Tag: fleet profiles

Business

New minimum-revenue guarantee program for leased owner-operators

The CloudTrucks program is intended to backstop revenue for leased owners in a topsy-turvy market for brokered freight, which represents the majority of freight within the platform, though the company's made recent strides with shippers, too.

January 9, 2024

Small Fleet Champ

Globex Transport's owner-operator focus yields big growth in most recent two years

Owner Tommy Piluyev's skill managing freight negotiations from the office, and increasingly his ability to delegate to a back-office core of employees with similar abilities, have helped spur that growth. A very low owner-op-to-dispatcher ratio helps.

September 29, 2022

Small Fleet Champ

After record 2021, and amid setbacks, Suprise Trucking charts the path forward

Commitment to owner-op and employee success has translated to revenue growth year after year. Suprise grossed $1 million for the first time in 2020, and shattered that in 2021. Diversification and investment in people lays groundwork for the future.

September 19, 2022

Small Fleet Champ

10-truck Triple R Trucking pivots to flatbed, power-only amid fast-falling rates

Krystal Raue launched the company in 2014 after buying equipment from her retiring father. She has delivered consistent profits to owner-ops -- currently 9 plus her husband in the lone company rig -- with nimble shifts in freight focus with the market.

September 12, 2022

Overdrive Radio

A stolen truck, a freight scam and a big re-evaluation on the road to small fleet success

Hear CAP Trucking's success story, hauling from a home base in Florida, in this edition of Overdrive Radio -- in owner Chris Porricelli's own words. His is the voice of a man in clear control of his business after overcoming dramatic setbacks.

September 9, 2022

Small Fleet Champ

Holtkamp Transportation goes from a part-time job to $6 million operation

Les Holtkamp worked in sales for a large wholesale crop protection company before he founded this now multi-million dollar trucking enterprise, with 25 power units in the stable and a handful of owner-operators leased on as well.

September 1, 2022

Business

Clark Transfer: Minimum revenue guarantee for leased owners gaining traction

How this show hauler and its 100% owner-operator fleet are bouncing back after its entire universe of customers shut down during COVID: A minimum revenue guarantee, fuel-surcharge changes, and more designed to communicate commitment to contractors.

July 13, 2022

Equipment

A run at mobile CO2 capture, straight from the stacks

Remora Carbon, unlike many technologies built with greenhouse-gas reduction in mind, is putting initial affordability and long-term profit for customers at the center of the company's moves into business, the smallest fleets targets as tests start.

July 12, 2022

Business

How fleet's operator-first approach seeks to pay off for leased haulers

From company culture to high-load-percentage compensation, Minnesota-based Long Haul Trucking aims to make sure its leased owner-operators are well taken care of.

July 5, 2022