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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
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
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
Channel 19
At risk of repeating oneself ⌠Pay and the âdriver shortageâ
More evidence improving financial and other conditions for drivers and owner-operators, and a shift in carriersâ top recruiting concerns to those of retention, will pay dividends for the overall economic health of trucking. That goes for the markets independents operate in, too.
November 29, 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
Another carrier moves toward salaried driver pay structure
In addition to an annual salary, drivers will still have the opportunity to earn more compensation and bonuses. More on the new salary structure on Overdrive.
May 21, 2018
Channel 19
High driver turnover correlated with higher OOS, crash volumes and CSA scores
Data firm Vigillo found a close correlation between high turnover and generally more negative carrier numbers in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs compliance rating program. Also: FAST Act CSA requirements update â suggested CSA changes expected late Spring/early Summer.
February 28, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Americaâs Road Team captains to carrier recruiters: âRespect your driversâ
âBe honest with the driver. You wonât lost a driver any quicker than to tell him something and then he finds out 30 days later that itâs just not true.â âWalmart driver Allen Boyd, to recruiting specialists at a recent panel discussion in Nashville.
February 27, 2017
Business
Keeping the small fleet âfamilyâ happy: Pay, equipment, home time
Small-fleet owners use good pay, equipment and home time to attract loyal drivers. They say those are the bedrocks of retention, the top employment issue named in a recent Overdrive survey.
October 3, 2016
Channel 19
Driver before the truck in small fleet expansion
If the truck procurement/driver employment situation in small fleet expansion presents a chicken-egg type conundrum, operators would do well to focus on the driver first.
March 31, 2016
Business
Framing the trucking labor situation: Shortage at what price?
âLabor shortageâ can mean different things to different people, whether a supply/demand imbalance at âcurrent market pricesâ or âat any priceâ â 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
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