I've never understood why troopers aren't fair, and do the right thing with people driving passenger cars. If those people were claiming they were...
To state the obvious, you aren't getting the engine speed matched with the transmission input shaft speed, when you're trying to go in gear....
I think the two biggest reasons to be O/O is your ability to choose when you work, and your opportunity to knock homeruns on great paying loads. A...
After you figure in benefits, vacation, holiday pay, etcetera, you're over .75 a mile.
It really depends on what used trucks are available at the time you're ready enter the agreement. There could be a low mileage truck that would...
I just want to point out, that China's gov't didn't come up with the idea of building up a manufacturing base. American companies went over there...
Some of this isn't adding up. Around here, a ticket from a state trooper for a non-moving violation rarely happens. Those come from the city or...
Me personally, knowing what I know, my best advice to you is: take some of that money, buy a nice diesel pick-up and a fifth wheel camper. Go take...
Truckload or a freight terminal?
I asked that way, because my advice wouldn't do you any; good if you work in the middle of Cornfield, Iowa. But if you live near a big town, and...
Do you live near a developed area with companies that operate fleets?
I imagine that was Fancy Gap. Fifty years ago, with those old trucks, I'm sure made it suck. Nowadays I don't think it's all that bad. To me the...
Any freight terminals in your area? You go on somewhere as a dock worker, get paid just as much as a new P&D driver if you have your CDL. Let them...
The biggest problem with ELDs for the OTR driver, is if you're ending your day driving. You can't run it right up to 11 hours, or go a little...
If you were getting unloaded it doesn't matter how long you have worked. HOS wise, you won't be in violation as long as you take a break before...
It says this occurred around 10:55 p.m. Well, I don't know about y'all, but on the planet where I drive, you can't see jack doodly-squat except...
Says there was no evidence the driver used the brakes. Wonder if he mistook the ramp for the road. Whether by regulation or not, it's obvious the...
Starting local pay at UPS Freight is 17.20. Top pay is 28.65, it takes 4 years to reach it. There are drivers working 12 hours a day, at time and...
The original UPS purchased Overnite Transportation in 2005. Overnite was national LTL carrier owned by Union Pacific. They operate as two...
No he didn't. He's still Editor in Chief.
