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Partners in Business
Maximize your downtime efficiency over-the-road
Whether your truck's at a dock waiting to get loaded or unloaded, or you're planning your next load, there are things you can do to maximize that time to be as efficient as possible.
November 29, 2023
Overdrive Radio
How to not just survive, but thrive, through the bottom of the freight markets
This week's Overdrive Radio features longtime owner-operator coach Kevin Rutherford's guide to solidify the business base to take advantage of opportunities at the markets' bottom, and to excel for long-term trucking at the top.
November 27, 2023
Small Fleet Champ
How the Small Fleet Champs beat the down market in 2023
Overdrive's 2023 Small Fleet Champs and finalists are poised to make it through a rough freight economy with moves made in preparation for tough times. Gain insights via this edition of Overdrive Radio, a roundtable on building business for stability.
November 13, 2023
Overdrive Extra
What to do when your insurance policy doesn’t provide the necessary coverage
If you discover that your insurance policy doesn’t provide coverage for something you need it for, there is almost certainly a solution to provide that missing coverage. Some circumstances, though, are easier to address than others.
November 7, 2023
Partners in Business
Owner-operator basics: Tracking where the money goes
Knowing where your money is going -- and how much of your gross revenue you should be keeping -- is key to understanding where you stand as a business owner to help inform decisions.
November 1, 2023
Partners in Business
Set aside cash for taxes, maintenance, more
In addition to having a separate business account to track income and expenses, it's also important to have a reserve account to cover things like quarterly estimated tax payments, unexpected major maintenance and more.
October 25, 2023
Overdrive Extra
How owner-operators can avoid joining the 'capacity reduction' ranks
With all the talk of 'capacity reduction' -- owner-ops and fleets failing -- improving conditions from the trucking supply side, Gary Buchs offers this take on small fleet resilience, and some ways owners might prevent becoming a statistic.
October 18, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Weigh-in: Time for truckers to torpedo the two-week notice?
So asks Long Haul Paul with this tale of bad blood after an old friend's two-week notice resulted in 14 days of bad loads, and a couple of crashes, to boot. Three experienced owners weigh in with their own considered answers.
October 12, 2023
Overdrive Radio
If your trucking income's taken a beating this down cycle, you're not alone
The best of the best among owner-operator clients of ATBS have improved fuel mileage and maximized time efficiency as much as possible to hold the line. In this Overdrive Radio edition, find the firm's annual mid-year benchmarking analysis in full.
October 3, 2023
Partners in Business
Create your financial roadmap -- use a business plan to keep the truck on track
A detailed business plan can be among the most effective business tools you’ll use as an owner-operator to establish financial goals to stay successful on the road ahead.
September 27, 2023
Business
How bad has owner-operator income loss been this cycle?
Income's off 9% year over year, yet business conditions could soon improve after an exceedingly difficult set of circumstances for many truck owner-operators the past year and a half.
September 22, 2023
Business
Has trucking bottomed out? Preview owner-operator income benchmarking session upcoming
Tuesday, Sept. 19, owner-operator business services firm ATBS hosts a live session with a market update and income, revenue and cost analysis, including owner-operator averages against which to measure your own performance.
September 13, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Why every truck owner should read their insurance policies
Insurance agent W. Joel Baker emphasizes that you might be very surprised to find what is not in fact covered, and what is required of you to avoid a claim being denied or your insurance being canceled.
September 5, 2023
Overdrive Extra
6 strategies for carriers to help weather a tough freight market
One constant to all of these strategies is that in a down market, you must find ways to compete on factors other than the rate. When freight markets and rates are down 10%-20% across the board, price wars get extra-punitive.
August 23, 2023
Business
How truckers can leverage existing relationships toward direct freight
With shippers executing more frequent contracting periods, lines between spot/contract freight blur, and those dynamics could play out to an advantage for a nimble small fleet/independent hoping to secure direct business more readily.
August 14, 2023
Overdrive Extra
How to turn up the heat on detention
And charge customers for it. Truckers report little improvement in detention times since the ELD mandate. Yet time, of course, is money. The more owner-operators use their own numbers to engage customers on costs and lost opportunity the better.
August 16, 2023
Business
Direct freight: Delivering a modicum of consistency in a turbulent market
While the spot market of late has been difficult for many an owner-operator or small fleet, to say the least, carriers with direct customers have been able to hang on and/or prosper as long as demand for their customers' product has remained.
August 14, 2023
Overdrive Extra
How carriers and brokers can work to combat double brokering: Potential red flags, more
Tackling double-broker frauds at government levels will take time and likely resources from industry lobbyists and large players. There’s a lot we can do together in the meantime to shut the schemes down and fight against the fraud in our industry.
August 8, 2023
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