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Channel 19
Thursday is this weekâs Friday â decisions to make if not already set
If you're faced with the decision now, weigh the cost of time versus the profit in the load and take into consideration how you'll spend any extra time away.
June 30, 2020
Parking
Next truck-parking workshop to focus on Greater Cincinnati area
Tuesday, October 22, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., truck parking stakeholders are being invited to participate in a workshop to be aimed at sussing out problem areas and proposing solutions for truck parking woes in Boone County, Ky., and the greater region around Cincinnati, Ohio.
October 9, 2019
Parking
Penn., Colorado truck parking workshops with FHWA
A series of parking-focused workshops hosted by the Federal Highway Administration in collaboration with local/regional metropolitan planning organizations and state DOTs around the country continues tomorrow, May 30, in Colorado, then in Pennsylvania next month.
May 29, 2019
Channel 19
Owner-operator Chuck Kumalaa on his decision to stay out through the holiday weekend
Youâve just found out that your electronic load confirmation with a delivery appointment for today was bunk because the business is shut down for Memorial Day. What do you do? And: Why owner-operator Chuck Kumalaa stayed out this weekend knowing in advance he wouldnât deliver before Tuesday.
May 27, 2019
Voices
POLL: What will you do when you retire from full-time trucking?
Whatâs your plan for working, whether you do or not, after eventually retire from full-time trucking in the future? Will you haul or otherwise work part-time within the industry, perhaps outside of it, or something else?
November 5, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Do you have an exit plan?
While a well-planned career shift can be invigorating, planning for injury or death can be depressing yet necessary. Do you have a plan? Details on Overdrive.
July 24, 2018
Business
You can âplanâ on making my eye twitch
âThings that make my eye twitch, for a thousand, Alex,â including recent articles about shippers âfalling all to pieces because theyâre having a hard time getting freight covered during the post-ELD adjustment period. ⌠They should have planned better.â
February 16, 2018
Overdrive Radio
âShould have planned betterâ only goes so far when road realities are at play
As so many owner-operators have noted in past, âplanning betterâ will only get you so far when it comes to ELDs, a 14-hour rule with rigid ends and little opportunity to extend it or stop it for mid-period rest. Owner-operator Mark Kirbyson, in this latest edition of Overdrive Radio, concurs wholeheartedly.
January 16, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
New Garmin commercial nav unit interoperable with Garmin ELD
Break planning and dispatch tools are enabled by the connection, with Garminâs commercial-nav features enhanced. The new Dezl 580 LMT-S is being introduced with a suggested retail of $299.99.
August 24, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDsâ capacity squeeze assumption no. 2: Flight from the industry
Will owner-operators and other drivers leave the industry in large enough numbers to produce a significant capacity shortage in the spot market, driving up rates? Some believe so â long as stated intentions become reality â while skepticism is prominent as well.
August 8, 2017
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your bigger business priority, profit growth or income stability?
Climing the ladder v. holding down a gig, greater risk is greater reward v. sticking with whatâs dependable, economic growth v. stability â the prioritization choice is cast in a lot of different ways. Which side, if any, do you fall on when thinking about your businessâ future?
May 18, 2017
Business
I wish to remain upright and unbroken
âNo matter how tired you are, you have to get your butt up and clean up the messes, so the path to the porch is clear. Because you canât dance for a living.â
May 4, 2016
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