Tag: Owner-operators' Top Challenges: Page 2

Voices

Long live the owner-operator!

Is the owner-operator a dying breed? Voices responding to the question posed on the Overdrive Extra blog suggest a shift in profitability toward short-haul niches.

April 10, 2013

Channel 19

One hauler’s rate benchmark and more on pricing

Two operators share views on methods toward boosting rates to profitable levels — one offering a perspective in favor of price re-regulation.

December 20, 2012

Channel 19

Don’t pay for the privilege to haul

Second Wind Transport independent owner-operator Greg Trott was offered a load recently he would have paid out of pocket to haul — had he made the wrong decision and taken it.

December 11, 2012

Voices

Making the most of idle time with uncompensated detention solutions

Readers voices views on the issue of uncompensated detention time at shipper and receiver facilities, an agreed-upon top problem for driver and owner-operators today.

November 7, 2012

Channel 19

Monday round-up: Twisted traffic light, missing person, CSA No. 1 concern

Imagine pulling up to a 75-signal traffic light — would you ignore it? And: CSA is increasingly under fire from the industry, more on a missing Oklahoma teenager.

November 5, 2012

Channel 19

Obama, Romney show no substance on fuel prices

Take two of the Obama-Romney 2012 debate season offered no substance on the role of government in fuel prices, despite current efforts to rein in speculation: ultimately, there’s a reason for that.

October 20, 2012

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

Voices

A look in the mirror: Is Overdrive ‘fit for duty?’

Readers respond to Overdrive‘s August 2012 cover story, “Fit for duty,” about carrier efforts to recruit former military service members to driver ranks.

August 20, 2012

Channel 19

More O/O challenges: Image, health, parking…

After primary reporting on owner-operators’ top five challenges, sources offer their personal sixth — from parking, training standards and health to driver image and industry unity to influence public opinion and regulatory direction.

August 16, 2012

Channel 19

Low rates, high fuel ’round the world

U.S. trucking is by no means alone today with high-fuel-price, low-rate challenges.

August 13, 2012

Channel 19

Equipment: Probing sticker shock

Reports from operators show roughly a 30 percent rise in new-tractor pricing between 2006 and 2012 model years. Find out how operators are reacting to that rise — and some advice — in supplementary reporting on the No. 5 top challenge to owner-operator businesses.

August 10, 2012

Business

Owner-operator challenges, No. 5: High equipment costs

Rates aren’t 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