Tag: Rico Muhammad

Overdrive Radio

‘Twice as good’: Rico Muhammad on race-related opportunity barriers, trucking or otherwise

Previously on Overdrive Radio, Rico Muhammad detailed personal experience with policing issues. Listen as he elucidates race-related opportunity barriers today.

July 2, 2020

Overdrive Radio

Having the ‘difficult conversations’: Race in trucking, wider U.S. culture with owner-op Rico Muhammad

In this week's Overdrive Radio, owner-operator Rico Muhammad details some of his own experiences of police interactions as an African-American. Listen here.

June 25, 2020

Business

How to report — or threaten to report — bad brokers, take action for payment recourse

What recourse action can you take against a broker for nonpayment? Learn how to report or threaten to report bad brokers here on Overdrive.

March 19, 2020

Business

How to vet brokers’ credit before taking a load

It's important to vet the credit risk you're taking to prevent getting stuck with the load with no compensation. Here's how.

March 17, 2020

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs up the ante on parking

Check out the unintended effect of the ELD mandate on parking and what truckers are saying about the parking situation across the U.S. on Overdrive.

May 30, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

Dealing with hours violations beyond your control in ELDs

Recording hours with ELDs: State and federal law enforcement officials urge drivers to practice blunt honesty in special cases, using annotations on duty statuses and status changes to explain the situation in detail. In many cases, officer leniency could prevail.

December 7, 2017

Overdrive Radio

Carriers’ ‘magic eraser’ role in compounding uncompensated-detention issue: Rico Muhammad on the e-log shift

As a trade-off for the ultimate hassle of mandated e-logs, in this Overdrive Radio podcast Muhammad’s hopeful owner-operators can both individually and collectively use the change as a cudgel to their advantage when dealing with brokers, shippers, receivers … anyone who would insist on wasting drivers’ time.

November 14, 2017

Channel 19

E-logs and detention, redux | An 800-pound gorilla in need of a few good lumpers

Will ELDs point the way out of the detention ‘quagmire’? If they do, it won’t happen all at once, no doubt. Could be a wild ride ahead …

February 9, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs and the detention quagmire

Rico Muhammad’s reefer freight operation, based in Atlanta, is comprised of two trucks operating primarily in the Southeast and sometimes outside the region. He names detention’s operational quagmire as perhaps the principal issue for owner-operators moving to ELDs.

February 8, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs’ early adopters face productivity, operational challenges

Examining the operational impacts of fully engine-connected electronic logging devices both positive and negative — adopted by these independents and leased small fleets/operators, well ahead of the ELD mandate.

February 7, 2017

Channel 19

Go Vols? Clemson’s not the only team hopeful of rematch chances

With the college football national championship tonight featuring a rematch from last year’s championship game, team pride has found its way into the day-to-day of highway hauling — van haulers, keep the trailer clean as you can, and if not, keep your eyes on your mirrors stuck in traffic.

January 9, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Early adopters: Getting ahead of the ELD mandate

Most owner-operators still oppose an ELD mandate as the final rule gets closer. Yet some independents see benefits in trying out new technology to adjust to what they believe to be an eventual reality.

August 18, 2015