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Tag: Randy Carlson
Channel 19
Clarity on the difference beween an AOBRD and âelectronic logging softwareâ
An AOBRD, in many ways, is akin to an ELD â tethered in some way to the truckâs movement itself, so that, in motion, the record is not alterable. Most anymore accomplish that through an ECM link just like an ELD, and in some cases have much of the same functionality. âElectronic logging software,â howeverâŚ
July 26, 2019
Channel 19
Revisiting the soft-market banana peel â freight relationships paying off for some
Randy Carlson âwill have had my operating authority for 25 yearsâ come next May. Right now, âtrucking is the best itâs been in that entire 25 yearsâ in general terms, he says, despite the slowdown for so many in the spot market, illustrating the value of steady freight partners.
July 25, 2019
Channel 19
With the rise in fuel over the last half-year, have rates really risen by much?
Separating out fuel surcharges from average rates over the July 2017 (when fuel prices hit a 2017 trough) to January 2018 period, spot market dry van and reefer rates are still up well more than 10 percent each, flatbed less so.
February 27, 2018
Voices
Business base: Mechanical experience before buying the truck
While knowledge of the working systems of the truck is required of an CDL driver, thereâs no replacement for maintenance experience when it comes to hands-on know-how to save on repairs by doing them yourself, or knowing when not to.
October 19, 2017
Business
What happened to the summer freight doldrums? August starts strong for vans, flats, reefers
DATâs Ken Harper: âHereâs one for the record books: August started stronger for vans than any of the last 18 months. August! Really? What happened to the summer doldrums?â⌠Flatbed, reefer holding fairly strong as well, given the season.
August 11, 2017
Overdrive Radio
The mechanical prowess â and ELD trials and tribulations â of Randy Carlson
Owner-operator Carlsonâs approach to the business follows an early career as a mechanic, learning from his father, who also trucked, then in trade school and on the job at an International dealer â a solid basis on which to build an owner-operator business. Is it less common than it used to be?
August 10, 2017
Channel 19
The cost of pre-2000 ELD regulatory indecision: One winner, and potential losers, among owner-ops
In the Trump era, when governing by Tweet is something of a norm, âregulating by FAQâ might stand to gain in prominence â with scarcely five months remaining prior to the December ELD deadline, recent significant change to the pre-2000 exemption well-illustrates the issues for this owner-operator.
August 1, 2017
Channel 19
Itâs complicated: Channel 19 year in review, part 3
Part 3 in this year in review, in which the âreal Leroy Mercerâ reared his head (sort of â yeah, itâs complicated), and Elves Truckingâs time-card hours compliance strategy didnât look well in light of compliance-review waterboardings, and âŚ
December 30, 2016
Channel 19
The ELD mandateâs double bind for owners of post-1999 trucks with earlier model mechanical engines
Owner-operator Randy Carlson runs a 2001 Freightliner chassis powered by an early-90s Cat 3406B. Itâs increasingly looking like the truck as configured (and others similarly situated) is between a compliance rock and a hard place with the ELD mandate.
December 1, 2016
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