Trucking News

By: Matthew Harrell

The Troops to Truckers program provides active-duty servicemen and women the opportunity to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) at no cost. To make the transition to civilian life smoother, the Troops 2 Truckers program educates servicemen while serving active duty so that they are qualified for a transpo ...

By: Matthew Harrell

Many people are familiar with the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, now in its 27th year of existence. The event is widely successful with participants in 35 countries raising an impressive $30 million dollars in 2007 alone. But don’t worry, you don’t have to be able to run an 8k in ...

Doug Driscoll was recently selected as the new executive director of Trucker Buddy. He brings 35 years of trucking industry experience to the organization, much of it spent in management positions within the industry. He will run the program from its new office in Gig Harbor, Wash., focusing on fostering re ...

Although Malyn is only three years old, big rigs fascinate her.  She recognizes the sounds her dad’s Kenworth W9L makes when she hears him coming home.  Her favorite show is Ice Road Truckers and her mom said she wouldn’t be surprised if Malyn becomes a professional driver herself… some day.

That some day won ...

Alexandria, Virginia:
When the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) receives driver nominations for its Highway Angels program, the stories frequently involve heroic deeds, such as pulling people from flaming vehicles or keeping critically injured crash victims alive or minimizing their pain until paramedics can take over.  But sometimes ...

Louisville, KY: When Dianne Smith’s friends told her that her name had been announced as the winner of the 2009 Big Rig Giveaway, she brushed them off as just teasing her.  After walking to the Great American Insurance Group exhibit at the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, she learned that she had won the totally transformed Kenw ...

Please excuse the title of this article, but when asked to write about my book, The Tractor Trailer Book: Practical Advice for Driving Tractor Trailers, the documentaries that Hollywood puts out about new movies came to mind. I think I've been watching the movie channel too much. Far from a Hollywood production, this book has a fairly simple design ...

By Phil Romba

Race car drivers call it a ride. Truckers call it a job. Both entail driving a vehicle, and both are becoming increasingly hard to come by in the current economic climate as companies large and small downsize to cope with the recession.

Even though finding driving jobs has become more difficult recently, company ...

by Ellen Voie

What do we know about women in trucking?

Most of us would agree that there are more women employed in the trucking industry today than in the past, but do we really have a grasp on the advances women have made in this predominantly male dominated industry?  How can we use statistical information to better un ...

By Chett Winchell

Officially, it is the first week of fall; however, "old man winter" is looking our way.  Look at the weather and see the unusual participation patterns.  Check the weather channel when possible, listen to radio reports on newscasts, and talk with other drivers either on the CB or in person.  Exc ...

By Kevin Freeman

As modern operating costs continue to rise in the midst of an economic nightmare, the farthest thing from most drivers’ minds is the added expense of purchasing a new vehicle. An alarming number of veteran drivers, in fact, are actually turning in their titles as profits dry up, and the not-so-distant future seems ...

Putting Dollars Back In Your Pocket One Upgrade at a Time
by Kevin Freeman

Whether you own a laptop computer, netbook, or full-sized desktop with all the bells and whistles, it's a fairly good bet that in the moment just after you made your purchase, the top-of-the-line, high-dollar machine you purchased wasn’t even put back o ...

By James P. Lamb, USDOT/FMC Practitioner
President, DOTAuthority.com, Inc.

This past year, DOTAuthority.com held its first Truckers Conference in Orlando, Florida. It was well-noted that our seminars on "How to Find Freight" and "How to Set Freight Rates" were standing-room only, so this month we'll look ...

By James P. Lamb, USDOT/FMC Practitioner
President, DOTAuthority.com, Inc.

Whenever I teach a freight rate development workshop, I talk about how important it is to know and understand what is going on in the market place and how rates are affected by supply and demand. In the United States, transportation rates are not set ...

By James P. Lamb, USDOT/FMC Practitioner
President, DOTAuthority.com, Inc.

They're called "freight brokers," "property brokers," "truck brokers," and "load brokers." Regardless, they're all the same. They're the middlemen of the trucking world: third-party intermediaries who, for comp ...

Few restaurants in the United States can claim to have a history quite like Wade’s of Spartanburg, SC. What started as a restaurant located in a former grocery store has now evolved into a thriving facility accommodating up to 3,000 customers a day.

Wade’s was started by Wade and Betty Lindsey in 1947. Mrs. Lindsey served he ...

By Steve Johnson

When you think of “big” commercial operations, you generally think of operations that are corporately financed. In retailing, a big operation is manifested in the form of “big box” stores—Home Depot, Costco, Best Buy, and Target—all big boxes, all corporately owned. Indeed, fr ...

By Steve Johnson

Interstate 35 welcomes travelers heading north or south in America's Heartland, as it stretches approximately 1,300 miles from San Antonio to Minneapolis. Along this route, fitting nicely in the midsection between the expanse of Kansas City and Des Moines is the community of Eagleville, MO, population 400. The truck st ...

As a truck driver, do you find it hard to live a healthy and active lifestyle? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. According to a recent U.S. Transportation Research Board report, and qualified doctors and online doctors, truckers are at an increased risk than average Americans for a variety of health problems. Some of these health problems in ...

Professional drivers are humans and are subject to the challenges faced by every one of us on a daily basis.  However, many of these trials are unique to the men and women behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer.  The seven deadly sins have been identified as pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth.  How do these sins harm ...

By Scott Weidner
Transport For Christ, International

MARIETTA, PA, ATA member Transport For Christ, International (TFC), a Christian ministry dedicated to the wellness of truck drivers, announced it has welcomed two new members to its International Board of Directors. Elected to the Board recently were Jim Germak and Ellen Voie. ...

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When Monica Fernandez-Guerrero’s hands you her business card, you’ll probably notice that there’s something missing…her name.  No, it wasn’t an oversight; it was intentional because she doesn’t want to turn away potential customers.  Monica and her business partner, Beth Garman, own MarrowStone Truck & ...

By Phil Romba

If Virginia Tech's Transportation Institute (VTTI) had its way, sending text messages while driving would be outlawed across the country. That’s a conclusion from a study it released in late July that considered how talking on a cell phone and sending text messages affected driving a heavy truck.

Fourteen s ...

by Kevin Freeman

If you love reading on the road, but are tired of the same old truck generic novels and magazine or newspaper clutter in your cab, then the Amazon Kindle might be just what the bibliophile ordered. The Kindle is a small, lightweight reading pad that downloads, displays, and even reads aloud your favorite books, newspaper ...

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Daimler Trucks and Frito-Lay launches Women In Trucking Association’s Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel.

Plover, WI: Although women comprise less than six percent of the professional driving force, many have reached commendable levels of safety and experience.&nbs ...

Success Hasn’t Spoiled Him Yet: An Interview with Ash Bowers
By Andrea Rizzo

Singer/songwriter Ash Bowers has known he’s wanted to be in the music business since he was a young kid. That dream is finally coming into fruition now, as the first hit from his debut release on Stoney Creek Records, "Stuck," has star ...