Growing pains of small trucking: Midnight Xpress on blown motors, hiring mistakes and more
In the half-year since we first talked with Midnight Xpress co-owner Andre Jackson for the Overdrive Radio podcast, small fleet expansion plans continue to be implemented, though they’ve shifted with a breakdown of the first truck Jackson and partners …
Hanover Logistics adds Pa. warehouse
Hanover Logistics purchased the former GlaxoSmithKline fulfillment center in Penn Township Industrial Park at 26 Barnhart Drive in Hanover, Pa., to “support our current and future customer’s needs as they grow.”
The broker-margin transparency federal law already affords to carriers who request it
Owner-operators have a “right to review” amounts paid by shippers, collected by brokers and disbursed to themselves in any brokered freight transaction. But a right does nothing for anyone if not exercised — too many truckers, watchers contend, just a…
2018 ‘coulda planned better’: Counting down the top 10 Overdrive Radio podcasts of the year
Take a review run back through some of those most memorable moments from the top 10 most-listened-to episodes of the year, from details of owner-op Mark Kirbyson’s skepticism of any wisdom present in the oft-repeated “shoulda planned better” to more th…
The not-so-long haul: The operational challenges to owner-ops after the ELD mandate
The relatively sudden impact of the ELD mandate, on top of the growing demands of e-commerce, has narrowed haul lengths and challenged owner-operators to maximize productivity around more picks and drops. The short-haul choice is becoming more attracti…
The not-so-long haul: The operational challenges to owner-ops after the ELD mandate
The relatively sudden impact of the ELD mandate, on top of the growing demands of e-commerce, has narrowed haul lengths and challenged owner-operators to maximize productivity around more picks and drops. The short-haul choice is becoming more attracti…
Avoid getting stiffed: New flag on brokers with bonds pending cancellation can be effective recon tool
If a surety provider’s notice of cancellation of a broker’s bond can’t result in an immediate suspension because of “the need for rulemaking,” as FMCSA has noted, “that is a catch-22,” one watcher says, a “stretch of highway 100 miles long” with no sto…
For small fleets, tracking can be ELD fringe benefit
“I hate the ELD, I hate that it’s mandated,” says small-fleet owner-operator Rob Hallahan, but I “like the utilities that come with it,” including location tracking and sharing.
Covering your tracks: The brave new world of ‘freight visibility’
As load tracking systems have proliferated and evolved, angst over their intrusion, as well as opportunities for owner-operators to benefit from them, have been on the rise.
Beware what you sign with brokers: Freight-payment offsetting of cargo claims a ‘sucker’s game’
Every had a broker give you load after load following a cargo claim, then never pay you for any of them? Such can be the case when “right to offset” clauses are included in a brokerage contract. Issues discussed in this Overdrive Radio edition with tra…