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Owner-operator business evolution in 'Partners in Business': Roundtable

This wide-ranging discussion with Red Eye Radio's Eric Harley, ATBS' Mike Hosted, and Overdrive's Gary Buchs keyed in on vital aspects of owner-operator business practice, from basic task management to make-or-break of cost/revenue numbers engagement....

May 28, 2023

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'Chicken house closed, locked up, nobody home' | Introducing Hope Zvara and 'Trucking Yoga'

Is it possible to get through the Roadcheck inspection blitz without passing a single open scale? Flatbed independent Mike "Mustang" Crawford points the way. Long Haul Paul's talk with Zvara details the quality-of-life benefits of basic movement.

May 19, 2023

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Double brokering a 'cancer' requiring whole-of-trucking battle plan

Drop in with Jason Decker of General Transportation in his talk at MATS detailing proactive strategies to fight back against double brokers, and: More on the new Peterbilt Model 589 with recent test-drive, walkaround showcasing details.

May 12, 2023

Squeeze is on: Frugality only goes so far after getting used to $4/mile freight

Owner-operator Jay Hosty, our April Trucker of the Month, has nonetheless held tight when confronted with the prospects of anything below $2.50-$3/mile -- in this podcast, dive in with News Editor Matt Cole's long look at Hosty's business history.

May 5, 2023

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Closer look at owner-operator Deron Salmon's new Truck'N broker review, nav and accounting app

After owner-operator Deron Salmon got sent on a brokered load to a shipper with an appointment time only to face the prospects of a daylong wait, he wanted a tool to tell others about the broker's lack of support. Now, he's built that tool himself.

April 28, 2023

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Paths to 10-plus mpg in a Class 8 diesel tractor with aero, downspeeding, more

For all the focus on rates and revenue, no improvement there is dollar for dollar. Yet "fuel savings go right to the bottom line," owner-operator Joel Morrow re-emphasizes in this Overdrive Radio edition walking through ways to get to 10 mpg, and beyond.

April 21, 2023

Making all of it work, and then some: Illinois-headquartered Pulli Express

On Overdrive Radio: This husband/wife duo, March Trucker of the Month Pulli Express, excels in the art of juggling life and work on the road, running three trucks between them and an owner-operator leased. What else? Four young children at home.

April 14, 2023

'The spot market is not where you need to live': On building business with authority

After two decades in and around trucking as a driver, owner-operator, then small fleet owner, Adam Wingfield is now bringing boatloads of energy to a mission of helping owners lay the groundwork for long-term business success. His rousing MATS talk, here.

April 7, 2023

Fit or Unfit? FMCSA keying in on problems with 'Conditional' safety rating limbo

FMCSA's MATS regulatory session didn't mention a plan to advance a rulemaking around its safety rating system for motor carriers across the size spectrum. Yet at another conference one month, the agency revealed the move. More on Overdrive Radio.

March 31, 2023

Tales from a trainer's truck: Good, bad, ugly with reefer operator Bill Douglas

The rewards that come with knowing you've set a driver up for success, and difficulties setting boundaries with a trainee taking your credit card for dinner -- while you're asleep. Long Haul Paul takes the mic for this podcast with the longtime trainer.

March 24, 2023

Oversize hauler's shower solution for small sleepers | More 'Winter from hell' on I-80

Landstar-leased heavy-specialized owner-operator Andy Freedman walks Overdrive Radio through his career and the long road to an inexpensive mobile shower solution fit even for 70-inch sleepers. Also: Passing the mic to Paul in Wyo.'s "winter from hell."

March 17, 2023

Team Dreamline: Success designed, executed for a long-term home

The owner-operator dream team hauls leased to Southern Pride Trucking, the culmination of about a decade spent designing and executing their plan for a long-term home as business owners. Hear their story on Overdrive Radio here.

March 10, 2023

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Can you hear the difference? New dual-mode AM/FM CB radios

Cobra's Mark Karnes here tells the story of the petition that the company put to the FCC to allow the use of FM rather than just standard AM in CB Radios. With new dual-mode radios out now, Overdrive Radio samples differences in sound quality, clarity.

March 3, 2023

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Running the lease roads to well sites with tank operator Edward Jackson of John McGee Trucking

This bumpy, slippery run with an operator at one of Overdrive's 2022 Small Fleet Champs pulled the small fleet's bread and butter: Production water from oil and gas fields in Northern Louisiana. Ride along to unload in this Overdrive Radio edition

February 24, 2023

Bust up the stigma around mental health for a chance at a better trucking life

Attitudes around mental health are changing for the better, though some stigma remains -- that's among the messages of Clifford Petersen, who in this podcast narrates his long struggle, and mission to be a support lifeline for OTR haulers like himself.

February 20, 2023

How to be 'as bad as an accountant' to ensure long-term success

January's owner-operator Trucker of the Month tells his story, from his start as a flatbed-pulling hotshotter in a one-ton dually to stumbles through other trucks and growing "as bad as an accountant" with a focus on costs, revenue and profit per-trip.

February 10, 2023

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One owner-op's long road to steady dry-bulk freight, for the whole family

In this Overdrive Radio edition out on a dry-bulk haul with Kentucky-based John McCormick, the owner-operator lays out his own and his father's different histories in trucking. Their stories converged in recent years on this regular run.

February 3, 2023

‘Common sense, you’ve got it for a reason’ -- Use your CB already, owner-ops say

And if you don’t run with a CB, get one. Too many seem to think that the CB is little more than a “movie prop from a silly movie from the 1970s,” as Kenneth Williams put it, echoing the sentiment of a bevy of truckers after a deadly highway pileup.

January 24, 2017

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For his recent move back to running with his authority, the 2023 Polar fuel-haul, four-hole, 9,500-gal. trailer is his most recent purchase, likely his last for quite a time.

Trucking his way: Matthew Karr, May Trucker of the Month, puts out his shingle as K-Mac Trucking

Having learned lessons the hard way (early struggles in a lease-purchase, later with too-quick growth as a small fleet owner), for owner-op Karr the last very-big years have set him up well for his current chapter, hauling fuel as a one-truck independent.

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Summer of chrome, lights: Don't miss these truck shows set for across the country

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Not comprehensive enough: Trucking responds to FMCSA's proposed CSA-scores changes

New dēzl™ OTR610, dezl OTR710, dēzl OTR810 and dēzl OTR1010 navigator serie

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Owner-operator business evolution in 'Partners in Business': Roundtable

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2022 edition of Partners in Business.

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