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POLL: What is the most difficult aspect of growing beyond a single truck as an owner-op?
Small fleet owners and those in the midst of an expansion plan beyond a single truck: Which of these areas â finding dependable drivers, dealing with more maintenance, equipment investment, insurance, administrative burdens and more â has proved the most difficult for you in growing the operation?
January 21, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Growing pains of small trucking: Midnight Xpress on blown motors, hiring mistakes and more
In the half-year since we first talked with Midnight Xpress co-owner Andre Jackson for the Overdrive Radio podcast, small fleet expansion plans continue to be implemented, though theyâve shifted with a breakdown of the first truck Jackson and partners added, among other issues â including hiring mistakes made.
January 18, 2019
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âSecrets of trucking shall remain secretâ: An elegy for the counter of knowledge
Gordon Alkireâs whimsical (but not all fun and games) take on so much that is gone into the past: the âIn the sit-down diners was ⌠the all-knowing, never-wrong counter of knowledge, usually manned by experts 24 hours a day.â
January 17, 2019
Channel 19
Govt. shutdown ripples out â though not toward military freight
And leased owner-op Jerry Boydâs somewhat sanguine view on the year just ended, at odds with some independents running spot freight: âEverywhere you went,â Boyd said, âyou could get a load of freight [with a good rate] â Iâve never seen it like that, just unload and reload.â âŚ
January 16, 2019
Voices
An eight-hour tour through Oregon in five minutes with Alan Sheain Jr.
Itâs not all truck theft, near-misses with distracted four-wheelers and other catastrophic events in Overdriveâs Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted dashcam vids. This one chronicles an eight-hour haul through big evergreen forests in Oregon in five minutesâ worth of time-lapse photography out the picture window of Alan Sheain Jr.âs windshield.
January 14, 2019
Overdrive Radio
âDynamexâ ABC test âan unfair hammer to legitimate contractorsâ â view from a small fleet, and a contractor
The latest podcast is talk with the owner of, and a contractor with, Southern California-based Angus Transportation, the now three-truck business of Jimmy Nevarez, the source of the quotation in the headline, hitting on the problematic nature of the independent contractor classification test for truckers who value entrepreneurial leased relationships and much more.
January 11, 2019
Voices
POLL: Independents, will sale of the business figure in financing your retirement?
Do you expect to be able to sell your business, including direct-ship accounts and other assets? How significantly do you expect the proceeds to figure in financing your retirement?
January 10, 2019
Voices
Grease distribution: Easy, neat and quick
The first in Overdriveâs new monthly âHighway hacksâ series details owner-operator and 50-year trucking vet Gordon Alkireâs system of hoses and aluminum blocks engineered with guidance from a fellow trucker more than a half-decade ago to keep his back off the ground â and his history free of citations for excess grease.
January 8, 2019
Voices
POLL: Ever been an employee owner-operator leased to a carrier?
As the independent contractor worker classification typically applied to leased owner-operators attracts scrutiny from a variety of quarters, one way for carriers to avoid allegations of misclassification is to designate O/Os as W-2 employees of the carrier and restructure contracts accordingly. Have you ever operated under such an arrangement?
January 7, 2019
Channel 19
2019 outlook: More owner-ops cautiously optimistic than not
Whatâs ahead for your business in 2019? If youâre like about a third of owner-operators responding to recent Overdrive polling, expectations of good things to come abound. This year, though, most movement from last yearâs polling is toward a measure of stability expected.
January 4, 2019
Voices
3 in 4 readers approve of government shutdown over wall funding
Readers feel strongly that the stalemate between a divided Congress and the President over immigration issues is one worth holding out to resolve, no matter how long the federal government will have to undergo its partial shutdown.
January 3, 2019
Overdrive Radio
2018 âcoulda planned betterâ: Counting down the top 10 Overdrive Radio podcasts of the year
Take a review run back through some of those most memorable moments from the top 10 most-listened-to episodes of the year, from details of owner-op Mark Kirbysonâs skepticism of any wisdom present in the oft-repeated âshoulda planned betterâ to more than two podcasts dedicated to recognizing the many best-avoided games brokers play in contracts ⌠and much more besides.
December 31, 2018
Voices
POLL: Your business outlook for 2019?
Surveying where you are today and potential for the year ahead, how do you see your business trending in 2019? Better than the past year? Worse? Weigh in via our annual trends poll here.
December 31, 2018
Voices
Partial government shutdown: Is the President/Houseâs $5 billion border-wall demand worth the shutdown result?
With the technical fifth day of a partial federal government shutdown under way (not the bulk of the DOT, which remains open through budgetary-led shutdowns typically), led by a demand for $5 billion in border wall funding, whatâs your view: Is such funding demand worth the cost?
December 26, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Weighing ECM retune options, or full-on emissions defeats, with enforcement risk
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, I went in-depth my colleague James Jaillet about his reporting on the EPAâs increasing willingness to wield the enforcement sword around heavy-duty emissions modifications, and what owner-operators should weigh when thinking about ECM retunes. Also: owner-op Dean DeSantis on improving OEM emisisons tech.
December 14, 2018
Voices
POLL: Have you utilized a device for or worked with a shop on an ECM retune or emissions delete?
Whatâs been your experience of ECM-retuning devices or emissions defeats in the recent past, if any?
December 13, 2018
Channel 19
Hours of service proposal could come by end of March
Signs point to a decision on whether to move forward with hours change from FMCSA sooner than later â by Spring, regulators said during a call with owner-operators put together by Scott Reed and Scott Jordan of the Independent Carrier Group covering hours, the ELD mandate and exemptions, training and enforcement topics.
December 6, 2018
Voices
More âMusic to truck byâ: Truckers Ken Freeman, Taylor Barker live
In addition to this yearâs Trucker Talent Search contestants and other singer-songwriters, truckers Taylor Barker and Ken Freeman were conspicuous at GATS this past year with performances, including video excerpts of two here, on the stage at the truck parking area and at the Red Eye Radio stage and various exhibitor booths.
December 5, 2018
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