Getting Started as a Trucker

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 ...

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

Are you a company driver or owner-operator looking to make big money in trucking? Let me share with you a little industry secret...

Typically, owner-operators lease on and get their loads from motor carriers. Carriers often get their load ...