Otto Transfer, TruckWise pay tribute accepting Small Fleet Champ honors -- 'Truckers are survivors'

During the opening-night dinner program of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies' annual conference Oct. 29, 2026, small fleet owner Kevin Haderlie's TruckWise oversize equipment hauling fleet and 80-year Otto Transfer, owned by Kevin and Liz Otto of Delano, Minnesota, emerged as 2026 Overdrive Small Fleet Champs.

The pair of fleets were joined onstage at the NASTC event by fellow finalists and Small Fleet Champ competitors KST Logistics, out of Manteca, California, and McKinney & Sons Transfer of Lexington, Alabama.

Liz and Kevin Otto addressing the small fleet owners at the Thursday, Oct. 29, dinner program at NASTC, with Overdrive Editor Todd Dills (right), who MC'd the final bout.

TruckWise's Kevin Haderlie, in accepting the title belt in the 3-10-truck division, invoked the hour he spent with fellow finalists ahead of the event, and the similarities in all the difficulties experienced managing, operating, growing a small trucking business. The victories, too.

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