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Channel 19
Rumblings of protest out West in wake of California contractor law
A look at one of several flyers going around the Oakland port calling for protest November 4. One watcher believes they’re coming from owner-ops there and elsewhere in the state frustrated with what they’re being told in consultation with companies they contract with for freight about changes in the wake of California’s independent contractor classification law.
October 25, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Even in a roaring market, think twice before joining the stampede
This week’s Overdrive Radio podcast features this talk, delivered by former small fleet owner and longtime radio host Kevin Rutherford at MATS, on prioritizing all the new risk and responsibility of trucking with authority, toward better income. Significant wild-card today: Inexplicably high cost of insurance for some carriers.
April 12, 2019
Business
Cargo van hauling: Operating with authority, and the ‘multicarrier’ model
With few owner-ops operating with authority in the expedited niche, around the time of the Great Recession many van drivers were desperate for any way to stay loaded. A multicarrier model arose in which van owner-operators essentially negotiate loads in leased arrangements with a multiplicity of expedited carriers.
April 10, 2019
Business
TBS Factoring helping drivers apply for authority at GATS
TBS will be in Booth No. 1644 at the show helping drivers apply for MC/DOT numbers and BOC-3 authorities, waiving its normal service fee. Drivers will still be required to pay the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s $300 permanent authority fee.
July 13, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Analyst notes potential offset to ELDs’ productivity hit
Todd Amen of ATBS predicts that the strong freight market, and with it owner-operator net income, will continue to grow into 2019.
March 15, 2018
Business
Progressive Insurance releases tool aimed to help bring more drivers into trucking
Progressive’s New Trucker’s Playbook walks potential truckers through the process of becoming a truck driver from getting a CDL to obtaining MC and USDOT numbers to getting the right insurance.
October 7, 2016
Business
Notes on being the boss
“For those of you who have unpleasant boss stories, or are living an unpleasant boss story, know that you’re not alone, and there are people who understand your desire to watch your boss be rolled in honey and planted in an ant hill.”
July 27, 2016
Business
FMCSA delays implementation date of URS online carrier registration portal
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has delayed the final implementation of its Unified Registration System until Jan. 14, 2017.
July 20, 2016
Business
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 …18, 19, 20?
Decisions, decisions, decisions — more from Wendy on the wonders and woes of filing for your own authority.
July 8, 2016
Business
Notes on being professionals
In which George and Wendy get a DOT number, wait out their near-finished truck makeover and anticipate new freight with Diesel Life.
June 17, 2016
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Another CDL test scheme, driver forges med cert
Another CDL test distributor has been caught being bribed for answers; a trucker has been caught with a medical certification form he forged himself; and a Louisiana fleet owner has been sentenced for falsifying his application for authority.
June 16, 2016
Business
Cash flow, insurance, more about getting your authority
Getting your own operating authority is usually a straightforward process, but it’s still got enough hoops to jump through, complete with red tape, that a new entrant should allow three weeks to get approval.
May 18, 2016
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