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Tank washouts bring cost, time investment into focus for liquid bulk niche haulers
Getting used to planning for washouts -- both the time and money involved -- is a must for most tank owner-operators. If you're jumping in anew, get ready to basically relearn how to drive, too, with the big slosh.
June 17, 2025
Business
Liquid-bulk tanker: At once rare and common challenges for owner-ops come with rewards
While some business issues are ubiquitous across trucking -- rates not keeping up with costs, expensive equipment and insurance -- liquid-bulk tanking comes with plenty unique difficulties owner-operators and small fleets must overcome.
June 13, 2025
Voices
POLL: Do you yank a tanker? What's been your biggest biz struggle the last few years?
The liquid bulk-hauling owner-operator niche, known for better than average revenues and income, at once comes with its own unique struggles and tradeoffs. Weigh in on how you've approached them in this two-question survey.
April 17, 2025
Overdrive Radio
'Keep digging' with Dice Mayhem's Trucking, growing dump roots to long-term small fleet success
Owner-operator Hunter Hubbard's advice for any aspiring truck owner belies her own dump trucking determination: "If you have your mind set to do it, go for it. Nothing's stopping you but yourself. ... Keep digging."
April 14, 2025
Independence and Growth
How to get access to military freight
A primer for owner-operators and small carriers on doing business direct with the military — or the 3PL contractor controlling a substantial portion of general military freight — to haul DOD loads.
January 1, 2025
Small Fleet Champ
High Road owner Sharon Lee masters art of prioritization
Tour haul small fleet High Road owner Sharon Lee's in it for the people, not the trucks. "The truck part of the business is a means to an end. I love the company, I love the clients, I love the drivers," and her support of all shines with biz growth.
October 8, 2024
Overdrive Radio
'Roll On, Alabama!' On the road with tour hauler Josh Gentry
Gentry, son of founding Alabama group member Teddy Gentry, now hauls with the family business in a truck rekindling a partnership between the group and Kenworth that extends back into the 1980s. Sit in on his recent Alabama-Tennessee run in this podcast.
July 22, 2024
Overdrive Radio
Running the High Road with tour-haul small fleet | Roadcheck chicken-house wrap
Introducing Nashville/Boston-headquartered small fleet owner Sharon Lee and her High Road concert-hauling business. Also in this Overdrive Radio: Last year, Mike "Mustang" Crawford found every scale he passed closed during Roadcheck. Not so this year.
May 20, 2024
Small Fleet Champ
LNL Trucking minds the pennies, stacks up dollars in profits
Bedford, Indiana-based LNL Trucking, a 12-truck fleet specializing in liquid-bulk tanker work, thrives with a focus on financials. Owner Larry Limp found his niche in 2004 and has grown with his customers since.
September 21, 2023
Business
Behind the scenes of a unique trucking niche: Mobile TV production
The mobile TV production segment of the entertainment-hauling niche is unlike most. Driving is a secondary task, as much of their time is spent building sets and stages and managing production. Hop onto the set of College GameDay with its seven truckers.
September 19, 2023
Trucker of the Year
Owner-operator Crystal Rives makes hay of car-haul work in Texas
'She's got her business in line' -- that's the single biggest thing that makes owner-operator Rives an inspiration to fellow car haulers, in the words of one. Seven years into business with authority, she's serving Texas-based customers intrastate.
July 28, 2023
Overdrive Radio
Running the lease roads to well sites with tank operator Edward Jackson of John McGee Trucking
This bumpy, slippery run with an operator at one of Overdrive's 2022 Small Fleet Champs pulled the small fleet's bread and butter: Production water from oil and gas fields in Northern Louisiana. Ride along to unload in this Overdrive Radio edition
February 24, 2023
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