Had not heard too many happy endings with tractor lease programs. Initially, they give you plenty of miles, then the last2 years before your...
Its a no-win situation. You're honest with the log books, then you run out of hours fast. Myself, I'm always in the sleeper berth when I'm...
On wifi, Most McDonalds & Starbucks offer free wifi. With Google-map, Mapquest, or Yahoo-map, you can route yourself to your destinations. With...
Its called "bleeding the time clock for more overtime $$. When you pass through city & suburban areas, you'll see UPS, grocery chain drivers,...
When you apply for a private fleet like grocery chains (Teamster Union contract @ $20+ an hour), a job hopping history will mean you'll quit after...
From personal observation and talking to newbies who were transferrred to me from other trainers, verbal abuse by trainers is common. Remember...
When too much cool air enters the engine & radiator is cooled down too much, you decrease MPG fuel economy because piston combustion chamber...
You have a fairly decent MV printout, little or no moving violation. That's an advantage you must exploit. At this stage in my life, I believe...
Statute of limitations is 10 years for theft of interstate commerce. They don't have a case against me, and even if they haul me in, I'd say "I...
If you're a trucking company, after 50k to 60k miles on the odometer, your fleet of trucks will have an increased likelihood of breaking down,...
From personal experience when I was a trainer, I was assigned newbies who were transferred to me because their previous trainer had issues. The...
In my early 1980s trucking years, I was arrested for traffic warrants and served time in the Maricopa county jail. Back then, I kept multiple...
Addendum to my reply to Jameshill, I stress the importance of home time with family. In 25 years of trucking, the saddest COMMON situation I hear...
Truck traffic to an area is proportional to population and/or the number of manufacturing plants in the area. A regional area (city for example)...
Your relay drivers like Fedex, UPS, Conway, etc who pull doubles or triples, or any dedicated account or regional route that gets you home weekly...
IMO, you're better off staying in administration and low management than to go out on the road. There's a lot of driver exploitation,...
From a business management perspective (people who are oblivious to what truckers go through, and ONLY know what college teach them), the primary...
You just got the truck, then either bobtailed or deadheaded with an empty trailer, and everything was OK. AFTER you picked up the load and AFTER...
The highest paid driver wouldn't be bragging over the internet, because DEA would get a subpoena for the forum to release all the personal info on...
Judging from your username and avatar, you're an experienced female OTR driver. Driver recruiters are paid a commission for each driver that...
