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Business

How mostly owner-op fleet K&J Trucking became the 'Best Fleet to Drive For'

Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based K&J Trucking was named the Overall Best Fleet to Drive For in the small carrier category by CarriersEdge earlier this year. The 83% owner-operator fleet thrives with focus on success of its contractors.

June 21, 2024

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

Butterfly Xpress: Small fleet, big benefits with move toward improved stability

Owner-operator Bill Barhite manages Silt, Colorado-based Butterfly Xpress with his wife, Karen, from the seat of their truck. He strives to support leased owners with the benefits of a large fleet, despite having just 10 trucks as part of his company.

October 2, 2023

Small Fleet Champ

Organic farm grows 12-truck business of Maple Lane Transport

Owner Luke Martin brought in operations manager Chelsie Reynolds in 2021 to take Maple Lane to the next level. Expansion since then has been twofold, mostly with owner-operators leasing on to pull platform freight in addition to the farm's product.

September 28, 2023

Small Fleet Champ

LNL Trucking minds the pennies, stacks up dollars in profits

Bedford, Indiana-based LNL Trucking, a 12-truck fleet specializing in liquid-bulk tanker work, thrives with a focus on financials. Owner Larry Limp found his niche in 2004 and has grown with his customers since.

September 21, 2023

Small Fleet Champ

K&D Transport: Third-gen flatbed business running show-quality KWs

Increasing diversification -- led by a stroke of inspiration post-Great Recession and a never-ending focus on maintenance, driver-friendly freight and solid benefits -- transformed K&D to what it is today, a growing 14-truck flatbed biz.

September 14, 2023

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