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ATBS owner-op income benchmarking conference call rescheduled for this Wednesday
ATBS’ annual owner-op benchmarking study provides income averages for a variety of segments and other analysis, against which owner-operators can analyze their own performance. During the call, Todd Amen will provide insight on 2018 average miles driven, net income, fuel mileage and freight rates, among other things.
March 18, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Podcast special edition: Lay of the land for owner-ops, by the numbers again with ATBS’ Todd Amen
This special edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast features audio from ATBS President Todd Amen’s March 20 conference call for owner-operators outlining annual mileage, revenue and income averages from 2017, among other metrics, for segments among its clients — with a look ahead through this year.
March 20, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs’ capacity squeeze assumption no. 1: Fewer miles
Examining the assumptions behind the varying predictions of the post-ELD mandate demand situation. If some predictions come to pass, there’s reason to believe rates may rise enough to be a notable reward from an unwelcome imposition.
August 7, 2017
Channel 19
What ELDs might mean for owner-operator gross revenue in flatbed
With recent speculation that the “mother of all capacity shortages” may not materialize with ELDs, necessarily, one owner-operator’s experience making the transition a couple years back.
December 9, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Prediction: Rates will jump with ELD transition
“We’re going to have a truck shortage when this ELD rule gets put into effect,” said ATBS’ Todd Amen said during his Partners in Business GATS presentation. “Essentially it’s like taking 200,000 to 300,000 trucks off the road.” Here’s how much he sees rates jumping.
August 29, 2016
Business
2015 income: Owner-ops break $60K for first time, adding miles as slow-freight pressures mount
For the first in the 13 years ATBS has been tracking income data, owner-operator clients broke $60,000 in net income in 2015. The 2015 $61,167 income figure is computed as an average among all segments.
April 8, 2016
Business
Framing the trucking labor situation: Shortage at what price?
“Labor shortage” can mean different things to different people, whether a supply/demand imbalance at “current market prices” or “at any price” — the latter often well implied in driver shortage stories that suggest a disruption to the supply chain that consumers will see and feel.
February 3, 2016
Business
J.B. Hunt to shippers and receivers: Don’t waste drivers’ time
J.B. Hunt recently released a report on what shippers and receivers can do to increase driver uptime and, ultimately, income.
July 6, 2015
Channel 19
Analysis of what’s happening with ELDs / bankruptcies
Analyst Donald Broughton on what’s happening behind a trend that is running against the usual for trucking bankruptcies: FMCSA’s pressure on company over hours of service noncompliance.
August 21, 2014
Voices
POLL: Has your income improved over the last year?
Vote in this poll probing economic improvement for owner-operators over the last year. Is your business doing better?
April 17, 2013
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
Overdrive Extra
What a difference a decade makes
Those of you who’ve been in the business for even 10 years know that a lot has changed.
September 13, 2012
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