American Rig Radio podcasts  Mar 5, 2008 4:07 PM American Rig Radio, the ‘Voice of the American Highway’ is podcasting 24/7 for company drivers, owner/operators, and small motor carriers alike...

Building Wealth in Trucking  Nov 7, 2007 4:01 PM, By Timothy D. Brady Wealth and trucking in the same sentence may seem as opposites. But if this is true, then we can move forward in a rule of physics—opposites attract each other...

N-E-G-O-T-I-A-T-I-N-G  Oct 10, 2007 3:45 PM, By Timothy D. Brady Negotiating is one of the most important skills a trucker can possess that will improve his financial position or his work environment...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T  Sep 5, 2007 12:29 PM, By Timothy D. Brady Aretha Franklin got it right when she sang that hit song. This is the number-one complaint I hear from other truckers: “We just don’t get the respect we deserve.” ...

The Demise of the Trucker’s Lifestyle  Aug 8, 2007 1:59 PM, By Timothy D. Brady The lifestyle of a trucker has changed significantly over the past 30 years. Back in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, the life of a trucker consisted of ...

I’m leased to a carrier—What insurance do I need?  Jul 11, 2007 12:48 PM, By Timothy D. Brady Being leased to a motor carrier doesn’t reduce the insurable risks you come across on a daily basis. The one thing that can be said about anyone who’s a Leased Owner/Operator, he’s always the first one on the scene of an accident involving his rig...

Insurance—What Insurance—Am I Insured?  Jun 6, 2007 11:44 AM, By Timothy D. Brady It’s amazing what thoughts wander through your mind as you drive for hours across America’s highways. Thinking about your insurance coverage usually isn’t one of those ...

Beating the bushes— How to find shipping customers  May 23, 2007 1:49 PM, by Timothy D. Brady The most asked question by owner-operators and the owners of small trucking companies is: How do I find direct ship customers? It’s not rocket science to know when you depend on freight brokers for your loads you are giving up a fair amount of revenue. The revenue given up is pure and simple profit. But the problem lies with how to find those shippers with whom you can deal directly for the loads they need hauled. ...

DaimlerChrysler to sell majority Chrysler stake  May 14, 2007 12:26 PM, By Sean Kilcarr and Terrence Nguyen After months of rumors that DaimlerChrysler will spin off its money-losing Chrysler Group, the company agreed to sell a 80.1% majority stake in its Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management for $7.4 billion...

Fleets talk to Wall Street  May 9, 2007 3:39 PM, By Jim Mele, editor-in-chief NEW YORK. By all measures, the first quarter was not a very good one for trucking, but early signs indicate freight volumes may already be rebounding...