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Owner-ops survived 2023 -- now give 'em hell in 2024
In 2023 everyone wanted to tell owner-operators their business -- whether you could survive the market, outrun a Tesla, brave increasingly wild or criminal threats. Most survived, some thrived, and will come back harder next year.
December 28, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Is 'hold the steering wheel and hang on' the new standard for trucking pros?
Contributor Michael Bixler's work as a yard jockey yielded this tale of a woefully under-prepared driver. As Bixler asked, "has 'hold the steering wheel and hang on' become the standard procedure for operating these vehicles? If so, it’s appalling."
December 27, 2023
Overdrive Radio
2023 retread: Tony Justice's best of the best with 'Greatest Shifts' record
Justice has long been a leading light amongst trucker-songwriters, and his "Greatest Shifts" record features six new tracks (five originals plus a fantastic rendition of Jerry Reed's classic "Eastbound and Down") and 14 previously released highlights.
December 26, 2023
Voices
POLL: Owner-ops, what's your business' outlook for 2024?
The noxious high-fuel/falling-rates cocktail persisted through much of 2023 -- what's your view on where your business will go in 2024? Better? Worse? About the same? .... Weigh in here.
December 26, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Truck shows' 2023 haul for charity: $2M-plus
Long Haul Paul tells the tale of charitable truck shows that took place in 2023. Those we have information for raised more than $2.2 million, and were often started by individual truckers turning tragedy into hope.
December 25, 2023
Overdrive Extra
A trucker's night before Christmas
Certified medical examiner (and here, poet) Don Cui offered up this take on a Christmas classic especially for the men and women trucking the nation's holidays to their destination. Merry Christmas!
December 22, 2023
Overdrive Radio
'Predatory' tows: Big-dollar trucking impact post-crash or parking
A near-$10K post-crash tow bill underscores this in-depth conversation with ATRI about the org's comprehensive report on predatory towing in trucking, with added insight about what small fleet owners can do about it.
December 22, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Surprise, surprise: Why ATA opposes overtime pay, and why they're wrong
Clifford Petersen: ATA may "talk a good game" on trucker welfare, yet they're "supported by big motor carriers. They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them.... We’re not asking for something excessive here -- fair pay for all time worked."
December 20, 2023
Channel 19
Trucking fails: Holiday edition
Stuck in snow and mud, tires chained up with phone chargers, brakes by Bluetooth and leaky wheel ends that will end badly -- these most spectacular trucking fails on Overdrive arrive just in time for the holidays.
December 15, 2023
Channel 19
Truck narrowly avoids head-on crash, still leads to egg-splosion
A stunning dashcam video shows the moment when a tractor-trailer crossed the centerline and struck another truck. Following videos document the cleanup, as the trailer was full of eggs.
December 14, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Can truckers get more time to replace an FMCSA-revoked ELD?
With the recent revocation of a batch of 10 ELDs, the FMCSA gave owner-operators and other carriers using those devices 60 days to install a replacement. Turns out, unlike with an ELD malfunction, more time for replacement isn't in the cards.
December 13, 2023
Overdrive Radio
'Never give up' in drive to trucking success
Part 2 of our "exit interview" series with Trucker of the Year contenders for 2023 included a strong current of advice for new and/or aspiring owner-operators, as five contenders detailed cost-control and other tactics keeping them in the black.
December 11, 2023
Overdrive Extra
FMCSA authority revocation anomaly: BOC3 blanket companies cleared out
A whopping 1,700-plus authority revocations in one day last month, outside FMCSA's usual revocation cadence, turned heads around Thanksgiving. FMCSA removed several blanket BOC3 companies from its system, putting trucker clients in shutdown risk.
December 8, 2023
Overdrive Extra
It's a deal: Perfect timing yields $50K saved on a new truck
But the price drop wasn't all there was to it when Matthew Mickenberg carefullly weighed added costs and other potential savings, reversing his early-year decision to hang on to his five-year-old Kenworth T680.
December 5, 2023
Overdrive Radio
Overdrive's 2023 Truckers of the Year: The 'exit interviews' toward the finale, Part 1
This Overdrive Radio roundtable, the first two of sets of talks featuring Trucker of the Year semi-finalists, focused on the year just passed -- the challenges faced, and just how the businesses chose to overcome.
December 4, 2023
Overdrive Extra
'Crew rest': A military approach to protecting truckers' off-duty time from interruption
Former U.S. Air Force Loadmaster James Year envisions using military flight rules to protect drivers' off-duty time by allowing drivers to cite foolhardy shippers, brokers, even inspectors for interrupting "crew rest."
November 30, 2023
Overdrive Extra
How a 'Diesel Fool' became the 'Highway Preacher': Paul Leger
New Brunswick, Canada-headquartered Paul Leger speaks fluent trucker. On the road to his ministry around the Irving Big Stop in Salisbury, he ran U.S. lanes out of Toronto, then no-logbook Maritimes multi-stops before a spiritual transformation.
November 28, 2023
Overdrive Radio
How to not just survive, but thrive, through the bottom of the freight markets
This week's Overdrive Radio features longtime owner-operator coach Kevin Rutherford's guide to solidify the business base to take advantage of opportunities at the markets' bottom, and to excel for long-term trucking at the top.
November 27, 2023
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