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LogBook
The Arrow Truck Sales 2012 Back on the Road winner is named, the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners is required, a woman’s rescuer is named Goodyear’s Highway Hero, cargo theft increases and other industry news items are featured.
May 1, 2012
Billy Basenburg’s prizes include a 2008 Mack Pinnacle high-rise sleeper.
Overdrive Extra
Landstar’s 2012 start good sign for owner-operators
The nation’s largest owner-operator fleet, Landstar, reports that it had its best first quarter ever.
April 27, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Four-wheeler: ‘I am so sick of 18-wheelers!’
Over the transom today in Overdrive‘s Nashville bureau here, as my office is often known among the editors in Alabama, came this letter. So much for sharing the road! Dear editor,I am so sick of 18-wheelers. They are always in the way. Who needs them? I sure don’t. They never seem to do the speed […]
April 1, 2012
Truck On Span Od
Business
Pulse
One key distinction regarding free speech within trucking is that company drivers are employees.
April 1, 2012
mheine@rrpub.com
Channel 19
CSA-Proofing, part two: Closed greasing system
Owner-operator Gordon Alkire’s engineered a solution to the problem of needing to get under the truck to grease front and rear suspension components with a system he says he’s spent a mere $75 on.
March 9, 2012
Gordon Alkire
Channel 19
Driver conference calls, online radio shows Wed., Thurs.
All Drivers Together hosts Trucker BuddyFirst up, the folks with the All Drivers Together series of conference calls, which have been ongoing with increasing prominence in the months since I reported on them last year, this afternoon are hosting Trucker Buddy International’s Randy Schwartzenburg. He’ll detail the organization’s plans for MATS as well as ongoing […]
February 29, 2012
Trucker Buddyapp
Business
Thinking about top executives at large motor carriers
Having met and interacted with the top people at our carrier, I am growing more sympathetic toward them.
January 31, 2012
Business
Chasing the Green
Certain niches offer big income potential for those willing to specialize.
January 1, 2012
Tim Philmon’s 2011 income boost arrived after what he calls the “survival mode” he and so many flatbed operators went through in 2009. His success strategy includes longer rounds and flocking to areas with jobs no one wants to do, such as the North in winter.
Business
Owner-Operator of the Month
‘Professional tourist’ from the land down under sets her sights over and above.
January 1, 2012
Jeanette Simpson, leased to Landstar Ranger, has driven her 1999 Freightliner Century since 2007 for dedicated, high-risk hauls that go from Texas to Canada.
Business
Pay Choice
A percentage pay option can be a helpful tool in the right circumstances.
December 1, 2011
Steven South learned how to maximize his income under a percentage pay plan by wisely choosing freight. Ultimately, he doubled both revenue and take-home from what he was paid per-mile.
Overdrive Extra
Landstar report a good sign for owner-operators
If earnings at Landstar System, the nation’s largest owner-operator carrier, are any indication, owner-operators are having a better year than they did in 2010.
October 25, 2011
Business
California Jump Start
State’s new regs, along with nationwide fuel prices, are driving sales of trailer aero devices.
October 1, 2011
Brett Tobin says he’s increased his loaded mpg by at least 0.9 by adding a tail device and side skirts. He estimates he gets close to 12 mpg when deadheading.
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