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Overdrive Extra
Growing a fleet? Donât forget this basic rule
Treating your drivers like family is a good start for growing your small fleet. Heed this advice and more from three of Overdrive's Small Fleet Champ finalists.
October 26, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Never hire someone you canât fire, and other lessons in expansion
"It looks great on paper: Add a truck or trucks, grow a small fleet business," says Gary Buchs in this commentary on driver hiring. Learn before you start.
September 28, 2020
Overdrive Extra
Why do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but âŚ
Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but thatâs not all. In trucking companiesâ rush to grow, they devalue the freight market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade their pricing power in favor of a questionable status quo where driver time itself is devalued.
September 20, 2019
Business
Find fleets that meet your career needs at GATS
When registering online, attendees who are looking for a job have the option of being matched with fleets that meet their criteria. Attendees will receive a list of matched fleets onsite when they pick up their show badge.
August 6, 2019
Business
Looking for a new gig? Meet with fleets that match your needs at GATS
When arriving at the show and picking up their attendee badge, drivers will also be given a list of fleets that match their criteria, so they can visit the fleetsâ booths on the show floor. There will be at least 90 trucking companies exhibiting at the show.
July 11, 2019
Business
No. 1 expansion challenge: 6 in 10 readers say itâs finding dependable drivers
For all the differences between a mega-fleet and an expanding one-truck owner-operator, both share a common problem: difficulties finding and keeping dependable drivers.
March 7, 2019
Business
The expansion challenge: Getting started with solid freight relationships
While most owner-operators have considered adding a truck to their business, many never try it, and few have sustained success for years. The challenges are many, but the rewards can be substantial for the right operators with a close eye on new opportunities.
March 4, 2019
Channel 19
Tuesday round-up: The boomerang of brokersâ claims offsets; LGBTQ trucking; large carrier channels inner owner-op on âshortageâ
Check out Overdrive Online's lastest trucking industry roundup news which focuses on freight brokers, LGBTQ truck drivers and the truck driver shortage.
February 26, 2019
Voices
POLL: What is the most difficult aspect of growing beyond a single truck as an owner-op?
Small fleet owners and those in the midst of an expansion plan beyond a single truck: Which of these areas â finding dependable drivers, dealing with more maintenance, equipment investment, insurance, administrative burdens and more â has proved the most difficult for you in growing the operation?
January 21, 2019
Business
Analyst: Driver pay gains to continue into 2019 as carriers struggle to attract drivers
âThe thing weâre going to have to confront as an industry is we have a driver supply thatâs inelastic,â says Gordon Klemp. Raising pay is necessary, but it will take years, not months, âuntil we get to a wage number that starts to draw people in who wouldnât have considered driving in the past,â he says.
November 28, 2018
Channel 19
Better âpay would solve mostâ critical issues: Readersâ priorities show variation from, similarity to recent rankings
While âthe economyâ does figure as a critical issue year-in year-out in the annual ATRI âcritical issuesâ rankings, issues of adequate driver compensation â and rates for independent truckers â donât command the same direct attention. All the same, as one reader noted, better âpay would solve mostâ problems.
November 16, 2018
Business
Meet with fleets that match your needs at GATS
Attendees who register for the show will be able to go to Booth No. 3324 in the Recruiting Pavilion, or the to set meetings with fleets during the show.
July 24, 2018
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