41 years in trucking.
Then he stopped.
Michigan owner-operator Dan Chidester ended his authority in June 2022 as lower rates and high fuel costs squeezed his business.
Another owner’s story · FreightWaves ↗Open a door
for local trucking.
Your network can help local truckers find fuel-price protection before the next spike.
Talk about an introductionBehind every truck is a local business.
The business.
Or a second mortgage.
Higher diesel and other costs met falling freight rates. Mike Dow and his brother closed their company and sold their trucks rather than borrow against his home.
His story · FreightWaves, July 2022 ↗Illustration of financial strain; the people shown are fictional.
41 years in trucking.
Help them find
another way forward.
Hedjee’s paid protection can offset a covered diesel-price rise. You can help it reach the businesses that need it.
Ukraine war March 2022
$1,616less spent on fuel,
after protection cost.
5,000-gallon illustration · historical model
- Payment after settlement
- $1,750
- Upfront protection cost
- −$134
How this example works
Source unit costs multiplied by 5,000 gallons, rounded to whole dollars. The original model prices 1 million gallons; this is not a smaller-volume quote or either trucker’s result.
NY Harbor wholesale benchmark; local pump prices may differ. Payment follows month-end settlement. Without a qualifying rise, there is no payout and the premium remains a cost.
Georgia business-support resources
Center of Innovation · strategic connections ↗Georgia Logistics Summit · industry connections ↗Invest Atlanta · small-business resources ↗Local progress.
A story worth sharing.
More local businesses moving forward. Let’s work toward that together.
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