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Small Fleet Champ
LTL furniture specialist TFX lays solid ground for growth, profit, support
Thomasville Furniture Xpress owners Scott Denmark and Scott Cruthis both got their start in the trucking business as owner-operators decades ago. Today, after long careers centered in the LTL furniture space out of North Carolina, their small fleet is poised for continued growth, profits, and service excellence.
September 25, 2025
Regulations
FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update
FMCSA gives its National Consumer Complaint Database whistleblower portal an "overdue tech upgrade" it's calling "a win" for truck drivers and carriers as it gets easier to report bad brokers.
September 24, 2025
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March 24, 2025
Partners in Business
Start up at the bottom of the business cycle? Notes on going independent
Even with the lackluster freight markets of the last few years, motivated owner-operators new to small business trucking are finding ways not just to survive, but to thrive. Discover characteristics of small-biz truckers who have what it takes to start strong as an independent.
September 24, 2025
Partners in Business
Freight finally stabilizing? Second 2025 owner-operator trends data session upcoming
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September 23, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion
Owner-operator Wes Oberman and his business partner and wife, Laura, have built a home for leased owner-operators at their Tennessee-based fleet with a promise of transparent, simple fees -- and clear investment in the success of their business partners. Growth has been steady over six years.
September 23, 2025
Overdrive Radio
Sleeper berth: Will truckers be able to split as they see fit?
Proposed split-duty and -sleeper pilot programs from FMCSA offer a path forward on delivering what's been the cardinal ask of many owner-operators for more than two decades since the 14-hour rule came into play. Namely, that's greater hours of service flexibility.
September 22, 2025
Overdrive Extra
A brick-and-mortar paid truck parking network, expanding quickly
Since its start just a couple years ago, the Freight Ninja owner-manager of secured parking facilities reservable by the month has expanded to more than 50 locations across the country. Their customer service, notes Long Haul Paul, makes you feel like you're "back in the 1990s," and that's a good thing.
September 19, 2025
Business
Highway's new ID verification steps 'out of control,' or just the new normal?
Highway's Identity Verification protocols demand driver's licenses from all carriers now, but one owner-operator isn't having it, calling the move "criminally invasive."
September 18, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Derrick Wolfe has built a 'sweet' business in New York's Finger Lakes region
Derrick Wolfe grew his New York-based food grade tanker fleet from one truck to nearly 30, and he's still on the road daily to stay connected with his drivers, customers, and the open road. Derrick Wolfe Trucking is a semi-finalist for Overdrive's Small Fleet Champ award.
September 18, 2025
Overdrive Extra
'Personal cyber hygiene' for owner-ops to help avoid scammers online
Cyber crooks get more and more creative with their tactics, yet there's plenty ways individual truckers play defense, starting with what two NMTFA cybersecurity experts call "personal cyber hygiene." An ongoing educational series goes deeper with two more sessions starting today, Sept. 17.
September 17, 2025
Hours of Service
FMCSA offers details on proposed HOS-flexibility pilot programs
Following DOT Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement of the launch of the pilot programs Monday, FMCSA released proposals showing one pilot would add more split-sleeper berth options, while the other would allow drivers to pause their 14-hour clock for up to 3 hours per duty cycle.
September 16, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Mission Complete: Veteran small fleet owner's legion of local support
Scott Smithler trucked through war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan but managed to bring home peace and prosperity with a family biz whose missions are mostly local/regional, ending at home near every night.
September 16, 2025
Business
Highway, known for its 'carrier vetting' service for brokers, launches a load board
Collaborating with Triumph, best-known as a factoring company, the Highway carrier-identity-verification service launched the "Trusted Freight Exchange" (TFX), a "secure digital freight exchange built exclusively for verified carriers and vetted brokers." ELD-exempt carriers can't participate, for now.
September 15, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists not afraid to get their hands dirty
Turnage and Sons' father-son team of Robbie and Levi Turnage, and MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford, illustrate value in hands-on operations, training, leadership underpinning their long-term success.
September 15, 2025
Hours of Service
Are inspectors missing an easy way to catch HOS cheats and non-compliant ELDs?
This consultant believes data manipulation by ELD editing services who mask edits made to fleet/driver records could be happening at the ELD provider level -- and that roadside inspectors have a way to spot it.
September 11, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Up from ashes: Small fleet Clifford C. Hay Inc. thrives 15 years after devastating fire
After taking over the family business in 1999 as a one-truck operation, Clifford Hay II built the fleet to the six trucks and 30 trailers it has today, showing plenty resiliency and commitment to customers. His fleet's a 2025 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalist.
September 11, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
Right-sizing for management: MRL Transport owner Mark Ledford hits five trucks
Ledford got his start trucking after working a dock where his manager said Ledford would never drive truck. Not only would he drive, he'd grow a fleet well beyond 30 trucks before selling out. MRL Transport is his second turn in the barrel, and Ledford's hit a profitability sweet spot.
September 9, 2025
Equipment
Major truck OEM begins autonomous customer fleet trials
International Motors has launched fleet trials in partnership with autonomous truck tech developer PlusAI to test its autonomous on-highway tractor along I-35 in Texas. Also: Spot rates show little recent change; FMCSA ending acceptance of paper payments; more.
September 9, 2025
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Custom Rigs
Custom 2005 Peterbilt 379 a trucker's surprise, with intricate hand-pinstriping
Kimball Transportation driver Zach Held may not be an owner-operator, but he drives an owner-operator-spec'd truck that delivered on a promise made by the small fleet owner Held pulls flatbed freight for. The custom '05 379 features a bevy of custom touches throughout, including immaculate pinstriping all around.
Small Fleet Champ
LTL furniture specialist TFX lays solid ground for growth, profit, support
Regulations
FMCSA makes it easier to call out bad brokers with National Consumer Complaint Database update
Small Fleet Champ
Skin in the leased owner's game: Oberman Logistics' simple, transparent plan for expansion
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