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Prompt updates to fleet data can help scores
Use the MCS-150 form to update annual vehicle-miles-traveled and total power unit data for your fleet, measurements you have control over and which figure in Unsafe Driving and Crash Indicator BASIC measures.
March 18, 2013
Business
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent
In the two years since CSAâs advent, the smallest carriers have had a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than drivers and trucks of the largest carriers.
March 14, 2013
Channel 19
Equipment: Probing sticker shock
Reports from operators show roughly a 30 percent rise in new-tractor pricing between 2006 and 2012 model years. Find out how operators are reacting to that rise â and some advice â in supplementary reporting on the No. 5 top challenge to owner-operator businesses.
August 10, 2012
Channel 19
The forces at work on detention pay
Operators and industry reps weigh in on the problem of uncompensated detention time at shippers and receivers, and what is being and could be done about it. The problem was No. 3 in Overdriveâs 2012 poll of top challenges for owner-operators.
August 6, 2012
Channel 19
Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?
Owner-operatorsâ No. 2 named challenge, the unsettled nature of the hours of service regulations and a potential electronic logs mandate, has moved some to embrace change, others to fight for fairness.
August 3, 2012
Business
Join radio discussion of top trucking challenges
On the Truth About Trucking Live radio show Aug. 16, 7 p.m. EDT, join Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills for a talk with hosts Allen and Donna Smith about Dillsâ âOwner-operatorsâ top challengesâ feature in Overdrive.
August 2, 2012
Channel 19
O/O challenges: More solutions to high fuel
Outtakes from interviews conducted as part of research into Todd Dillsâ âOwner-operatorsâ top challengesâ feature in the August 2012 edition of Overdrive magazine.
August 1, 2012
Channel 19
Could EOBRs solve the detention dilemma?
EOBRs can give owner-operators a powerful tool when dealing with customers and the shipping/receiving facilities relative to detention time. Given that stopped time and location is easily retrievable with the systems, operators now have ready-made documentation to prove detention time to the shipper, beyond just driversâ word.
May 4, 2012
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