Category: Trucks

How can a DAT Load Board help you?

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During our trucking careers, we have been in a position of avoiding overweight fines numerous times. We will describe the circumstances and…

Continue Reading Avoiding Overweight Fines: Various Options for Pro Truck Drivers

The one night each year that Mike Simons doesn’t want to drive a big truck is New Years Eve (December 31 going…

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It started with a tweet. We responded. In essence, where is free truck parking available on shippers’ and receivers’ properties where professional truck…

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Tailgating — or following too closely behind the vehicle in front of yours — is both rude and dangerous. In…

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Newsworthy, expensive, and preventable are all words to describe a railroad crossing accident. It’s bad enough when it happens to…

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Many dry van truckers are familiar with pallet wrap, the stretch wrap that goes around pieces of freight loaded on…

Continue Reading When Pallet Wrap Fails to Keep Palletized Freight Upright

Neither truckers nor trucking companies can afford fuel theft, especially in today’s economy. Unless one’s truck runs on electric power…

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What are truck window screens, how are they used, and what are some things you should know before you buy them?

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Every time we hear or read about whistle blowing truckers who have refused to drive unsafely, been retaliated against by their trucking…

Continue Reading Whistle Blowing Truckers: STAA Law on Retaliation, Vindication