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Overdrive Extra

Wide loads to a narrow niche: Houseboat hauler and expert diesel mechanic Greg Parks

The story of how a personal need in 2010 brought the longtime diesel shop owner to the ultra-specialized business of houseboat hauling, which is a significant though still part-time portion of his week-in, week-out work out of Camden, Arkansas.

January 10, 2023

Business

Trucking's toughest niche? What it takes to haul logs

Log hauling is a tough business that not every operator can stomach, but for the ones that do, it's pure adrenaline. In some cases, small fleet owners don't even consider an on-highway driver it's such a different game.

October 5, 2022

Equipment

Famous TikTok-er Chace Barber's attempt to change log hauling

Chace Barber has made headlines for transforming a '62 Kenworth into a hybrid diesel/electric truck, but he has deep roots in trucking and maybe just what it takes to make EVs old-school cool.

October 5, 2022

Small Fleet Champ

Customer diversification key to Lamb Fuels' recent growth

The Chula Vista, California-based petroleum-hauling fleet has grown from 14 trucks at the end of 2018 to 23 today, thanks in large part to the addition of new business units hauling aviation fuel and retail gasoline.

September 8, 2022

Business

‘Rough and tough’ isn’t always part of the oilfield hauler’s job description

Though many oilfield drivers tend to have a “rough and tough” outlook to get the job done no matter the cost, this small fleet owner among others looks for drivers without prior oilfield experience for more of well-rounded appreciation of the work.

May 12, 2022

Business

Oilfield hauling: Strategies to mitigate higher maintenance costs with off-road work

“We’re constantly beating ... the truck": From additional wear and tear on tires and suspensions to the truck's cab itself, costs for maintaining equipment working the oilfields trend a great deal higher than in other mostly on-highway trucking segments.

May 12, 2022

Business

How to jumpstart a career trucking in oilfield services

Breaking into the oilfield business as an independent or small fleet without any prior experience as an operator isn’t an easy task. Here find insight from the pros on setting yourself up for success.

May 12, 2022

Business

Truckers mostly filling up on profits in ‘feast or famine’ oilfield trucking niche

The oilfield segment of trucking is as diverse as the trucking industry itself. With flatbeds hauling equipment, liquid bulk tankers hauling water and crude, pneumatic tanks hauling frac sand and more, opportunities in oilfield abound.

May 12, 2022

Overdrive Radio

Power only: A springboard for this owner-op's growth

How is it that this small fleet owner's been able to recruit when so many of his large-carrier counterparts sound like they’re facing the greatest shortage in history when they talk about drivers? Find out on Overdrive Radio.

December 17, 2021

Business

Owner-operators identify power-only drawbacks -- added costs, stiff rates, trailer headaches

Limitations within power-only operations identified by recent Overdrive survey respondents include significant headaches associated with non-owned trailers, more deadhead miles as a general rule, new costs and difficulty negotiating rates.

December 13, 2021

Business

Power-only pros: Chief benefits include factors that ease scaling-up process

Power-only owner-operators identify a myriad of advantages to trucking independent without an owned trailer, many of which add up to greater possibilities for scaling up to a small fleet in the right operation. Find much more from the pros here.

December 9, 2021

Business

How COVID fast-tracked an explosion in power-only trucking

Compared to intermodal and auto-hauling operations previously explored, long-tail COVID pandemic ramifications have been decidedly more positive for power-only independent operators, the focus of this part of Overdrive's "Niche Hauls" series.

December 8, 2021