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Partners in Business
Calculate any load's cost in relation to time, not just miles
Evaluating any given load’s value, it’s crucial to consider costs to haul the freight on a per-mile basis, but also in relation to time. Attendant to Overdrive's Partners in Business seminar at MATS, Gary Buchs offered this custom-spreadsheet tool to help
March 22, 2024
Business
Broker's trailer pool program expands
Enhancements to Uber Freight's Powerloop drop-hook system within its freight network include an expanded "dedicated fleet" offering, bundling capabilities to build carrier drop and hook "tours," and telematics-enhanced "smart" trailers.
March 22, 2024
Equipment
Last Peterbilt 389 ever built being given away
Rush Enterprises is hosting a sweepstakes with the last and only 2025 Peterbilt 389X as the prize. The one-of-a-kind 389X is painted to match the 1965 Peterbilt 358 on display at Rush headquarters.
March 21, 2024
Life
'Trucker Josh' Giesbrecht: New Howes Hall of Fame member
Famous YouTuber "Trucker Josh" Giesbrecht was credited with "boosting the perception of truckers and the industry as a whole," said Rob Howes, president of Howes Products.
March 21, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA to end MC numbers, overhaul registration system to stamp out fraud
FMCSA admitted its "very dated" registration system "desperately" needs to improve for truckers. Now, owner-ops and others may have to go through some additional hoops as the system revamps in the mission to tamp down fraud.
March 21, 2024
Custom Rigs
Starting strong: Custom rigs kick off MATS 2024 in new location on-site
At the Mid-America Trucking Show, the working gems and show trucks served as the unofficial kick-off to the event, with dozens of rigs competing in the annual PKY Truck Championship, this year taking place out front, near the main entry gate.
March 21, 2024
Partners in Business
2024 handbook for owner-operator business, start to finish, now available
Download the new Partners in Business guide to owner-operator business today, and if you're attending MATS, join us at 2:45 p.m. Friday, March 22, in the MATS Pro Talks Theater (B104 in the South Wing) for the official kickoff for this year's PIB program.
March 20, 2024
Life
Award program seeks top military vet rookie trucker, to win donated T680
The winner of the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award will once again win the keys to a Kenworth T680. Also: St. Christopher fund-raising efforts at MATS; Wyoming DOT updating 511 site, replacing traffic cameras to improve reliability.
March 20, 2024
Overdrive Radio
On-highway toward MATS with 'Sisters of the Road' book tour, and its owner-operator pilot
View from the window of owner Debbie Desiderato's Western Star, toting the "Sisters of the Road" photo-exhibit trailer across the country toward MATS. The book tour's been a big share-the-road opportunity at the intersection of trucking and wider culture.
March 18, 2024
Overdrive Extra
5 can't-miss highlights upcoming at the Mid-America Trucking Show
From a wide array of small-business survival strategies for the down market to custom show truck builds, and much more in the way of educational sessions around freight fraud combat and industry advocacy, MATS has something for us all.
March 14, 2024
Business
Will spot rates respond to rising demand? | FMCSA extends lease-purchase comments
Rates have remained stagnant to date in 2024, yet load-truck ratios rose last week, perhaps portending increases as carriers gain spot negotiating leverage. Also: FMCSA extends lease-purchase contract comments; Utility's first line of Cargobull reefers.
March 12, 2024
Equipment
Two new configurations for Pete car-haulers | FMCSA to study 'human-ADS' teams?
New "UltraLow" configs are available for the Peterbilt 567 and 589 models. Also: FMCSA petitioned for more time to comment on sexual harassment, truck leasing arrangement studies; the agency's also considering a study on "human-ADS team driving."
March 8, 2024
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