Each month NPTC President and CEO Gary Petty writes a column in Fleet Owner magazine that focuses on the individuals, companies, best practices, and resources that make private trucking the force that it is in the American economy. Reaching more than 100,000 subscribers, three-quarters of whom are private fleet professionals, this column provides an excellent forum to communicate the value of the private fleet.
Gary Petty | gpetty@nptc.org | Private Fleet Editor for FleetOwner Magazine
Gary Petty has more than 30 years of experience as CEO of national trade associations in the trucking industry. He has been the president and CEO of the National Private Truck Council since 2001.
Big Win for Truck Leasing
Among the most unfair anti-business laws are those that impose liability on businesses when the customer does something wrong. Itâs…
Heavy-Duty Dining
Diets of many truck drivers are killers. Truckers, like most Americans, pick hamburger, fries and the like as their food…
Driver Outsourcing
The use of contract drivers continues to be a growth business in the private fleet truck market. Indeed, over the…
30 Years and Counting
When Greg Mathein was hired by SENCO Products, Inc. in the 1970’s, his “marching orders” from the company’s owner were…
None for the Road
In many parts of the country, police crackdowns on drunk driving through checkpoints set up on holidays and weekends…_x000D_
Rolling Billboard
At its Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, NPTC announced that developments were under way for a new membership benefit, the Fleet…
What a Ride
For many who grew up in the ’50s, carnivals represented brightly lurid worlds of forbidden fantasy and adventure. Who can…
Best in Class
This year’s class of Certified Transportation Professionals (CTPs) is exceptional. For the first time in the program’s 12-year history, all…
Crawl, Walk, Run
In the best selling book, âGood to Greatâ, author Jim Collins identified Walgreens as one of 11 companies that had…
The ABC’s of Driver Pay
A few years ago, a growing, high profile private fleet faced a labor crisis. Driver hourly rates and overtime costs…
Bessie’s Longer Rides
Every day thousands of direct-store deliveries (DSD) are made to America’s wholesalers and retailers. These deliveries â so vital to…
Fleetseek and Ye Shall Find
If you look in the Yellow Pages under âtrucking,â you’ll find a list of for-hire motor carriers operating 1.3-million commercial…
Fingertip Training
A few years ago, the National Private Truck Council, in partnership with contributing sponsors International Truck & Engine Co. and…
Terrific Program
The NPTC 2004 National Safety Conference held this fall in Northern Virginia now ranks as a premier event in the…
Stars Shine Bright
During the past year, NPTC launched a special membership classification called the FIVE STAR MEMBER program. Participation in the program…_x000D_
Get Certified
Not only is The National Private Truck Council’s Certified Transportation Professionals (CTP) program one of the top industry certification credentials…
Safety Summit
The National Private Truck Council has scheduled its second annual National Safety Conference for September 16 – 17, 2004, in…
Standing Ovation
This year’s NPTC Education Management Conference and Exhibition, held in Atlanta, GA, May 2-4, ranks as one of the finest…
Be Present to Win
Private fleet managers apply cost-benefit analyses to everything – tires, driver-leasing contracts, on-board technology, equipment buy versus lease…_x000D_
Fleet-a-Foot
The “road” from Supai to Haulapai Hilltop, Arizona, is unpaved, rock-strewn, narrow at points, and very dangerous. More aptly called…