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Making the e-log switch: The evolution of small fleet Old Time Express
“I know a lot of people, and especially a lot of drivers, would like to cut my head off when I say this …” — that’s Old Time’s Mark White in preamble to some perhaps underappreciated e-log lessons he delivers toward the end of this week’s Overdrive Radio podcast. File under: things people might not want to hear.
July 7, 2017
Voices
Between cynicism and hope: Readers, associations weigh in on ramifications of CSA study
While many readers were cynical about the entire project, associations from OOIDA to ATA were hopeful that the National Academies’ CSA revision recommendations would be taken seriously by the FMCSA.
June 30, 2017
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POLL update: What’s your most likely response to the ELD mandate?
With the principle legal challenge (OOIDA’s court battle) to the ELD mandate at an end, assuming the end-of-year enforcement deadline remains, what’s your current plan for dealing with the mandate? Weigh in in this poll.
June 29, 2017
Voices
Facebook founder Zuckerberg hears truckers’ concerns at Iowa 80 truck stop
Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg last week heard from truckers on electronic logs, autonomous trucks and more as he took time during his tour of the United States to visit the Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa.
June 26, 2017
Voices
POLL: Do you support Republicans’ Obamacare ‘repeal/replace’ efforts?
Republican bills in both House and Senate would overhaul much of the Affordable Care Act, including removing the mandate to purchase insurance. More controversial items include the reining in of Medicaid eligibility, return of tax cuts to wealthy Americans, and big changes to the individual market for insurance. What’s your view?
June 26, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Dedicated freight — an antidote to chasing rates
After years chasing rates and high miles, over the last decade and more Keith Sampson shifted his thinking. His example is clear evidence that keeping your eye out for dedicated-freight opportunities can deliver the best of both worlds — income stability and high profitability, without sacrificing your home life in the process.
June 22, 2017
Voices
Trucking: Like father, like son
Daughter, too. 7 in every 10 of Overdrive’s mostly owner-operator readers, whether male or female, reported having descended from a trucking father, in some form or another.
June 21, 2017
Voices
POLL: Owner-operators, how’s business trending for you over the last months?
What’s your business-conditions situation been over the last few months as the traditional spring freight season has come into play.
June 20, 2017
Voices
Colin Young presents: Another high-speed shoulder pass
“It’s absolutely amazing to me how many fourwheelers will pass a rig on the shoulder at high speed”… Another shoulder pass from the dashcam of trucker Colin Young . . . .
June 19, 2017
Channel 19
Saturday round-up: Spring cleaning, chaining the trailer to the coil, best wisecracks of the year
Terminator once declared he could not self-destruct — how about self-driving vehicles?; an e-log solution for the ages; and a check-in with flatbed owner-operator Joe Bielucki’s real-man coils and overdue spring cleaning. . .
June 17, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Don’t get ‘beat up’ on rates: Strong service to keep the customer honest
This podcast talk with owner-operator Monte Wiederhold focuses in on the direct-customer base Wiederhold notes he’s been fortunate to maintain through the recent “ebb and flow” years of spotty freight and demand in the wider economy, and the emphasis on timely communication and dependability that’s helped immensely to keep those customers.
June 15, 2017
Voices
POLL: Is/was your father involved in trucking?
To what extent is trucking passed down father-to-son over the generations? In the poll, in advance of Father’s Day this weekend, we want to know whether your father is/was a trucker in any capacity, whether a driver/O-O, fleet owner or something else?
June 15, 2017
Voices
Four generations of fathers, sons power Penn.-based R.W. Smith Trucking
With Father’s Day coming up, a question: Is/was your father involved in trucking, too? And: A guest profile of and “salute to a company “that’s been led for 85 years by successive generations of fathers and sons,” Penn.-based R.W. Smith Trucking.
June 13, 2017
Overdrive Radio
‘Not adding up’: Following Supreme Court’s hit to ELD challenge, owner-operators reckon with next steps
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s official denial of OOIDA’s appeal for it to throw out the ELD rule, attention turned to the Trump administration and, more closely, Congress. A bevy of readers faced down the reality of further limited options for an ELD challenge.
June 13, 2017
Voices
POLL: Have you ever been through an IFTA or IRP audit?
How commonly state auditors review IFTA and IRP records of owner-operators is not widely known — what’s been your experience with audits of your International Fuel Tax Agreement filing or International Registration Plan records?
June 12, 2017
Channel 19
Tuesday round-up: Miracle on the road, and ‘retirements’ accelerate at Wes Memphis’ fleet in wake of e-log transition
A truck rolls safely with “no ELD, no ABS, no ERG, no SCR no DEF?” What gives? one reader cracks wise. And Wes Memphis returns to the blog with a suggestion that, should biz consultant Jeffrey Hayzlett’s rule of thirds apply to post-ELD mandate trucking, there will be “no lack of trucking jobs”…
June 6, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: One owner-operator’s credit claw-back after identity theft | ‘ELD or me’ dates set
How did owner-operator Scott Reed find out about the theft of his identity that destroyed his good credit: He learned of erroneous warrants for his arrest out West. Hear how he repaired the situation here. Also: “ELD or me” demonstration dates set for Oct. 3-7.
June 2, 2017
Voices
POLL: How common is identity theft — have you been a victim of it?
Identity theft can be a disaster for your credit rating in the short and, sometime, long term, if overlooked. Has it — or related credit- or other card fraud — ever happened to you? Weigh in here.
June 2, 2017
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