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Rates hack: The spot market 3 oâclock hustle
Though itâs certainly lost some of its luster now that mandated electronic logging devices are putting more value on planning loads for maximizing time efficiency, this scheduling hack from independent Chad Boblett is simple enough. It hinges on an old clichĂŠ: The best things come to those who wait.
May 2, 2019
Voices
POLL: Would a standardized miles-traveled tax for highway funds be a good fuels-tax replacement?
With some state jurisdictions currently testing the idea of a miles-traveled tax in place of a fuel tax for road repair and expansion funds, how do you feel about the potential fuel-tax replacement being eyed as electric and hybrid vehicles become more prominent?
April 29, 2019
Overdrive Radio
How-to: Custom walk-in storage at the front of a dry van; bulk tank niche explored
Daniel and Phyllis Snow detail their four-foot walk-in storage compartment they built into the front of their dry-van trailer, accessible from the tractorâs deck catwalk via a door assembly, to house tools and other supplies. Also in this edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast: liquid-bulk-tank insights from owner-ops Mike Landis, J.D. Howard.
April 26, 2019
Voices
Colin Young presents âBecause some of us are too good to waitâ
Trucker Colin young was westbound on I-70 nearing entrance to the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado. As he noted with the video entry in Ovedriveâs âDashcam Centralâ repository for reader-submitted dash vids, the âroad was closed for emergency repairs, but evidently itâs OK to pass on the shoulder if youâre behind an ambulance.â
April 23, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Learning from the mistakes of others, with owner-op Bill Ater from last weekâs early-Spring blizzard
In this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast we drop into the scene at The Junction truck stop in Blunt, S.D., round about mid-week last week just ahead of the blizzard. Owner-operator Ater and a fellow hauler on a run from Midland, Texas, up to the Williston, N.D., oil fields, ended up spending three nights there, leaving with a new appreciation for the place and its generous manager.
April 19, 2019
Voices
POLL: How many different trailer types have you pulled through your career?
Have you been dedicated to a particular trailer type through your career or hauled in different niches throughout? Share you story via this poll.
April 19, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Even in a roaring market, think twice before joining the stampede
This weekâs Overdrive Radio podcast features this talk, delivered by former small fleet owner and longtime radio host Kevin Rutherford at MATS, on prioritizing all the new risk and responsibility of trucking with authority, toward better income. Significant wild-card today: Inexplicably high cost of insurance for some carriers.
April 12, 2019
Voices
Shutdown report: Participation estimated, issues raised, tactics debated as April 12 arrives
Participating truckers view any effectiveness of this shutdown as having the potential to demonstrate some unity among drivers, whose voices in regulatory and industry discussions donât always rise to the top. At once, thereâs reason to doubt that numbers are sufficient to make a statement, and others object to anarchic tactics theyâve seen.
April 12, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: Does your ELD provider provide an avenue for you to opt out of sharing location/other data with them?
Different providers take different approaches to the employment of user data for internal purposes â is it clear via policy that your ELD data is not being used internally by the provider, or does the provider at least give a clear avenue for opting out of any internal company use?
April 11, 2019
Voices
POLL: Are you shutting down April 12 with those calling for protest?
With April 12 a day away, will your business be shut down in solidarity with groups calling for protest? If so or if not, why? Drop a comment here and/or weigh in via the poll.
April 11, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Lights-out at MATS, and: Youâre the parking expert âwhere you live and where you truck toâ
Former owner-op Scott Grenerth introduces parking-info/reservation site RigRest.com, talks ongoing work with National Coalition on Truck Parking, in this episode of Overdrive Radio; Also: The moment the lights went at MATS just ahead of Secretary Chaoâs speech on hours reform, captured for eternity âŚ
April 5, 2019
Voices
3 in 4 readers want some form of âMueller reportâ released to public scrutiny
Results of polling last week and into this week show a sizable majority (74 percent) of readers want special counsel Robert Muellerâs report on 2016 foreign election interference and possible obstruction of justice released to the public in some form.
April 3, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Why pick a fight with the air? And: Downtime for the spot market 3 oâclock hustle
This edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast comes as MATS continues in Louisville, with conversations with two owner-ops showing commonality between them in a willingness to be the contrarian in this loud age, on a variety of things â Chad Boblett and Henry Albert, on rates, ELDs, aerodynamics and more.
March 29, 2019
Channel 19
From within or without? â pressure to run over hours in the wake of the ELD mandate
Drivers face increased risks in the ELD era for any hours violations â hence more pushback against pressure to violate, met with one of those âequal and opposite reactions.â Yet not everyone agrees that external pressures to violate the regs are being truly felt, as one trucker commented: âThe pressure I feel from the ELD is not from management. The pressure I feel is from me, the driver.â
March 28, 2019
Voices
Hot button: Should the âMueller reportâ on election interference/obstruction of justice be released?
With Attorney General William Barrâs summary of special counsel/former FBI head Robert Muellerâs report on Russian election interference out â clearing the Presidentâs campaign of any conspiracy in the foreign effort â do you feel the full report should be released?
March 27, 2019
Hours of Service
POLL: Since the ELD mandate, have you felt pressure from carriers/customers to violate hours regs more or less often?
In 2017, almost half of Overdrive readers reported daily pressure to drive tired as a result of hours regs and/or coercion from carriers/customers. This poll looks at the issue viz a viz the definition of coercion from such parties as pressure to violate the hours rules. Has such pressure lessened or ramped up in the wake of the ELD mandate, if it existed at all?
March 26, 2019
Overdrive Radio
In love with trucking: Talent search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro from Nashville studio
Latest Overdrive Radio podcast: A sitdown with (and series of music sketches from) 2018 Trucker Talent Search winner Mandi Jo Pinheiro, also her father, Urban Roger Brown, on hand in Nashville for the recording session that was part of the TTS grand prize.
March 22, 2019
Voices
35-year trucker Joe Bartlette got a seatbelt ticket â until this video got it thrown out
Thereâs several ways to contest a ticket received at the roadside, chief and perhaps most effective among them just having video or other evidence that clearly refutes whatever the officer is claiming. ⌠Cue the case of Decker Truck Line hauler Joe Bartlette of Grandville, Mich.
March 20, 2019
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