Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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June 2015 | Overdrive | 21 LOGBOOK PARTNERS IN BUSINESS TIP: DOING IT YOURSELF Thinking about getting your own authority? As you plan for the many fi nancial and time costs, consider whether you will handle these areas by yourself or pay someone else to do them: hours of service and other back-offi ce compli- ance, income tax accounting, bookkeeping, billing, fuel tax and mileage tax. The Partners in Business program is produced by Overdrive and the consultants at ATBS, the nation's largest owner-operator business services fi rm. It is sponsored by Ryder, Goodyear Smart Fleet and Truckstop.com. The Partners in Business manual is available for order at eTruckerStore.com. The next seminars will be held Aug. 28-29 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. www.apexcapitalcorp.com/overdrive 855-354-2739 Factor with Apex to get paid faster. Why are you waiting to get paid? Call Today! FREE Access to our Load Board, NextLOAD.com FREE Mobile Factoring™ App FREE Credit Checks and Self-Funding FREE 24/7 Online Account Management Portal (AMP) FREE Fuel Card with Discounts on Fuel Nationwide promises! delivers on agree, Apex of our clients 98% THE AVERAGE LOSS VALUE per cargo theft incident in the fi rst quarter of 2015 jumped 25 percent from 2014's fi rst quarter to $256,966, while the number of thefts fell by 14 percent, indicating growing sophistica- tion by thieves, according to FreightWatch International. LOVE'S TRAVEL STOPS now offers the TirePass tire infl ation system at 75 locations nation- wide. When a truck enters a TirePass fueling lane, a trained technician connects truck and trailer tires to automatic infl ators. TirePass also checks tread depth. BUNK-HEATER MAKER Espar entered a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a lawsuit that alleged the company, from 2007 through 2012, conspired with unnamed competitors and others to manip- ulate prices for bunk heaters. Sentencing was set for June 5. WRIGHT TRANSPORTATION amend- ed its lawsuit against Pilot Flying J to accuse the truck stop chain of lying about its diesel fuel prices to defraud the carrier out of fuel rebates, according to court documents filed last month. Wright is one of four carriers that continue to press litigation against Pilot over its fuel rebate withholding scheme uncovered two years ago. (Continued on Page 79)