Tag: expedited trucking

Overdrive Radio
90-plus-inch double-bunk sleeper in a cargo van? You bet
Cargo-van owner-operators Darren and Trish Ayres, in this edition of Overdrive Radio, haul in the CDL-required hazmat military-freight niche, and worked with Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Fastlane Products to build a unique sleeper set-up in their Mercedes Sprinter van. Also: More onerous inspection practices that could use discouragement.
March 15, 2019
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Business
Expedite Expo kicks off July 20
Expedited Expo is the only trade show geared exclusively to the owner-operator-heavy expedited segment of the trucking industry. Get more info on Overdrive.
July 10, 2018
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Channel 19
A fine read in owner-operator’s ‘Hotshot Chronicles’ book on expediting
Gary Shade’s book of the expediting life and business could be an important resource for those starting out in the segment.
September 12, 2013
Gary and Barb Shade with pup Oliver and the couple’s Freightliner M2 expediter
Business
Expedited advantage, part 2: Pay
In a poll of owner-operators at OverdriveOnline.com, more than 60 percent of respondents called the potential for better income the chief attraction of expediting. More on pay in part 2 of this series.
November 16, 2012
Expediting advantage poll
Business
Expedited advantage, part 1: Equipment, carriers
The time-sensitive freight niche could be one of the last profitable bastions of irregular route long-haul, offering fuel mileage and other reduced costs, more income on fewer miles and load and lane novelty.
November 14, 2012
Bob and Linda Caffee
Channel 19
Hauling expedited — in a Nissan?
Morris Finley hauls expedited freight (mostly auto parts destined for final air leg to assembly plants) in and around Nashville, Tenn., in a 2012 two-skid-capable Nissan NV2500 high-top cargo van.
October 25, 2012
Morris Finley’s DMW-leased 2012 Nissan NV2500
Voices
Poll: What is the most attractive aspect of expedited trucking?
October 3, 2012
Business
Life makes sense out on the road
Our extended vacation was good but went wrong in some ways.
February 27, 2012
Business
Covering the Sylectus Annual Conference 2012
Mixing and mingling with expedite carrier CEO’s at the Sylectus conference
February 9, 2012
Channel 19
‘Something new every day’: Meeting Phil and Diane Madsen
Phil and Diane Madsen haul expedited in this 2006 Volvo with 132-inch ARI sleeper and 16-foot box. Over the past several years, I’ve called on the pair several different times for perspective on all manner of topics, from truck maintenance/warranty issues to unique hauls to examples of the many owner-operators out there taking to the […]
April 14, 2011
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Channel 19
Small-biz trucker finds his niche with versatility in Battle Creek, Mich.
Jim Wood of Maverick Express in Battle Creek, Mich., was interviewed by the Battle Creek Enquirer newspaper, the talk published in the exceedingly rare (in newspapers) Q&A format. Remarkable results for the trucker, whose boss at the carrier he worked for in his mid-30s told him, as he told the story to Enquirer reporter Andy […]
September 14, 2010
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