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Custom Rigs

‘Career gambler’ Dean DeSantis and the aptly-named 2018 Peterbilt 389 with 124-inch ARI sleeper

When it comes to custom rigs, “In the world of everybody building gliders, I’m a guy who kind of cuts across the grain a little bit,” says Dean DeSantis.

October 30, 2018

Business

Spot van rates hit low for the year

On the top 100 van lanes, 64 lanes showed lower average rates last week, 29 were higher, and seven were unchanged. Also: Trends and key markets for van, flat and reefer segments.

October 25, 2018

Business

Illustrating how Hurricane Florence affected spot market demand

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, DAT Solutions illustrates inbound load-to-truck ratios for vans for the weeks of September 9 and 16, 2018.

October 1, 2018

Business

Freight boom, ELDs created ‘most disruptive time seen in trucking’

The FTR Conference covered trucking and the combination of economic growth, ELDs and hurricanes forcing record-tight truck capacity and historically high rates.

September 18, 2018

Business

Spot market tightens ahead of Labor Day — updates in van, flat, reefer

Market tightness slowed the recent trend of falling rates. The national average for van rates was down just 1 cent at $2.15 per mile, and on a lane-to-lane basis, the market stayed pretty well balanced, with regional demand shifts in reefers and flats.

August 30, 2018

Business

Spot rates recede slightly, still hot in all three segments

Spot market rates eased in July from their record highs in June, according to monthly rates data from Truckstop.com. Read details on Overdrive.

August 3, 2018

Business

Despite seasonal dip, rates still ‘sky-high,’ with flatbed market tight nationwide

Despite spot market rates dipping slightly, they've dropped from record highs set in the month of June. Get more details on the spot market rates on Overdrive.

August 2, 2018

Business

Big Freight, Kelsey Trail fleets combining forces

Flatbedder Big Freight Systems, a Daseke company celebrated 70 years in business, last week announced a merger with Kelsey Trail Trucking. Combined, the two operations haul with nearly 750 tractors and trailers.

July 11, 2018

Business

Rates unabated: Per-mile rates march upwards again, with reefer topping $3

Surging rates pushed owner-operator income higher in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from ATBS. More here.

July 2, 2018

Business

Spot market: Where it’s hot and not for dry vans, reefers, flatbeds

The latest in the last week: Capacity is slowly returning to the spot market judging by a generally growing number of truck posts on DAT load boards, the company says, but trucks are still showing as in short supply in many parts of the country. That’s kept rates high.

June 27, 2018

Channel 19

The feast or famine of owner-operator income, in good times and bad

With greater risk comes greater reward — and potential for loss. Some results from Overdrive’s recent compensation survey bear out the truism, with the largest shares of owner-ops at top and bottom rungs of the income ladder. Respondents’ thoughts on market performance and income through 2018, too, show a similar dynamic.

June 26, 2018

Business

Flatbedders’ income again outpaced van, reefer haulers in 2018’s first quarter

No surprise for many owner-operators who have felt these numbers first hand: Net income for leased owner-operators and independents in the first three months of 2018 continued to march upward, with operators across all segments taking home more in 2018’s first quarter than the same time a year ago.

June 25, 2018