Last Updated: Mar 7, 2008 - 3:47:27 PM
Real Trucks, Real People
by David Heller
TCA Owner Operator of the Year Contest: John Gill of Dart Transit Co. Earns Grand Prize
Paradise Island, The Bahamas – In the 21st Annual TCA Owner Operator of
the Year contest, sponsored by Truckload Carriers Association (TCA),
International Truck and Engine, and Overdrive magazine, three owner
operators were honored as the nation's best. The awards, presented
March 3rd during TCA's Annual Convention at The Atlantis Resort, were
based on the drivers' excellent safety records, unblemished work
histories, and community and industry involvement.
Mar 7, 2008 - 3:44:11 PM
by Gary Bricken
Every owner operator at one time or another has been the victim of some
well intended product that delivered zero return on the investment.
This writer distinctly remembers a weird looking truck muffler marketed
about 40 years ago that looked like a stalk of bananas.
Jan 1, 2008 - 3:34:56 PM
by Gary Bricken
At the Great American Truck Show in Dallas a few months back this
writer came across a very brave and energetic fellow named Russell
Skinner. At the time he worked as the body shop manager and one of the things Skinner noticed when he got settled in was that a lot of trucks coming in were severely disabled, not so much from body damage, but from having the radiator destroyed.
Dec 1, 2007 - 2:25:39 PM
by Gary Bricken
The Great American Truck Show, an annual event held in Dallas, Texas,
is something of a Potemkim Village when you stand back and look at the
finished product. The term “Potemkim Village” refers to a legendary
story about a Russian general named Gregory Potemkim, who during the
reign of Catherine the Great allegedly built movie-set type villages
for the Empress to see on her tour of distant parts of her empire in
1787. Actually that didn’t happen...
Nov 1, 2007 - 9:30:39 AM
by Gary Bricken
The truth is simple. If you want to be in business for yourself you
have to accept the fact that the learning curve never ends. Look at the
small businessmen of 20 years ago when the computer started to make a
serious impact on the way we do business. A great deal of the learning
businessmen had accumulated over a lifetime had to be set aside to make
room for new information on how to handle everything from inventories
to accounting. The successful ones survived and thrived easily
bypassing those who believed that the old ways were good enough.
Oct 1, 2007 - 2:59:42 PM