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POLL: Independents, do you use a factoring company or other quick-pay service?
Independents, take the poll and let us know. Yes, no, or no, but often/sometimes I will take brokers' quick-pay service when available.
July 24, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: The demise of One20 Trucking, and its owner-op’s efforts to get paid
Owner-operators Lee and Lisa Schmitt say they are owed over $4000 for loads carried in early May before the One20 buyout announcement. Listen on Overdrive Radio
July 19, 2018
Channel 19
A little hope for H.R. 5948, the bill that would exempt small carriers from the ELD mandate
OOIDA Board Member and small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold, at least, feels that if the small-fleet (10 or fewer trucks) exemption bill were to make it out of committee, through the House, through the Senate and to the President, “he’d sign it.”
July 17, 2018
Voices
Readers mixed on potential domestic freight impacts of new tariffs
The largest share of respondents (39 percent cumulatively) saw the potential for a negative freight impact for affected segments of the industry hauling in freight niches where tariffs were coming into play, or among all segments. 24 percent saw potential for positive freight impacts.
July 16, 2018
Overdrive Radio
A ‘malfunction junction’ where ELDs meet hours enforcement: Owner-operator Jon Hose’s OOS story
The independent shares his story of being put out of service with a false-log violation in Missouri early in June. The violation was a result of en-route malfunctions of his One20 F-ELD, and offers insights on how inspectors are handling en-route malfunctions, and how you can be prepared for one should it happen to you.
July 12, 2018
Voices
POLL: How often do you wear your truck’s seatbelt when hauling?
Will you answer yes, always; yes, most of the time; sometimes, but not usually; or never? Let us know your answer here on Overdrive.
July 10, 2018
Voices
POLL: Will freight volumes be impacted by newly imposed U.S. import tariffs?
Let us know on Overdrive how you believe trucking industry freight volumes will be impacted by these new tariffs.
July 5, 2018
Voices
POLL: Independents/small fleets, do your CSA scores still matter as a condition of doing business?
Since CSA scores were pulled in 2015, Overdrive wants to know if you feel like they're still being used as a condition of doing business.
July 4, 2018
Voices
POLL: Plans for the Fourth, driver?
Will you be celebrating with family/friends at home/elsewhere, celebrating, but on the road mid-trip/between hauls, hauling, or other. Let us know on Overdrive.
July 3, 2018
Voices
Vlogger Trucker Brown’s ‘No. 1 thing I love about trucking’
This video from video blogger Trucker Brown, an owner-operator who posts monologues from the road in his YouTube Channel, details the thing he loves most about his driving job. Catch his video here.
July 1, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag round on the One20 F-ELD’s demise; freight-partnership talk with a West Coast produce broker
Overdrive Radio's podcast covers One20 F-ELD's demise, Pam Young & Company's produce brokerage business in California, business relationships, and more
June 22, 2018
Channel 19
Reader: Chase rates all you want, but look out for the soft-market banana peel
Lester advises against chasing rates and explains how building strong business relationships with brokers helps drivers maintain freight all year.
June 21, 2018
Voices
Hero of the road: Trucker recounts story of saving another driver’s life
David Webb, who drives for Jim Palmer trucking, talks about stopping another truck and helping the driver who wasn’t breathing.
June 21, 2018
Channel 19
On ‘price gouging,’ or the new rates race to the top
Some carriers have been asking for $7-$10 a mile "just because they think they can get it." Anybody here actually seen such lately? Let us know on Overdrive.
June 20, 2018
Channel 19
How many people are affected by the One20 F-ELD’s shuttering?
Owner-op Jerry Allen expresses his thoughts on how the One F-ELD shuttering was handled. He wonders how many others went through something similar. Have you?
June 18, 2018
Voices
NATSO: Overdrive asked wrong question in rest area commercialization report
Could rest area commercialization lead to a reduction in truck parking? NATSO's Lisa Mullings offers her opinion about rest area commercialization on Overdrive.
June 18, 2018
Channel 19
Round-up: Plea for common sense at the counter of knowledge, bucking the blockchain hype machine, more
Opposing blockchain views, the march of technology and one longtime owner-operator's plea for a return to common sense by drivers and more.
June 14, 2018
Voices
POLL: How is your business’ income tracking so far in 2018 versus last year?
Calling all owner-operators. Take the poll here on Overdrive and let us know how your business income tracking is fairing in 2018 compared to 2017.
June 11, 2018
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