Are you ready to go independent?
Two upsides to getting your authority are the potential to make more money than a leased-operator and the almost complete freedom with how you run the business.
View ArticleChange for the better or nails in the coffin: Talking the future with Gary...
Whether the future landscape of greater risk translates to a boon for the future generations of owner-operators willing to assume the risk themselves as independents, or not, is one of many areas...
View ArticlePOLL: What’s your level of concern over hacking/security risks and ELDs?
This poll probes the extent of worry over the outside potential for a truck's computer-system infiltration through an ECM plug-in device, like an ELD. Reports and device makers suggest risk is minimal...
View ArticleExtra amateur day on the roads for total eclipse, particularly in these areas
Will you be in the "zone of totality," as the scientist-types are saying, this coming Monday for the solar eclilpse? More than one trucking company shutting down for the day anticipating an influx of...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhen the sun bites back: Skin cancer risk, prevention for drivers
Longtime drivers and others urge haulers to guard against skin cancer that can comes from excessive left-side exposure. Says one: “If you’re going to be sitting there bouncing down the road all day,...
View ArticleCancer prevention: Use sunscreen on exposed skin
Few drivers report regular sunscreen use while hauling. Just 6% of readers use such products routinely, though 10% reported filming side windows with UV-protecting layers to block nearly all UV light.
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