"Owner-operator" is one of those terms that sound self-explanatory, especially when it comes to truck drivers. Evidently owner-operators own the trucks they drive, right? Well, many of them do, but ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A federal truck leasing task force commissioned to study the prevalence of predatory practices in truck lease-purchase agreements ...

In a damning report, the Truck Leasing Task Force assembled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recommended that Congress should ban motor carrier lease-purchase agreements with truck ...

CarriersEdge found that while many fleets work with independent contractors or offer lease-purchase programs, there is a lack of resources available to help educate drivers on what they need to know ...

FMCSA's Truck Leasing Task Force discussed the fairness of—and possible solutions to—lease-purchase agreements between carriers and drivers. This was the fourth meeting of the Truck Leasing Task Force ...

Motor carriers/affiliates' lease-purchase plans and programs have traditionally been somewhat well-used paths to truck ownership, particularly among operators with otherwise shaky credit, but the ...

SFI Trucks and Financing offers personalized service and innovative solutions for owner-operators starting or building trucking businesses GREEN BAY, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Truck drivers who aspire ...

CarriersEdge recently released a new business training course for new and aspiring owner-operators. The Owner Operator Business Skills course was created to educate current company drivers about the ...