Tag: Owner-Operators: Page 12

Overdrive Extra

Study indicates growing number of independents

A recent jump in carrier registrations might be due to drivers getting their own operating authority.

May 7, 2012

Channel 19

$100 off apnea test; Motorhead Garage TV at Diamond International

Motorhead Garage TV to feature International dealerships this morning Diamond Companies, a holding company for International Truck and IC Bus dealerships in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, will be featured on a special “Big Rig” episode of the Motorhead Garage TV Series on the Fox Sports Network. The episode airs this morning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern and […]

May 6, 2012

Overdrive Extra

How-to: Identify quality air coils

A quality air coil will exhibit good “strength, durability, flexibility, memory recoil and performance in hot and cold temperatures,” say the writers behind parts manufacturer Phillips Industries’ Qwik Tech Tips monthly newsletter. A chief consideration is the material the air line is made of. The company says a shortage of castor beans in 2002-03, the […]

May 5, 2012

Channel 19

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 drivers’ word.

May 4, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Natural gas + trucking = 6 stock tips

It’s interesting to see investors and mainstream business media take note of how the boom in natural gas production is affecting the truck market.

May 4, 2012

Channel 19

Oil gamble on Wall Street? Speculation back in the headlines

President Obama is hammering on oil speculators again, while Republican opponents such as House Speaker John Boehner and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney are calling the talk about speculation hooey, falling back on the same old “drill, baby, drill”-type rhetoric we’ve heard so much of in recent past. Problem with the latter is, well, we […]

May 3, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Driver health audiobook free download

The docs/publishers behind the Man in White organization are trumpeting a 30-day free trial of Audible.com’s download service that enables drivers to download the Truckers’ Road to Health audiobook free of charge (normally, it’s $23.85). I wrote about owner-operator Joe Martin’s contribution of a chapter on in-cab exercise last September, and otherwise the book features chapters put […]

May 3, 2012

Channel 19

Former hauler loses 100 pounds with dance

Need proof “small steps can lead to big results” in attempts to lose weight? Look no farther than “Big John” Drury, who at his heaviest weighed 400 pounds, reported Local 12 News in Cincinnati, Ohio. A resident of nearby Hamilton, the 6’7″ tall former highway hauler lost nearly 100 pounds combining portion control and calorie […]

May 2, 2012

Channel 19

Interviewing NFI ‘roadside midwife’ Mike Hawthorne

How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the unlikely description that can now be appropriately applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne, of Somerdale, N.J. Since I wrote about him several weeks back, the driver, who delivered the third newborn baby of his hauling career in late March, has been back at work delivering […]

May 1, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Could stocks lead natural gas power uptake?

Much has been made in recent times of the traction being gained by natural gas as an energy source to power truck freight transportation. Natural gas powertrains have made their most significant gains to date in vocational markets. Recall my post here in Overdrive Extra about the Ozinga Ready-Mix fleet in Chicago and 13 new […]

May 1, 2012

Business

Pulse

It can be tough to grasp exactly how the turbulence of the last five years has affected the viability of the owner-operator in trucking.

May 1, 2012

Voices

Roadside Attractions

Owner-operators have some strong words, an air force vet finds a third life in trucking, a demand for bee hive transport; plus Truck Gauge, Channel 19 and Truck Gallery are featured.

May 1, 2012