Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: challenges
Overdrive Radio
Local/regional fuel hauling and the winter volume boost, cost tradeoffs and more
This week’s Overdrive Radio podcast features small fleet owner Dave Marti of Forrest, Ill., with six power units leased to Transport Services of Sullivan, Ill., hauling fuel in the region around his home base, and a newly built six-bay shop. Balancing the volume/cost tradeoffs is one of the many calculations the owner’s learned to make over his years in business.
February 1, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Owner-operator income benchmarking, freight relationships and best practices
Listen as Todd Amen, Keven Rutherford, and Richard DeForest take on current events in trucking, how to deal with customers, and best business practices.
September 21, 2018
Overdrive Extra
A health case for hours of service change
Leased owner-operator Clifford Peterson: “Those who make the case for the hours of service status quo ignore the health and well-being of an American icon, the over-the-road truck driver, in favor of maintenance of the bottom line.”
June 25, 2018
Business
DataQs service for J.J. Keller ELD, log-audit customers
This free-of-charge assistance for challenging roadside violations will help drivers combat unwarranted violations and more. Details here on Overdrive.
June 19, 2018
Channel 19
Household goods hauling: Challenges explored with moving veteran Fred Metzler
Fred Metzler stresses what he sees as unique household hauling challenges — and practices of some companies that are cutting into owner-operators’ incomes in the space significantly. Also: Wes Memphis says good-bye to his paper logs in week one of an electronic transition.
April 23, 2016
Channel 19
Friday round-up: Small-fleet struggles hit the mainstream, apnea ‘twilight zone’ the local paper
A local paper in Minnesota gets the apnea issue more or less right. And: To adapt or not to adapt — the Wall Street Journal paints small-carrier woes with broad brush, with mixed results.
September 25, 2015
Business
You can’t get there from here
“South Street: ‘The street my cousin lives across from. You know, the girl who married a big red-headed guy.’ Giving directions to people is really difficult, but here’s the thing: I know this about myself and so don’t attempt to give directions.”
August 3, 2014
Custom Rigs
New project truck for owner-operator Rick Weisheit: ’78 KW
Bouncing back from a severe case of psoriasis, Rick Weisheit Jr. embarks on a custom build with a 1978 Kenworth W900.
April 19, 2014
Business
Retrofit-DPF sales to satisfy California regulations lag
The total number of verified DPFs sold by companies for diesels operating in California in the first half of 2013 was 3,508 and includes both passive and active DPFs.
August 5, 2013
Voices
Poll: What issues should the new DOT Secretary make his highest priority?
We asked — you responded. From the many comments suggesting appropriate efforts for the top transportation officer in the land, we put together this poll on needed action from incoming Secretary Anthony Foxx.
July 1, 2013
Overdrive Extra
The California challenge
Operators of pre-2007 trucks who currently operate in California have some tough choices coming with CARB’s truck emissions rules — here are some ways to think about them to help navigate.
May 27, 2013
Channel 19
Watch those post-crash-inspection violations
They shouldn’t be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier’s ranking in any CSA BASIC if the violation was a result of the crash.
May 6, 2013
Page 1 of 2
Next Page