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Trucker of the Year: Page 2
Beating the odds in a 1989 Marmon, from Chicago construction dump to OTR
August Trucker of the Month Steven Massat on Overdrive Radio: After decades of dump work with various Chicago construction outfits as an owner-operator, what used to be his wintertime home leased to T Max is now a year-round affair.
September 11, 2023
Owner-op overcomes physical challenge for successful career
Despite being diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and being eligible for 100% disability more than three decades ago, owner-operator Steve Massat's love of the business has kept him going since buying his first truck in 1988.
August 29, 2023
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She makes car-haul look easy: Trucker of the Month Crystal Rives
After hauling in the Texas oilfields as well as side dump, end dump, and liquid-bulk tanker and more, she's growing a base of car-haul customers under her own shingle. All this while guided by lessons learned from her grandfather.
August 7, 2023
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Owner-operator Crystal Rives makes hay of car-haul work in Texas
'She's got her business in line' -- that's the single biggest thing that makes owner-operator Rives an inspiration to fellow car haulers, in the words of one. Seven years into business with authority, she's serving Texas-based customers intrastate.
July 28, 2023
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Writing the book on trucking as an independent: Owner-operator Debbie Desiderato
Overdrive's June Trucker of the Month is not afraid to tell it like it is -- nor to give back in the form of advice for those coming up, always willing to share the tools and processes she's built for her success.
July 3, 2023
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Master management, mechanical prowess pay off for 20-year independent
Her 27 years in trucking and two decades as an independent have played out in numerous niches, leading her to where she is today, hauling for a direct shipper customer pulling a van, and hauling logs as a side gig.
June 27, 2023
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Trucking with authority, take two: Another run at independence for owner-operator Matthew Karr
"Strike when the market's cold" -- you could consider it a maxim for the outlook on small business for Overdrive May Trucker of the Month Matthew Karr, coming off an excellent profit year hauling fuel leased. Run through his history on Overdrive Radio.
June 12, 2023
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Trucking his way: Matthew Karr, May Trucker of the Month, puts out his shingle as K-Mac Trucking
Having learned lessons the hard way (early struggles in a lease-purchase, later with too-quick growth as a small fleet owner), for owner-op Karr the last very-big years have set him up well for his current chapter, hauling fuel as a one-truck independent.
May 30, 2023
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Nominate an owner-operator or enter yourself: Two months left to compete for 2023 Trucker of the Year
Get your nominations in before the end of July to compete for top honors and one of 12 monthly semi-finalist nods. Here's a rundown of those who've been featured so far, through April Trucker of the Month Jay Hosty.
May 15, 2023
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Squeeze is on: Frugality only goes so far after getting used to $4/mile freight
Owner-operator Jay Hosty, our April Trucker of the Month, has nonetheless held tight when confronted with the prospects of anything below $2.50-$3/mile -- in this podcast, dive in with News Editor Matt Cole's long look at Hosty's business history.
May 5, 2023
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Katrina nearly wiped him out, but the owner-op prevailed with tight focus on costs
Jay Hosty began his trucking career as an owner-operator in 1981 at the age of 19. Since the beginning, his business focus has honed in on per-mile costs. That, mixed with his own frugality, have led to a long, successful career.
April 26, 2023
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Making all of it work, and then some: Illinois-headquartered Pulli Express
On Overdrive Radio: This husband/wife duo, March Trucker of the Month Pulli Express, excels in the art of juggling life and work on the road, running three trucks between them and an owner-operator leased. What else? Four young children at home.
April 14, 2023
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'Everything is a lesson' -- Pulli Express Inc.'s path to profits through continual adjustment
Owner-operators Tim and Shelley Puzek-Pulli's steady-as-she-goes approach to their two-decade-old owner-operator business, now a three-truck fleet, got a shot in the arm in 2012, after a crash launched in-house reckoning, big shifts in management.
March 27, 2023
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Team Dreamline: Success designed, executed for a long-term home
The owner-operator dream team hauls leased to Southern Pride Trucking, the culmination of about a decade spent designing and executing their plan for a long-term home as business owners. Hear their story on Overdrive Radio here.
March 10, 2023
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Team owner-operators’ unique path to trucking success
February Truckers of the Month Chris and Ruth Smith took something of an unconventional path to ownership over the course of nearly 30 years, but now the team is banking big profits hauling jet engines for Southern Pride Trucking.
February 27, 2023
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How to be 'as bad as an accountant' to ensure long-term success
January's owner-operator Trucker of the Month tells his story, from his start as a flatbed-pulling hotshotter in a one-ton dually to stumbles through other trucks and growing "as bad as an accountant" with a focus on costs, revenue and profit per-trip.
February 10, 2023
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Always headed home: Owner-op pulls in profit with a single goal in mind
January Trucker of the Month Kelvin Schmidt's decade-plus career as an independent isn't, ultimately, about the trucking or simply making money. His operation's freight and rates consistency delivers profit and time back home where it belongs.
January 31, 2023
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Calling the best of the best among owner-operators
Overdrive relaunches its Trucker of the Year competition catching back up with the last winner, Dan Heister, who remains at the top of his business' game while building a fleet of vintage Fords and a trucking legacy at his new home.
December 7, 2022
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