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Channel 19
How to outfit a cargo van for expediting driver comfort on the road
West Michigan Expedite small fleet owner Steve McNeal outlines a set of cargo-van-hauling basics he prefaces by noting there are many ways to upfit a cargo van. Here, heās focused on ways to combat what is an essential issue for drivers of vans in expediting ā comfort on any layover away from home.
April 16, 2019
Business
Cargo van hauling: Operating with authority, and the āmulticarrierā 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
The lowdown on downsizing: Hauling in the cargo van owner-op niche
With its under-10,001-pounds regulatory category, cargo-van hauling might seem to hold the key to addressing some of the biggest complaints among Class 8 owner-operators. But its easy-in/easy-out rep isnāt always justified, and plenty challenges are shared between it and the Class 8 world.
April 8, 2019
Overdrive Radio
1970s, 2010s trucking parallels, and: Hauling away (or into) the headaches with a cargo van
In this edition of Overdrive Radio find audio from part of Max Heineās talk with John Strong about his memories of the 1970s and beyond, and more from my own sit-down with Load Oneās John Elliott, about headache boxes checked by the cargo van hauling niche in expediting ā not without its significant challengesā¦
March 8, 2019
Overdrive Radio
A closer look at the freight-demand and planning app for owner-ops with Load One
In the sort of emergency-freight service that is the expedited trucking business, having information about where best to be for the next load is, to say the least, a difficult proposition. Load Oneās āUltimate Advantageā smartphone app, though, delivers relevant demand information to leased owner-ops, as Load One head John Elliott explains in this weekās Overdrive Radio podcast,
February 15, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Expedited conversations before the storm with operator Nancy Hudson, small fleet owner Eric Escobar
Operator Nancy Hudson, owner operator and fleet owner Eric Escobar discuss expedited hauling in this week's episode of Overdrive Radio's podcast.
August 10, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Expediter of the Year Tim Paxton on cargo van expediting and his businessā future
Recorded prior to Tim Paxton's award, Overdrive discusses challenges faced by him and others' small-vehicle trucking operations. Check it out on Overdrive.
July 27, 2018
Custom Rigs
Richard Baulosā ā12 Volvo expediterās retirement sale-in-progress
Interested parties can find a list of specs and contact info in the shots from the truck lot at the Expedite Expo below.
July 23, 2018
Business
Owner-operator Tim Paxton of Ohio named Expediter of the Year
Nominated for this year's award by several among his fellow haulers, Paxton transitioned to running in a cargo van after some years hauling Class 8 tanker.
July 23, 2018
Business
Making the jump: Cost, profit potential, biz basics of adding trucks on offer at Expedite Expo
Panelists talk about how experience as leased owner-ops āmade it a lot easierā to make the transition to managing contracts, financing pieces of equipment.
July 20, 2018
Business
Expedite Expo staging in Ky. July 20-21
According to the organizers behind the Expedite Expo show, set to kick off July 20-21 at the Lexington Center in downtown Lexington, Ky., attendeesā two-day, time-only investment at the Expo (itās otherwise free for owner-ops, drivers and fleet owners) will pay dividends in āexpanding your industry knowledgeā and more.
April 20, 2018
Business
Load Oneās new app brings measure of self-dispatch to its expedited haulers
To combat the problem of extended layovers, very common in expediting, Load One has put tools in the hands of its drivers that allow them to be more proactive in positioning themselves for optimum dispatch.
February 14, 2018
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