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POLL: Leased/company haulers, is your fleet offering a âCOVID payâ bonus?
Thereâve been calls for taxpayer-funded hazard benefits for the nationâs truckers in the halls of Congress, and likewise reports of fleets large and small offering bonuses to working company drivers and leased owner-ops through this uncertain time. Is your fleet one of them?
April 21, 2020
Business
Cancer prevention: Use sunscreen on exposed skin
Few drivers report regular sunscreen use while hauling. Just 6% of readers use such products routinely, though 10% reported filming side windows with UV-protecting layers to block nearly all UV light.
September 18, 2019
Business
When the sun bites back: Skin cancer risk, prevention for drivers
Longtime drivers and others urge haulers to guard against skin cancer that can comes from excessive left-side exposure. Says one: âIf youâre going to be sitting there bouncing down the road all day, you better get something on your skin to protect you from the ultraviolet rays.â
September 13, 2019
Channel 19
The feast or famine of owner-operator income, in good times and bad
With greater risk comes greater reward â and potential for loss. Some results from Overdriveâs recent compensation survey bear out the truism, with the largest shares of owner-ops at top and bottom rungs of the income ladder. Respondentsâ thoughts on market performance and income through 2018, too, show a similar dynamic.
June 26, 2018
Channel 19
Extra amateur day on the roads for total eclipse, particularly in these areas
Will you be in the âzone of totality,â as the scientist-types are saying, this coming Monday for the solar eclilpse? More than one trucking company shutting down for the day anticipating an influx of that most unpredictable of highway users: the four-wheeled one.
August 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Whatâs your level of concern over hacking/security risks and ELDs?
This poll probes the extent of worry over the outside potential for a truckâs computer-system infiltration through an ECM plug-in device, like an ELD. Reports and device makers suggest risk is minimal without physical infiltration, though malicious programmers abound âŚ
August 8, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Change for the better or nails in the coffin: Talking the future with Gary Carlisle
Whether the future landscape of greater risk translates to a boon for the future generations of owner-operators willing to assume the risk themselves as independents, or not, is one of many areas discussed in this podcast conversation with current owner/former operator Gary Carlisle.
March 17, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Are you ready to go independent?
Two upsides to getting your authority are the potential to make more money than a leased-operator and the almost complete freedom with how you run the business.
August 7, 2012
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