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Channel 19

Correcting the personal-conveyance record

Answering Russ Hoffman’s question: “Are you sure that Personal Conveyance requires that you not have a load or trailer? I believe the regulation is Unladen (unloaded) with an empty trailer being acceptable.” By the letter of the law, he’s right.

March 2, 2017

Channel 19

Negotiating the brokerage contract: Back solicitation, detention and more

Leander Richmond of Mich.-based eight-truck Eagle Express Inc. learned the hard way of one broker’s no-detention-pay standard policy at first-come first-served shipper/receiver facilities — likewise the “insulting” offer when he objected.

February 14, 2017

Channel 19

E-logs and detention, redux | An 800-pound gorilla in need of a few good lumpers

Will ELDs point the way out of the detention ‘quagmire’? If they do, it won’t happen all at once, no doubt. Could be a wild ride ahead …

February 9, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs and the detention quagmire

Rico Muhammad’s reefer freight operation, based in Atlanta, is comprised of two trucks operating primarily in the Southeast and sometimes outside the region. He names detention’s operational quagmire as perhaps the principal issue for owner-operators moving to ELDs.

February 8, 2017

Business

Detention, short haul pay increases on deck at USA Truck

Beginning Jan. 1, the company will start paying its over-the-road drivers performance bonuses monthly instead of quarterly. Solo, teams and owner-operators with no preventable collisions are eligible for the performance bonuses.

December 7, 2016

Overdrive Extra

Brokers and owner-operators: A view from the other side

Lies. Late payments. Ridiculously low payments. No payments. Owner-operators’ brokerage horror stories are legion, but how does the process look from the broker’s perspective? Max Heine visits Birmingham-based TLS to take a look.

October 19, 2016

Overdrive Extra

Saving time with curtainside trailer, losing it with detention

“So now you get your phone out, take a nap, find something to occupy your time,” said steel hauler Jeremy Johnson said. “I just sit here and wait till they get it all sorted out at my expense.”

August 18, 2016

Overdrive Extra

Trying to fix the detention problem

I just sit here and wait till they get it all sorted out,” Johnson said when he finally figured out the bungled paperwork situation at his drop, learning it would cost him another two or three hours. “Guess who gets screwed in the meantime.”

August 1, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Mailbag: ‘Major trucking issue’ — detention at shippers/receivers and its income, safety impact

How big is the problem of detention at shippers and receivers for American truckers? For readers of Overdrive, it’s a “major issue,” in the words of more than one you’ll hear in this “mailbag” edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast.

July 22, 2016

Business

Serious excess-detention issue lost on many brokers, survey says

A new survey conducted by DAT shows something of a disconnect between carrier/broker views on detention. While detention is one of the top 5 business issues for 8 in 10 carriers, only 20 percent of brokers agreed that detention was that significant for them.

July 18, 2016

Business

Detention data collection phase, regulatory process under way

As required by the FAST Act, DOT will report “on the impact of loading and unloading delays” on the economy, transport efficiency, safety and driver pay/income. Efforts could hold import for hours, detention pay in future.

June 17, 2016

Voices

‘Be the change you want to see’

From the cab of Clifford “Dream Walker” Petersen on the state of the industry. Drivers have strength in numbers, and individual actions will go a long way toward improving conditions for owner-operators.

May 24, 2016