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Custom Rigs

One serious Series 60 in action at truck pull in N.Y.

A look under the hood of owner-operator Erich Owens’ 2001 Western Star powered by a 12.7-L Detroit capable of pushing 2,000 horsepower at a truck pull, then moving back to freight hauling serving the mushroom industry.

July 25, 2013

Channel 19

Expediter meets vintage Coke machine meets pro golfer Brandt Snedeker

What happens? One odd load for husband-wife team owner-operators Bob and Linda Caffee.

November 19, 2012

Business

Expedited advantage, part 2: Pay

In a poll of owner-operators at OverdriveOnline.com, more than 60 percent of respondents called the potential for better income the chief attraction of expediting. More on pay in part 2 of this series.

November 16, 2012

Business

Expedited advantage, part 1: Equipment, carriers

The time-sensitive freight niche could be one of the last profitable bastions of irregular route long-haul, offering fuel mileage and other reduced costs, more income on fewer miles and load and lane novelty.

November 14, 2012

Channel 19

Hauling expedited — in a Nissan?

Morris Finley hauls expedited freight (mostly auto parts destined for final air leg to assembly plants) in and around Nashville, Tenn., in a 2012 two-skid-capable Nissan NV2500 high-top cargo van.

October 25, 2012

Channel 19

Expediting: Singing the praises with Don Lanier

A chance meeting with expedited driver Don Lanier yields insights into the segment.

October 13, 2012

Voices

Poll: What is the most attractive aspect of expedited trucking?

October 3, 2012

Channel 19

Pride & Polish: Business class?

Expediting owner-operators Linda and Bob Caffee, after participating in the GATS Pride & Polish in 2012, offered up an idea for a new class focused on biz performance and professionalism.

October 1, 2012

Channel 19

Expediter pays witness to slim Obama victory

Checking in with Landstar-leased expediter Phil Madsen and his “Learning something new every day” blog.

September 20, 2012

Overdrive Extra

MADSEN: With more value-added services on trucks, driver value declines

If you missed this post to Phil Madsen’s Learning Something New Every Day blog, from earlier in the month, give it a gander soon as you can. It’s a must-read for the quality of analysis it gives to the expediting owner-operator’s first experience with software that can, with an operator’s permission, track his cell phone […]

June 23, 2012

Channel 19

Heads-up: Senate EOBR mandate gets a push

The mandate for interstate carriers in the United States to use electronic onboard recorders for hours of service tracking that is in the Senate’s two-year highway bill proposal — S. 1813, currently in conference with a House six-month temporary reauthorization and experiencing no shortage of debate — got a little push from a few big players […]

June 12, 2012

Business

Big decision made today

Decison made: I’m going to write a book about expediting.

March 20, 2012