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Business
Specialized hauling: Start out light to go heavy
Randy Cunha of Tonto Express in Conroe, Texas, recommends starting light and working your way up to heavier specialized loads. Learn more on Overdrive.
April 27, 2020
Business
Oversize/overweight permitting and âharmonizationâ: State of the states, and technology
More simplicity in states' regulatory and tech approaches to permitting could ultimately result in more practical oversized load routing. Details on Overdrive.
March 6, 2020
Custom Rigs
Heavy-haul 2004 W900L is four-axle âMovinâ Onâ homage
Menominee, Mich.-based 13-truck Extreme Transportation Specialized LLC is the business of owner-operator Robbie Harrisâ father, and the younger Harris leases this pristine workhorse 2004 W900L to the six-truck heavy-haul side of it. Harris advocates for greater federal encouragement of uniformity in oversize/-weight permitting among states. ââTheyâre all over the board on what you can and canât do.â
November 13, 2018
Business
Comdata, FR8Star partner on dynamic load payment
Using Comchek Mobile, carriers hauling heavy-haul loads booked on FR8Star.com will be able to receive fuel advances at the moment of pickup as well as full payment quickly after Proof of Delivery is received.
September 28, 2017
Equipment
High, wide and heavy: Crane haul brokered by Next Exit its biggest to date
DeSoto, Texas-based broker Next Exit Logistics earlier this year arranged a move that ranks as the biggest in its history â a 100-ton Manitowoc crane, hauled from Texas to Virginia.
September 25, 2014
Business
When dumb meets middle-age humor
Worlds collide amid the signing of forms in order to properly exercise First Amendment rights. Now, more waiting on that important callbackâŚ.
November 20, 2013
Business
Do you have a permit for that?
Annals of obstruction: If such questions keep up, Wendy says, sheâs may just require sources sign a âwaiver ⌠to read my articles from now on.â
November 15, 2013
Channel 19
Roundup: I-5 bridge collapse weighing heavy, operators flying the flag
Many of the same issues are in the political foreground today around highway regulation and funding as were being debated in 2007 when the Minneapolis I-35W bridge fell, with sometimes overheated rhetoric.
May 28, 2013
Business
Stuff your electronic toolbox
Trucker Tools contains apps for obtaining permits, tags, operating authority, bookkeeping services, factoring service, truck stop coupons and much more.
June 24, 2012
Overdrive Extra
3 keys to expansion
Focus on the business model and the day-to-day operations of your trucking company in three major areas.
August 5, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Dollars and Sense
You shouldnât care much about gross revenue, but rather how much of that revenue you get to keep after expenses.
October 1, 2010
Business
Slow and Steady
Hauling oversize loads brings high revenue, but travel restrictions and the cost of permits, pilot vehicles and police escorts eat into the bottom line.
September 9, 2009
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