I have a hard time believing that. They implemented new securement laws for trailers without bulkheads - I really seriously doubt they did away...
Well, how do YOU feel about it? My opinion - you're a rookie driver getting paid for everything you are doing (I'm a BIG fan of hourly pay for...
Lol! We had a driver come up to us once telling us that he couldn't move the truck, the brakes must be locked. Upon observation, the red line...
I was standing out in front of Union 76 Truckstop once - it was out in the boonies and the air was clean - I was taking it all in. The Interstate...
You don't have to have a bulkhead. You are required to have the "headache rack". I pull flatbeds - I have seen plenty of trailers without...
I had a motorcycle cut me off last week - He pulled within 5 feet of my bumper - I was crusing 70 on the freeway. As soon as I saw this idiot -...
I can't tell you for a fact - as I have heard a lot of different stories - I only know that DOT around these parts have told us that the strap is...
I see truckers tailgating cars, vans, pickups, 10-wheelers, other trucks every day on Phoenix's inner-city freeways. Friday, I saw a truck that...
Yeah, I'm always looking at my mirrors looking at the load on the trailer. The company can say whatever they want, but they aren't going to stop...
Sorry - forgot I had even started this thread, I kinda took a hiatus from this forum for awhile taking care of personal things. Anyway, good on...
Definitely not a loner. When I first started trucking - I was on the CB all day long talking to who-so-ever will. I loved driving so I didn't...
I'll take local over regional or OTR any day.....
You'll hear a lot of advice about what companies NOT to work for, I see much less fingers pointing to what companies TO work for. My version of...
I don't really do much reading about the industry in magazines and such - so besides a J.B. Hunt manager telling me about 4 years ago that the...
All companies will be using automatic trannys? Where did you hear this? Why would all companies want to start using autos - they are more...
I've been running flatbeds for about 4 years now - after years of dry; reefer, belly dump and other odd trailers. I like flat beds because you...
Yah, just wait'll you hear week two!
MGASSEL pretty much said it - it's not the cake and gravy it was when I started driving trucks and you could run as many miles as you wanted. You...
Well, with all the bad and irritating and grueling things that truckers endure, I think most truckers have some kind of story (or a lot of them)...
Yes, well I know the lifestyle of working 12, 13, 14, more plus hours per day, doing it 6-7 days a week and doing that for over 2 decades. That...
