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How to do more than just live with the horror of high fuel
We all gawked earlier this year at fuel-pump pictures shared to social media that showed high costs to fill our tractors’ big tanks. Yet continuing shock over gross cost begs bigger questions for owners about what really matters: profit.
August 24, 2022
Channel 19
Will broker negligence suits ripple out to limit owner-operator opportunity?
Another case the Supreme Court didn't take up this last term seems to extend brokerage liability in negligence suits through the Western states. The unsettled nature of law in other districts could impact owner-op opportunity short- and long-term.
August 23, 2022
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Business
POLL: What's your view of the recent fuel-price drops?
For many, the bit of recent relief from historic diesel-price highs experienced throughout the year so far is no doubt a little refreshing -- yet for some it's represented a revenue decline given falling fuel surcharges. What's your take? Weigh in here.
August 22, 2022
Overdrive Radio
The 20% rule: How brake-adjustment violations alone can put you out of service
In this podcast, a former inspector and compliance consultant details just how the out-of-service criteria around brakes adjustment work. A lot depends on knowing your chamber type and stroke length to effectively test your brakes to avoid violations.
August 19, 2022
Channel 19
Owner-operator -- and small fleet owner's son -- for Congress in Indiana's 2nd Congressional district
Owner-operator Daniel Koors caucused with 11 other candidates to potentially be the Republican nominee to fill Indiana's 2nd House seat, vacated recently with the tragic passing of its occupant. He wasn't the only owner invested in the race.
August 19, 2022
Custom Rigs
Father-son small-fleet flagship: A&D Equipment's 2020 Peterbilt 389/Landoll 930
Andy Chavez Sr. continues to school his son on the ins and outs of combination hauling in this pristine 2020 Peterbilt 389, the A&D Equipment flagship, hauling construction equipment in and around Santa Clara, California.
August 18, 2022
Overdrive Extra
How Steve Kron took his 2001 International above 10 mpg
Steve Kron is a miles-per-gallon pioneer. He’s not running a newer truck, and has added little in the way of electronics-enabled technology. He’s just an owner-operator with a distinct ability to look outside the box for effective tactics to boost mpg.
August 17, 2022
Channel 19
How do you know you're working with a double broker? It's increasingly hard to tell
That is, unless you're a broker and it's your load being brokered again. New intel on a double-brokering scheme with potentially wide-reaching implications, and a little reinforcement of guidance on keeping information secure from potential ID thieves.
August 15, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Trucker-songwriter Coby Langham delivers musical catharsis
For this Overdrive Radio special edition, Long Haul Paul takes the mic for a sitdown with the songwriter and Downey & Sons driver whose gorgeously crafted songs range from "gear-jamming toe-tappers to ballads bursting with Southern Gothic poetry."
August 12, 2022
Channel 19
The wrong way to break into HHG moving, or fix your air brake lines
'Weird news' is back to the Channel 19 blog: Team haulers emerged with minor injuries after a dramatic burst into the HHG moving biz, while a couple creative brake line fixes were trolled on social media by inspectors.
August 11, 2022
Overdrive Extra
From daily habits to business decisions, how to choose the right fork in any road
At a fork in the road, making the most productive choice by anticipating outcomes is a goal any operator can pursue. Get there, and fate is not out of your control at all, writes Clifford Petersen in this meditation on choice.
August 10, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Remembering owner-ops Mark Mills, Jeff Seales on tough week for show hauler Clark Transfer
It’s been a sad week for everyone at Clark Transfer following the deaths of 30-year leased owner-op Jeff Seales and Mark Mills, leased there since 2018. In today's Overdrive Radio podcast, Clark's Charlie Deull remembers the two, and more.
August 5, 2022
Custom Rigs
Owner-operator C.G. Soza's 2016 Kenworth W900L 'Always Headed Home'
Soza's goal of stylistic mods that don't sacrifice increased function and performance, safety or otherwise, is well evident in this radically transformed 2016 Kenworth W900L, also a monument to the owner-operator's chief destination on any run: home.
August 4, 2022
Overdrive Extra
Admission of emissions anxiety: A look at roadside testing, now and into the future
An emissions check at a New Jersey scale house sparked this look at implications for the rest of the country into the future from Gary Buchs. "It’s not a far stretch to think trucking may begin seeing additional random testing" in years to come.
August 2, 2022
Custom Rigs
Michael A. Manuel's show-worthy fleet of Petes
Michael A. Manuel Trucking's approach to recruiting is dead simple but potent: Offer up show-ready Peterbilt gliders, access to a bustling flatbed market, and let the drivers put those trucks to work the way that's intended.
July 29, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Connection engine for independents/private fleets, a haul for breast cancer, and a legend remembered
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, drop in to the details of Arrive Logistics new independent owner-op-to-private fleets freight connection engine, plus new philanthropic/production efforts from trucker-songwriter Tony Justice, and more.
July 29, 2022
Channel 19
The search for a good truck: Inflation puts community college CDL program out of reach
Longtime hauler Brad Carman's CDL training days in 1997 at Southeast Community College in Nebraska spurred his efforts to help a new community-college program in Western Iowa. He reached out with this request of readers in his search for equipment.
July 27, 2022
Overdrive Radio
Tank operator Guy Archer on a roll, trucking with new music
More than a little original music in this edition of Overdrive Radio, and a talk with the 2021 Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search winner through his recent recordings, a four-song set on the Red Eye Radio stage at MATS in March, and more.
July 26, 2022
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