee Park on East Magnolia but this stupendous custom 1984 Peterbilt 359, the usually heavy-hauling (he had on a load of pallets Saturday) Working Class of Harvard, [âŚ]
April 16, 2012
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