Tag: Brent Hutto

Overdrive Radio

A Truckstop in the halls of Congress, a hotshot carrier’s tech-informed business

Failure to fund road repairs, notes Truckstop.com’s Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto in this week’s edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, can hasten the incidence and increase the likelihood of the perhaps No. 1 reason owner-ops go out business — that’s a major mechanical failure, of course.

July 11, 2019

Electronic Logging Devices

More ELD data hopes and hazards: Load matching efficiency improvements

A variety of players, including some ELD providers, are executing plans to use ELD hours data as a way to help put load offers in front of carriers that have drivers who not only are close to the load but also have sufficient on-duty hours.

June 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

Overdrive Radio

Double-brokered loads, ELD issues, pausing that 14-hour clock already: Friday podcast round-up

This edition of Overdrive Radio further digs in around the expectation mismatch between brokers and carriers in load negotiations — plus more views on the potential for hours of service change from readers.

March 16, 2018

Business

Rate forecast functionality coming to Truckstop.com’s Rate Analysis tool in Q1 2017

The Rate Forecasting tool will allow users to “predict the future” in a sense, offering the ability for carriers and brokers to see with some confidence just “where you’re going with rates,” company reps said.

November 4, 2016