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Beware what you sign with brokers: Freight-payment offsetting of cargo claims a ‘sucker’s game’
Ever had a broker give you load after load following a cargo claim, then never pay you for any of them? Such can be the case when “right to offset” clauses are included in a brokerage contract. Issues discussed in this Overdrive Radio edition with transportation attorney Hank Seaton, with an outline also of ways to revamp the safety-rating system for small-fleet/owner-op benefit.
December 3, 2018
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Truck thief! Caught on dual-view dashcam
After installing dual-view cameras in their trucks, reps of the Madison, Ala., location of the Danella construction company were greeted early one morning with what was clearly a break-in at the yard — the thief, soon caught, was recorded in these videos driving away, among other footage, a gold mine for police.
November 30, 2018
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POLL: Have you carried health insurance this year?
With the sixth-annual Affordable Care Act open enrollment period coming to a close Dec. 15 for the federal health-insurance exchange — extended for some state exchanges — what best describes your own health-insurance situation over the last year?
November 28, 2018
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Political gerrymandering: Should it be legal for parties to redraw districts to favor their candidates?
It’s a truism in electoral politics in the U.S. — whichever party controls state government when electoral districts are redrawn (generally every 10 years) holds the advantage for the next 10. Should outright political gerrymandering of districts be legal? Or is it all more complicated than that?…. Weigh in here.
November 27, 2018
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Pride and professionalism: ‘The difference between a career and a job’
Reader Scott Hainline writes in response to Clifford Petersen’s discourse on the pride and professionalism inherent in, among other things, on-highway courtesies once common among truckers. Hainline argues truckers should do better to pass down traditional professionalism to the incoming generations.
November 26, 2018
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Nearly half of independents using ELDs give no thanks for device providers
Almost half of independent owner-operator respondents who’ve put on an e-log reported a “no-satisfaction” level with their ELD provider — add those who were only “somewhat or a little satisfied,” and you can account for more than 6 in 10 responding independents using an ELD today.
November 21, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Truckers helping foster 12-year-old Robbie Welsh’ creative journey
In this edition Overdrive Radio, St. Louis mother Sarah Welsh details how the trucking community, particularly a variety of owner-operators among it, has helped foster her 12-year-old son Robbie’s passion for so many things trucking — and particularly: “meeting drivers to talk about their trucks,” Sarah says. A kindred spirit, as it were. More…
November 19, 2018
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Better ‘pay would solve most’ critical issues: Readers’ priorities show variation from, similarity to recent rankings
While “the economy” does figure as a critical issue year-in year-out in the annual ATRI “critical issues” rankings, issues of adequate driver compensation — and rates for independent truckers — don’t command the same direct attention. All the same, as one reader noted, better “pay would solve most” problems.
November 16, 2018
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‘About time’: Readers respond to new CVSA directive not to wake off-duty drivers to inspect
Responses to CVSA’s new policy directive to inspectors not to wake off-duty truckers for the purposes of conducting a random inspection ranged from exasperated positivity — “About time” ran the two-word response of multiple readers at Overdrive’s Facebook page — to I-hope-they-get-the-memo identifications of specific problem jurisdictions.
November 14, 2018
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POLL: Your average length of haul since the ELD mandate: Shorter, longer, about the same?
Anecdotal reports and some carrier surveys have shown length-of-haul desirability trending shorter for small fleets post-ELD mandate. Lots of factors are at play otherwise, but what’s the reality for you, whether a small operation yourself or leased to a larger one? Weigh in here.
November 13, 2018
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How a ’96 Classic came to be ‘The Goose,’ and: Hope for small-biz primacy with FMCSA?
So just how did Daniel and Phyllis Snow’s 1996 Freightliner Classic XL come to be called ‘The Goose’? In this Overdrive Radio podcast, the independent owner-operators tell that story. Also: A bit of stumping for the importance of small business in trucking from none other than the top motor carrier safety regulator in the nation,
November 9, 2018
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Truckers split over challengers and incumbents in midterm races
In 21 percent of readers’ districts, the House race featured no incumbent at all, while in those that did, just a single percentage point separated respondents who reported intentions to vote for the incumbent or the challenger, suggesting a divide about the current direction of government in general terms.
November 5, 2018
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POLL: What will you do when you retire from full-time trucking?
What’s your plan for working, whether you do or not, after eventually retire from full-time trucking in the future? Will you haul or otherwise work part-time within the industry, perhaps outside of it, or something else?
November 5, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
Hurricane relief hauling with Fla. owner-op Tim Philmon; and a look at ATA’s fed/state agenda
In the latest Overdrive Radio podcast, take a run through Hurricane Michael relief efforts with the front-line FEMA shuttle relief operation Florida-based independent Tim Philmon contracted to in its wake. Also: James Jaillet offers insight into what to expect from ATA’s regs/legislative agenda going forward. It’s not all bad news, ultimately.
November 1, 2018
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David Macom presents ‘Frosty the fly-ash man’
Watch as the eerie dust from fly ash settles in front of trucker David Macom's big rig and remember to submit your own Dashcam Videos on Overdrive.
October 31, 2018
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POLL: Which issue would you describe as the biggest in trucking today?
Which of these major issues of discussion in trucking gets your vote for the most pressing today?
October 30, 2018
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Overdrive Radio
The living legacy of the ‘BlackOut’ veterans-tribute Freightliner, and: Small fleet growth elsewhere
A couple weeks out from Veterans Day, this week’s podcast walks through recent additions to the BlackOut 1999 Freightliner veterans-tribute and memorial truck and more Chuck Timbrook following a health scare two years ago. Also: More from owner-op Rob Hallahan’s small fleet growth with other owner-ops.
October 26, 2018
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POLL: At what age do you think you’ll retire from full-time trucking?
Thinking realistically, at what age do you expect you’ll be ready to retire from full-time trucking? Weigh in via this poll.
October 26, 2018
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