Driver Solutions is a driver leasing company, which is essentially a temp agency. The advantage to being with a driver leasing company, is they...
I had a co-worker who worked as a forklift driver after leaving OTR years ago to be home more often with his family. Now that the kids are off to...
Unless you're an owner operator with fuel, parts, repair, and depreciation cost expenses, it's better to take the standard meal deduction allowed...
The trucking industry fails to mention negative facts, like how many people are killed in truck accidents every year. This data would discourage...
When I first saw Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel, my first impression was, it was a driver recruitment ad disguised as a reality show. I...
Hello Profit-of-Doom You neglected to mention if you're married with children, divorced, or single. Your marital status is a factor...
I agree with your skepticism. With Wifi technology and laptops getting cheaper, cellphone carriers adding more towers and signal relays to boost...
It's called "perspective." When you arrive at the grocery distribution warehouse, and lumpers for illegal-alien Lumper, Inc. charge you $400 to...
Lets use critical thinking, and analyze if maybe there are hidden ulterior motives as to why dispatch purposely over-scheduled you, forcing you to...
I've always adviced newbies to hang on, try to stay at least 1 year before going with another carrier. In trucking, the gold mine is getting with...
I was with JB in the late 80s, left them a few times, then came back in the mid 90s when they had just introduced the COE Argosy, and JB got about...
I wouldn't be too eager to come to California, if I were you. Except for unionized (Teamsters) warehouses, most are dominated by Latino-Hispanics...
When you buy a tractor and become an O/O, you're not an employee, you're a self-employed contractor. In the eyes of the IRS, you're a proprietor...
A lot of O/Os are going to hate me for this, but oh well, NAFTA had already killed OTR, as far as I'm concerned. Generally speaking, a company...
I'm an hourly-paid local driver for a grocery supermarket chain. When you're paid by the hour, the object is to go beyond your 8 hour shift, where...
I was informed by a truck dealership manager a decade ago that cabover trucks had a higher injury rate among truckers in the USA, versus...
I specifically said "jack-knifed semis." You cannot prevent an 18-wheel semi from jack-knifing, if you don't understand the laws of physics, and...
I've only read the first 3 pages, and thought I'd give my 2¢ worth; oh wait, factoring inflation since the "2¢" term was coined back in the early...
I second the community college proposal. If you go with any trucking company sponsored training program, they lock you into a 1-year commitment....
Putting too much braking can result in a jack-knifed rig. If you carefully look at photos of jack-knifed semis, you'll observe either the tractor...
