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Don’t be lured into dishonesty to reduce your insurance premiums
It makes for a valid reason for an insurance company to cancel your insurance policy. Once that happens, it follows you like a bad smell after hitting a skunk. No matter how hard you try you just can’t get rid of it and nobody wants to park next to you.
November 24, 2021
Channel 19
The COVID-19 HOS waiver: Has 'self-regulation' equated to better safety?
Trucker Nation teams up with D&K Truck Compliance on a new effort to gather data from carriers and individual drivers who have operated under the COVID waiver. The goal is to study safety outcomes, potentially spurring hours of service change.
November 23, 2021
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The promise -- and challenges -- of the car-haul trucking niche
Long known for greater earning potential than most other freight niches, car-hauling has lost some luster in these especially challenging times. Yet these owners show plenty upsides even amid difficulty, not least the self-reliant nature of load/unload.
November 19, 2021
Channel 19
Broker/shipper contractual shenanigans in practice -- again ...
The conversation around onerous "right of set-off" and other problematic contract language hasn't moved the needle with some of the biggest brokers out there. This example shows a way forward when payment is withheld after a bogus cargo claim -- and more.
November 17, 2021
Channel 19
Visual magic of hydro-dipping, with Dawson Taylor's 2020 Freightliner
Frustrated by the relative scarcity of aftermarket custom parts for his 2020 Cascadia, owner-op Dawson Taylor got to painting, upholstery and much more -- including plenty in the way of the magic of hydro-dip graphics, on full display in this video.
November 16, 2021
Voices
Opinion: Another case for more flexible hours of service, small trucking's voice
Thomas "T-Ray" Hogan of Ward, Arkansas, penned this letter to urge regulators and others around trucking to ease up on solutions in search of a problem that he feels are driving independents and small fleets out of trucking -- a safety negative.
November 16, 2021
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Correcting the research record around retention/churn with the most important perspective
Clifford Petersen is bringing his long experience as a pro driver to bear in doctoral research that seeks to put the driver's perspective where it belongs -- at the center of the analysis of driver turnover/churn. He needs your help.
November 15, 2021
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Inside the veterans-support mission of small fleet MSR Transport
For this Veterans Day 2021 special edition of Overdrive Radio, hear from active-duty servicemember and MSR co-owner Rob Ahlers on the meaning of the day and his mission to provide civilian career paths for returning servicemembers.
November 11, 2021
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Truckers 'scarce and under-utilized at the same time' -- how can that possibly be?
So asks MIT's Dr. David Correll, part of a podcast talk with working haulers. Correll was speaking to the constant drumbeat around a "driver shortage," even as truckers average just 6-7 hours of driving a day. What's your average daily hours utilization?
November 10, 2021
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Low-hanging fruit to avoid FMCSA's drug/alcohol Clearinghouse violations
Too many carriers fail to finish the pre-employment "full query" of the Clearinghouse -- and required driver consent delivered in the database itself -- before the operator hits the road. Auditors hit those carriers with troublesome "acute" violations.
November 8, 2021
Channel 19
The pristine 2019 Peterbilt 389 heavy-haul glider of Aaron Walters
The owner-operator, with a 12-axle coupled, brings his combination to 126 feet long, grossing well over 200K lbs. on weight most of the time. The Peterbilt was custom-outfitted over time with help from Souix Falls Pete and Nu-Gen Services of La.
November 3, 2021
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Why would a career owner-op go work for an 'autonomous driving' start-up?
Ruben Cardenas had 22 years of professional trucking experience -- 11 as a company driver, the balance as an owner -- behind him when he went trucking as 'safety driver' for tech start-up Plus. He explains why -- and much more -- here on Overdrive Radio.
October 29, 2021
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Using your business plan as a tool for success
“What will be the difference between the owners who thrive and those who do not?” Gary Buchs asks in this column on the value of the basic business plan, fully engaged over time. Avoid repeating mistakes by putting plans in writing.
October 27, 2021
Channel 19
'Black Out' makes a last ride in memory of 13 killed in Afghanistan
Owner-operator Chuck Timbrook might be on what could prove to be his last tour with this well-known 1999 Freightliner Classic XL, otherwise known as the "Black Out" veterans-support rig we've followed since he finished its original design in 2014.
October 26, 2021
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Supply chain crunch at the ports: Perspective from the East Coast
Why are California and other ports overwhelmed? Port of Virginia-based intermodal small fleet owner-operator George Berry feels that, at least out West, California's in-use diesel emissions regs/other restrictions have exacerbated a multifaceted problem.
October 25, 2021
Life
POLL: What's your health insurance situation?
Given growth in new, often lower-cost health-insurance options with health-sharing-ministry/Aliera-type structures, continued Affordable Care Act/traditional options, and an explosion in telehealth, what describes your current insurance situation?
October 22, 2021
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'Bobtail insurance' 101
What we mean when we use the 'bobtail insurance' phrase can vary depending on the perspective of the speaker. Here, insurance agent/former owner-operator W. Joel Baker explains why elections beyond just basic non-trucking liability can assist owners.
October 21, 2021
Channel 19
Transflo aims to combat 'app overload' and increase utility for independents in broker relationships
Combine Transflo's Velocity+ platform for brokers with its new (and free) "Lite" mobile app version, and owner-operators have the makings of a mobile back office to manage relationships with multiple brokers, shippers and other carriers.
October 20, 2021
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