Tag: Cody Blankenship

Business
Cycle analysis: Geographical freight, rate trends
In all segments, the top states for rates on outbound loads show contiguous areas spread across the Midwest and South. For inbound states, the Northeast dominates, but complications abound.
June 29, 2015
Explore quarterly rate changes by state displayed in heat maps for flat, dry van and reefer segments by following this link.
Business
Cycle analysis: Assessing rate patterns by negotiation day, time of day, quarter and geographical area
Overdrive’s review of data mined by the Truckstop.com load board reveals trends in negotiation timing and lanes. Some could surprise you – and even reward you.
June 18, 2015
Click on the image to examine a larger version of this chart, showing negotiation day-of-the-week rate highlights in 2014. Explore the same data in online interactive form at this link to Overdrive‘s interactive rates tool.
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Entry level driver training conversations following rulemaking committee meeting
Will traditional training approaches survive the Entry Level Driver Training rulemaking? If statutory language is any indication, it’s likely. Voices on training standards/practices in this podcast.
March 9, 2015
Delaware-based Richard Wilson, among others, shares his experience with informal pre-CDL training in the Entry Level Driver Training podcast below. Find him via the website of his independent TCRG Consulting business.
Business
The vape escape — Survey shows growing use among operators
More and more truckers are vaping to get away from tobacco’s dangers. It’s working for some, though it has drawbacks.
February 9, 2015
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Business
Checking in with independent Cody Blankenship at GATS
Waco, Texas-based independent owner-operator Cody Blankenship brings the family to GATS — what’s he been up to lately? Update here…
August 23, 2014
We caught up with Cody Blankenship at GATS with his wife and 4- and 6-year-old daughters at the Delo booth.
Business
New Entrant test debated in initial regulatory session
Call 530-408-6423, 530-40-VOICE, to contribute thoughts on the New Entrant test rulemaking under way to an upcoming Overdrive podcast. Two more federal sessions, in March at MATS and April at CVSA, are planned.
January 14, 2014
Overdrive‘s January cover story charted the particulars of gaining operating authority. The New Entrant test FMCSA is crafting would put yet another step in that process. Find Part 1 of the story via this link.
Business
Be your own boss: 14 ‘do or die’ compliance duties
Failure to perform these 14 tasks will automatically fail you when the FMCSA comes calling for your New Entrant Safety Audit in the first 18 months you’re in business.
January 10, 2014
Blankenship weighing in legal
Business
Be your own boss: The wonders and woes of getting your own authority
It can be a hard road, but with careful planning and a little luck, getting your own authority can be a plus for operational freedom and income.
January 6, 2014
Cody Blankenship’s 4B Transportation
Custom Rigs
10,000th student for B.R.A.K.E.S.; Keeping up a classic 359
10,000 more teen drivers now have been trained on safety around big trucks. Also: Photos of one classic workhorse of a 359.
December 21, 2013
Todd Modderman and BRAKES, photo by John Davison
Channel 19
Last haul from the Texas pea harvest: Unloading with Cody Blankenship
Photos and reporting from a Bells, Tenn., unload with Cody Blankenship, who sees parking availability as the biggest issue going, despite Jason’s Law. Hours, e-logs compound the problem…
December 17, 2013
Owner-operator Cody Blankenship
Channel 19
Rate undercutting getting worse?
Independents are feeling the pinch in certain quarters — some contend rate undercutting by other carriers without the business sense to make a healthy profit are a sizable part of the problem.
September 26, 2013
Recognize this 1978 Mack R-767ST? It’s a replica owner-operator Robert Steele put together of the Rubber Duck 1978 RS700L used in Sam Peckinpah’s class “Convoy” film. The truck, powered by an old 500 Cummins, Steele says, shows but one difference from the 1978 RS700L used in the film — the top of the hood is not quite as tall. Steele had to modify the RS700L grille to fit the 767. Steele uses the rig only sparingly, but says it’d look great at the head of a convoy. Read his letter appealing for greater industry unity in our Voices section here.
Voices
Roundup: Return fire in owner-operator war, driverless trucks, truck-stop cuisine…
Independent rebuttal to prognosticators of insurmountable challenges of the owner-operator model; Driverless trucks: income opportunity?; Insurance: “we’ve got to stop this bill dead.”
August 15, 2013
Cody Blankenship’s truck and reefer
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