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Just a heads up; “David Hunter” was a retired sheriff deputy and freelance journalist for the Knoxville News Sentinel, up until 2017. He lived in...
Look. It could be worse. They could reopen the TA in Conyers.
I think what they meant was, when a driver does a really good job, CRST promises to give them just the tip.
As long as the driver grossed under 80K and there weren’t any warning signs posted before the bridge, we paid all drivers’ overweight fines.
Had a driver pull into the scales coming into MO from Cairo, intent on asking DOT if it was legal for us to have him use his 16 hour exception...
Be advised that SmartDrive will ping drivers for running through yellow lights and call it a “level 3 event”. All the TFI companies have switched...
PAM Transport Ran for McNeil out of North Little Rock; when PAM bought them out, I lost my nice shiny T2 and got stuck with a piece of ####...
Technically I think every bridge on 14/17 is low-weight, except for the new ones close to Amagon. Had a driver once who freaked out and decided...
Honestly, I wouldn't sweat it. You might get a dressing-down, lose a safety bonus or be made fun of by the guys in the shop, but that's probably...
Most local outfits around these parts are still trying to get away with $10-13/hr. One in particular pays .40/mi loaded and .30/mi empty for...
Some of y'all have never driven the back roads of Brasil, and it shows. My guess is somewhere in Amazonas or Rondônia; the terrain is so godawful...
Our paymasters bandied about the idea of driver facing cameras a couple years back. When literally the entire fleet threatened to walk, they...
When you're broken down on the roadside, you are absolutely 100% responsible for your rig. The shoulder of the road isn't a safe haven. You...
I handle driver training, as well as a good bit of regular ol' safety training at my home terminal, when I'm not dragging around some raggedy old...
Had a situation recently where one of my drivers was cut off and brake-checked at highway speed. Straight section of road, just seemed like the...
Scale your truck with a full load, then do it empty. Note the suspension gauge each time. For example, all our Macks generally read 65PSI @...
I don't use vibrators unless I'm running hydrate, sand or pulverized limestone, and I won't use top air unless I'm running #3 lime. For pebble...
I'm paid per ton, which works out to about .62/mi, loaded and empty. Any time spent waiting for whatever reason is paid hourly, and any trips...
Not sure about there, but in Arkansas we have what's called "failure to obey a traffic device", which can and will cost your job. Your attorney...
