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The Reading List You Never Set Eyes On
Read more: The Reading List You Never Set Eyes OnIn our world we work 24/7 and for truck drivers that isn’t much of an exaggeration. You can’t drive 24/7 but if you spend most days and nights in your…
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5 Ways to Power Through Long Hauls
Read more: 5 Ways to Power Through Long HaulsIt’s 6 pm and you’ve been on the road for hours, yet there’re still a few more to go until the final destination. The sun is setting but you think…
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Healthy Eating for Truck Drivers
Read more: Healthy Eating for Truck DriversThe open road offers freedom, opportunity, adventure and greasy fast-food restaurants. Being on the move all the time can make it difficult to maintain a good diet. Eating well has…
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Impressive Trucking Stunts You Need To See
Read more: Impressive Trucking Stunts You Need To SeeStunts are always one of the most exciting parts of any movie. With technology today and CGI effects, a lot of stunts can be performed without taking a lot of…
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Drivers Job: Batman Flips the Joker’s Semi-truck!
Read more: Drivers Job: Batman Flips the Joker’s Semi-truck!One of the most impressive stunts performed for a movie was the flipping of a semi-truck and trailer in the 2008 superhero movie, The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan is notorious…
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Women In the Trucking Industry
Read more: Women In the Trucking IndustryMany think of truck driving and most likely a big tough guy pops into your mind. He might have a long messy beard and is wearing a trucker’s hat. At…
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How to Handle Truck Breakdowns
Read more: How to Handle Truck BreakdownsYou’re cruising along and something just doesn’t feel right. You decide to pull over and realize you’re having some engine trouble or you blew a tire. Breakdowns happen and with…
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How Do Refrigerated Trailers Work?
Read more: How Do Refrigerated Trailers Work?You understand the need for certain items to remain at cold temperatures. It makes perfect sense for things that can freeze or melt such as wine and ice cream respectively.…
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Benefits of Becoming a Company Driver
Read more: Benefits of Becoming a Company DriverSo you decided to become a truck driver and are now debating how to start. Do you purchase a truck and join the ranks of the owner operators? Do you…
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New ELD Mandate Will Prevent Driver Harassment
Read more: New ELD Mandate Will Prevent Driver HarassmentThe road ahead for drivers looks rosy: safer roads, more streamlined fleet operations and stricter adherence to fair and equitable work schedules. That’s according to provisions in the newly instituted…
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Make Night-Time Driving Safer and More Relaxing With These Tips
Read more: Make Night-Time Driving Safer and More Relaxing With These TipsGreat literature may celebrate the allure of the night – its mystery, its serenity, its proverbial cool – but for truck drivers and other evening and early-morning sojourners, the dark…
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Steps For Healthy Eating For Truck Drivers
Read more: Steps For Healthy Eating For Truck DriversThe long and winding road can certainly entice the independent spirit — embracing the lovely freedom, cruising through sprawling rural and urban frontiers, pursuing the rugged life of individualism. The…
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Where Are The Most Scenic Highways?
Read more: Where Are The Most Scenic Highways?Pop music rings with melodies rejoicing and lamenting the long road; and the songs echo most closely to the heart of the truck driver, endlessly steering massive machines across distant…
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5 Great Apps for the Career Truck Driver
Read more: 5 Great Apps for the Career Truck DriverMobile technology can be a great tool for the career truck driver, and there are many great apps available. Here are just a few helpful apps that can help you…
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Father’s Day Tips for Truck Drivers and Their Families
Read more: Father’s Day Tips for Truck Drivers and Their FamiliesFather’s Day can be tough for truck drivers, especially those who are away from their families during this time. But advances in technology and a keepsake or two from home…
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Regional Trucking Explained
Read more: Regional Trucking ExplainedAs a Regional truck driver, you may benefit from advantages, such as being home several times a month, earning more than local truckers, and having the freedom and excitement of…
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Local Trucking Explained
Read more: Local Trucking ExplainedLocal trucking, over-the-road and regional are the three main types of jobs available in the trucking industry today. These jobs are different yet equally important to maintaining the national supply…
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Dedicated Trucking Explained
Read more: Dedicated Trucking ExplainedDedicated trucking refers to truck drivers that haul the same freight for one primary customer on the same lanes. By hauling the same consistent truckloads in the same dedicated freight…